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Aids and resources for creators and teachers of writing, interactive fiction, digital stories, and transmedia
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Giving Students Feedback With Kaizena (Voice Comments) Tutorial

Published on Sep 10, 2013

Use your voice to give students feedback about their papers in Google Docs. I've only played with this a little bit so far, but I'm really excited to be able to use Kaizena to give my students feedback this year. Being able to add links to resources and reuse those links for other students is so helpful. If you have questions I'm on twitter @JenRoberts1 and the guys who make kaizena are @kaizenaFB if you have feedback for them, or email founders@kaizena.com

Alastair Creelman's curator insight, September 17, 2013 3:15 PM

Interesting tool to add a more personal touch to student feedback and excellent for making contact with online students more personal.

David Miles's curator insight, September 20, 2013 6:17 PM

I think this has the potential to be of great use with English Language Learners, especially since they tend to understand the spoken word better than the written.

Maryalice Leister's comment, September 20, 2013 6:29 PM
Very true, David. One more tool to meet the needs of individual learners.
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Keyboard Shortcuts for Google Docs | Google Gooru

Keyboard Shortcuts for Google Docs | Google Gooru | Scriveners' Trappings | Scoop.it
Google Gooru

Via Tom D'Amico (@TDOttawa)
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Google Gooru is an excellent source for tutorials on how to use Google Apps.

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Google Docs: Grading Tips & Tricks

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by Caitlin Tucker


"Google docs has made it possible for me to go paperless. The decision to remove paper from my life has been liberating! Whenever I train teachers, I share my enthusiasm for a paperless classroom. My cries of joy and excitement are sometimes met with grunts and skeptical looks. I’ve met several teachers using Google docs, who still collect hard copies of assignments and essays to grade by hand. They are concerned that grading online will take longer than grading by hand. I disagree.


"I want to share three tips and tricks I’ve used to make grading digital writing more efficient than hand grading student work."

Jim Lerman's curator insight, September 9, 2013 2:14 PM

Although this post comes from and English teacher, there's no reason these techniques couldn't be used in any learning situation where significant amounts of writing take place.


I particularly like the idea of making links to YouTube videos that illustrate various points of grammar or usage.