Alice Keeler - 50 Things You Can Do with Google Classroom

Todays technology empowers educators to move away from the traditional classroom where teachers lead and students work independentlyeach doing the same thing. In 50 Things to Go Further with Google Classroom: A Student-Centered Approach, authors and educators Alice Keeler and Libbi Miller offer inspiration and resources to help you create a digitally rich, engaging, student-centered environment. They show you how to tap into the power of individualized learning that is possible with Google Classroom.

Alice Keeler has a Masters degree in Educational Media Design and Technology, is a Google Certified Teacher, New Media Consor-tium K12 Ambassador, Microsoft Innovative Educator, and is LEC Admin, Online, and Blended certified. She taught high school math for fourteen years and currently serves as Adjunct Professor of Curriculum Instruction and Technology at California State University, Fresno. Alice Keeler has developed and taught online K12 courses, as well as the Innovative Educator Advanced Studies Certificate. She has worked on the YouTube teachers project and the Google Play for Education project. She served on the New Media Consortium Horizon Report advisory panel for 2013, 2014, and 2015. She is a Bing in the Classroom lesson developer. A believer in the importance of connectivity, she founded #coffeeEDU (coffeeEDU.org) and #profchat.

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Libbi R. Miller, Ed.D. serves as Assistant Professor of Curriculum, Instruction and Technology at California State University, Fresno. In her courses, she focuses on preparing future teachers to integrate technology and create engaging student-centered classrooms. Prior to moving into higher education, Libbi taught middle school and alternative education. Libbis research involves investigating educational technology tools for its intersection with democratic and socially just education. She believes that, when used correctly, technology can become a tool for empowerment and student voice. Technology can move education outside of the classroom walls and connect students with learners, professionals, and activists around the world.

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