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Help Students Get Organized, Track Progress, Take Notes, and more with Google Keep!

Google Keep is a robust G Suite tool that can help teachers and students create and share notes, lists, and reminders. There are so many possibilities that I decided to put together this post and infographic with ideas for how Google Keep can be used in the classroom: 15 Ways for Students to Use Google Keep!

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Using Google Keep in the Classroom

I love to think of all of the possibilities that Google Keep creates for the classroom. Google Keep is now officially a part of G Suite for Education and integrates sweetly with Google Docs. I have been inspired by super fun posts from Alice Keeler, Matt Miller, Eric Curts, and Stephanie Filardo (see additional resources on my new Google Keep Pinterest Board.)

Google Keep is loaded with fun features that can help students get organized, track progress, take notes, and more. The infographic hits the highlights, but more details are also included below. Use this infographic as a reference and resource.

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15 Ways for Students to Use Google Keep

Below are some more specific details for each of the fifteen ways mentioned in the infographic.
1. Time Management and To Do Lists:
This one may seem very obvious, but helping students learn how to manage their time and get things done is a very important skill. Google Keep will help students track their assignment tasks, set up reminders, so they don't forget and manage their time in and out of class.
2. Bookmarking (use the Chrome extension)
The Google Keep Chrome extension makes it easy to bookmark a web page and add it to your Google Keep notepad. This is particularly useful for saving relevant classroom websites, tutorials, and resources that students need for particular assignments and throughout the year.
3. Vocabulary and Spelling Lists
Google Keep makes it easy to keep lists, so this is a no-brainer! Students can keep their spelling and vocabulary lists and easily access it from any device to study.
4. Location-Based Reminders
Not only does Google Keep allow you to set up time and date reminders to remember all of your due dates, but it will also help you remember to complete tasks when you arrive at a certain location. For instance, students may need to remember to talk to a certain teacher when they arrive at school in the morning. With a location-based reminder, Google Keep will send a notification to your device when you arrive at that location. To learn how to set up location-based reminders, visit this support page.
5. Class Notes
This may seem like another obvious suggestion but think beyond old school class notes. In Google Keep, students can jot down quick notes to themselves about a particular class or subject. They can then share those notes with other students in their group or class. Notes can even be completely collaborative! (Notes are so much more powerful when you share!) Take that one step further when your notes get too long, you can copy over to a Google Doc. Boom! G Suite power!
6. Project Management
As we move to more project-based learning initiatives, it is important to help students and teachers track and manage those projects. With Google Keep, students can easily keep track of each project, tasks, notes, and due dates. These notes can be shared with the teacher so he/she can monitor progress and help students learn how to manage big projects.
7. Genius Hour
Genius Hour moves beyond just managing projects. Google Keep can help students through each stage of the process. Students can use Keep for brainstorming ideas, research, drawing a prototype, tracking progress, reminders and due dates, taking notes, reflection and more!
8. Tracking Learning Goals
No matter what you call them, student objectives, learning targets, or goals, we all know how important it is to help students understand what they are and recognize success when they reach them. Teachers can create notes and lists of learning goals for a particular unit and share with the class. Students can then refer to these throughout the unit, confer with their teacher to ensure they reach them, and celebrate success! Bonus idea: Add badges and images to Keep to gamify the process. (I'm still working on some ideas for this one!)
9. Research Notecards
The research process is not easy, nor is it easy to teach. Number two above suggested using Google Keep for bookmarking, but let's take this a step further. Students can use Google Keep as their digital notecards, not only bookmarking, but adding notes, citations, page numbers, etc. What a great way to help streamline the research process.
10. Reading Logs
Reading logs are great for keeping students accountable and tracking progress. Use Google Keep to log titles, dates and duration, the number of pages, or whatever else you normally have students track on paper.
11. Annotation and Illustration
Google Keep has this super cool feature that allows you to draw, and it will also allow you to draw on top of an image. This means we can annotate and illustrate learning! Think of all the possibilities! Students can demonstrate their learning with a drawing, think through a process by drawing a mind map, or upload an image of a reading passage, life cycle, map, etc. to annotate! Learn more about drawing from the Google Support Center and my Google Keep Cheat Sheet.
12. Daily Habits and Tasks
We have a lot of daily tasks and procedures in our classrooms-the things we do every day, like bellringers and warmups, writing down the agenda, silent sustained reading, journals, etc.. What if we put these into a daily checklist for students to help them create habits? This is also an excellent way to create other types of habits as well, like remembering to take your backpack home, drink water, exercise, etc.
13. Group Projects
Collaboration has always been the number one feature of G Suite. No other product comes close! Google Keep is no different. When it comes to managing group projects, let's give students the tools to succeed. Google Keep can help the group share and create notes, assign tasks, remember due dates, and hold each other accountable!
14. Mobile Voice Notes
Voice Notes is a feature available in the iOS and Android mobile apps (not currently available on the desktop version). This is a great way for students to take notes on the go, on a field trip, record word pronunciations, practice reading aloud for fluency, and more. Plus, voice notes can help some of our students who struggle with writing and typing. Of course, voice recording is also a great way for our little ones to talk about their learning, tell stories, and leave notes.
15. Journaling
Reflection is such an important piece of the learning process! Students can use Google Keep for daily journaling and writing reflections on daily learning, projects, self-assess their progress, and share what they did well and what they could improve upon.

How are you using Google Keep in the Classroom? Please share in the comments below!

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My daughter just bought her first house (though it went on hold several times as the Navy threatened/offered to move her). We wanted a simple way to share a ToDo list that would be available on phones, iPads, and computers, and would auto-update with our ideas. I looked at a variety of options, but found something wrong with each of them.

Until I found Google Keep. It is marketed as a note-taking app - which it is - but trades sophisticated note-taking tools (like formatting) for simplicity. It is similar to iPhone Notes, but with more options, more visual, syncs across all devices, and allows collaboration. You can add thoughts by typing or speaking (mobile devices only), as a narrative note or a bullet list, and include images from your collection, your camera roll, or by taking one with the native camera (mobile devices only). The title is auto-formatted to stand out from the rest of the note. You can organize notes by category or color, search for a particular note, pin the most important to the top, and re-arrange the collection by dragging-dropping. As in Google Reminders, you can set a location-based reminder to pull up your grocery list when you get to the store or a time-based reminder to make sure you never miss a parent conference.

It requires a Google account and - as with other Google Apps - the amount of space you get for saved notes depends upon your Google Drive size. It works on iOS, the web, Chrome (with an add-on), and Android.

Pros

Because Keep doesn't include a lot of (rarely-used) tools, it is intuitive to learn and simple to use. Simply tap the icon to open the program, tap to start a new note. That's it. This is ideal when you want to quickly jot down a phone number or email address, or take a photo. You don't need to fumble through an armload of start-up functions while whatever you wanted to note down disappears or is lost in your short-term memory. If you're driving or both hands are busy, simply tap the microphone and talk. Keep records your audio and adds a text version of the message.

One of the most amazing features of Google Keep is that it will pull text from images (such as pictures of pages from a book) into typed text.

For Android users: You can add a drawing to your note and/or draw on an image that you took or is shared with you.

Cons

There are few formatting tools available (all you can do is color the note and add checkboxes) and no audio recording ability in the Web app. While Android users can annotate images, no versions at present allow for PDF annotation.

Education applications

Many of my colleagues consider Google Keep an easy-to-use, easy-to-deploy note-taking option for students. Here are nine suggestions for using it in the classroom:

1. Bookmark interesting links. While researching a topic, copy-paste the links to a Keep note for reference. You can collaboratively curate this list and/or share it with others. Most links show a preview in a list below the link collection so it's easy to see what's covered on that site.

2. Write notes to yourself. Because it's easy to take and categorize notes, this is an ideal way to jot down quick notes and reminders like an appointment or phone number.

3. Share information with others. Because notes are easily shared, this is great for group projects or Genius Hour activities (that require students to track their progress). Data that can be shared include links, images, screenshots, videos, camera shots (mobile only), and more

4. Color-code a note for "Homework" and pin it to the top of the Keep canvas. This makes it quick to add homework items, track progress in completing it, and share it with other stakeholders when needed.

5. Set time-based reminder alarms for notes and bookmarks. This alerts users to meetings, group projects, or anything that is based on a due date.

6. Set a location-based reminder. This reminder goes off based on the GPS location of the user (and their phone) in relation to whatever event you programmed the alert for. For example, you may set a reminder to bring a project to school that is tripped when you leave their home. If you're a teacher, you may set a reminder to report for bus duty when you reach school.

7. Record hard-to-pronounce words. These might be academic or domain-specific words relevant to your classes, or words in a second language being studied. The teacher can record these and share them out with students.

8. Share a picture and ask students to record their thoughts. This is great for a warm-up or exit ticket. Depending upon how it is shared, students can respond individually (meaning their answers are private) or collaboratively (meaning they can see everyone else's answers).

9. Create a shared-responsibility bullet list for the class. Students complete the work and check it off, or add items that need to be done.

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Overall, Alan Henry over at Lifehacker said it best:

Comparing Google Keep to Evernote is a bit like comparing a screwdriver to your favorite cordless drill. One is a generic, basic tool that can be used in multiple ways, but has its limits. The latter is a tool that can be used in place of the former, has a broader set of use cases, and is admittedly more powerful.

In short: Google Keep is an uncomplicated note-taking tool that allows users to take notes quickly, intuitively, and share them with others without the sometimes confusing mix of optional tools available in Keep's more robust cousins

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What is Google Keep and Why Use it in Your Classroom?

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One of the biggest obstacles to keeping digital notes and to-do lists (beyond getting used to not using pen and paper), is finding an app you like. Google Keep is free, lightweight, easy-to-use, and might just be the notes app you've been seeking.

Google Keep has been around for over a year. You might have heard about it, but it usually gets drowned out by more popular note apps like Evernote. Plus, it seems like Google has so many products nowadays, it's easy to lose track. But, Evernote can be a bit daunting with its massive feature set, and if you use an Android phone, or just a Google account, then a big part of using Keep is already taken care of.

In this article, we're going to talk about Keep's various features and how to use it for a clean, seamless, note-taking experience on your computer, tablet, or phone.

Remember When Taking Digital Notes Was a Total Pain?

Note-taking and list-making have always been a cornerstone of effective organizational habits. For the majority of us, we need some tangible reminder of what we need to do. Remembering everything may work for your run-of-the-mill savant, but having a list or notebook in our pocket means we always have a back-up for our brains.

Taking notes and keeping lists has come a long way since the humble Palm Pilot days. Anyone who tried using one of those for everyday notes and lists will recall how much time they simply had to devote to learning Graffiti.

Today, it's dead simple to take notes because all of our palm-sized devices, i.e. phones and tablets, have good old QWERTY screens with swipe capabilities. That means text-entry, while maybe not as fast as a full-size keyboard or pen and paper, is still a lot easier than having to learn an arcane, proprietary writing style.

Google Keep Makes it Easy

Perhaps the best thing about Google Keep is that it ties right into your Google Account, which means that you can make your to-do list while sitting at your computer and then pick up your phone and walk out the door and get your stuff done.

Let's start with looking at Keep on Chrome, and then move on to the mobile app. While logged into your Google account, go to k eep.google.com and you'll see an interface similar to the following screenshot. Of course, your Keep will look different. If you've never used it before, it will have helpful suggestions and some starter content to introduce you to its basics.

Obviously, in our example, these are our notes, but it gives you a great idea of what's involved. There's the usual Google navigation element at the top, where you can search Keep and access other important Google account-specific options.

Below this is a Keep navigation element. Moving around in Keep is accomplished by clicking the upper-left corner where it says "Notes." From here, a menu will drop down to reveal quick access to your notes and reminders, as well as archived and deleted items.

On the right side, you see the ability to change your Keep view from three columns to one.

To make a quick note, you simply type your thoughts into the "Add Note" box. If you want to just simply jot something down, then you can click "Done" and your note will be instantly added to Keep. Have a good look at the options that appear below your note. With these options you can (left to right) set a reminder, change your note color, convert your note to a list, and add an image.

We see below what our new note looks like once added to Keep. If you hover your mouse pointer over it, you see more options. Again, you can add a reminder, change the color, and more.

Click on the note and we see these options in full. We can click "Show checkboxes," which basically converts the note to a list, but you can also archive the item, make a copy, or delete it.

So, that's basically Keep. If you go to another computer and log in with your Google account, everything will be there just as you left it on the other. That's great, but what's even better is when you use the Keep app on your mobile device.

Using the Google Keep App

You can use Keep on your browser, any browser, and whatever you add to it will be available wherever you log into your account. Unfortunately, the days of sitting at a computer all day for everything is an outdated and somewhat quaint concept. Mobility is where it's at and if you really want to enjoy the true convenience and power of Google Keep, then you definitely need to use the app.

Keep is available in the Google Play Store for free and once installed, can be instantly associated with a Google account on your device.

When you open the app on your phone or tablet, you'll see your stuff exactly as you left it. From the get-go you can begin adding notes and lists. Best of all, whatever changes you make, will be instantly saved to the cloud and synced with all your other devices.

Click the "Notes" area in the upper-left corner and you're shown the same options as within the browser app, except here you can also change Google accounts on the fly.

To add a note, simply tap "add quick note" and you'll be able to use your touch keyboard to tap or swipe your new note or list into Keep.

If you intended to create a list, you can touch the three dots in the upper-right corner, and choose "Show checkboxes" to convert your note.

One other quick thing you should know about. If you want to deal with Keep items en masse, then press and hold an item until it is selected. Now you can tap all the notes and lists you want to include. Once you've made your selections, you can make changes to your group (color, archive, delete, etc.) all at once.

You can see in the following screenshot, we've selected four items, denoted by the number in the upper-left corner. Selected items also appear with a blue border and a light blue transparent overlay.

So far, it seems pretty simple. Let's move on to the some of the more advanced features.

Remind Me to ...

As much as we'd like to remember everything, we always forget something. With Google Keep, you can set time reminders, which will alert you on a specified day and time, or you can create a location-based reminder.

Location reminders work by giving you a heads-up when you reach a selected destination. Obviously, in order for this to work, your device needs to know where it is, so you will likely need to have GPS and Wi-Fi enabled for it to to be truly effective.

Location reminders are a pretty handy feature, such as if you have a long list of errands and you need to remember certain pieces of information when you arrive at a specific location.

A Few Other Features to Note

Like we said, Google Keep on Android works almost exactly like it does on a browser, but it does have a few other features and settings we'd like to point out. First of all, you can add widgets to your home screen. Keep includes two, such as the following simple widget that lets you create quick notes and lists with a simple tap.

The options here are the same as what you'll find in the actual app, which may raise the question: what does that microphone icon do? Tapping that will allow you to take voice notes.

Google's dictation-taking skills are pretty good, other than punctuation, it got this note exactly right.

In the following screenshot, we've converted our voice note into a list by showing the checkboxes. We can tap "Done" and the list will be saved. Of course, you can also change the color, add a photo or image, or archive the item.

Click the three dots in the upper-right corner to see further options. Notable among these, are the abilities to share and configure your list settings.

Sharing a note or list works exactly like it does with any other app across the Android ecosystem.

This is ideal such as if you want to share a list with someone else, say to let them know there's a few things to pick up at the store on the way home. Simply share the note, such as in an e-mail.

Or, you could send it as a text message using your favorite texting app, so the next time someone asks you for a list, you don't need to transcribe it to paper or another medium. Simply share and you're done.

The last item in the options list we want to focus on are the list settings. List settings are only available if you're making a list, and allow you to define how new items are added, and checked ones are handled.

Click the checkbox at the bottom "Apply to new lists," and your changes become the new default. Otherwise, they will apply to that list only.

Also, The Keep Chrome App

We'd be remiss if we didn't pause for just a moment to point out that if you do use Chrome on your desktop or laptop (some of us do use our computers a lot), you can install the Chrome Web Store's Google Keep app.

Once installed, it will set itself up with your account, and from there on, you can access it by launching it from Chrome's "Apps" page.

Alternatively, you can launch it from the Chrome App Launcher on the Windows taskbar.

The actual app introduces nothing we haven't already covered, so all the stuff we've learned is applicable here.

One of the advantages to using the app over Keep's website is that you can use the app offline. While it's true you can launch the mobile app and use it without a connection to the Internet, with the Chrome app, you can work on your lists and notes more comfortably, such as on your laptop during a flight or long car ride in the middle of nowhere.

Any new notes you create or old ones you change in the app while offline, will later by synced when you connect again.

Get Organized and Keep it That Way

Note apps are pretty common, and as we mentioned earlier, Evernote usually rises to the top of that conversation time after time. Microsoft also has a their OneNote app, which integrates into their Office productivity suite. So, saying that Google Keep is special or better than others is bound to raise a lot of needless debate.

That said, it's a good app for what it does because it does it so easily and simply. Those other note apps are fantastic but are usually so bloated with features, that they obscure their own inherent simplicity. We like Google Keep because it's not trying to be everything to everyone, but will usually meet the needs of anyone who just needs to make simple lists, take down an occasional thought, or create time or location-based reminders.

What do you think? Do you use Google Keep or do you have another preferred note-taking app preference? Join in the conversation and let us know!

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For a long time, I've been a list-maker and a note-taker. You should see my desk. It can get littered with them pretty easily.

The worst is when I would take down some valuable details and then leave the paper sitting on my desk at school. I have literally driven to school late at night to retrieve notes I forgot there.

Thankfully, I don't see as many of those midnight runs in my future. I have learned and embraced Google Keep, and it's one of my favorite Google tools to keep my educator life and my personal life straight.

Google Keep is like virtual sticky notes:

Create notes in your Google Keep with a headline and body text.

Add check boxes to make an instant checklist - perfect for a grocery list or a "grading to do" list.

Snap a picture to attach to a note. NINJA TRICK: If it's linear typed text (like from a printed document), try the "Grab image text" tool. It will read your text and change it into typed words. Magic!

For ideas in your brain where text and photos won't do them justice, draw a picture freehand using the drawing tool.

Color code your notes to organize them.

Attach a label to notes, keeping ideas for projects and classes all together.

Set reminders - based on time or your location via GPS - that will draw your attention back to that note when you need it.

Share notes with collaborators so all of you can view and edit them.

Check out all of the features in this screencast tutorial I created:

Google Keep is available on mobile apps ( iOS and Android) and on your web browser ( keep.google.com). There's even an extension for it in Google Chrome.

The magic of Google Keep is that it syncs across all of your devices. You can take a quick note on the go of a new idea. Snap a picture with your phone and add it to a Keep note. When you pull up Keep on your computer, it's all there. Keep syncs your notes to your Google account.

Recently, Google added Keep to its core G Suite/Google Apps products. Before, it wasn't an official part of G Suite and there were some challenges in getting it in the hands of students. But now, there's full support for it, and Google has done a nice job integrating it with Google Docs.

Google Keep isn't just a nifty Google tool. It can help teachers and students in so many ways:

1. Organize a research paper or essay with notes. When students gather information for a big project, it can be hard for them to picture everything and put it in order mentally. Instead, they can put important ideas - or even individual facts - in separate Keep notes. In a new Google Doc, they click Tools > Keep notepad and drag their ideas and facts from Keep into the doc.

You can see how this might look in the image below from The Keyword blog from Google:

2. Save time by adding common comments from Keep. I learned this one from Eric Curts on his always fantastic Control Alt Achieve blog. When grading assignments in Docs, if you type comments, you probably find yourself typing the same comments over and over. Instead, create a checklist in Keep and type those commonly typed comments there. Go to Tools > Keep notepad to open Google Keep in a sidebar. When you need one of those comments, highlight and copy it from your Keep notepad and paste it into the comments. Why retype the same stuff over and over if you can copy/paste it?

3. Grab and save your whiteboard notes. I do this one a lot. If I've written a bunch of notes on my whiteboard, I can take a picture and save it to Google Keep. Students can do this, too.

4. Connect to-do lists with another person. Your sticky notes in Google Keep can be shared with others by entering names or e-mail addresses. Teachers can share important department notes. Students' excuses of "My partner's sick and he has all the notes" are eliminated.

5. Save websites to a note with one click. Ever find a great video or article and think, "I'd love to see this but I don't have time now"? Use the Google Keep Chrome extension. Once added to your Google Chrome web browser, you can click the little lightbulb button in the top right corner of your browser to create a note with a link to that website. Type text in the note and give it a label right from the Chrome extension. Then check it out later.

6. Move big notes to Google Docs. Is one of your Google Keep notes getting too verbose? Use the "Copy to Google Doc" option to save it to your Google Drive, opening up more formatting options.

7. Record inspiration when it happens. Google Keep is available on a variety of platforms (see links above). When you need to jot down a genius idea, Google Keep is there. This is my most common use of Keep: I'll grab my phone and type an idea before it escapes me. Then I'll retrieve it or add to it later on my computer.

8. Search your ideas. One drawback of my paper notebook is that I can't quickly search it if I know a good idea is in there - somewhere. Use the search bar at the top of Google Keep to search all of your notes - even the ones you've archived when you're done with them. If the text is clear and easy to read, it will even search the text in your images!

9. Get reminders when and where you need them. Add a reminder to a Google Keep note so it will call your attention to it at a certain time or when you're at a specific place. Your device needs to identify your location with GPS for the location feature to work. It's pretty impressive when it does - when you're walking in the school and your phone buzzes with a timely reminder.

10. Transcribe printed notes or words into text. Snap a photo of someone's notes or a quote you need to transcribe. Choose "Grab image text" from the three dots at the bottom. Keep reads the text and changes it into editable text in your note. (Note: It struggles with handwritten text, especially if it's small and it's not in straight lines.)

Google Keep has great practical and time-saving benefits for students and teachers. If you haven't tried it, I suggest downloading the app or heading to the Google Keep website now to start!

(Original post April 2, 2015. Post updated March 10, 2017.)
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For a long time, I've been a list-maker and a note-taker. You should see my desk. It can get littered with them pretty easily. The worst is when I would take down some valuable details and then leave the paper sitting on my desk at school.