This is the final episode of the Google Teacher Podcast.

In this final episode, Matt and Kasey explain why this podcast is ending and reflect on their experiences creating it.

Some of their favorite moments and things they've enjoyed include:

• Tips from YOU are the best episode
• Speakpipes are informative and sometimes entertaining
• Jokes, memes, and silliness with our listeners
• Keynote speeches and conference meet-ups
• Learned more from our listeners than we will ever learn on our own
• Hearing listeners apply things they learned made our day
• Continued partnership and friendship
• Outtakes - Speaking of outtakes...make sure you listen to the very end!

You're invited to continue learning with Matt, Kasey, and Chris!

• Matt Miller's Ditch That Text Book
• Kasey Bell's Shake Up Learning
• Chris Nesi's House of #EdTechSocial Media

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Google News and Updates

• Additional language support for live captions in Google Meet
• Create and work with documents that contain multiple page orientations in Google Docs
• Open Office attachments from Gmail in Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides with one click
• Some Google Meet settings now “sticky” for Education users
• Take a snowy stroll with Street View
• Create a festive song with Blob Opera
• 20 years of Year in Search

Featured Content

• Pam Hubler had a possible idea to answer a question in e124 using Wakelet to curate Google materials
• Another possible answer to the same question from Stephanie Litz
• Hello Matt and Kasey,
• So thankful for your podcast, keep up the good work because your listeners appreciate it. 
• Regarding the question from Marcel (below), I found this resource that might be a good fit: 
• Cube For Teachers Website - Cube For Teachers is a place where educators search, share, and store links to free open educational K-12 resources, including lessons, activities, interactive games, teaching strategies, tech tips, videos, special education, subject-specific resources, and more.
• Cube For Teachers - Chrome Web Store
• @cubeforteachers 

Dr. Rebecca Kreider from Mt. Olivetownship school district, verbal feedback is 3x as effective. She recommends Mote.

On The Blogs

• Matt
• New book, Do More with Google Classroom, is available!
• Kasey
• Blended Learning with Google (on Amazon)
• Google from A to Z (on Amazon)

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Google News and Updates

• New features for Google Sites: Templates, announcement banners, and access for children with Google Accounts
• New sharing dialog for Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Forms
• Maps that bring us closer, even when we're apart
• The science of why remote meetings don't feel the same
• Google Meet premium video meetings—free for everyone

Featured Content

• “Family” gatherings of older student mentors and students
• Family Game night with classes/teachers
• Padlet/Flipgrid where people could put affirmations and celebrations
• Facebook group for teachers
• Informal coffee talks
• Birthday party for a teacher/student in a parking lot with social distancing
• Scavenger hunt - collect items, spell out mascot name with items and post pictures
• Would you rather? - discussion on Google Classroom, in person, or asynchronous
• Learn a TikTok dance
• What are you learning at home?
• Interview a family member
• Virtual guests and virtual field trips 
• Pixel art
• Virtual greeting cards on Google Drawings
• Make a creative stop-motion animation 
• Virtual Learning Ideas

Resources Google Teacher Podcast Mailbag

• Tracey Dranttel (North Carolina) -- Email
• Pat Goolsby (Georgia) -- Voicemail
• Clay Smith (Twitter)

On The Blogs

• Matt:
• Remote Learning 101: FREE online course
• 20 ways to use Pear Deck to engage students
• Webinar: Use student-paced mode in Pear Deck
• Ditch That Textbook eLearning Resources Page
• Kasey:
• FREE Interactive Tic-Tac-Toe Choice Board for Google Slides
• Leading Through Crisis and Beyond for Teachers and Educational Leaders

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• Visit the Moon and planets on Google Maps
• Street View goes to the “top of the world”
• New Google Calendar
  • Learn What’s New

• Comments (and nested comments and tagging)
• Linking directly to a comment
• Comment history
• Add, edit, reply or delete comments

• Assigning Tasks
• Suggested Edits
• Kaizena
• Keep integration (doc stickers / common feedback phrases)
• Bitmoji Chrome Extension
• Read & Write for Google Chrome allows voice note

• Keith George (Alabama) talks blurring in YouTube videos
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FAP2wtsYoM
• Alex Adams -- opening up new module after submitting work on Google Classroom?
• Amy Eagle (NY) -- "I love Google classroom. But I am wondering if we should be teaching basic drive skills that are no longer as critical when we use Classroom to disseminate and turn in work. Clearly, it is easier to use Classroom than to teach sharing etc. How would you reconcile the two?"

• Matt - Memory Game with Google Slides (via Mandi Tolen)
• Kasey - 4 Must-Have Google Classroom Skills

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On this episode, Matt and Kasey are sharing a joint keynote presentation they gave during the Summer of 2017. Below is the presentation used...

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During episode 24 Matt and Kasey made it known that sometimes there just aren't many if any updates to speak of. No sooner did they utter those words and Google went crazy with a number updates!

• Expeditions on iOS with Self-Guided Tours and Annotations
• Google Classroom: Import Google Forms quiz grades—Teachers can assign a Google Forms quiz and automatically import grades to the Student Work page.
• Google Data Studio
  • Google Data Studio (beta) turns your data into informative dashboards and reports that are easy to read, easy to share, and fully customizable. Dashboarding allows you to tell great data stories to support better business decisions.
• New Google Hardware

Google Slides is a cornerstone application of G Suite and recently Google added a number of features to improve functionality and usability. Some of the features mentioned were long-time requests by users like you and others were bonus add-ons that were unexpected.

• Slides now features Google Keep integration
• New Add-ons...
  • Unsplash - Every Unsplash photo is high-res and completely free to use for commercial and personal purposes.
  • Adobe Stock
  • Shutter Stock
  • the Noun Project
  • Pear Deck
• Features...
  • Linked Slides
  • Slide Sorter
  • Insert Diagrams
  • Skip Slides (during presentation)
  • Apps Scripts

Dena Dellere (@DDellere) tweeted about her use of Google Classroom for a recent technology-related in-service at her school in Oklahoma. "Each topic is a Session."

Using GC for 17-18 Tech Inservice.  Each topic is a Session. Genius idea from our Business T to clear GC clutter. #gttribe #OklaEd

Sam Mora, via SpeakPipe, from Arizona, uses Screencastify and is looking for a way to blur sensitive information in the videos she creates.

Christina Smith Rivera, from Colorado, works with teams of Student TechXperts. Her students provide PD for students and staff members at the school. She is looking for ways to connect her student tech leaders with other groups throughout the United States.

• Matt - Classroom video calls. You can do this. Here’s how.
• Kasey - How to Create Screencast GIFs

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In a lighter week of news and updates the only things of note were additional colors to Google Keep Notes and revamped icons in the G Suite interface when using Docs, Sheets, etc

Joe Marquez is a passionate educator who loves nothing more than to discover new ways to motivate and engage his 8th-grade science students.

His focus is not on ways educators teach their kids, but rather on new ways they can better reach their kids.

Technology has been the spark which has ignited his exploration into next-generation educational technology and pushed him into becoming a leader and technology coach for the Clovis Unified School District.

Joe provides insight on his TACO initiative, which is a STEM camp for students who want to teach STEM.

• http://SonsofTechnology.com
• Shared Lesson: One-Pager Group Presentation (Want a copy? Go to File>Make a Copy)
• A blueprint for Twitter and social media in the classroom with Joe Marquez
• NewsELA

• Cara Wilmot (FL) shared a comment on episode 22 regarding captions on Youtube.

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• Gmail will create links to contact info
  • How it works: Clicking an address link will take the user to Google Maps. Clicking an email address will compose a new email, using the user’s default email client. Finally, when using a mobile device, clicking a phone number will start a call request using the default phone app.
• View the world through someone else's lens in Google Earth

Google Drawings allows you to add some color to your documents, presentations, and websites with easy to create charts and diagrams. However, Matt and Kasey provide you with some additional applications for you and your students.

• Visual Thinking with Google Drawings
  • Power of images and text on the brain (dual coding)
  • Google Drawings: like a digital poster board (or paper)
  • Only tools: lines, shapes, text and images
  • Annotate on images
    • Example: Tres de Mayo painting annotation
    • Take a snapshot and add speech bubbles
  • Photo comic strips
    • Mike Petty’s site on photo comic strips
  • Create infographics
    • Icons: The Noun Project (thenounproject.com)
    • An example infographic: DitchThatTextbook.com/hunter
    • Create eye-popping infographics with Google Drawings
  • Graphic organizers
    • 15 free graphic organizer templates

• FREE Google Drawings Cheat Sheet
• 10 engaging Google Drawings activities for classes
• The Google Drawings Manifesto for Teachers
• Use Google Drawings for brain-friendly visual notetaking
• Google Drawings interactive posters (no glue sticks necessary!)
• 10 Ways to Use Google Drawings in the Classroom

• Meghan Eberhart (MN) asks about web-based video editors with the recent Google killing of the Youtube video editor/creator.
  • Matt and Kasey recommend WeVideo.
  • Producer Chris Nesi featured Bruce Reicher, a WeVideo ambassador, on episode 87 of House of #EdTech.
• Becca Glassberg (NY) had a quick question regarding Google Classroom differentiation and how assignments appear on Google Calendar.
• Tim Baker (KY) runs a Student Tech Leadership Program (STLP) and is looking for an app, tool, or extension for managing checklists for repetitive tasks.
  • Matt and Kasey recommend Google Keep.
  • Episode 11 was all about Google Keep

• Matt - From Topic to Thesis, Teaching Students to Write Argument (Shaelynn Farnsworth)
• Kasey - How to Infuse Google Classroom with the Power of YouTube

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• What’s Really Going on With Google Drive
  • Original announcement: Drive File Stream Coming to G Suite
  • Blog post from Michael Fricano explaining it all!
• Applied Digital Skills: New Lessons and RubricsThe Applied Digital Skills program recently added new lessons plans and assessment rubrics. Additionally, Applied Digital Skills is now aligned to the state standards for ten states, with more coming soon. Explore the curriculum now.
• Earlier this summer, Google Arts & Culture launched 'We Wear Culture’, looking at the history of fashion and the stories behind what we wear. From the story of the Sari in India and lace making in Switzerland; this project covers a wide range of designers, fashion icons and subjects. There are 6 Google Expedition tours to accompany the project.
• Create a Culture of Innovation at Your School The beginning of the school year is a great opportunity to proactively shape the culture of your school, and a culture of innovation can amplify the impact of technology. Take advantage of this time to nurture an environment where teachers are encouraged to take risks and try new things in order to better serve students. Use this guide to access guiding principles and actionable tips for creating a culture of innovation among teachers and staff.
• Embed on Google Sites

• What's New In YouTube?
  • Got a new look and features on Aug. 29 - highlights
    • Lots of updates to mobile - Watch this video
    • Google for Education on YouTube
    • EDU in 90 on YouTubeWant to keep tabs on the latest updates from Google for Education, but don’t have much time? Check out EDU in 90, a new video series from Google for Education. Each episode, we focus on an important topic for educators, administrators, and school leaders - things like product updates, new programs, and helpful resources for the classroom. Subscribe to the Google for Education YouTube channel to make sure you don’t miss an episode.
    • Episode 2: What’s New in Classroom
    • New embed options
    • New look and feel
    • Open transcript
    • Dark theme great for whole class watching in the dark
    • GTT on YT

• Google Doc Tips Sketchnotes from Wanda Terral
• Great hyperdoc from Karly, Sean, Heather, and Michelle

• Matt - 22 Killer Keyboard Shortcuts (and a Challenge!) for Busy Educators
• Kasey - 8 Ways to Support Digital Citizenship Skills with Google

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• First Day of Classroom
• Version Control in Docs
• Be Internet Awesome
• DigCit Training for Teachers

The 2017-18 school year is here and Google did not disappoint as many improvements, enhancements, and new features were added to the popular Google Classroom.

• View all student work on one page
• Move tiles in your classes
• Display class code in full screen
• Teacher/student can specify which email notifications they receive

• Updates to Classroom & Forms

• Miriam Bart wants to turn off Classroom notifications.
• Amy Diamond has teachers who want to make more attractive slides
  • Make Your Google Presentations Shine
• Lisa Byrd: DocSecrets add-on to blank out words and reveal them as you go

• Matt - The Hyperdoc Effect: 7 Ways Using Hyperdocs Has Changed My Classroom
• Kasey - 6 Android Apps to Try on a Chromebook

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• Updates to Google Sheets
• Google for Education PD Week
• New Publish Settings in Google Sites

• Using music in Docs Story Builder to set the tone for writing from @koolteecha
• Chromebooks bookmark tip from @swkreed
• Create an infographic syllabus using Google Drawings from @MissThurmes
• 6 Year End Google Classroom Clean Up Tips from Eric Curts
• Use slide linking to create a menu for station rotations from @specialtechie
• From Robin Limpert (3rd-grade teacher, Ohio):

I have a 3rd student that took what I taught her about using G Suite, specifically from your episode #9 about Google forms and applied it to an "Entrepreneurial" venture! She created a Google form titled- "Eliana's Summer Pet Sitting and Mail Collection Service" then she had her mother post it to her friends to collect potential customers' information in a Google Sheet. As you can imagine, I was beaming with pride and thought you would like to hear about this real-life application being made at such a young age. This is proof that if we spend the time to train our kids to use these creative digital tools, they will do remarkable things!

I spent this school year teaching and developing a curriculum for an elementary version of a "Chrome Squad" for our building. My goal was to develop a resource to train kids to use G Suite using basic language that kids can understand. I have a "Kids Teaching Kids" type of program which has now evolved into my kids actually teaching our busy teachers to use Google tools as well.

I started with 10 kids and now have over 30 kids in our Chrome Squad. If you are interested, I can get you more information on my ebook coming out over the summer- "Chromebooks for kids- Training your Elementary Chrome Squad."

• Matt - Catch the Flipgrid fever! 15+ ways to use Flipgrid in your class
• Kasey - 10 Reasons to Go Google
• Coming in the next few weeks: The Google Certified Educator Academy

• Don’t Mess with Google Classroom Conference with Alice Keeler and Kasey Bell
• Ditch That Conference (Sept. 8, 2017 in Marshall, IN, OR attend virtually!)

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From Google I/O: https://blog.google/topics/developers/all-io17-announcements/

• Make calls with Google Assistant, type to talk to it, proactive notifications (will Google Home have a place in schools? Google Assistant?) -
• Smart Reply to Gmail … previously in Inbox and Allo (do you use it?)
• Expeditions AR: More virtual/augmented reality experiences for the classroom (Statue of David, strand of DNA, whirling Category 5 hurricane)
  • Augmented Reality with Google Expeditions is Coming!

• • Choose Your Own Adventure Stories with Forms (quick)
  • Storyboarding new ideas with Drawings/Slides
  • Photo comic strips with Google Drawings
  • Screencastify
  • Toontastic
  • Docs Story Builder
    • Story of the Atom
  • Google Earth Tour Builder

"I'm enjoying the podcast. In episode 5, a listener had a question about how to remove students from accessing certain files he shared with them. Y'all both offered great tips. I just wanted to offer a free solution at whohasaccess.com that scans your Drive, shows who has access to what files, and with one button push, you can revoke access to all files you've shared with that person. I use this for removing access to Google Drive files from departing employees." --Aaron Kinney

JP Prezzavento (MO) -- via SpeakPipe. Add short link in automatic substitution.

• Matt - 5 Ways to Get Back to Solid Teaching and Learning
• Kasey - The Guide to Google Drive Sharing

• Don’t Mess with Google Classroom Conference with Alice Keeler and Kasey Bell
• Ditch That Conference (Sept. 8, 2017 in Marshall, IN, OR attend virtually!)

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• Inspiring the creative problem-solvers of the future
• Updates to Chat in Docs, Sheets, and Slides

Google Slides is a core Google tool that is SO much more than just giving users the ability to create slideshows for presentations.

• How to Create an eBook in Google Slides
• 8 interactive Google Slides activities for classroom excitement
• Animation of the sodium-potassium pump (courtesy of Chris Baker)
• Magnetic Poetry
• Choose Your Own Adventure: Session resources for Matt’s Google Genius presentation

• DriveSlides: Add photos to a folder in Google Drive and DriveSlides will automatically put them onto individual slides in a new Slides presentation
• Self-grading quizzes: Example self-grading quiz
• Infographics: Creating eye-popping infographics with Google Drawings
• Create a Google Classroom Custom Header in Google Drawings

• Kerrie Johnson (Ohio) asks:
  1. do you have a hack for getting around not being able to put a Google Sheet in landscape?
  2. I know it's possible to make a poster in the G Suite but I'm not exactly sure how. Do I use Drawing? Slides? Any tips?
  • Google Drawings interactive posters (no glue sticks necessary!)
• Lisa Blevins-Salyer, Technology Integration Specialist (Johnson County Schools) shared this thought:

• Matt - The Google Drawings Manifesto for Teachers
• Kasey - Teach Like the Tonight Show: Internet Pop Quiz with Google Slides

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Google News and Updates

• Present high-quality video and audio in Google Meet
• See up to 16 Google Meet participants at once with a tiled layout
• Start or join a Google Meet video meeting directly from Gmail
• Explore new sites, relive old hikes for National Park Week (Arts & Culture)

Featured Content

Using Google Tools to Connect with Students

• Encourage connectedness
• Good morning videos
• Office Hours/Check-ins: Keep interactions light-hearted when possible. Try having a joke of the day, funny video of the day, or playing a game.
• Trackers - from Lisa Johnson
• Google Forms Attendance and Check-in: How are you doing? How do you feel?
• Online safety/Digital Citizenship - Applied Digital Skills
• Using Google Classroom posts and comments to support conversations and connection

Google Slides: give students a prompt and have them respond with webcam pics

Have them teach something non-school curriculum through pictures

Google Form (or a non-graded Google Classroom assignment): Asking “how are you doing” and following up with them via email or Google Classroom private comments

Connect outside tools to Google Classroom:

• Flipgrid for student check-ins, for fun prompts, to share their pets, etc.
• Pear Deck has SEL slides … put them in student-paced mode to be accessed any time

Fun Google Meet video call ideas (13-20 in graphic below has some fun stuff)

Google Teacher Podcast Mailbag

Melissa Burns (South Carolina)

• Google Classroom Cheat Sheets, Google Classroom FAQ, Bookmark the Classwork Page

Anonymous Voicemail

On The Blogs

• Matt:
• Use Explore Explain Apply to plan remote learning lessons
• 10 online whiteboard options for remote learning
• Ditch That Textbook eLearning Resources
• 70 elearning activities, templates and tutorials
• Kasey:
• FREE Google Templates
• Google Classroom FAQ

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• Create your own Street View imagery with new 360 cameras
• G+ - Invite people to community with a link
• Subscribe to Google for Education Newsletter (<-very bottom of this page)

• Automatic substitution
• Three finger drag with Chromebooks
• Clear formatting
• Insert > Image > Search (labeled for commercial reuse with modification)
• Email collaborators

• • Insert GIF
  • Force a Copy
  • Voice Typing
  • Tagging in Comments
  • Paste & Match Style

• 10 Google Apps tips EVERY teacher should know
• How to Insert Super Cool GIFs in Docs and Slides
• Force Users to Make a Copy of a Google Doc
• 5 Google Drive Tips Everyone Should Know
• Google Drive Resources from Shake Up Learning
• 20 collaborative Google Apps activities for schools
• Image Search Tricks that Every Teacher Must Know

• Paula Frank
• Arlee Hall

• Matt - Flashback to 2000: Classroom Tech That Doesn’t Exist Anymore (Edudemic)
• Kasey - The Educational Hashtag and Twitter Chat Database

Ready for some summer PD? Do you want to travel and help other teachers learn how to use Google Apps in their classroom? Do you want to get your foot in the door as a consultant, trainer, or present at national conferences? Want to make a little extra cash in summer training teachers?

This is the e-course you have been waiting for--the course to help you on your journey to becoming a Google for Education Certified Trainer!

Becoming a Google Certified Trainer was one of the best decisions I ever made, and it transformed my learning and my career! This self-paced, e-course includes EVERYTHING you need to know to pass the Trainer Skills Assessment AND complete the application requirements, including:

• 30+ Video Lessons (including the archive)
• Private Google+ Community
• The Ultimate Google Certified Trainer Planner and Checklist
• VIP BONUSES!
• Tips & Tricks
• 7 Hours PD Credit (certificate and badge!)
• and much more!

Watch the videos on this page to learn more about the process and this course.

(Please note: This course does NOT include preparation for Level 1 and 2. I am working on a new set of courses to support this here.)

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• Mysterious pattern in Egypt
• Massive herd of water buffalo in Tanzania
• New Google Sites: group items vertically
• Bringing Within to WebVR

Google Maps is Google's map program. It offers satellite imagery, street maps, 360° panoramic views of streets (Street View), real-time traffic conditions (Google Traffic), and route planning for traveling by foot, car, bicycle (in beta), or public transportation.

• Easy access to Google Maps Street View
• 3D lets you see cities, other landscape stuff in 3D
• Look at places in history, in literature, in news, in popular culture
• Cards give you information at your fingertips you might not know otherwise (like integrating a Google search)
• Voyager: collections of images, street views, “interactive stories”
• Hold in shift for “helicopter view”
• I’m feeling lucky: find places you might not otherwise
• Can still
• When you switch locations, it zooms out and back in so you know where you were and where you’re going (orientation on the globe)
• Google Earth educator resources: https://www.google.com/earth/education/
• Reading ABC’s from space
• Trek Across the Galapagos
• Wonders of the Ancient and Modern World
• Follow the Google Earth Community
  • Google+
  • YouTube
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Google Earth blog

• Google Earth Lit Trips on Chromebooks by Eric Curts
• Ben Friesen’s New Google Earth resource page
• Create your own Google Earth tours with geteach.com/tour (blog post)
• EdTech Team’s blog and infographic: 10 Google Earth Updates That Will Change Your GEO Life

Assign a Google Voyage as an assignment in Classroom (YouTube)

• Holly Messner (Grade 5 teacher from Kansas City, MO)
  • Alice Keeler’s Anyone Can View Chrome extension
• Craig Klement - Insert a video into Google slides using the iPad

• Matt - Writing papers and research reports the Google way
• Kasey - 20 NEW Ways to Use Google Classroom

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• Google Classroom Outside the Classroom
• New Topics Feature in Google+
  • Google Educator Groups
• Bringing Alexander Hamilton’s history to life

John McGowan is a certified Google Education Trainer and the creator for the g(Math) Add-on for Docs, Sheets, and Forms with over 11.5 million worldwide users. He has been teaching secondary math for over 15 years and loved to adapt the fail-forward mentality and push the bounds of technology integration in the math classroom. John's passion is to ignite student interest in math by creating dynamic visualizations and using coding to give personalized instruction and feedback to students instantly. His Moonshot is to make Coding the new Calculus.

John has presented worldwide on using g(Math) and other digital tools in the classroom and incorporating coding into the math curriculum. He recently embarked on a new career to leave the classroom to join up with Texthelp to develop g(Math) full-time and make a greater impact on teaching and learning by making digital math easy and accessible to all. EquatIO (https://goo.gl/G0yCQH) was just released and is the first step in that journey!

• Website: mathtechtips.blogspot.com
• Twitter: @jmacattak
• Feedback in Equatio (John is the one who receives it)

• EquatIO
• (g)math Add-On
• Texthelp
• Desmos
• #mtbos -- Math Twitter Blog-o-sphere hashtag on Twitter
• Reinventing Math Class with EquatIO by John McGowan

• Stephanie Pullen’s Balloon Pop
• Shaun Else - "Student thank you" (via SpeakPipe)
• Adam Geisen (via Speakpipe)
• Inbox by Gmail

• Matt - I’m going back to paper AND staying digital
• Kasey:
  • 8 Tips for a Google Expeditions Pilot by Heather Kilgore
  • Countdown to Closing VIP Become a Google Certified Trainer Course (closes at midnight on May 21)

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• New Google Earth
  • https://earth.google.com/web/
• Google Search Fact Check
• Customize Google Sites Colors and Logos

Kasey’s tools:

• Google Cultural Institute
  • Zoom view
• Google Trends
  • Hot Trends
• Google Takeout
• LMGTFY

Matt’s tools:

• nGram Viewer
• Reverse image search
• YouTube Editor
• Time Lapse in Google Earth Engine

Additional Resources

• Kasey’s Golden Treasures of Google Blog Series
  • Part 1: Tools for Google Maps, Street View, and Google Earth
  • Part 2: Data Tools
  • Part 3: Google Search Tools and Tricks
  • Part 4: Student Initiatives
• Kasey’s Golden Treasures of Google Presentation from KySTE
• Google’s Buried Treasure: 18 hidden tricks and tools

Here's a question from a #GTTribe listener about discouraging cheating in Google Slides.

Any advice? #gsuiteedu #googleedu #edtech pic.twitter.com/0g2Hg307XU

— Google Teacher Tribe (@GTeacherTribe) April 13, 2017

• Matt - Teach with Kahoot!: Go beyond review with the Blind Kahoot
• Kasey - Reinventing Math Class with EquatIO (Chrome extension)

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• Kasey's Google April Fools Day YouTube Playlist
• How three teachers turned classroom inspiration into action through the Certified Innovator Program
• Innovator Academy Dates and Locations
• New AutoDraw App

Shaelynn Farnsworth is a leader in the convergence between literacy and technology. As a high school teacher, she redefined her English classroom as not only a place to learn about literature but also explore how technology is shaping the future of communications. She continues this exploration as an Education Services Consultant for AEA 267 in Iowa. There, her primary focus is on technology, literacy, and Authentic Intellectual Work. Shaelynn is a staff developer, literacy coach, and supports districts in the implementation of initiatives. She is a Google Certified Innovator and has training in Project Based Learning from the Buck Institute, Instructional Coaching, and Reading and Writing Workshop from Lucy Calkins.

• Follow @shfarnsworth
• Website: http://Shaelynnfarnsworth.com

• Shaelynn's Resource Page (loaded with apps, extensions, add-ons, oh my!)
• Shaelynn’s Lesson: Multigenre Project (grades 7-12)

In episode 10 you asked about ways for people to submit files through Google Forms if they are outside of your domain. Since that feature is limited to use within your domain, here is a different idea that districts may want to try if they need parents or other folks to be able to submit files which get automatically saved to your Drive...

An option to consider might be to use the "Save Emails and Attachments" add-on for Google Sheets:

• https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/save-emails-and-attachmen/nflmnfjphdbeagnilbihcodcophecebc

You can see full details on how it works here:

• https://www.labnol.org/internet/send-gmail-to-google-drive/21236/

Basically instead of using a Form, people would send an email to a specific address (I would suggest setting up one specifically for this purpose like dropbox@myschool.org). Emails sent to this address will trigger the add-on. Any attachments they send would be saved into a Google Drive folder you specify (which could be shared with the appropriate people for access).

• Matt - Exploring ‘Explore’: How Google works for you and your students
• Kasey:
  • Enroll in the Google Certified Trainer Course TODAY!
  • http://BecomeAGoogleTrainer.com

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• Classroom Open to More Users
• Doodle for Google Winner

• Using Google Translate to learn English

• Tab scissors & Tab glue
• Text expander
• One tab
• Extensity

• Awesome Screenshot
• Google Keep
• Google Docs QuickCreate
• Buffer

• Chrome App & Extension Database
• G Suite Training on Demand (Chrome Extension)
• Back to School with Google Chrome: The Complete Guide
• Google Chrome Resources from Shake Up Learning
• Get the Shake Up Learning Chrome Extension

• Matt - Principally Speaking Podcast
• Kasey:
  • 6 Steps to Google Certified Trainer (Video Walkthrough and infographic)
  • Everything You Wanted to Know About the Google Certified Educator Application (Video)
  • BecomeAGoogleTrainer.com

Summer is approaching quickly, and now is the perfect time to plan your professional learning! Would you like to be a Google Certified Trainer? Do you want to travel and help other teachers learn how to use G Suite in their classroom? Do you want to get your foot in the door as a consultant, trainer, or present at national conferences? Want to make a little extra cash in summer training teachers?

This is the e-course you have been waiting for–the course to help you on your journey to becoming a Google for Education Certified Trainer!

Becoming a Google Certified Trainer was one of the best decisions I ever made, and it transformed my learning and my career! This self-paced, e-course includes EVERYTHING you need to know to pass the Trainer Skills Assessment AND complete the application requirements, including:

• 30+ Video Lessons (including the archive)
• Private Google+ Community
• The Ultimate Google Certified Trainer Planner and Checklist
• VIP BONUSES!
• Tips & Tricks
• and much more!

Visit BecomeAGoogleTrainer.com for all of the details and to enroll (VIP opens April 11th and will close at midnight CST on May 21!)

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Matt and Kasey have a lot of fun hosting the podcast! So much fun that they've inadvertently caused a new hashtag, #superexcited! Jen Giffen, their guest in episode 1o, created this graphic to help Matt and Kasey with their choice of words:

• Viewing Video Attachments in Gmail: when opening an email with video attachments, you will see a thumbnail of the video and have the ability to stream it, right from inside Gmail.
• Update Google Drive Plug-in for Office (Before April 20): The Drive plug-in for Microsoft Office allows users working in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook to open documents directly from Google Drive, and save to Google Drive, without leaving their Office programs.
• Journey Under the Earth in Street View

Google Keep is a note-taking service developed by Google. Google Keep is available on the web and has mobile apps for the Android and iOS mobile operating systems. Keep offers a variety of tools for taking notes, including text, lists, images, and audio.

• Now part of G Suite
  • Google Docs Integration
  • Google Keep Chrome Extension
  • Mobile Apps (iOS and Android)
  • Google Keep Support Page

• Google Keep Cheat Sheet from Shake Up Learning
• Eric Curts Grading with Google Keep
• Stephanie Filardo -- DocStickers with Google Keep

• Lynn Legg (Castle Pines, Colorado) asks: I would love to know how I can clean out all the essays and assignments in my Google drive from previous year's Google Classrooms

• Matt - 10 ways Google Keep can help streamline life at school
• Kasey:
  • 15 Ways Students Can Use Google Keep [infographic]
  • Personalize Google Keep for You and Your Students

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• Free Technology Curriculum from Google
  • Video-based G Suite Lessons for Grades 7-12
• Streamline Hangouts and Gmail
  • SMS Moving Out of Hangouts on Android

Jen Giffen currently works as a Digital Literacy Resource Teacher with the York Region District School Board in Ontario, Canada.

She has an M.Ed in Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning and a specialist in English. She holds additional qualifications in Special Education and the Integration of Information and Computer Technology in Instruction.

She is a level 2 Google Certified Educator and Google for Education Certified Trainer. She has a keen interest in EdTech and is always looking for new tools to enhance the learning environment to engage students and increase critical thinking skills.

She spends her free time playing with her three little boys and coaching and participating in competitive cheerleading.

• Jen’s sketches
• How to make your Google Drive Beautiful (video)
• Sketches from Ditch Summit
• www.copypastecharacter.com

Jen’s Lesson: Mystery Hangouts (grades 3-12 AND adults)

Connect with Jen:

• Twitter: @virtualgiff
• Website: virtualgiff.com

• Keith George (Educational Technology Specialist from Alabama):
  • Creating Google Forms with file upload: How do you let people submit the form when they’re not on the domain the form was created in?
• Check out this stop-motion animation from Blenna Patterson  

• Matt - You are in the miracle business -- the best business to be in
• Kasey - 10 Chrome-ifying Tips & Tricks Infographic from @Diben on Twitter

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• Share files in one location with Team Drives
• New Google Hangouts Chat and Meetings

• A spooky trick: Hide a link from students until you’re ready for them to see (via Heather Sanders)

• Forms v. Quizzes feature
• Email notifications (late work form)
• Contact form
• File attachments (field trip permission slips)
• Student notes for documentation
• Confirmation page

• Google Edu Forms Tips
• Customized email newsletters for every kid with Google Forms
• Quick Google Forms time savers for teachers
• The Magic Automatic Lesson Planner with Google Forms
• 20 practical ways to use Google Forms in class, school
• The NEW Google Forms: 9 classroom uses
• Shut the Front Door! Digital Differentiation with Google Forms - UPDATED!
• Choose Your Own Adventure with Google Forms from Sylvia Duckworth

• Louie Soper (Lancaster, PA) asks:
  • Are there any resources to help set up Parent Email Summaries?
    • Guardian instructions for setting up email summaries: https://support.google.com/edu/classroom/answer/6388136?hl=en
  • Is this a function that needs to be allowed by our Google Admin?
    • Must be allowed by admin because default is off.

• Matt - We should rethink our defintion of “wasting time”
• Kasey - Chrome App and Extension Searchable Database (150+)

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• https://quickdraw.withgoogle.com/
• Okinawa’s stunning—but endangered—underwater world

Matt and Kasey speak with Royse City High School’s Student Chrome Squad! Students Tyler Crumrine, Britni Sanchez, Bryan Barnes, Caleb Fay and their teacher advisor and Innovative Learning Specialist, Cody Holt discuss what the Chrome Squad is, how it began and the challenges they face.

Cody Holt spent 11 years as a high school Language Arts before transitioning to the world of instructional technology. As an Innovative Learning Specialist for Royse City ISD Cody gets to help teachers navigate instruction in a digital age; specifically how to incorporate digital tools to positively impact learning.

Resource mentioned:

• Connected for Learning Website (by the Chrome Squad)
• C4L Ninjas (Badging system for teachers by the Chrome Squad)
• Student Chrome Squad (Part 1): Great Leadership is Key for 1-1 by Cody Holt
• Student Chrome Squad (Part 2): Building the Chrome Squad by Cody Holt
• Student Chrome Squad (Part 3): Build Your Own Student Tech Team by Cody Holt
• Chrome Squad TCEA Presentation
• http://www.roysecityheraldbanner.com/news/local_news/rcisd-s-chrome-squad-officially-brag-worthy/article_fb0a9e6e-bbf3-11e6-9da2-932a45debc2d.html

• Kristin Mayo from Ayer Shirley Regional School District (MA) asked: Is there a way to turn on safe-searching at the admin/district level?
  • Enable Safe Search from the Admin Console
  • Search inside the G Suite app

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Google News and Updates

• Extending the availability of Google Meet advanced features to all customers through September 30, 2020
• New Meet features to improve distance learning (Start a Meet video chat in Google Classroom)
• 5 tips for effective distance learning during school closures
• Accessibility ideas for distance learning during COVID-19
• If you are not subscribed to the G Suite Updates blog, now is a good time! Click the “subscribe by email” button.

Featured Content

• Make a copy - How to use all the free templates out there
• File>Make a copy
• Force a Copy links
• Template links
• How to Create and Assign Templates (GTP095)
• How to use Google Templates and Assign in Google Classroom
• Sharing - Guide to Sharing
• What is G Suite
• Where to find answers
• Help forums
• Google it!
• G Suite Updates Blog
• LMGTFY

Google Teacher Podcast Mailbag

Jennifer Isaacs (Illinois)

Kat Benne

Nicole Blake (Indiana)

David Rogers (South Africa)

• Screencastify post about free access

On The Blogs

• Matt:
• 10 live video streams for students
• How to use Chromebooks offline for elearning
• OnlineLearningIdeas.com
• Kasey:
• The Guide to Google Drive Sharing (FREE eBook)
• Home Learning Strategies for Primary Students That All Teachers Can Use
• How to use Google Templates and Assign in Google Classroom
• What is G Suite for Education (FREE download)

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• AI Duet
• PASSWORD PROTECT A GOOGLE FORM (from Jeremy Badiner) Google Forms can be used for so much: collecting data, surveys, self-grading quizzes, and Breakout Games. On of the coolest features is the ability to set a password to block progress in any Form. All you need to do is create sections and add a question that requires a specific text, digit, or other combination of progress.
• Narrate Google Slides for a Self-Paced Lesson (Video)
• G Suite Show
• G Suite YouTube Channel

• New features in Google Slides
• 4 Video Options in Google Slides that Will Make Your Day
• Screencasting and ways it can be used
  • Screencastify chrome extension
• Narrate Google Slides for a Self-Paced Lesson
• Video projects: Making them practical and fun
• 5 Ways Video Can Increase Student Ownership of Learning

• Chelsea Henderson "Ms. Hendo", Earle High School, Earle, Arkansas.
  • Choose Your Own Adventure with Google Drive
  • Interactive Learning Menus/Choice Boards with Google Docs
  • Digital Differentiation with G Suite
  • Google Training Center

• Matt - What happened when one school banned homework — and asked kids to read and play instead (via: Washington Post)
• Kasey - The Ultimate Google Cardboard and Expeditions Resource Guide

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• Preview password protected Microsoft Office files in Google Drive

• Fun Facts
• Google Keep: draw a note

When words, voice memos and checklists just won't do...draw in #GoogleKeep on your @Android or computer! #TuesdayTip pic.twitter.com/FnBWIHc371

• Google Sheets rotated text https://gsuiteupdates.googleblog.com/2017/02/support-for-rotated-text-accounting.html?m=1 (h/t Wanda Terral)

Christine Pinto teaches kindergarten for Arcadia Unified, which is located in southern California. She is the founder of #GAfE4Littles, which stands for Google Apps for Education for Little Kids (primary aged students).

Pinto, Google Certified Educator (Level 1),  believes that all kids, even our youngest learners can think critically and create with Google Apps.

Lesson shared by Christine:

• Lesson: Models and Equations in Google Sheets (Want your own copy? Go to File>Make a Copy in the Doc)

Connect with Christine Pinto:

• Website: christinepinto.com
• Follow @pintobeanz11

• Robin Limpert (http://www.robinlimpert.com/) - As a primary educator, I would love to hear more about integrating Google tools into our primary grades K-3. Most of us have iPads and using Google on iPads is a very different animal. We are starting to see Chromebooks become more primary friendly and I am excited about that but for now, do you have ideas for us using both iPads and Chromebooks?
  • Google on the iPad Resources:
    • http://www.shakeuplearning.com/google-and-the-ipad/
    • http://www.shakeuplearning.com/google-apps-ios-list/
  • Google Chrome and Chromebook Resources:
    • http://www.shakeuplearning.com/google-chrome/
• Michael Fricano via SpeakPipe- Follow @edtechnocation - edtechnocation.com

• Matt - 100 Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me About Teaching
• Kasey - In VR, Women Run the World!

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• 4 New Video Features in Google Slides That Will Make Your Day
• WORD LENS IN JAPANESE: If you don’t speak Japanese, Tokyo can be a confusing and sometimes daunting place to visit. Even if you make it through the complex subway system, you’ll be faced with street signs, menus or products on supermarket shelves that are only in Japanese.
  • With Word Lens now available in Japanese, you’ll never have to worry about taking a wrong turn on a busy Shibuya street or ordering something you wouldn't normally eat.
  • The Google Translate app already lets you snap a photo of Japanese text and get a translation for it in English. But it’s a whole lot more convenient if you can just point your camera and instantly translate text on the go. With Word Lens, you just need to fire up the Translate app, point your camera at the Japanese text, and the English translations will appear overlaid on your screen—even if you don't have an Internet or data connection. It’s every savvy traveler’s dream!

Tips:

• GoogleEDU Tuesday Tips

• What is Differentiation?
• Why Digital Differentiation?
• New Feature in G Class
• Ways to Differentiate in G Class
• Tips for Differentiated Assignments

• Google Classroom Update info
• Digital Differentiation with Google Classroom from Shake Up Learning
• 5 Ideas for Using Google Classroom’s Differentiation and Grouping Feature
• Interactive Learning Menus with Google Docs (great for student choice)
• Alice Keeler’s Google Classroom Resources
• Google Classroom Resources from Shake Up Learning
• Shake Up Learning’s Google Classroom Pinterest Board
• Google Classroom Books:
  • 50 Things You Can Do with Google Classroom by Alice Keeler
  • 50 Things to Go Further with Google Classroom by Alice Keeler
  • The Teacher’s Guide to Google Classroom (with FREE Student Guide) by Kasey Bell
• Differentiation Books:
  • The Differentiated Classroom: Responding to the Needs of All Learners by Carol Ann Tomlinson
  • How to Differentiate Instruction in Mixed-Ability Classrooms
  • Leading and Managing a Differentiated Classroom (Professional Development) by Carol Ann Tomlinson
  • Kasey’s TCEA Presentations & Resources

• SpeakPipe from Dr. Mason, http://www.edtechmason.com/
• SpeakPipe from Steve from Okinawa, Japan

Just dropping a quick note to say how awesome the podcast is. The organization of the show has great flow and the information is varied and informative for a Google teacher of any level. I can't help but smile as I listen to you two banter and would probably do so even if I didn't know you both. Keep up the great work. I look forward to hearing what you have in store for us in the months and years to come. #GTAATX forever! ~ Wanda Terral (Memphis, TN)

• Matt - https://edukidtionalinsights.wordpress.com/2017/02/12/sharing-digital-books-with-families-google-slides/
• Kasey - What is G Suite for Education? Click to make a copy of the Google Doc

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• Google Voice Updates - Long awaited and needed updates have been made to this popular Google product. Updates start with a facelift to the desktop and mobile apps along with some great new features!
• Tour Petra in Google Cardboard
• Quickly open NEW docs in browser
  • Docs: docs.google.com/create
  • Sheets: sheets.google.com/create
  • Slides: slides.google.com/create
  • Forms: forms.google.com/create
• TIP: Command-click on a bookmark bar folder to open all bookmarks at once

Carrie Baughcum is a self-described inspiration junkie, idea spreader, and learning enthusiast! Most importantly, she is a passionate believer that all children can learn, we just need to find out how.

Baughcum is currently the 6th, 7th and 8th-grade Extended Resource Special Education class in Arlington Heights School District 25. In her classroom, Carrie integrates technology, creative thinking, a fearless attitude, the power of gamification and endless doodles to enable her students to access information and materials, enhance their learning and empower them to achieve things they never knew they could do or be a part of.

Carrie is also the mother of two daughters, 9 and 11 years old. At home, she encourages them to explore, learn and try anything their imagination can think up. She works hard to create and involve them in activities and experiences with exploration, creativity, problem-solving and making.

She shares her experiences from her classroom, adventures, experiences and time with her husband and daughters with other at conferences and at carriebaughcum.com.

Follow @HeckAwesome

Shared by Carrie:

• Using Google Calendar as an Assignment Notebook
• Gamification Resources from Carrie
• Lesson: Argument Paragraph and Speech (Want your own copy? Go to File>Make a Copy in the Doc)

Matt - How to get parents on board with your big changes Kasey - How to Differentiate Assignments in Google Classroom

• Kevin White, The Learning Choice Academy in California, wrote in:
  • Matt, I love your site! Need to spruce mine up. I like the new Google Sites (been using Classic Google Sites), but it seems a bit limited. What do you use for your Ditch That Textbook site? Did you design it yourself? I hope you do not mind, I will be presenting and sharing some of your blogs at our next teacher tech training in Feb! Keep up the good work, I find your passion for educational technology to be exuberant!
• Tracey Nangle, ELA/Geography teacher, North Smithfiled Schools in Slatersville, RI
• Keturah Rush, Monticello School District in Monticello, AR
• Thank You Pam Q for your 5-star iTunes review!
  • This podcast was easy to listen to: clear, concise and useful for teachers and administrators. Kasey and Matt include current information for any educator who is integrating technology in their classrooms and schools. Can't wait for the next episode!

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• Toontastic 3D now available
  • Get Toontastic
• YouTubers create education content on learning languages
  • Mandarin Chinese! #LearnALanguage
    • Deeplink: https://ytkids.app.goo.gl/A2c0
  • French! #LearnALanguage
    • Deeplink: https://ytkids.app.goo.gl/2gqV
  • Hindi! #LearnALanguage
    • Deeplink: https://ytkids.app.goo.gl/bU4t
  • Italian! #LearnALanguage
    • Deeplink: https://ytkids.app.goo.gl/Nm04
  • Japanese! #LearnALanguage
    • Deeplink: https://ytkids.app.goo.gl/xYZh
  • Arabic! #LearnALanguage
    • Deeplink: https://ytkids.app.goo.gl/nVtO
  • Portuguese! #LearnALanguage
    • Deeplink: https://ytkids.app.goo.gl/dUWo
  • Russian! #LearnALanguage
    • Deeplink: https://ytkids.app.goo.gl/cKFV
• New Chromebooks: https://blog.google./topics/education/new-generation-chromebooks-designed-millions-students-and-educators/
• Android apps: Last May, Google announced that Android apps were coming to Chromebooks. In the coming weeks, Chromebook administrators will be able to create a library of approved Android apps and install them on select managed Chromebooks. Students will be able to access millions of Android apps, like Toontastic and Science Journal, for learning both online and offline.

The new Google Sites allow for a beautiful design with easy click to add, drag and drop elements including Google files (Docs, Slides, Sheets, Forms, Charts).

The new sites also allow creators to embed maps, YouTube videos, calendars on easy to manage and arranged pages. The themes are elegant to design easily and collaborate to let others edit a site.

Great a good entry point for newer users and those that don’t need fancy options when designing websites.

• Shoutout to #gafechat and Kelly Fitzgerald

• Websites for projects
• Parent portal
• Video repository
• ePortfolios
• Training site

• Google Sites Cheat Sheet (1-pager from Google)
• New Google Sites videos, podcasts, and resources from TeacherCast
• New Google Sites Cheat Sheet from Jenn Judkins
• Christy Fennewald has put together this great Google Slides presentation that really will tell you everything you need to know to get started.
• The New Google Sites: The Good, The Bad, and Nothing Ugly (Shake Up Learning)
• NEW Google Sites: 10 things teachers must know (Ditch That Textbook)

• Matt - Preparing students for a start-up, entrepreneur-driven world
• Kasey - Help Me Create an Educational Hashtag Database (similar to Chrome App and Extension Database)

• Paula Frank (Christ the King School in Little Rock, AR): Have you heard when we GSUITE users will be able to use Google Play Store? As of last week, it is still grayed on our chrome flip books. Want to get those android apps to my kindergarten and 1st-grade teachers. Answer: https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/7131624
• Heather Kilgore from Commerce ISD in Commerce, Texas left as awesome iTunes review!
• We got a Speakpipe message from Italy!

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Karly Moura is a Teacher On Special Assignment (Instructional Coach & Educational Technology Support Teacher) at Sun Terrace Elementary School, MDUSD.

Links and Resources Mentioned:

• Exit Ticket
• Simple Machines Lesson Plan (Want a copy? Go to File>Make a Copy inside the G Doc.)
• @gafehelp
• Bonus Lesson: Lemonade War Novel Hyperdoc

• Follow @KarlyMoura
• karlymoura.blogspot.com

• Google Transformation Center and 7 Elements of Transformation: https://edutransformationcenter.withgoogle.com/
• Google's Keyword Blog: https://blog.google/

• Matt - 2 BRAND NEW tools to help students display work, reflect
• Kasey - How to Pass the Google Certified Educator Exams (12 Tips)

• House of #EdTech Podcast from our Producer, Christopher Nesi

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In this episode, you will learn what to expect in this new podcast as well as learn about your hosts Matt Miller and Kasey Bell and their journey through the Google Teacher Academy, which was a really great experience for both of them. We also have some Google news and updates to share.

• G Suite updates:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VmuyurTkR5x6d2bZZ8zsYt_TgGpLxd0baA66j9tXBzY/mobilebasic
• Research tool is back!
• Synergyse now owned by Google and FREE https://www.synergyse.com/
• New Google Calendar Fitness features with ‘Goals’
• G Board on Android
• Google Expeditions expanding in UK
• Jamboard: https://blog.google./products/g-suite/jamboard-whiteboard-reimagined-collaboration-cloud/
• New Google Sites: https://blog.google./products/g-suite/totally-rebuilt-sites-customer-tested/
• Custom Templates for Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Forms: https://blog.google./products/g-suite/save-time-new-custom-templates-docs-sheets-slides-and-forms/

   

  • G Suite for Business and Education customers can require templates be approved before they appear in the gallery or restrict who can submit new templates. Admins can learn more about enabling and using custom templates on the G Suite Apps Updates Blog.
  • https://gsuiteupdates.googleblog.com/2016/11/save-time-with-new-custom-templates-in.html
• New Google Classroom features make it easier to learn, teach, manage and build

• Matt – Sketchnotes of All 9 DTT Digital Summit Presentations
  • Shout out to Jen Giffen!
  • DitchSummit.com
• Kasey – 17 Things for Teachers to Try in 2017

• Comment on the shownotes below
• Email feedback@GoogleTeacherTribe.com (audio files welcome)

• Check out DitchThatTextbook.com by Matt Miller
• Check out ShakeUpLearning.com by Kasey Bell
• Subscribe, rate, and review in iTunes.

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Google News and Updates

• Create pointers to any file or folder in Google Drive with shortcuts
• Discover podcasts you’ll love with Google Podcasts, now on iOS
• Teach from Home

Featured Content

What is G Suite for Education

Google Classroom Cheat Sheets for Teacher and Students (FREE)

Melanie’s Tips:

• Share a quick daily video with your students (Melanie uses the “Shorts” camera in Flipgrid)
• Move items to the top of the stream (three dots menu button: click “move to top”)
• Use topics to keep things organized (In classwork: New > Topic … and they’re draggable!)
• Use “email guardians” under People tab to keep parents in the loop

6 Tips for Getting Started with Google Classroom

4 Must-Have to Google Classroom Skills

How to Package Your Digital Assignments

How to manage Google Classroom assignments during remote learning

How to use Google Meet with Google Classroom

How to provide feedback

• Meaningful Feedback in Google Classroom

How to record videos to share with students through Google Classroom

• Screencastify (screencastify.com)
• 10 video tips for students with slow internet

How to Organize Assignments in Google Classroom

How to Differentiate Assignments in Google Classroom

Google Teacher Podcast Mailbag

Vicki Heupel (Montana)

On The Blogs

• Matt:
• 10 video tips for students with slow internet
• 10 no-internet remote learning activities
• Kasey:
• Home Learning with Choice Boards During School Closure [interview with Laura Steinbrink]
• Google Classroom Cheat Sheets for Teachers and Students

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Google News and Updates

• Helping educators and students stay connected
• Learn@Home on YouTube
• Connecting people with COVID-19 information and resources
• Now you can transcribe speech with Google Translate
• Join a GEG - Google Educator Group

Featured Content

Hangouts? Meet? Compare Meet with classic chat video calls

FREE Hangouts Meet Tutorials

Manage Meet Video meeting

13+ over questions - Communicating with Parents and Guardians about G Suite for Education

G Suite Enterprise features available:

• Recording videos
• Live streaming (through Calendar)

Google updates: 

• Mute/block only by event creators
• Can’t rejoin in nicknamed meetings when event creator is last to leave

Infographics below:

• Tips for teacher users
• Tips for student users
• Teaching ideas for using Hangouts Meet

20 virtual field trip ideas and activities

30+ digital escape rooms (plus a step by step guide to creating your own)

Google Teacher Podcast Mailbag

• Yudelka Alvarado (NYC)

Bailey Sandsmark (San Diego)

On The Blogs

• Matt:
• How to use Google Meet for online learning, elearning
• Ditch That Textbook eLearning Resources
• 70 elearning activities, templates and tutorials
• Kasey:
• Google Classroom Cheat Sheets for Teachers and Students
• 10 Google Docs Tips Every Teacher Should Know

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• Hangouts Meet improvements for remote learning
• Google’s Home Learning Page
• Google’s COVID-19 Support Resources Page for Educators
• Chromebook App Hub distance learning
• Share your distance learning tips with Google

Carly Black spends her days encouraging tenth graders in West Salem, Ohio to believe reading and writing is totally cool. At night she chases toddlers with her teacher husband and in the morning repeats the process all over again. Find the lessons and ideas she uses to encourage her students and tame her toddlers on the blog.

Carly’s student newsletter about home learning

Carly’s weekly student checklist template

Podcast and Webinar that Carly refers to in this episode with Jenn Pearson.

• Twitter: @teachmomrepeat
• Class Blog: http://colorfulclassroom.edublogs.org/
• Website: www.TeachMomRepeat.com

Alexis Snider (Hanoi, Vietnam) -- 7th week of home learning. Tips. 1. Use tech that students already know. 2. Planning a lesson: learning goal, student w/minimal adult support complete successfully, which tool meets those needs.

Leanne -- Can you please tell me how to disable "Chat" in Google Slides. I use GSuite for my morning work and my kids are chatting. We have looked everywhere we know to look and haven't been successful at disabling this feature. Answer: https://support.google.com/a/answer/7391715?hl=en

• Matt
  • 70 elearning activities, templates and tutorials
  • Ditch That Textbook elearning resources page
• Kasey
  • FREE Tech Coach Collaborative to Support Schools
  • FREE PD for Teachers Stuck at Home

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Google News and Updates

• With school closures, teachers can keep their lessons going remotely
• Extending Hangouts Meet premium features to all G Suite customers through July 1, 2020
• Math gave Lilian Rincon a voice, and led to her passion
• Hey Google, tell me about an inspiring woman

Featured Content

Tips for Enabling Distance Learning through G Suite & Chrome (From Google)

How to use Chromebooks offline for e-learning days, homework

Coronavirus Closures? Online Learning Tips for Teachers and Schools [interview with an American Teacher in China]

FREE Webinar: Online Learning Tips for School Closures

Nadine Gilkison’s e-learning Slides template and website resources

Lesson ideas:

• Create a template students can access later
• Take images with the webcam and annotate
• Create a PDF ebook with Google Slides
• Create a multimedia science lab report

Google Teacher Podcast Mailbag

• Lisa Munley (Scranton, PA)

On The Blogs

• Matt:
• 8 YouTube-inspired classroom video ideas
• Tech Like a Pirate resource page (scheduled release: April)
• Kasey:
• The Power of Student Entrepreneurship – SULS052
• FREE Webinar: Online Learning Tips for School Closures

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• Google Translate adds five languages
• Addressing equity in CS curriculum with Kapor Center
• Use these 6 tips for better video calls
• Meet the Doodle for Google guest judges

Spring Break is here you might be in the market for some on great reading recommendations as well as some awesome podcast recommendations.

Reading Recommendations:

• Girl Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies About Who You Are so You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be by Rachel Hollis (and Girl Stop Apologizing)
• Daily Rituals by Mason Currey
• My Pencil Made Me Do It: A Guide to Sketchnoting by Carrie Baughcum (Hear Carrie on e4 of GTP and e48 of SULS.)
• Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain by Zaretta Hammond

Podcast Recommendations:

• Y’all Need This Podcast
• Steal the Show Podcast with Michael Port
• 10 Minute Teacher Podcast
• Vrain Waves with Ben Kalb and Becky Peters
• House of #EdTech
• Shake Up Learning Show
• Ditch That Textbook Podcast
• Education Podcast Network

Anita Gledhill (Brampton, Canada) -- After handing out a slide deck, if we need to add a slide, delete and re-send. Instead, use add-on: Slip and Slide from John Sowash’s Chromebook Podcast. Solves this problem.

Shout out to Kayla, Matt's former swimmer, and first-year teacher, who listens to the show!

• Matt:
  • 12 social media-inspired hooks for class
  • Tech Like a Pirate resource page (scheduled release: April)
• Kasey
  • 13 Tools to Record Audio on Chromebooks and Other Devices
  • Digital Equity and Why It Matters (interview with Ken Shelton)

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Google News and Updates

• Autocorrect now available for Google Docs on web
• Smart Compose in Google Docs now generally available
• Edit your new Google Sites faster with a revamped Settings menu
• Google Maps 101: how contributed content makes a more helpful map
• The Suite Life: 4 tips for a more manageable Gmail inbox

Featured Content

Jessica Brogley currently teaches courses in educational technology in the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin Platteville. Prior to this, she served in the Platteville School District as the Instructional Technology Support Specialist and the Digital Communication Specialist for three years. Jessica cut her teeth as an 8-12th grade English Language Arts and College Credit Public Speaking for Seymour Community Schools in Seymour, Wisconsin for 11 years.Jessica is one of the few educators in Southwest Wisconsin who is a Google for Education Certified Trainer, Innovator, and Google Streetview Certified. She's also a Level 8 Google Local guide with over 1700 photos, over 500 are photospheres. This past fall, Jessica was also one of 200 people selected world-wide by Google to attend the 2019 Connect Live event, completely sponsored by Google in San Jose, CA in the Fall of 2019. That conference not only celebrated the top Google Maps contributors, but it also gave her a chance to ask questions and provide feedback to actual Google employees. She also founded the Southwest Wisconsin Google Educator Group.

Resources

Insta360 cameras (two fisheye lenses on each side). Connect the phone to the device via wifi. The phone is like the shutter. Stitches image together as one spherical image. Transfer back from the camera to phone: what to do. Retouch ($2 app) erases yourself out of the photo. Use Google Street View app: upload to google maps. Tiny Planet photography.

Kids write about aspects of the community. (Early standard in elementary.) Use camera: photograph police station, firehouse, city hall, school, etc. Publish to account. Use tour creator to write about the significance. They can’t write collaboratively but can take turns. (Fire department: didn’t know what certain things are. Study: what that is what does it do?) Tourist opportunity: where to enjoy an afternoon, historical locations, etc.

Google Teacher Podcast Mailbag

Laura Cahill (Massachusetts)

On The Blogs

• Matt - 20 free Google Slides and PowerPoint themes for teachers (plus lesson ideas)
• Kasey - The Instructional Playbook (interview with Jim Knight)

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Google News and Updates

• New interface in Google Classroom (Post from Alice Keeler)
• 1,000 of the most stunning landscapes in Google Earth
• Helpful shortcuts for Google apps on iOS
• From pop quiz to final exam: Chromebooks pass the test

Featured Content

"Today’s students must be prepared to thrive in a constantly evolving technological landscape. The ISTE Standards for Students are designed to empower student voice and ensure that learning is a student-driven process. Connect with other educators in the ISTE Standards Community and learn how to use the standards in the classroom with the ISTE Standards for Students ebook." (ISTE.org)

ISTE Student Standards:

• Empowered Learner
• Digital Citizen
• Knowledge Constructor
• Innovative Designer
• Computational Thinker
• Creative Communicator
• Global Collaborator

Resources

• 
  
• How to Cite Sources in Google Docs
• 8 Ways to Support Digital Citizenship Skills with Google
• Don Wettrick’s students doing genius hour all the time (Innovation and Open Source Learning) … creating apps, hosting events, creating businesses
• If/then conditional logic (Google Forms) - How to Differentiate Questions in Google Forms
• Choose your own adventure stories
• Made with Code
• CS First
• Teachable Machine
• ePortfolios with Google Sites
• Magnetic Poetry with Drawings or Slides

On The Blogs

• Matt - The Ditch That Textbook Video Library
• Kasey - Google Accessibility Tools to Reach ALL Learners

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• Virtually raise your hand to ask a question in Google Meet
• Accept knocks in bulk in Google Meet
• Expanding Google Arts & Culture with Expeditions
• Expeditions app and Tour Creator going away

Google Arts & Culture is a non-profit initiative. They work with cultural institutions and artists around the world. The Google Arts & Culture mission is to preserve and bring the world’s art and culture online so it’s accessible to anyone, anywhere.

• Museums
• Art
• Historical events and figures
• Virtual tours (Expeditions now part of A&C)
• 360
• Collections
• Time Explorer
• Color Explorer
• Experiments (games)
• Lesson from Applied Digital Skills
• Art selfie
• Nearby
• Harry Potter: A History of Magic

Marcel, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada -- I have been a longtime listener and I am wondering if there is a site that you know of, that we can share G-Suite materials. I have put in a lot of time to make some good stuff, and I am sure other teachers have as well. You may have mentioned a site on one of your previous podcasts, but for the life of me, I can find it. (I have re-listened to so many podcasts...some are almost better the second time)

• Matt
  • New book, Do More with Google Classroom, coming in mid-December
  • • Check out the book companion website for resources
  • Ditch Summit: Free online conference for teachers, December 14 to January 8
• Kasey
  • Blended Learning with Google (Part 1: Do THIS, Not THAT)
  • Blended Learning with Google (Part 2: Storytelling in Any Classroom)

  New Books Coming Soon! BlendedLearningwithGoogle.com

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Google News and Updates

• Google Maps is turning 15! Celebrate with a new look and features
• Charting the next 15 years of Google Maps
• Street View’s 15 favorite street views
• Supporting the 2020 U.S. election

Featured Content

In this conversation Kasey and Chrome Squad discuss the following:

• New additions to the Squad
• Impact of the Chrome Squad
• How being on the Squad has impacted the current and former students
• How to start a program like this at your school

Resources

The Chrome Squad

• Adviser Cody Holt (Twitter: @beard_speak, Website: ConnectedForLearning.org)
• About The Chrome Squad
• The Chrome Squad Story

Google Teacher Podcast Mailbag

Chuck Day (Castleford Idaho)

• Bitmojis for your students: How to create and share them (tutorial video)

Mark Rupe (Dinuba, California)

On The Blogs

• Matt:
• Classroom tech: Should I use it? 10 considerations
• The ULTIMATE Google Slides Teacher Resource
• Kasey:
• Fake Instagram Template in Google Slides
• My Pencil Made Me Do It! (interview with Carrie Baughcum)
• Shake Up Learning Book Study starts Feb. 13th!

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Before we start today’s show, we wanted to make a quick announcement. The podcast is undergoing a name change. It’s a small one, but an important one. We’ve decided to shorten the show’s name to be called the Google Teacher Podcast. We’ve heard from several of you that there are problems with including the word “tribe” in the name of the show. The last thing we want to do is create a show that is disrespectful or offensive to anyone -- especially in its name.

Google News and Updates

• Made by Google's 20 tips for 2020
• Improving 40 million Chromebooks for education
• Data Privacy Day: seven ways we protect your privacy
• The Most Searched: A celebration of Black history makers

Featured Content

Digital citizenship refers to the responsible use of technology by anyone who uses computers, the Internet, and digital devices to engage with society on any level.

Be Internet Legends 

Be Internet Awesome 

Interland Game

ISTE Standards-Aligned Curriculum

• English
• Spanish

Pear Deck Curriculum

Google Classroom: Assign Interland to specific classes or sections, or simply make the resource available to all your students in the form of a class announcement.

Interland for School Chromebooks: G Suite administrators can seamlessly make Interland available to students directly from their school Chromebook taskbar.

Teacher Training Course

Educator Resources 

Google Teacher Podcast Mailbag

Kate Whittaker (Pennsylvania)

On The Blogs

• Matt - Google Classroom (still) to the rescue: Blogging, vlogging, and podcasting (guest post by Laura Steinbrink)
• Kasey:
• 4-Part Series on Dynamic Learning with Google (FREE Toolkit)
• Shake Up Learning Book Study starts Feb. 13th!

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Google News and Updates

• Originality reports and rubrics now generally available for Google Classroom users Improve student writing with originality reports and rubrics in Classroom
• G Suite Add-ons now generally available in Calendar, Gmail, and Google Drive

Featured Content

The Five Principles of Don’t Ditch That Tech

1. Technology should be used to enhance students’ learning and should rely on evidence-based practices. There is no substitute for great teaching or great student-to-teacher relationships.
2. Technology should help us work with content in interactive, meaningful ways.
3. Technology should help teachers and students cross varied developmental levels. 
4. Technology should eventually empower students to be designers of their own learning. The goal is for students to become critical thinkers and life-long learners.
5. Technology should promote reflection and metacognition.

Iorad - online tutorial builder 

A Dangerously Powerful EdTech App: iorad (from Teaching from the Ridge blog)

Dotstorming -- Dotstorming takes the process of dot voting online to allow groups of people to collaborate on a topic.

Penzu Journal -- A private, 100% customizable online journal.

Twitter: @TeachFromRidge

Website: http://www.teachingfromtheridge.com/

Resources

• Don’t Ditch That Tech (book)
• Free book preview and book study resources
• PDF notes from Nate and Angie’s presentation in the Ditch That Textbook Digital Summit
• Nate and Angie’s Make It Til Friday podcast

Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

Melanie Samson-Cormie (Edmonton CA)

On The Blogs

• Matt:
• 10 social media-inspired learning activities: no account needed
• Kids blogging in math class: Why and how
• Kasey:
• It’s NOT About Google
• How to Organize Assignments in Google Classroom

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Google News and Updates

• More options for copying presentations in Google Slides
• New Chromebooks for 2020
• Doodle for Google 2020: How do you show kindness?Submissions close on March 13th, 2020
• New look for Google Forms on mobile

Featured Content

You can share the files and folders that you store in Google Drive with anyone.

When you share from Google Drive, you can control whether people can edit, comment on, or only view the file.

• Share button settings
• Kasey’s Guide to Google Drive Sharing
• Copy/template links, etc
• Create G Suite Templates with This Mind-Blowing Hack
• Sir Links a Lot extension
• Email collaborators
• Shared folders
• Shared drive
• Add to Drive button
• How to Make a Copy of Google FilesDoes not get updates from the original file
• Does not work in GC
• Force Users to Make a Copy of a Google Doc!
• 10 ways for teachers, students to share links in class
• Attach in gmail
• Attach in Google Calendar

Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

Jennifer Conti (Ohio)

Kathy Hilby (Wisconsin)

On The Blogs

• Matt - 4 classroom test/quiz strategies to avoid the gotcha game
• Kasey:
• The Top 10 Secrets of an Awesome Tech Coach (FREE eBook)
• It’s NOT About Google (Part 1) with FREE Dynamic Learning with Google Toolkit

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Google News and Updates

• 2019 in review: Stories from Google this year
• Teacher's coding lesson helps students show gratitude
• Google Translate improves offline translation
• How we highlight fact checks in Search and Google News

Featured Content

• YouTube Studio Beta vs. Classic Studio
• Playlists (collaborative playlists)
• ViewPure / Showing videos in Slides to avoid ads
• Use the editor (YouTube Studio) to blur, add audio, etc.
• YouTube Audio Library
• Go live with webcam
• YouTube Live
• 30+ YouTube Channels for Teachers
• Infuse Google Classroom with the Power of YouTube
• Easily Turn a YouTube Clip into an Animated GIF Image!
• Follow Matt and Kasey on YouTube
• Shake Up Learning
• Ditch That Textbook

Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

• Stephanie Nasso (Gunnison CO)
• Stephanie Fitzpatrick (Chicago)(Expeditions page on Google for Education)
• Android Apps on Chromebooks
• 6 Android Apps to Try on a Chromebook
• Lisa Scumpieru (Hagerstown, MD) 

On The Blogs

• Matt:
• 30+ education sketchnotes for inspiration, ideas
• Kasey:
• The Top 20 Posts of 2019
• #PottyPD: How to Make the Most of a Captive Audience (FREE TEMPLATE) – SULS043

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Google News and Updates

• We need a hero: 2019 in Search
• Interpreter mode brings the real-time translation to your phone
• Review the latest changes to a new Google Site before publishing
• Send emails as attachments in Gmail

Featured Content

E16: Tour the World with the New Google Earth

Create your own maps and stories in Google Earth

5 Tips to Start Creating with Google Earth (FREE PDF from Google) - CHEAT SHEET

Creating Stories About the World

• The Diary of a Young Girl
• Math on Maps
• Golden Eagle Migration

LitTrips

https://arvr.google.com/tourcreator/

Creating with Google Earth: 10 ideas to try (Ditch That Textbook blog)

Some features in Google Earth’s creation tools:

• Placemarks
• Lines and shapes
• Street View
• Slides
• Present

Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

Dianne Miller Duncan (Southern California)

Thanks to Brian Briggs for sharing this #createwithchrome Google advent activity: bit.ly/CreateAdvent

On The Blogs

• Matt:
• 20 sites for students with free time on their hands
• FREE Ditch That Textbook Digital Summit (December 21-January 8): DitchSummit.com
• Kasey:
• 6 FREE Google Templates for Teachers and Students from TechChef4U
• Holiday Reading: 6 Books to Transform Your Classroom

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• MATT - Use the Google Assistant with your G Suite account in beta
• KASEY - When fashion and choreography meet artificial intelligence
• CHRIS - Hey Google, play me the news

We are finally at episode 100 of the podcast! This episode features Matt, Kasey, and producer Chris Nesi! Chris leads Matt and Kasey in a conversation that reflects on the run of this podcast through 100 episodes and provides some Google-goodness as well!

Topics discussed:

• What have Matt and Kasey learned as hosts of this podcast?
• Favorite Episodes:
  • Kasey: Episode 72
  • Matt: Episode 83
  • Chris: Episode 8
• Favorite Memories from creating the podcast?
• Guest(s) you would like to have on in the future?
• Matt and Kasey shared their 'Because of this pocast..." stories.
• What Google topic would you like to cover but haven't?
• What Google tool(s) do Matt and Kasey struggle with?

The conversation also featured an Ask Me Anything (AMA) segment where Matt and Kasey answered questions from Mike Brilla, Mike Mohammad, and Erin Kiger.

• Mike Mohammad - Congrats on 100!
• Shelly Stanton (@StantonShelly) - Looking for fun ways to introduce Google Classroom to students.
• Janna Bonds - Curious to know how to restrict access to Google Forms.

• Matt - The new Ditch That Textbook “Google in the Classroom” page with LOTS of resources
• Kasey - Gearing Up for the Hour of Code
• Chris - Check out the House of #EdTech podcast!

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Google News and Updates

• Smart Compose for Google Docs launching in beta
• Allow site viewers to provide feedback on your new Google Sites
• Add different page numbers to different sections in Google Docs
• Create your own maps and stories in Google Earth

Featured Content Chrome

• Bookmarks bar
• Extensions
• Chrome database
• Text expanders
• You’re Doing it Wrong! How to Manage/Toggle Between Multiple Google Accounts

Docs

• 7 Reasons to Try Voice-Typing in Google Docs

Google Classroom

• Create a Class Template

Google Keep

• Using Google Keep for Feedback and Assessment
• Google Keep Cheat Sheet

Gmail

10 Time Saving Tips and Tools for Teachers

Time savers for teachers: A more efficient you!

Quick Google Forms time savers for teachers

10 Google Classroom time savers for teachers

10 tips to use Google Classroom effectively and efficiently

Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

Guy Winters (Ramsey, MN)

Beth Kostka (Georgia)

On The Blogs

• Matt:
• 20 Google Sites tips and tricks
• Free ebook: A beginner’s guide to Twitter for educators
• Kasey:
• The Shake Up Learning Story

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Google News and Updates

• Update to Audio in Google Slides
• Google Classroom accessibility empowers inclusive learning
• Map out Thanksgiving with these tips from Google Maps
• Insert collapsible text boxes into new Google Sites

Featured Content

Certifications for Educators

• Certified Educator Level 1
• Certified Educator Level 2
• Certified Trainer
• Certified Innovator

Google Teacher Center

FREE eBook: The Complete Guide to Google Certifications

FREE Webinar: How to Get Google Certified

FREE Certified Educator Toolkits

• Level 1
• Level 2

FREE eBook: How to Become a Google Certified Trainer

6 Steps to Google Certified Trainer

Everything You Wanted to Know About the Google Certified Trainer Application

Google Certified Trainer FAQ

Google Certification Tips and FAQ (YouTube playlist)

Kasey’s Courses - Only open twice a year! (May and November)

• All courses and bundles

Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

Steve Dutcher (Okinawa, Japan)

Jen Giffen (Toronto, Canada)

On The Blogs

• Matt:
• How to use Chromebooks offline for elearning day activities, homework
• Kasey:
• How to Make an Impact as a Tech Coach
• GetGoogleCertified.com

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Google News and Updates

• What’s new in Chrome OS: Virtual Desks, simpler printing and more
• Want to make a podcast? 5 tips to get you started
• Instantly create new docs, events, spreadsheets and more from your browser https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/entrepreneurs/shortcuts-made-possible-new/
• Vint Cerf’s top moments from 50 years of the Internet

Featured Content

To use Google Classroom or Not?

• Chromebooks
• iPads/Tablets

Yes, Kinder+ can use Google Sheets! http://christinepinto.com/2017/01/28/models-and-equations-in-google-sheets/

Collaborate with older grades

Google Apps for Littles by Alice Keeler and Christine Pinto

Drag and Drop activities in Slides

• How to Create Drag and Drop Activities with Google Slides

20 G Suite templates for K-2 from Kris Szajner

Susan Stewart: K2 Can Chromebook Too (Taking screenshots can open a world of possiblilities!)

Video calls with authors, experts, other classes

• Classroom video calls. You can do this. Here’s how

#k2cando

#GAFE4littles

Episode 6 with Christine Pinto

Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

Jenn Conti (Cuyahoga Falls, OH)

On The Blogs

• Matt:
• Create a TikTok-style experience with Google Slides (free template!)
• Kasey:
• 10+ Ways to Use Technology in the Math Classroom
• GetGoogleCertified.com

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