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Sunsetting. But Not The End. - GTP12601 févr. 202100:36:17

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!


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Tips from Teachers - GTP12521 déc. 202000:32:12

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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.

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Google Arts and Culture - GTP12423 nov. 202000:34:12
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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.

Google Teacher Podcast Mailbag

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)

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Meaningful Group Work with Google Tools - GTP12311 nov. 202000:40:04

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From Patti Young: Hi Kasey and Matt, I love your podcast and look forward to every new episode. This year has been a struggle for teachers and their traditional ways of teaching. I am a 5th-grade teacher in middle school. My district is using a blended learning model. We have 2 cohorts Tuesdays and Thursdays and Wednesdays and Fridays. I see 2 groups of students per day. I really miss putting the kids into groups to share their learning. I love group work and I am really struggling with how to make it work this year. If you or your listeners have any ideas on how to do group work, I would love to try it. Can't wait to hear some new ideas!

Simple answer: collaborate on the assignment within a doc. 

Use voice comments with a tool like Mote (justmote.me) for comments for a personal touch of voice

Other tools that integrate nicely with Classroom that can foster discussion:

  • Flipgrid: Video replies.
  • Synth: Audio discussion tool. Audio replies.

What’s your purpose? Group work, collaboration, cooperative learning?

Group Doc Add-On (From Alice Keeler)

Collaborative Notes with Google Docs

Small-Group Instruction with Google Meet Breakout Rooms and Jamboard


Google Teacher Podcast Mailbag

Jen Giffen (Ontario, Canada)


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Build Classroom Community with Google Tools - GTP12226 oct. 202000:37:49
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Build classroom community with Google

Google Classroom headers

Get to know you activities

  • Student interest surveys with Google Forms
  • Fake Instagram

Google Forms check-in for student well being

Create more touchpoints with students:

Flipgrid for Good Morning videos

Remote Learning Tips from an Online Teacher (interview with Paulino Brener)

Google Teacher Podcast Mailbag
  • Steve Scaysbrook (England) - Use OBS (Open Broadcast Software). Mix like a TV studio, bringing in a load of different feeds from the screen, external, feed it as one screen to a live broadcast. Feed to Google Meet, Zoom, whatever. He uses Microsoft Teams. Direct to that internal system. Easy to use. Mix and create screens like in a TV studio, flip between them very easily. Text. Slides. Anything else. Very easy to use.
  • Ashley Brown (Mississippi) - Ep121, a private school teacher, being hybrid. Her public school is a hybrid. Did a fellowship with Learn Modern Classrooms. They teach you how to do blended learning with instructional videos, guided notes, tracker (so all students know where they are). Self-paced. Good for students who are in class, out of class, etc. Don’t miss anything. Can move simultaneously. Instructional videos for all students. All students can access it. Use a tracker or the to-do list so kids can see what to work on next. “Love you guys!”
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Support Students with Google Sites - GTP12112 oct. 202000:40:41

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Featured Content

Google Form to serve as a contact form

FAQ document: If a student/parent asks a question, add it to the FAQ doc

Take pictures of a whiteboard and add to the student site

Include important documents (permission slips, syllabus, etc.)

Embed videos to support what you’re teaching in class

Use it as a “satellite location” for Google Classroom (for what it won’t do)

Host digital escape rooms

Create a page for resources and tutorials for STUDENTS, and one for PARENTS

Google Classroom Cheat Sheets - a great resource for students and parents

Google’s Teach from Anywhere page has lots of great resources you may want to make available.

Google’s Guide for Guardians

Google’s Accessibility Guide for Guardians

Post your virtual office hours on the home page, or add the time to your image header

HYBRID? Create separate pages for these two groups

Google Teacher Podcast Mailbag

  • Sheryl Brennan (California)
  • Mary Lynn (Nevada)

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Fall 2020 Google Update Roundup - GTP12021 sept. 202000:31:58
Google News and Updates
  • The Anywhere School: 50+ Google for Education updates
  • MEET
    • In September, we’ll kick off with a larger tiled view of up to 49 people and an integrated Jamboard whiteboard for collaboration. We’ll also release new controls so moderators can choose to always join first, end meetings for all participants, disable in-meeting chat, and much more.
    • In October, we’ll launch custom and blurred backgrounds to provide some extra privacy. Breakout rooms and attendance tracking will also be launching for all Google Enterprise for Education customers, allowing for more engaged classes and insights on participation.
    • Later this year, we’re rolling out hand-raising for all customers and Q&A and polling for G Suite Enterprise for Education customers. Plus, we’ll launch a new temporary recordings feature that will be available to all Education customers for free (premium recordings will still be part of G Suite Enterprise for Education). 
  • CLASSROOM
    • A new to-do widget on the Classes page will help students see what’s coming up, what’s missing, and what’s been graded. 
    • Teachers can now share a link to invite students to their class, which makes joining a class much easier. 
    • Classroom will soon be available in 10 additional languages, for 54 languages total.
    • educators can soon run originality reports five times per course (up from three previously). And with G Suite Enterprise for Education, educators will be able to see matches for potential plagiarism not only against webpages but between student submissions at their school.
    • school leaders with Enterprise licenses will have greater visibility into Classroom usage via new Data Studio dashboards, which allow admins to see active classes, measure feature adoption, and monitor teacher and student engagement. 
    • To support teachers and admins, we’re making it easier to sync Classroom grades with a push to your Student Information System (SIS), starting with Infinite Campus customers (and more SIS to come). Keep reading for more details on what’s new in Classroom.
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Google Teacher Tips (Vol. 5) - GTP11901 juin 202000:38:50

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Featured Content

Susan Vincentz (Kentucky): Using screencastify to record and export audio only

Stephanie Howell (Ohio)

Katie Wardrobe (Australia)

Daren White (England)

Tanner Oglesby (Arkansas)

Dan Stitzel (Ohio)

Anna Cartwright (New York) 

Mike Mohammad (Wisconsin):

Ronaldo Palacios (California): Using Google Meet to view all students and share screens he opens a second window.

Pam Hubler (South Carolina): Google Sheets instead of the calendar to keep track of my daily activities as a coach. IT takes less time to update one Google sheet for a month than add individual events on a calendar. Easy to share with admin, teachers to see where she is. Updated tracker from show notes in episode 65. 

Laura Conway (Colorado)

Kim McClintic (Texas)

Amber Houk (North Carolina)


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Ending the Year Remotely with Google - GTP11825 mai 202000:37:16

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Featured Content

Google Classroom and Drive cleanup for the EOY

From the previous episode 88:

  • Return all work, grade it if you need to
  • Archive Classes
  • Clean-up Folders in Drive
  • Create new folders for the things you want to keep and move things over
  • Create a folder for exemplary work
  • Do NOT Delete the Classroom Folder
  • Do NOT Delete from Shared with Me
  • Delete Old Class Calendars
  • Reflect on your Google Classroom practices, collaborate with others for ideas

A check-out form that admins could sign digitally / students and parents / returning equipment

Doing last Google Meet calls with students

  • Fun things to do during Google Meet calls (Kahoot/Gimkit, scavenger hunts, virtual field trips with Google Earth, etc.)

How to Create a Google Classroom Template (for next year)


Google Teacher Podcast Mailbag

Debbie Thymianos (Henderson, NV)

Philip Trott (Bermuda)


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Using Google To Tech Like A Pirate - GTP11711 mai 202000:42:56

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Featured Content

Want to do Tech Like a Pirate stuff?

Website: TechLikeaPirate.com

What’s the focus of the book? (Using tech to create an experience, make learning memorable) “Don’t just teach a lesson. Create an experience!”

Is there research that supports doing activities that are fun? (Shawn Achor productivity, neuroscience study, National Institute for Play ongoing studies)

What are the ways to Tech Like a Pirate?

  • Social media and apps
  • Video
  • Games
  • Collaboration
  • Images
  • Exploration
  • Global communication


Can these be used with Google tools? And remote learning?

  • Social media and apps: Instagram/Snapchat/Twitter templates in Slides
  • Video: In video calls/pre-recorded video: What’s the lens you see the video through? (news anchor, on the scenes TV reporter, reality game show, horror movie, etc.)
  • Global communication: Inviting virtual guests, adding virtual field trips to video calls
  • Exploration: giving students flexibility in what they research/find info (and where they find it)
  • Collaboration: Shared Google Slides

Google Teacher Podcast Mailbag

Renee Johnson (California)

Steve Scaysbrook (United Kingdom)


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Engaging Students and Families During Remote Learning - GTP11604 mai 202000:40:32

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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)

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Using Google Tools to Connect with Students - GTP11527 avr. 202000:40:18

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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)

Anonymous Voicemail


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G Suite Basics for Remote Learning - GTP11420 avr. 202000:36:29

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Featured Content

Google Teacher Podcast Mailbag

Jennifer Isaacs (Illinois)

Kat Benne

Nicole Blake (Indiana)

David Rogers (South Africa)

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Google Classroom Tips for Remote Learning - GTP11306 avr. 202000:36:46

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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

How to record videos to share with students through Google Classroom

How to Organize Assignments in Google Classroom

How to Differentiate Assignments in Google Classroom


Google Teacher Podcast Mailbag

Vicki Heupel (Montana)


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Google Meet for Remote Teaching - GTP11230 mars 202000:39:29

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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)


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Teaching Remotely with Carly Black - GTP11124 mars 202000:42:39
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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.

Resources Google Teacher Podcast Mailbag

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

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Using Google to Teach Remotely - GTP11016 mars 202000:34:51

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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:

Google Teacher Podcast Mailbag

  • Lisa Munley (Scranton, PA)


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Spring Break Reading & Listening Recommendations - GTP10909 mars 202000:42:09
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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:

Podcast Recommendations:

Google Teacher Podcast Mailbag

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!

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Shape Learning with Maps and Creation Tools - GTP10802 mars 202000:37:12

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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)


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Powerful Learning with ISTE Standards - GTP10717 févr. 202000:37:05

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"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

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Student Leadership and the Chrome Squad- GTP10610 févr. 202000:47:43

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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

Google Teacher Podcast Mailbag

Chuck Day (Castleford Idaho)

Mark Rupe (Dinuba, California)


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Digital Citizenship Resources for All Levels - GTP10503 févr. 202000:30:22

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

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

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)


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Don't Ditch That Tech! - GTT10427 janv. 202000:48:47

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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

Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

Melanie Samson-Cormie (Edmonton CA)

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10+ Ways to Share Google Files - GTT10313 janv. 202000:39:09

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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.

Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

Jennifer Conti (Ohio)

Kathy Hilby (Wisconsin)

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YouTube Tricks for Teachers - GTT10206 janv. 202000:39:15

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Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

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Creating with Google Earth - GTT10116 déc. 201900:35:12

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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

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


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Google Teacher Tribe Behind-the-Scenes - GTT10002 déc. 201901:12:51
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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:
  • 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.

Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag
  • 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.
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Google Time-Savers - GTT09925 nov. 201900:39:03

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Featured Content Chrome

Docs

Google Classroom

Google Keep

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)

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All About Google Certifications - GTT09818 nov. 201900:40:03

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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

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)

Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

Steve Dutcher (Okinawa, Japan)

Jen Giffen (Toronto, Canada)


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Using Google Tools in Primary Grades - GTT09711 nov. 201900:41:57

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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

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

#k2cando

#GAFE4littles

Episode 6 with Christine Pinto

Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

Jenn Conti (Cuyahoga Falls, OH)

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Using Jamboard for Digital Thinking - GTT09604 nov. 201900:38:30

Google News and Updates

Featured Content

Google Jamboard - Unleash your team’s creativity with Jamboard. Sketch your ideas whiteboard-style while benefiting from the access and connectivity of an interactive canvas. Drop images, add notes and pull assets directly from the web while collaborating with team members from anywhere.

Matt and Kasey discuss...

Jamboard hardware v. software

Jamboard Features

Jamboard Lesson Ideas:

Jamboard Resources:

Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

Jennifer Gream (Kentucky) -- https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/copy-folder/kfbicpdhiofpicipfggljdhjokjblnhl?hl=en

Craig Klement (Texas)


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How to Create and Assign Templates in G Suite - GTT09528 oct. 201900:42:32
Google News and Updates Featured Content Making templates to assign to students through Google Classroom …
  • Blog post: How to create classroom templates in Google Docs and Slides
  • What tool should you use? (Matt suggests Google Slides.)
  • Locking items down using background images
  • Assigning templates to students with Google Classroom
  • Making a copy (or a force copy link)
  • Re-using templates to save time next time
HyperDocs -- Step by step templates to guide students through the learning process Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

Chelsey Greer (Connecticut) - Students need assessments read aloud. Easier way to add to Google Form quizzes? Record self, upload to YouTube, insert video. Easier way? FYI: Add-ons are blocked in her district. 

  • Read&Write for Google Chrome
  • Screencastify 
  • YouTube: Link to specific time in video
  • Talk to your special education staff about what you may have available

Kelsey Jones (California) - I've been listening to your podcast during my commute and love all the ideas you've been sharing! My goal is to incorporate Google into my classroom and reduce as much paper as possible. I've been using Google Forms for assessments, I love how it can auto-grade. My question is, do you guys know if there is a way for students to save their work while using Forms? For example, if they have a 30 question assignment and they are only able to get to 10 of the problems. Is there a way for them to save what they've done and resume where they left off later?

https://alicekeeler.com/2019/07/17/google-forms-finish-filling-out-later/

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Teaching Students Google Skills - GTT09414 oct. 201900:39:49
Google News and Updates Featured Content

Applied Digital Skills Curriculum and Resources from Google (late elementary and up)

Tips for working with students with G Suite:

  • Create low-stakes practice opportunities before using for a grade
  • Praise students when they discover something others can use
  • Don’t be afraid to try something new even if you don’t perfectly understand it
  • Know what the student side of things looks like

#GAfE4Littles

Resources Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

Stephanie DeMichele (Ohio)

Ryan Lindsay (Australia) -- Put all of his Google Chrome ideas into school Dungeons and Dragons club. Integrate rich use of Google Classroom to manage. Chat and share links. First steps of Docs and Sheets, homework, put together stories. Sheets as an XP tracker (hand in homework), shows kids how formulas work. Lucid Press, Canva, visual design. Google Summit: Flipgrid. Student voice as a retelling of what the characters have done, drama. Previous adventures and retelling it.

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Kasey


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Using Google Tools for PD and Training - GTT09307 oct. 201900:44:25
Google News and Updates Featured Content
  • Google Sites for workshops
    • Links to EVERYTHING -- presentations, notes, activities, additional resources
    • For multiple days, organize pages by day
    • Embed slides, docs, etc. to make it easier to access and view
    • Link to outside resources in the menu
    • Links to all activities
    • One-stop shop
  • Give them ONE LINK that includes everything!
  • Published Google Slides
  • Collaborative notes with Google Docs (or Slides)
  • Using Google Classroom tips
    • Not recommended for anything less than a day with a mixed group from different schools--unless it’s your main topic.
    • Coaches/Trainers: keep a class going all year with your teachers
    • Blended book studies
    • Blended PD with Google Classroom episode coming next week on The Shake Up Learning Show
  • FREE Google Certified Trainer resources
Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag
  • Melissa Burns, 4th grade, Clinton SC -- Wants to do a digital interactive notebook with Google Slides. How to add additional slides after assigning the initial notebook?
  • Michele Koper (Wisconsin) -- I love listening to your podcast every week. I've gotten so many ideas that I've been able to share with staff. After listening to your PD tips (which I completely agree with- especially the problem-solution topic), I just couldn't resist emailing about the meatloaf comparison. Instead of meatloaf, I like to think of it as a smoothie that I'm able to throw some greens into. Thought I'd just pass along a more appetizing visual :)


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10 Tips for Google Trainings and PD - GTT09230 sept. 201900:45:28
Google News and Updates Featured Content

Matt’s recent post: 27 tips to deliver powerful professional development

  • Share all sides of a tech tool: If you’re doing technology professional development, it’s always helpful for teachers to see the student side of a tool as well as the teacher side. If they can see how the initial setup works, that’s even better.
  • Go deep rather than wide: “60 apps in 60 minutes.” I’ve attended these sessions at conferences. I’ve delivered them! Many times, I think they’re “edu-tainment” more than actual professional development. It just creates a passing familiarity with lots of apps rather than actual implementation and change. I love to go deep — learn a new strategy or tool, practice it, discuss implementation — rather than wide. Sticking on one or two impactful ideas is powerful. It can empower teachers to be ready to start using a new idea when they leave rather than just knowing about it.
  • Use the meatloaf approach to PD: When we have meatloaf for dinner, my kids know what they are getting. They like the way meatloaf tastes. However, if my wife and I want to make the meatloaf a little more nutritious, we may grind up broccoli or cauliflower and sneak it into the mix. That way, they are getting the taste they want but also a little extra nutrition. Professional development should be the same way. If I’m talking about a teaching strategy or digital tool, I love to model it in a fun way. When I demonstrate Flipgrid, I ask teachers to record me videos of where I should eat dinner that evening. They learn the tool without even realizing they’ve learned it. The task can be fun and also teach them something. It’s kind of like mixing cauliflower into meatloaf.
  • Use the problem/solution framework: Ask yourself, “What are the problems these educators face? What’s the problem that this solves?” Then, use that as a guide. Show them how your ideas solve that problem for them.
  • They might forget what you said, but they won’t forget how you made them feel.” For many teachers, professional development is a drag. It makes them feel adequate. They might feel like the person leading PD doesn’t understand them and their situation. I take every opportunity to make them feel welcome. Appreciated. Capable. I smile a LOT. If someone struggles, I help them feel like the struggle is easily fixed. If they make a mistake, I help them to feel that it’s no big deal. If something goes wrong and it’s not their fault, I make sure they know it’s not their fault and they did everything as they were supposed to. Anxiety negatively affects our neurologically-based skills. Anything we can do to reduce anxiety — in adults and in children! — helps.

Kasey: How to Design Google PD That Works - a framework for trainers

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Give G Suite Superpowers with Add-Ons - GTT09123 sept. 201900:36:47
Google News and Updates Featured Content

Add-ons are customized extensions of G Suite productivity applications such as Gmail, Google Sheets, and Google Docs. Add-ons are built using Apps Script—a rapid application development platform based on JavaScript that lets you create business and productivity applications quickly and easily.

With Add-ons you can do the following:

  • Add customized functionality to G Suite applications such as Gmail.
  • Boost your workflow efficiency when working with G Suite.
  • Use Apps Script services to easily control and move data between Google applications.
  • Connect to non-Google services within G Suite applications, allowing you to retrieve or upload data from those services into and from G Suite.
  • Create custom interfaces (sidebars, menus, and dialogs) that are displayed within the G Suite application the add-on extends, potentially removing the need for a user to switch browser tabs when working with multiple applications.

You can create add-ons for your personal use, for use within your organization, or publish them to the G Suite Marketplace where millions of users and domain administrators can find and install them (source: https://developers.google.com/gsuite/add-ons/overview).

Our Favorite G Suite Add-Ons Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

Lindsay Shields (California) -- I had to comment on the new Classroom updates after listening to [episode 90]. My district beta tests the new updates to Google, so I have been using the grades feature since last spring. I love it. The grades page allows me to easily see who has turned in assignments, which assignments need grading and who has turned work in late. I no longer have to click on each assignment in Classroom for this. I also import grades from Classroom to our SIS system (Aeries). It is truly a timesaver. To effectively do this, you need to first create the assignment in both Classroom and Aeries. It helps to have the same number of points in both Classroom and Aeries. Once you have graded the assignment, you need to return it in Classroom. This makes the grades "official." Once you have done that, then you go to your grade book in your SIS system. It is truly magic! It saves me so much time. I use Forms for bell work and I can import the scores from Forms to Classroom, return the grades to students and then import the scores to Aeries. I can grade several classes of warm-ups in minutes. I also just started using the rubric feature. So far it is easy to create a rubric and score the assignment.

Beth Evans (via SpeakPipe) -- How to fill out forms in everyday life. Name, age, birthday, gender, etc. When filling out a form once, an option of using autofill. How do you shut off autofill?

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A Summer of Google Updates - GTT9016 sept. 201900:27:33
Google News and Updates FOR SUMMER 2019

Summer 2019 was a busy time for Google and Google for Education. The links below are related to what was discussed in episode 90 of the podcast.

Classroom

Docs

Sheets

Slides

Forms

Drive, etc.

Keyword

Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

We invite you to contribute to the podcast with your Google tips, tricks, and questions. Visit our Feedback page for a number of ways of reaching out to the show!

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Tips from the Tribe (Vol. 4) - GTT08927 mai 201900:37:42
Google News and Updates

Featured Content

In this episode, we celebrate all of you who listen by sharing tips and tricks submitted by listeners like you!

  • Sarah Kiefer (OH)
  • Blake Bray (TX)
  • Stephanie Skrocki (NJ)
  • Susan Vincentz (KY/IN)
  • Pam Hubler (SC)
  • Stephanie Howell (OH)
  • Rayna Freedman (MA)
  • Lee Tucker (GA)
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End of the Year Google Classroom Cleanup - GTT08820 mai 201900:42:55

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Google News and Updates Featured Content

It's the end of another school year or you're approaching the end of the year and either way you should consider cleaning up Google Classroom and Drive.

  • Return all work, grade it if you need to
  • Archive Classes
  • Clean-up Folders in Drive
  • Create new folders for the things you want to keep and move things over
  • Create a folder for exemplary work
  • Do NOT Delete the Classroom Folder
  • Do NOT Delete from Shared with Me
  • Delete Old Class Calendars
  • Reflect on your Google Classroom practices, collaborate with others for ideas

Google Classroom Cleanup Tips for the End of the Year

How to Create a Google Classroom Template (for next year)

https://alicekeeler.com/2016/05/31/google-classroom-clean-folders/

https://alicekeeler.com/2018/05/25/google-classroom-archive-class/

https://alicekeeler.com/2018/07/17/school-is-out-7-tips-to-clean-up-your-g-suite/

Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag
  • KD Meucci (on the blog) -- I'm trying to access Jamboard, but it says my access is denied and to contact my systems admin. I'm getting some pushback, is there any reason not to give access? Also, my admin doesn't understand the platform and thinks I'm asking to purchase an actual Jamboard. From the podcast, it sounds like Jamboard is just like Padlet, but within G Suites. Help?!!
  • Dana Klement (Texas) -- long time listener, google trainer certification, excited to help teachers see power of Google tools, wants students to be set up for success, eighth grade in small school district, will have had the same drive since kindergarten, wants to train students to use g suite going into high school, last two weeks, streamline … set eighth graders up for success in high school, key features, extensions, organizational tips and tricks to help them to be set up for success?
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Summer Learning Opportunities - GTT08713 mai 201900:39:29
Google News and Updates Featured Content

Get Google Certified This Summer!

The Google Certification Academies open for limited enrollment on May 21, 2019!

There are three courses designed to fit your needs:

These courses are designed to walk you through the process and give you everything you need to know to pass the exam.

But don’t miss this opportunity! These courses only open twice a year.

Enrollment opens on May 21, 2019, and will close at 11:59 PM CST on June 4, 2019.

If you miss this window, you have to wait until November!

***Join the WAITLIST to get the latest information delivered to your inbox!

The Tech to Learn Online Course

Tech to Learn is an online course dedicated to helping YOU identify ways to use technology to move the needle for learning ... to amplify and boost what's happening in your classroom.

In this course, we will cover ...

  • SIX areas where technology can truly boost learning in the classroom
  • How technology can be paired with sound, solid teaching practices
  • Practical examples you can implement in your class immediately

Plus, in this course, you'll also get ...

  • More than seven hours of video instruction with Matt Miller of Ditch That Textbook
  • Downloadable checklists and guides to help you succeed
  • Four BONUS mini-modules on key topics like productivity and cheating

Until the end of May, Google Teacher Tribe listeners can get 50 percent off the price of the course! Click here to enroll, and find the “MAY SALE” discount option to check out.

Check out the FREE video series on teaching meaningfully with technology!

Get even more information about this course by clicking here.

Other online courses to check out:

Free online digital summits and conferences

The best of ISTE without going to ISTE

Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

Laura Steinbrink (Missouri)

Nanci Greene

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Conquer Summer Learning with Google Tools - GTT08606 mai 201900:37:55
Google News and Updates Featured Content

Collaborative Notes with Docs or Slides

  • Buddy up with your team or friends and take collaborative notes.
  • When everyone attends different sessions, you all walk away with collective knowledge and resources.
  • Docs suggestion - Create a table of contents or divide the pages in a way that makes sense. Tables are also handy. (Kasey’s Alan November story.)
  • Slides suggestion - New slide for each session gives natural division to your notes.

Google Keep

  • Take notes in Keep, share with your team or teacher friends
  • Use the Keep extension to add bookmarks of resources and presentations
  • Add audio, photos, or even annotate or draw
  • Use the mobile app and add notes with dictation on the fly
  • Grab text from a photo of a presenter slide or (gasp!) paper handout
  • Google Keep Cheat Sheet
  • Personalize Google Keep for You and Your Students

Chrome

  • Use Chrome bookmarks and bookmark manager to save all your links and organize into a folder for the conference.

Google Photos

  • Lots of people take pictures of links and presenter slides (as well as selfies)
  • Sync new photos to your Google Photos collection
  • Create an album and share with others

Jamboard

  • Can use the web app without an interactive panel
  • There’s a mobile app, too
  • Swap between devices
  • Take photos with your phone, draw with your finger
  • Draw with a stylus and add sticky notes on the app with a tablet
  • Use dictation tools (voice typing) to add text quickly
  • Integrates with Google Photos AND Google image search
  • Collaborate with others
  • View notes across platforms

Hangouts Chat

  • Backchannel to stay connected with your peeps.
  • Discuss and share ideas and questions.

Edcamp.org

How to Maximize the Edcamp Experience

15 building blocks to a meaningful conference experience

Wakelet

  • Grab social media posts (tweets, etc.) and add to a Wakelet collection
  • Take your notes in Wakelet, adding text with titles above each session you go to
  • Adding links creates a website card instead of just a link, giving you a preview
  • Embed videos
  • Upload a PDF (session materials)
  • Also, add previous posts (bookmarks) to your collection
  • Collaborative Wakelet collections: create shared notes with buddies or colleagues

Evernote

  • Create a notebook for the conference
  • Take notes and use the web clipper to save all the links and notes in one space.
  • Add images and audio
  • Searchable (even text in images)
Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag
  • Sarah Kiefer (Speakpipe)

  • Cam Ross (Melbourne, Australia) -- Just re-listened to Episode 18 to learn some more about what Google Slides can do, and came across the DriveSlides Chrome extension. What an amazing tool, and one that I have been able to use with the family pics at home but also with school-based projects. Keep up the amazing work, as I am learning so much each and every episode.

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Accessibility Tools, Tips, and Tricks for Google - GTT08529 avr. 201900:35:00

A G Suite user guide to accessibility!

Google News and Updates:

Google Accessibility Features:

https://www.google.com/accessibility/ - FULL LIST!

G Suite user guide to accessibility

Adapting to the needs of learners, educators and schools with Chromebooks

Accessibility is a key part of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) guidelines

  • “to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people based on scientific insights into how humans learn”

Chrome Browser

Chromebooks

Docs

Slides

Hangouts

Slides

Mailbag:

Alex Tougas (Annapolis, MD) -- Google Forms: can’t break quiz up in sections or save as you go. Workaround? Google form for summative assessment -- like 50 questions.

Kamilee Jorgenson (Rangely, Colorado) -- Is it possible to go into Calendar, search for, and extract particular events? I am using my calendar to record my times driving a route for the school. Is it possible to go into Calendar, find all of that particular event, and then export them to a different document?

Export from Calendar (ICS)

Export to Sheets

On the Blogs:

Matt:60 tips to spark creative lesson ideas

Kasey: 60 Tools to Inspire Students with Chromebooks


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What's Going On At Google? - GTT08422 avr. 201900:37:59
Google News and Updates Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag
  • Rebecca (@tccsapd) on Twitter -- Save a webpage to your @googledrive instead of printing! I just found this by accident. 😳 Simply change your print destination to Google Drive and the web page you are looking at becomes a PDF. Or follow these steps:https://support.google.com/cloudprint/answer/2541913?hl=en
  • Joe Marquez (@JoeMarquez70) on Twitter -- Are you an @PearDeck fan and have been dying to use the closed captioning feature during a PearDeck lesson? Here is the way to do it :) https://youtu.be/5kcCITjhkRY
  • Bailee Sandsmark -- Update fitness scores through Google Form to Sheet and Autocrat runs them a report. Would like to use the same form to the same sheet, but when it goes to Autocrat, wants most recent data and all data graphed.
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How to Create Google Sites Templates with Joe Marquez - GTT08315 avr. 201900:42:27
Google News and Updates Featured Content

Joe Marquez is a passionate educator who loves nothing more than to discover new ways to motivate and engage students.

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 is now a K-12 Education Strategist for CDW-G helping educators across the US reach their full potential with devices in the classroom. His innovating spirit, outgoing attitude and outrageous personality has earned him the coveted titles of Certified Google Innovator, Certified Google Trainer, Prezi Educational Society member, PBS LearningMedia Digital Innovator, Nearpod PioNEAR, Remind Connected Educator and Advisory Board Member, Quiver Ambassador, Common Sense Ambassador, Flipgrid Ambassador, Microsoft Innovative Educator, CUE Rockstar Teacher Faculty and CUE Lead Learner. Recently Joe was the recipient of the CVCUE 2014 Educator of the Year Award, the prestigious Clovis Unified Crystal Award and featured speaker at the California Teachers Summit in 2015, 2106 and 2017. 

Resources Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag
  • Blake Bray (Texas) -- YES!!!! Duplicate copies! That's why y'all have a podcast... genius! Thanks!
  • Allison Fluet (Maine) -- I was very impressed with myself when I heard Matt recommend a Google Slides workaround that I’ve been using. It was in response to Blake from Texas and how to get his slides to auto advance (duplicate slides and publish to the web). So, I have that system in place to run my classroom schedule but when I’m gone I have my laptop with me. I have an iPad that I leave behind for my sub but I cannot get Slides to autoplay an inserted video that I’m using as a transition song for my students to know it’s time to rotate in their math stations. Do you have any workarounds to get a video to autoplay When presented on Slides on an iPad?
  • Wendy Cohen (New York) -- When using multiple Google accounts in Chrome, right-click a link and choose “Open as …” to choose which account you’d like to use when opening the link. Can save you time from seeing the “You need access” error messages. How to Manage Multiple Google Accounts
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Apps That Integrate with Google Classroom - GTT08208 avr. 201900:36:51
Google News and Updates Featured Content

Google Classroom is one of the nicest kids on the playground of education technology. There are many apps and websites that want to play with Google and Google is happy to play with so many of the other apps and sites that are enjoying the nice days and time to play.

Matt and Kasey share and discuss some great tools that are fine on their own but when they play Google we never want edtech recess to end!

Resources
  • Duolingo -- Many teachers and even entire governments around the world already view Duolingo as the perfect blended learning companion for their language classrooms. Duolingo lessons give each student personalized feedback and practice, preparing them to get the most out of classroom instruction.
  • Quizlet -- Quizlet makes simple learning tools that let you study anything. Start learning today with flashcards, games and learning tools — all for free. (See also 6 new ways to play a Quizlet Live game)
  • Quizizz -- This integration makes it seamless for teachers to assign Quizizz games to their class. Students can join a Quizizz game with one click and all their performance data is sent back to Classroom. (See also Gameshow Classroom: Comparing Kahoot!, Quizizz, Quizlet Live and Gimkit)
  • Edpuzzle: Make any video your lesson. Pick a video, add your magical touch and track your students’ understanding. With the EDpuzzle integration, teachers can automatically import all Classroom courses and students at sign up.
  • Flipgrid: Flipgrid is a website that allows teachers to create “grids” of short discussion-style questions that students respond to through recorded videos. Each grid is effectively a message board where teachers can pose a question and their students can post 90-second video responses that appear in a tiled “grid” display. Easily share links to Flipgrids and add them to assignments in Google Classroom. (See also Catch the Flipgrid Fever! 15+ ways to use Flipgrid in your class)
  • Insert Learning: InsertLearning is a Chrome extension that lets you turn websites into interactive lessons. You can add sticky notes, links, videos, discussion questions, multiple choice questions and more! Then easily share your lesson with students in Google Classroom. InsertLearning is featured in my FREE ebook: 18 Challenges for Teachers in 2018 (See also 4 Ways to Blend Learning with InsertLearning.)

See Kasey’s Full Blog post: 60+ Apps That Integrate with Google Classroom

Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

Jennifer (New York) -- Mark from Wisconsin asked on episode 80 about turning off spell check to proofread a poorly written letter.

I have an assignment in Literature that requires the students to proofread a poorly written letter (roughly 50 mistakes) and make corrections. Is there a way to turn off Spell Check in the shared document? I have it turned off on the master copy, but when I send it out through Classroom, each of their Chromebooks turns Spell Check back on. Thanks!

Blake (Texas) -- Hey y'all, I'm a 1st-grade teacher in Texas and I listen to GTT on my way to work all the time. Then, I run in my classroom and write down the ideas you have sparked so that I can try them.

One of the ideas is to use slides as kind of an "auto-pilot" for a day when I may need a sub. I have 2 large screens in my room and the idea was to make a slide deck that would walk them through the day. (I've even considered uploading videos of myself teaching the lesson and explaining. Phonics, for example, is a difficult lesson to teach as a sub.) So, the sub walks in and opens the slide deck at 8am. and the slides have instructions/video/example ... the students do the work... and then the slide changes to a yellow background when there are 5 minutes left, then to the next thing on the agenda.

Yea, sounds like a neat thing to try to me too. But I can't use a slide deck because I can't set different times for the auto advance.

That was a long way to ask if you know of a way to set different times for each slide. I know I could use another presentation app but we live on the G suite at my school so sharing would be easier if I could find a work around on slides.

Thanks guys. Y'all are awesome! I'm off to drink my sweet tea before the fun times get back from P.E.

  • Make it into a video with Screencastify and advance as you’d like? Then play the video?
  • Duplicate slides and set auto-advance times for 1 min each
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Google For Enrichment & Free Time - GTT08101 avr. 201900:35:58
Google News and Updates Featured Content

20 sites for students with free time on their hands

  • GeoGuessr — GeoGuessr uses Google Maps Street View to place you on the ground somewhere in the world in full panorama. The problem? You have NO idea where you are! You must use context clues to guess your location and pin it on a map. Choose to be dropped in certain continents, countries, cities, etc. … or make your own GeoGuessr game with GeoSettr!
  • Smarty Pins — Smarty Pins is kind of like GeoGuessr’s cousin. It asks questions from categories like arts and culture, science and geography, and history and current events. The answers are locations, and you must pin them on a map to answer. It makes geography a game, and the closer you guess, the better your score is.
  • A Google a Day — Most of us search the internet daily, if not multiple times per day. But effectively searching for something is a skill. A Google a Day challenges users to put their searching skills to the test by asking them to answer a question using Google search. With Google’s search education lesson plans you can take this game even further and begin teaching search literacy in your classroom.
  • Street View Treks — Google Maps Street View lets its users see what life is like from the road, in full panorama. Street View Treks take that same technology to some of the most spectacular locations in the world, from Mount Fuji to the Grand Canyon to the Taj Mahal in India. Swim underwater at the Great Barrier Reef or climb the El Capitan rock face at Yosemite National Park.
  • Google Arts and Culture — Discover exhibits and collections from museums and archives all around the world. Explore cultural treasures in extraordinary detail, from hidden gems to masterpieces. See super high-resolution images of some of the best works of art in the world. Walk world-famous museums. Examine historical happenings in detail.
  • Google Quick Draw! — Quick, Draw! tells you what to draw. Then, Google’s artificial intelligence tries to guess what you’re drawing. It’s a neat way to introduce students to artificial intelligence OR to look at how we convert words/ideas into images.
  • Emoji Scavenger Hunt - Emoji Scavenger Hunt is a super fun game from Google Experiments. Using the camera on your device, students identify emojis in the real world. The application uses artificial intelligence to try and determine what’s in the picture and see if it matches the emoji.
  • Autodraw - AI experiment that allows you to draw and tries to predict what you are drawing so you can then select a more professional image to add to your project.
  • Story Speaker - Combine the power of Google Docs with AI! Make interactive, talking stories without coding and play your story instantly on Google Home. What I love about this tool is that it will give you a “Choose Your Own Adventure,” story template in Google Docs, so that alone is worth exploring! Help students improve writing and get creative. Even if you don’t have a Google Home or cannot use it in your classroom, the Story Speaker tool and template are worth exploring!
  • Talk to Books - When you type in a question or a statement, the model looks at every sentence in over 100,000 books to find the responses that would most likely come next in a conversation. This is a really interesting way to help kids connect and learn with literature, discover new authors and books, and strike up some interesting conversations!
  • Made with Code - Made with Code is a program designed to help close the gender gap in the programming industry, and give girls and young women fun ways to learn how to code the things they love.
  • More tools and resources from Kasey: Stranger Google: Crazy Tools from the Upside Down
Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag
  • Matthew Reischer (NJ) - Google Forms/Quizzes question
  • Nancy Richards (North Hollywood, CA) - Thank-you for your great ideas, suggestions and tips, Matt and Kasey!
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Spring Break: Google Style - GTT08025 mars 201900:39:28
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Spring has finally sprung! Matt and Kasey share some great Google related things you can do on Spring Break or related to Spring Break!

Courses to Try Over Spring Break:

Books to Read Over Spring Break

Resources Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag
  • Craig Klement (Garland, TX) -- Choice board on Google MyMaps: pins on different locations, students choose their own adventure, detail the activities in the pin, layers to highlight the route that they took on their adventure.
  • Mark (Wisconsin) -- I have an assignment in Literature that requires the students to proofread a poorly written letter (roughly 50 mistakes) and make corrections. Is there a way to turn off Spell Check in the shared document? I have it turned off on the master copy, but when I send it out through Classroom, each of their Chromebooks turns Spell Check back on. Thanks
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What G Suite is Capable of with Lissa Brunan - GTT07918 mars 201900:39:41

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Lissa Brunan is the owner and Chief Engagement Officer (CEO) of Engaging TECHniques & Adjunct Professor for Grand Valley State University. She has worked in the field of education her entire career. Before focusing her passion and energy in the world of professional development, she had six years of experience teaching in a middle school classroom. Lissa's main objective is to design, develop, and facilitate professional development focused on understanding and applying educational technology into the classroom to increase student engagement and learning.

Lissa is a Google Certified Trainer, Flipgrid Ambassador, BreakoutEDU Certified Trainer, EdPuzzle Coach, Kahoot Gold Certified Educator, Screencastify Master Screencaster, and a Pear Deck Certified Coach.

Google Certifications: Google Certified Educator Level 1, Google Certified Educator Level 2, Google Certified Trainer

Google “Spark”: I dabble and played for years, but I went all in about 3 years ago when I drove 2 hours to do a training/presentation for a school and my stomach dropped when I realized I saved my PowerPoint presentation on my work desktop computer, not on my laptop, and there was no way to access it. NEVER AGAIN! Started learning and didn't look back.

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/LissaBrunan

Website: https://sites.google.com/view/engagingtechniques

Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

Jake Miller (Ohio) -- Replacing boring old bullet points with emoji.

Debbie -- When students are actively using pages that the teacher creates (like matching games, etc.), they are not in presentation mode, correct? So, in this case, what is the purpose of presentation mode? In other words, why did you choose Slides for the activity? Not trying to be rude. Just don't understand. Please explain.

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Google My Maps for Activities in Your Classroom - GTT07811 mars 201900:36:33
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MyMaps

Resources from Google

Through Google My Maps students can explore the basics of cartography, share information about local communities and far-flung destinations. The map is their canvas on which they can build with points, lines, and polygons, and they can go as far as their imagination leads them.

In your Google Drive, go to NEW>MORE and select MY MAPS.

  • Dropping pins
  • Measuring distances (distance = rate x time, etc.) … measure and take a screenshot?
  • Layers (biomes, animals, etc.)
  • Poly tool to determine area/perimeter
  • Locations for sports / extracurriculars
  • Plotting locations where you’ve done video calls
  • Amazing Race with Forms and MyMaps
  • Create a map of the journey of a character from a novel
  • Tell a story, non-fiction, fiction, personal

20 ways Google MyMaps can enhance lessons in any class

Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

Ginna Jones (Virginia) -- Shares how she teaches proportions with pancakes and Google Slides! Check out her slide deck by clicking here!

Camden (5th-Grader, South Carolina) -- Listen to and from school. Teachers should use Google Lit Trips. Feel like you’re the character. 360 pictures. Earth and Tour Builder. Number the Stars: takes to the street where sisters are stopped by Nazi soldiers. Pictures and video. Diary of Anne Frank takes you to the secret annex where she hid.

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Favorite Google Chrome Tips & Tricks - GTT07704 mars 201900:43:21
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Favorite Chrome Features, Tips, Tricks, and Extensions

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Jenna (Cape Town, South Africa) -- Loves “swiss army knife”. Extra curricula -- wants to use iPads and Google tools (Slides). Used to create ebooks for kindergarten aged students to read. Number books, counting books. As part of art studies, students painted with watercolors, took pictures. Used the crop tool within Slides to crop the images to different shapes. Use the shapes to compile a new image (a robot). Group all shapes together. Different versions of the robot that can be counted. Collab: all can work on the project together.

Here’s a note from Jenna: “Unfortunately, my students are still busy with the ones where they have painted their own backgrounds so I don't have a finished product yet. I've attached the one that we used to practice the skill. We did it so that they'd know what to expect when they started painting. For this one, my students used images from Google and turned the slide deck into an eBook for some of the younger students in the school. Each student worked on a different slide so that each slide had a unique robot which we duplicated for the number on the page.”

Link to her example slide deck: click here!

Caroline Goodman (Memphis, Tennessee) -- 2 Gmail accounts: a .org for faculty and staff, .net domain for students. Teachers frequently create docs, sheets, slides, forms in either one or both accounts. Often, files get lost between the two. Sometimes teachers aren’t sure if the doc was created with .org or .net account. How can we search between both Google Drive accounts? Extension or app? Type in a search and it’ll search both of them?

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