Google has started to roll out some changes to the toolbar. Below is a screenshot from my school account (no changes) and my personal account (see the addition of Accessibility). I would expect we would see the rollout to the new format by the end of the year.
Need a new doc? Slides? Form? You can use the url shortcuts shown here to quickly create a new Google application.
While you might have seen some of these activities before, this blog post from Eric Curts is a nice overview of several Google-related poetry projects. Please click here for the post.
Getting Started with Google for Education
Looking for training on Google Workspace for Education Fundamentals? Sign up for our 8-week email training series that delivers video tutorials to your inbox every Tuesday on core Google tools. Lessons take less than 10 minutes to complete. Register today!Google recently announced several new products in their G Suite offerings. Now instead of 2, there are 4 options. While I have listed the descriptions below, it is important to remember that if you have the unpaid version (like we do), you want to look for the word Fundamentals. I know Google is going to roll upgrades during the next year- it doesn't indicate Fundamentals- it will not be for our platform.
Our free edition G Suite for Education will be renamed to Google Workspace for Education Fundamentals.
Education Standard builds on Education Fundamentals to provide institutions with enhanced security, greater visibility, and more control to make online learning even more secure.
The Teaching and Learning Upgrade builds on Education Fundamentals or Education Standard to enhance educators’ instructional impact with enhanced video communication, enriched class experiences, and tools that guide academic integrity.
Google Workspace for Education Plus (formerly G Suite Enterprise for Education) builds on Education Fundamentals, Education Standard and the Teaching and Learning Upgrade.
When I’ve shared a Google document with someone and then made changes, I don’t often think to notify them of the changes. Alice Keeler has some good suggestions in her blog post here on how using email can smooth the process. (You need to have shared the document first before you can access the email collaborators option). Please see her post here.
(Special thanks to Meredith Pisaeno for this guest post)
No bulletin board to share student work? No problem! A virtual board can be created in slides with links for each student to share a piece of work that they are proud of.
1. Create the board in slides and save the image as a jpeg.
2. Use it as a background in a new slide and add student names with text boxes.
3. Link the names to the work they would like to share. Voila! You have a bulletin board or virtual hallway display.
Google recently announced they have partnered with the Smithsonian to share their collection of World War II posters. Here’s part of the statement:
Here are a few more Google tips (though I think the share to classroom tool is no longer valid).
This brief video offers several time-saving tips- since we don’t use Gmail, you can ignore those (two toward the end).
