Google Teacher Podcast

Sunsetting. But Not The End. - GTP126 Feb 01, 2021

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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Tips from Teachers - GTP125 Dec 21, 2020

Google News and Updates

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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 Arts and Culture - GTP124 Nov 23, 2020

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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.

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

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)

On The Blogs

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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Meaningful Group Work with Google Tools - GTP123 Nov 11, 2020

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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 Meet breakout rooms for differentiated learning (by Esther Park)

Google Teacher Podcast Mailbag

Jen Giffen (Ontario, Canada)

On The Blogs

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Build Classroom Community with Google Tools - GTP122 Oct 26, 2020

Google News and Updates

9 Chromebook and G Suite for Education features to make learning more accessible

Featured Content

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:

Make time for one-on-one feedback with students and small groups.
Build student conferencing into your weekly schedule to make meaningful connections with students.
Appointment slots in Google Calendar for one-on-one conferences with students
Student Discussion in Google Classroom

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!”

On The Blogs

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Support Students with Google Sites - GTP121 Oct 12, 2020

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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)

On The Blogs

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Fall 2020 Google Update Roundup - GTP120 Sep 21, 2020

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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.

On The Blogs

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Google Teacher Tips (Vol. 5) - GTP119 Jun 01, 2020

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

Stephanie Howell (Ohio)

Google Educator Groups (GEG) resources

Katie Wardrobe (Australia)

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/transpose-%E2%96%B2%E2%96%BC-pitch-%E2%96%B9-spee/ioimlbgefgadofblnajllknopjboejda

Daren White (England)

Tanner Oglesby (Arkansas)

Dan Stitzel (Ohio)

Anna Cartwright (New York)

Mike Mohammad (Wisconsin):

bit.ly/addaudiotoslides

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.

Template: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19fIRwF5JykQAlXh5EBvNpz_WVCcJSBlZmlJM_93YQLg/template/preview
Notes with a new tracker linked: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1A2yIp6nP-1H3Mo4nJL33V-OFqBohWcghI4Mz-1dBh8s/edit

Laura Conway (Colorado)

Kim McClintic (Texas)

Amber Houk (North Carolina)

On The Blogs

Matt:
Tech Like a PIRATE is OUT! Get the paperback/Kindle here.
FREE Tech Like a PIRATE resources page
20 Google Sites tips and tricks
Kasey:
Google Classroom Cleanup Tips for the End of the Year
GetGoogleCertified.com

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Ending the Year Remotely with Google - GTP118 May 25, 2020

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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)

On The Blogs

Matt:
Tech Like a PIRATE is OUT! Get the paperback/Kindle here.
FREE Tech Like a PIRATE resources page
Ditch That Textbook eLearning Resources Page
Kasey:
Remote Learning Resources

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Using Google To Tech Like A Pirate - GTP117 May 11, 2020

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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)

8 YouTube-inspired classroom video ideas

Steve Scaysbrook (United Kingdom)

On The Blogs

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Engaging Students and Families During Remote Learning - GTP116 May 04, 2020

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“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

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Using Google Tools to Connect with Students - GTP115 Apr 27, 2020

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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

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G Suite Basics for Remote Learning - GTP114 Apr 20, 2020

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

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Google Classroom Tips for Remote Learning - GTP113 Apr 06, 2020

Google News and Updates

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

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Google Meet for Remote Teaching - GTP112 Mar 30, 2020

Google News and Updates

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

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Teaching Remotely with Carly Black - GTP111 Mar 24, 2020

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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

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

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

On The Blogs

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Using Google to Teach Remotely - GTP110 Mar 16, 2020

Google News and Updates

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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Spring Break Reading & Listening Recommendations - GTP109 Mar 09, 2020

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Featured Content

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:

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!

On The Blogs

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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Shape Learning with Maps and Creation Tools - GTP108 Mar 02, 2020

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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 - GTP107 Feb 17, 2020

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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Student Leadership and the Chrome Squad- GTP106 Feb 10, 2020

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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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Digital Citizenship Resources for All Levels - GTP105 Feb 03, 2020

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)

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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Don't Ditch That Tech! - GTT104 Jan 27, 2020

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The Five Principles of Don’t Ditch That Tech

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.
Technology should help us work with content in interactive, meaningful ways.
Technology should help teachers and students cross varied developmental levels.
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.
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)

On The Blogs

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10+ Ways to Share Google Files - GTT103 Jan 13, 2020

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

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YouTube Tricks for Teachers - GTT102 Jan 06, 2020

Google News and Updates

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

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Creating with Google Earth - GTT101 Dec 16, 2019

Google News and Updates

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

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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Google Teacher Tribe Behind-the-Scenes - GTT100 Dec 02, 2019

Google News and Updates

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

Featured Content

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.

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.

On The Blogs

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Google Time-Savers - GTT099 Nov 25, 2019

Google News and Updates

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)

All courses and bundles

Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

Steve Dutcher (Okinawa, Japan)

Jen Giffen (Toronto, Canada)

On The Blogs

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Using Google Tools in Primary Grades - GTT097 Nov 11, 2019

Google News and Updates

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

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Using Jamboard for Digital Thinking - GTT096 Nov 04, 2019

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 Sample Activities

Jamboard Resources:

Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

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

Craig Klement (Texas)

On The Blogs

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How to Create and Assign Templates in G Suite - GTT095 Oct 28, 2019

Google News and Updates

Featured Content

Custom Drive Templates
Drive Template Gallery
Templates from the Apps Homepage
Template Links
Stop Asking How to Put a Worksheet in Google Classroom

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
- How to Create Drag and Drop with Google Slides
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

Hyperdocs website: HyperDocs.co
HyperDocs templates: https://HyperDocs.co/templates
Teachers Give Teachers (database of pre-created HyperDocs): https://hyperdocs.co/teachers_give_teachers
Episode 072: The Power of Hyperdocs and Lesson Design with Lisa Highfill
Episode 071: Hyperdocs with Sean Fahey
9 reasons why HyperDocs can transform your class (post by Sean Fahey)

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/

On The Blogs

Matt - How to create a digital escape room for your class or PD (guest post by Mandi Tolen)
Kasey
- Halloween Magnetic Poetry Template
- 15 Ways to Use Google Classroom in Professional Learning

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Teaching Students Google Skills - GTT094 Oct 14, 2019

Google News and Updates

Featured Content

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

Resource Kit

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.

On The Blogs

Matt

Kasey

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Using Google Tools for PD and Training - GTT093 Oct 07, 2019

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

Shared Google Slides to share ideas. (Change the slide master for different types) (Here’s a post on how to do this with students that you can adjust for PD)
- https://alicekeeler.com/2015/08/04/google-slides-your-first-week-activity/
Invite people with Google Hangouts
Google Slides live closed captions

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?
- Google Slides interactive notebooks + 20 activities to fill them
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 - GTT092 Sep 30, 2019

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

On The Blogs

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Give G Suite Superpowers with Add-Ons - GTT091 Sep 23, 2019

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?

On The Blogs

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A Summer of Google Updates - GTT90 Sep 16, 2019

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

See changes in Google Docs over time with Compare Documents

Sheets

Slides

Forms

Import questions from previously existing forms into a new Google form

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!

On The Blogs

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Tips from the Tribe (Vol. 4) - GTT089 May 27, 2019

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)

On The Blogs

Matt - Four-part video series, “Awesome Lesson Planning Made Easy”
Get your copy of the Ditch That Textbook Lesson Plan Book, featuring …
- Flexible planning template
- LOTS of Ditch That Textbook ideas and digital tools
- Lesson planning resources
- … and more!
Kasey - How to Get Google Certified (podcast edition)GetGoogleCertified.com (enrollment open from May 21 - June 4)

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End of the Year Google Classroom Cleanup - GTT088 May 20, 2019

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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?

On The Blogs

Matt - Creating Mosaic Art with Google Drawings (guest post by Sarah Jacobs)
Matt’s Tech to Learn Online Course is discounted 50 percent through May!
Kasey - How to Get Credit for Listening to Podcasts – SULS012
GetGoogleCertified.com (enrollment open from May 21 - June 4)

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Summer Learning Opportunities - GTT087 May 13, 2019

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

Hive Summit (Aug. 1-14)
CUE Ditch Summit (July 29-Aug. 4)
Strobel Summit
Teach with Tech Conference (July 22-24)

The best of ISTE without going to ISTE

#notatISTE

Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

Laura Steinbrink (Missouri)

Nanci Greene

On The Blogs

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Conquer Summer Learning with Google Tools - GTT086 May 06, 2019

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.)
- Collaborative Notes with Google Docs
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.

On The Blogs

Matt - 30 activities for any Depth of Knowledge level (Slides vocab cards Stella, applied digital skills Amy DeFriese, Google Slide sticky notes/infographics)
Kasey - The Google Certified Trainer Ultimate Planner & Checklist
- Google Certification Courses open on May 21st!

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Accessibility Tools, Tips, and Tricks for Google - GTT085 Apr 29, 2019

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

Use TalkBack to browse the web with Chrome
Chrome low-vision features help
Chrome assistive technology help
Chrome keyboard shortcuts
Change text, image, and video sizes (zoom)
- Running things in the browser enables webpage zoom
Chrome keyboard access
High-contrast Chrome extension
Chrome accessibility extensions
Videos: Chrome & Chrome OS Accessibility

Chromebooks

Chromevox
MATT -- Magnify your screen on a Chromebook

Docs

Slides

Hangouts

Slides

6 ways to make the most of closed captions in Google 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? - GTT084 Apr 22, 2019

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.

On The Blogs

Matt - 35 creative Google Drawings activities for classes
Kasey - The Teacher’s Guide to Digital Choice Boards (Free eBook with Templates)

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How to Create Google Sites Templates with Joe Marquez - GTT083 Apr 15, 2019

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

Also a guest on episode 24 (Engaging Science Students)
Twitter: @JoeMarquez70
Website: sonsoftechnology.com

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

On The Blogs

Matt - 35 creative Google Drawings activities for classes
The #DitchBook Twitter chat -- It’s 30 minutes every Thursday at 10pm Eastern / 9pm Central / 8pm Mountain / 7pm Pacific. We chat about a specific topic every week. Don’t know how a Twitter chat works? Check out this ebook on using Twitter for educators.
Kasey - How to Become a Google Certified Trainer (6 Steps)

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Apps That Integrate with Google Classroom - GTT082 Apr 08, 2019

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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 - GTT081 Apr 01, 2019

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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 - GTT080 Mar 25, 2019

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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

On The Blogs

Matt - The Hyperdocs Toolbox: 14 engaging example activities
Kasey - 60+ Apps That Integrate with Google Classroom
- The Shake Up Learning Show starts March 26th with a 5-episode series!

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What G Suite is Capable of with Lissa Brunan - GTT079 Mar 18, 2019

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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.

CONNECT

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.

On The Blogs

Matt - A beginner’s guide to Twitter for educators (free ebook!)
Kasey - The Teacher’s Guide to Podcasts (guest post by Chris Nesi)

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Google My Maps for Activities in Your Classroom - GTT078 Mar 11, 2019

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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
- Locations in a story
- Personal student stories (My Happy Place Hyperdoc by Lisa Highfill)
- Historical events
- Summer vacation at back to school (where you’ve visited in your life, etc.)
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
- Clue #1
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.

On The Blogs

Matt - Four ways to make math come alive with Google tools
Kasey - Stranger Google: Crazy Tools from the Upside Down Part 1 & Part 2

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Favorite Google Chrome Tips & Tricks - GTT077 Mar 04, 2019

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Favorite Chrome Features, Tips, Tricks, and Extensions

Chrome Profiles
- With profiles, you can keep all your Chrome info separate, like bookmarks, history, passwords, and other settings.
- Profiles are ideal for:
  - Sharing a computer with multiple people.
  - Keeping your different accounts, like work and personal, separate.
- How to Manage Multiple Google Accounts using Chrome Profiles
Bookmarks bar with favicons
Setting up tabs at start-up
Ctrl + Shift + brackets to swap between tabs
Pin tabs
Incognito: Browse in private-- If you don’t want Google Chrome to remember your activity, you can browse the web privately in Incognito mode.
- 8 Awesome Reasons to Go Incognito in Google Chrome
160+ Chrome Apps and Extensions for Teachers and Students
Back to School with Google Chrome: The Complete Guide!

Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

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?

On The Blogs

Matt - Google Slides interactive notebooks + 20 activities to fill them
Kasey - Shake Up Learning Show Starts March 26th Join the Shake Up Learning Book Study (and book giveaway)

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Webcams in Docs, Slides, Drawings and More! - GTT076 Feb 25, 2019

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Lost in translation? Try interpreter mode with the Google Assistant (into 26 languages w/Google Home)
Google Classroom: move any post to the top - Announcements ONLY
Google Slides accessibility tab (h/t Alice Keeler blog)
New Innovator Academy dates and locations released for 2019

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The webcam feature in many Google products (Docs, Slides, Drawings, etc.) makes a lot of cool learning activities possible.

How to activate it: Insert > Image > Camera

Make sure you’ve given access to your camera
If another program is using the camera, it may not work
You don’t need a special camera … if your Chromebook/laptop has a built-in webcam, use that!
Mobile devices: use the device camera, then bring in the images to do the same thing

How to use it:

Click the camera button below the live webcam image to take a picture
Take as many pictures as you want
Insert one at a time … remember to click the “insert” button

Ways it can be used in class:

Student reflection: in a shared Slides presentation where each student has a slide, have each student snap a selfie and add it to his/her own slide. Add speech/thought bubbles with Insert > Shapes > Callouts to allow for reflection or retelling what they’ve learned
Interview a character/historical figure: In Google Drawings, snap a selfie, but leave room to one side. Search the web for an image of a character or historical figure and insert it. Add speech/thought bubbles for the student and the character, making it as if they’re having a conversation.
Caption This!: This is a fun activity Matt developed with Missouri educator Laura Steinbrink. Search for an image online or upload an image. Use speech/thought bubbles to speak/think for people in the image. Then, have students add a text box on the image explaining why that person would say that. (Justifying their response moves the critical thinking up a notch on Webb’s Depth of Knowledge!)
Stop motion animation: Have students snap a picture of something (themselves, a drawing on a whiteboard, a clay representation of what you’re learning, etc.). Add it to a slide in Google Slides. Move it and snap another picture, adding it to the next slide. Keep adding images to new slides until your animation is complete!
MATH! Math teachers can sometimes struggle with using technology and having students show their work on a problem. Still using pencil and paper, no problem! Students can hold up their paper to the webcam and take a quick picture to insert into the work or attach it to their Google Classroom assignment.

Google Drawings comic strips -- Have students take pictures of themselves -- posing as themselves or as a character -- and add speech bubbles and thought bubbles.

Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

Audra Arman-Richardson (Nevada) -- With Google+ shortly leaving us, what do you recommend as a replacement? We have 20+ schools throughout our state that share and communicate using this platform. We are not sure what to migrate to.

Mike Brilla (Pennsylvania) -- Google Classroom. Uses Doctopus and Goobric. Self-proclaimed “organizational train wreck”. Had trouble keeping track of the Sheets. Used Google Keep keeping track. Use Keep extension on Chrome. Uses the label “Things to grade.” Now everything is in one place. Links are there. Delete note when he’s done.

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Danny Contopoulos (science teacher, New York) -- Bailee wants to know how to automatically send responses to different sheets.

In the google sheet that is accepting responses from the form, all Bailee would have to do is create two new tabs and on each tab use a filter formula

=filter('Sheet 1’!A1:F100,'Sheet 1'!B1:B100="Teacher 1") 'Sheet 1’!A1:F100 is the response range 'Sheet 1'!B1:B100 is the column with the teacher’s name "Teacher 1" is the teacher’s name (matched exactly)

Caroline Goodman (Tennessee)-- School developing new PE program where students/teachers attend classes at various times throughout the day. Google service flexible posting of class schedules so change daily, check in and out of classes, a record of who attended which classes.

Linda Hummer (Ohio) -- Personalized PD in their school district. 2 PD days -- 1 in fall with four different sessions running at the same time that staff could choose to go to, during sessions: 1 tool or several tools that do the same type of thing (formative assessment). Discuss and share what they’re doing, ask questions, work on creating things they’d like. 1 in spring -- changed to two sessions (they’re a K-12 building). Staff shared with one another, asked questions, enjoyed that type of PD, will continue using it.

Ryan Bradford -- I was listening to episode 74 last night and I think I have a solution for Bailee's question. The Query formula can be used to auto separate the data into different sheets based on certain criteria (e,g, school name, resource type, etc). If you create a Google Form with an identifying question like school name and send all of your responses to the default response sheet, you can then create two separate sheets that each use a query formula to pull on specific data based on the school name. I included some screenshots below of how I use this at my school to quickly separate supply requests by type.

On The Blogs

Matt - One story, many endings: A fun, creative Google Slides activity
Kasey - Google Certified Educator Toolkits and New Resource pages!

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Student Led Tech Teams with the Chrome Squad - GTT075 Feb 11, 2019

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The Chrome Squad is an elite group of students at Royse City High School that provide tech support and learning opportunities for both students and teachers. In the four years the Chrome Squad has been in operation they have evolved--developing new teams and products to serve not only Royse City ISD, but others districts as well. The Chrome Squad has helped over 50 other districts across the US start student internships, spoken at conferences like TCEA, and have been able to spend time at the Googleplex and Google HQ2 in Austin, Tx. The Chrome Squad is made of twenty-one 10th-12th graders working across 8 teams.

Tech TV
Connect Store
Tech Tips
Connected for Learning: The Podcast
Inventory
Chromecierge
C4L Ninjas
Promotions

There have been a few changes since the Chrome Squad was last on the Google Teacher Tribe Episode 8. They have started a podcast that focuses on the great things teachers are doing and the ways a teacher can better empower learners with technology. You can find the teaser for the podcast on iTunes (Google Play will be coming soon).

The Chrome Squad also adopted a goal setting process used by companies like Google called OKRs, or Objectives-Key Results, as well as Design SPRINTS. This has allowed the Chrome Squad to design and project plan an entire year’s worth of work in a few days during the summer.

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F2F at FETC 2019 with Holly Clark - GTT074 Feb 04, 2019

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We're live at FETC 2019 and we had the opportunity to sit with and speak to Holly Clark, author of The Google Infused Classroom.

Why do we, as educators, attend live, face-to-face professional learning events?
- Benefits
- Drawbacks
- Connections
- Introvert problems
What do you do when you go to a session you don’t like?
Time for implementation

Holly Clark was also the guest on episode 41! Listen if you haven't!

Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

Eve Heaton - Eve shares a template for the Valentine’s Conversation Hearts in Google Drawings
Bailee Sandsmark - Google Sheets question - Bailee wants to know how to automatically send responses to different sheets.

On The Blogs

Matt - 10 ways to use Wakelet’s new collaboration feature
Kasey - A Perfectionist with Paralysis NO MORE!

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App Smashing with G Suite - GTT073 Jan 28, 2019

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Matt and Kasey share ideas, sites, and tools other than those made by Google that plays nicely with Google for an enhanced teaching and learning experience.

Padlet and Sites - gather feedback through an embedded Padlet wall, post, and share work, e-portfolios, add other media to Padlet wall to demonstrate learning without having to separately add pages, etc., Use as an embedded class blog, not perfect, but easier than using Sites alone.

Wakelet and Drawings -- Create images in Drawings, add to a Wakelet collection with links, text, videos, etc. to share and for collaboration.

Flipgrid and Slides/Sites/Docs - reflection, explain their answers, set goals and revisit, reflect on writing, book talk to go with their book report, reading responses explained.

Adobe Spark and Slides/Sites -- Create images (Post), single-page web pages (Pages) and videos (Video) and embed/insert into Slides or Sites.

Canva and Sites/Slides/Forms- (Just received a major update!) Create images for your projects and creations, restaurant menus into learning menus, blog post images, flyers, brochures, headers for your forms and sites, greeting cards.

Screencastify and Maps -- Find a place in Google Maps and use Street View to view it, then record it as a virtual walking tour in Screencastify

Resources

Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

Mike Mohammad (Wisconsin) -- Make a classroom calendar. On one side of Slide, what we’re doing that day, another side: that week. Daily part changes, weekly part stays the same. New week: new slide. Better than a paper handout bc can publish and embed in a Google Site or Canvas LMS. Can link anything on schedule directly (turn in assignment, instructions, comments). bit.ly/moschedule

Kyle Anderson (Nevada) -- Keep and Forms in IEP process. A student with upcoming IEP: things have to do in Google Keep (date, send notices for parents, steps in writing it). Can use reminder function to set up in Calendar to notify when he has to complete steps. Forms: gather info for the process, send out a form to parent for details, to teachers to gather info on student, accommodations, to the student on info that will help them out best.

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The Power of Hyperdocs and Lesson Design with Lisa Highfill - GTT072 Jan 21, 2019

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Lisa Highfill is an Instructional Technology Coach in the San Francisco Bay Area. She earned her masters in Educational Technology Leadership and has been a classroom teacher for over 20 years. As a Google Certified Innovator, and a YouTube Star Teacher, she travels the country presenting at edtech conferences and speaking about lesson design and learning theory. Lisa is the co-creator and co-author of The HyperDoc Handbook.

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

Google “Spark”: I was in the Merit Program, led by Rushton Hurley. The program completely changed me as a teacher, my knowledge of technology, and how to best combine the two.

Favorite Google Tips and Tricks: Google Slides make great portfolios for all of your graphic design work.

Connect with Lisa:

Twitter: @lhighfill
Website: about.me/lisahighfill

Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

John Hartmann (St. Louis) -- Name a version in the revision history. Sets up a template (Sheets, slides) and names it master. When students complete the task, can revert back to the master and use it over and over. Doesn’t have to reinvent the wheel.

Jake Miller (Ohio) -- Thanks for creating community. Google Translate in Google Sheets. Does more than math. Type =GoogleTranslate you’ll get a formula to take words in one language and translate to +100 language. Useful for ELLs. to the native language. Can use Flippity.net to turn into flashcards to practice. JakeMiller.net search for translate for GIF.

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Hyperdocs with Sean Fahey - GTT071 Jan 14, 2019

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Create Your Own Google Expeditions with Kim Mattina - GTT070 Jan 07, 2019

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Tips from the Tribe (Vol. 3) - GTT069 Dec 31, 2018

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Ctrl+Shift+T and Other Class Management Tips - GTT068 Dec 20, 2018

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Holiday Fun in the Classroom - GTT067 Dec 10, 2018

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'Tis the season for using Google and other tools in your classroom! Please leave a comment below with your own favorites!

Santa Tracker / Live from the North Pole: what's new at Santa's Village
Google Assistant - sing songs, stories, talk to Santa
Window Wonderland
Google Earth Quiz: Holiday Traditions
The Grinch - Hour of Code
DESIGN YOUR OWN EMOJI HOLIDAY (Made with Code)
Winter Magnetic Poetry (with Google Slides)| Click here to make a copy of the Winter Magnetic Poetry template

Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

@MikeSzczepanik on Twitter writes, "I was recently inspired by Matt's Sticky Notes post (mentioned in this podcast) and used it for another idea: Student card sorting. I have attached a little "Engage" activity I am doing with my Biology classes Cell Unit. The students sort some cards into two piles representing "Has cells" or "Does not have cells"

I have attached both the student assignment and the directions that go with it. Thanks for the inspiration!"

Sharon Taylor, New Zealand -- Google Slide decks a lot following our discussions. Two problems: FIRST, track who has done what (deleted each other’s work), Slides doesn’t seem to be color coded as well as Google Docs. Need something more accurate. SECOND, when everyone is on the slide deck, there are lots of glitches. Could be our wifi.

On The Blogs

Matt - 25 ways to Ditch That Homework
- Ditch That Textbook Digital Summit, the FREE online conference for teachers, is open Dec. 14-31. Get your free ticket: DitchSummit.com
Kasey - How to Create Powerful ePortfolios with Google Sites

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Telling Google Stories with Mandi Tolen - GTT066 Dec 03, 2018

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TELLING GOOGLE STORIES WITH MANDI TOLEN

Mandi Tolen is a high school math teacher with experience teaching ELA and technology classes. She is a Google Certified Innovator and very active on Twitter. Mandi is passionate about helping other teachers be the best they can be.

Google Certifications: Google Certified Educator Levels 1 and 2, Google Certified Innovator

How Google products have transformed Mandi's classroom...

Started with drag and drop activities on iPads
Choose Your Own Adventure in math!
Custom Bitmoji feedback
Google Innovator (Toronto)
Memory Game with Google Slides
Transformation comic strips
#mathsnaps

CONNECT WITH MANDI TOLEN

Twitter: @MandiTolenEDU
Website: http://infinitelyteaching.wordpress.com

On The Blogs

Matt - 20 Google Slides activities to add awesome to classes
Kasey - The Beginner’s Guide to the Hour of Code

Kasey's Google Certification courses close at midnight CST on Dec. 4th. Learn more: GetGoogleCertified.com

Matt's Ditch That Textbook Digital Summit, the FREE online conference for teachers, is open Dec. 14-31. Get your free ticket: DitchSummit.com

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The Life of a Tech Coach with Pam Hubler - GTT065 Nov 20, 2018

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Pam Hubler is an Instructional Coach in Charleston, South Carolina with 22 years in education. Pam is passionate about professional development, technology integration, literacy, and building a strong culture in schools.

As a Google Certified Trainer, Pam supports teachers by providing frequent professional development on how to integrate GSuite tools into their daily routines no matter what they teach. She also guides discussions during PLC’s to help teachers find dynamic ways to provide instruction and develop engaging literacy activities.

Pam also loves to create resources to share with educators through her website, Twitter, as community manager of the Shake Up Learning Facebook Group and other social media platforms. She has presented at FETC, the EdTechTeam Low Country Summit, and EdCamps.

Pam is a lifelong learner who loves to read professional development books, especially books from Dave Burgess Consulting, Inc. and listens to Podcasts like the Google Teacher Tribe to keep up with educational technology and pedagogy. She strives to be PIRATE leader to support educators so we can keep great teachers in the profession.

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

Google “Spark”: I've always found technology integration interesting, especially when online creativity tools became possible. I don't even remember how or when I started using Google, but once I switched, that was it! I think being introduced Google Forms and realizing how Google Drive worked on all devices is when I realized just how productive Google tools can help educators become. The longer I use it, the harder it is to use other tools, especially paid tools, for my day to day productivity and resource creation.

Connect with Pam:

Resources

Pam’s Tech Coach Resources
[UPDATE 5/28/2020]:
- Template: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19fIRwF5JykQAlXh5EBvNpz_WVCcJSBlZmlJM_93YQLg/template/preview Notes from the show with the new tracker linked: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1A2yIp6nP-1H3Mo4nJL33V-OFqBohWcghI4Mz-1dBh8s/edit

Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

Linda Hummer (Ohio) - Thank you for all you do! I love listening to the podcast and trying out the ideas you share! I have an app smash- use the new cc feature in slides along with screencastify. Students that are shy or not comfortable talking in front of the class could record themselves ahead of time and then have it played during class or the teacher can view when they have time. This will also help the teacher when they are accessing the project. There are times when you are grading while students are presenting that you miss things. Having the video to replay showing what they said would be extremely helpful! Thanks!

Joel (via SpeakPipe) - G Suite admin for a small school, students using Google Classroom stream during class that was neither constructive nor appropriate, easy for students to navigate to other sites … way to monitor without micromanaging?

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Transforming Your Classroom with Mike Mohammed - GTT064 Nov 12, 2018

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Mike Mohammed has been teaching high school science for 17 years. He has been teaching at Brookfield High School for the last 14 of those. Mike attended UW Madison where he received his degree in Secondary Education in Broadfield Science and Biology with additional certifications in chemistry and physics. In his time at Brookfield Central, Mike has taught Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and General Science. He is currently teaching Physics and AP Physics. His interests in education focus on putting students at the center of their own learning experience. He lives in Brown Deer, WI with his wife.

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

Google “Spark”: When I first learned of Google Docs and Google Drive it was amazing that student documents could be accessed across multiple devices without the need for a floppy disk or thumb drive to bring to the computer lab. This was especially key when I got a class set of iPads. This may have been the gateway, but it was still just word processing. The major sparks were realizing the options for varied expression, ability to use Doctopus to distribute templates to the learner and provide digital feedback via comments.

Connect with Mike:

Twitter: @mo_physics
Website: http://mophysicsmoproblems.blogspot.com/

Resources

Favorite Google Tips and Tricks:

Using Speaker Notes in Google Slides to make quick comments http://mophysicsmoproblems.blogspot.com/2018/11/110-lab-reports-in-queue.html
Pear Deck for Quizzes https://alicekeeler.com/2018/08/06/ditch-quiz-pear-deck-mo_physics/
Mike's Google Infused Lesson Plan

Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

Dave Ghidiu - More Google Slides idea
Agustin Vieyra (Long Beach Ca) - a way for my students to record and share their mathematical discourse
Shannan Lewellen (Las Vegas, NV) - I wanted to share how I recently used a google add-on in my Science classroom.

On The Blogs

Matt - 101 Google lesson ideas in a FREE ebook!
Kasey - How to Become a Google Certified Trainer (FREE eBook Download)
- Google Certification courses open on November 20th and close at midnight CST on Dec. 4th. Learn more: GetGoogleCertified.com

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GSuite Templates for Your Classroom - GTT063 Nov 05, 2018

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G Suite Templates

How to brainstorm template ideas
- Focus on learning goals
- Choosing the appropriate tool(s)
How to Create Templates
- Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drawings
- Wishlist: Google Sites
Matt’s four reasons he suggests Google Slides for templates:
- You can set a fixed background
- It’s great for class collaboration
- You have TONS of design flexibility
- You can create master slides for different activities
Kasey’s Google Slides Master Class
How to Share Templates
- Create G Suite Templates with This Mind-Blowing Hack
- Force a Copy
- File > Make a Copy, Y’all!

Resources

Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

Alan Appleby - I listened to episode 59 about google photos, and tried to put an animation into a slideshow. We'll have kids working on change concept soon, as well as building things. Both of these give us some scope for using the animations as you described.

But, while I can embed an animation into slides, it does not 'animate' in present mode or when published to the web. Can you tell me if I'm doing something wrong, or if we just have to leave the present mode to see animations like this?

Matt Dill & Stacy Larsen - How do I prevent students from searching on other tabs in their browser for their answers, while taking a quiz on a Google Form on another?

Neil Gibbs - Is there a way of having some pages set up to be portrait and some set up to be landscape? I have an E-Book that my students are working on through Google Classroom, the Google docs, I have set up, just seems to allow the document to be either portrait or landscape and not a combination. This is really frustrating as there are tables that work well in Landscape and questions and diagrams which are suited to portrait.

On The Blogs

Matt - Ditch that lesson planner with Google Slides (by Howie Hua)
Kasey - 20 Formative Assessment Tools for Your Classroom
- Google Certification courses open on November 20th and close at midnight CST on Dec. 4th. Learn more: GetGoogleCertified.com

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Catching Up with the Tribe! Your Questions Answered - GTT062 Oct 29, 2018

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Introducing a ✨ .new ✨ time-saving trick for users. Type any of these .new domains to instantly create Docs, Sheets, Slides, Sites or Forms ↓ pic.twitter.com/erMTHOsdyH

— Google Docs (@googledocs) October 25, 2018

Featured Content

Amber Harper (Indiana) -- excited we’re back for another season … edtech consultant and trainer -- teachers feel frustrated and left behind because of how fast Google changes … created a google site called G Suite 123, a curation of online resources like YouTube videos and blogs, etc that helps teachers to know not just how to begin to use tools but how to use in classroom … incorporated our podcast into the tools … hope this is useful to your listeners … burnedinteacher.com -- hover over BIT edtech and click on G Suite 123
Marsha Ratzel (Kansas) -- loves the podcast, follow intently! … used arts and culture link for space for sixth-grade science classes … her question: they use Chromebooks, love things like Expeditions but don’t have access to virtual reality goggles … anyways to do virtual reality trips in 360 view to learn about geography? Would be NGSS standards for middle school.

Check out Karly Moura’s blog post:http://karlymoura.blogspot.com/2018/06/google-expeditions-where-will-they-take.html

Kimberly Bender (Pennsylvania) -- loves the show, listens when she walks her dog, Google Photos: started making albums, thought about how could put together something at end of the year
Linda Mackay -- I’m such a fan of your show! I have one quick question that maybe you can help with: my students are telling me that their Google Classroom reminders are coming to them after midnight. Is there somewhere I can adjust this?
Chris Powers, Madison Wisc. -- In slides, is there a way to animate an object to follow a lined pathway? I'm a music teacher and want to animate an object like a bird, butterfly, bee, or kite, etc to show a voice pathway. I'd like it to go up and down (diagonally to show time and pitch) and even a loop if possible but I am not sure how to make an object follow a path. I figured the GTT and the swiss army knife of Google should be able to do this, right? Thanks!
Elisabeth Schaap (The Netherlands) -- Just started using team-drive with my colleague who teaches in a parallel class. We share files that we want to give to our students using Classroom. But, we found out that we can not share files through Classroom straight from our team-drive. Firs,t we have to make a copy and place it in our own drive and from there we can share it using Classroom. Do you know why? Is there a logical reason? Any idea if Google will change this in the future? --
Abbey Thomas (Alabama) -- Google Slides, trying to embed a video that’s not a YT video … is there a way to do that? Add-on, extension?

4 Video Options in Google Slides That Will Make Your Day!

Bruce Reicher (New Jersey) - Matt and Kasey -- I have a unique way I use Google Slides. Our school does a live tv show every morning. I have one slide deck that is the script and another slide deck for graphics and videos we play on the show. It's awesome to be able to share the script with students so they can practice before they come on the show. It also make life easier for me because I can update the script every day. In the past, I created Powerpoint slides and printed them every morning. Over the past 10 years, my students have produced over 1,000 live shows. That was a lot of paper printed for the script in the past. We now have a 1:1 with Chromebooks and no more printing :)

Love the show and keep up the great work - Bruce Here's the script - https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1es6y9EZjmHWPRwNd4muyMYpsvIY7YBvnwvJtfrfKlYU/edit?usp=sharing and Here is the graphic and video and credit run down -https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1nYM9vRr1ryRYThYUPqeD6NWTGGZJ7S5ScTrAA6D4V3c/edit?usp=sharing

On The Blogs

Matt - The “secret menu” for Google Slides, Docs, Drawings and more
Kasey - How to Get Google Certified! (FREE Webinar) Google Certification courses open on November 20th, and close at midnight CST on Dec. 4th. Learn more: GetGoogleCertified.com

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Slides to the Right Cha Cha Cha - GTT061 Oct 15, 2018

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Google Slides for Snapchat games in class

Students LOVE Snapchat games! You can tie them into your class WITHOUT needing the Snapchat app. Just use Google Slides!

Caption This! A fun, deep-thinking Google Drawings (or Slides!) activity

Use an image that connects to your content and adds speech/thought bubbles to show what the people involved would say or think. It’s a quick way to boost the Depth of Knowledge of your activity -- and it’s low-prep!

Create a low-cost, printed yearbook with Google Slides (by Jennifer Scott)

Jennifer’s school created a full-color yearbook and designed the whole thing on Google Slides. It’s SUPER inexpensive and pretty easy to do.

Student collaboration in shared Google Slides

This classic Google Slides hack is still effective! Share a slide presentation with every student. Each student gets his/her own slide and does his/her work on it. Then, they can comment on each other’s work. Easy collaboration!

How to Create Your Own “Apps” with Google Slides (FREE Template)

Anchor Charts

Kasey’s Google Slides Resources

The Google Slides Master Class!

I frequently refer to Google Slides as the Swiss Army Knife of the G Suite tools because it is capable of being so much more than a presentation tool. In this course, you will learn how to use Slides in new and unexpected ways in your classroom that will engage your students and make learning more dynamic!

Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

Ashley Morrison (Cincinnati, OH) - Love using Google Sites, showing teachers how to use them, have students use them to share work … Any other tools besides Padlet that can be embedded and work really well within Google Sites?

Ryan Gutsch (Owen, WI) - What process or app … wants to have kids and parents (?) watch a video and not give them control of skipping ahead … answer questions based on a video clip. Can’t progress until answer questions right. Google Forms? Sites?

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Slides to the Left - GTT060 Oct 08, 2018

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With Google Slides you can:

Create new presentations or edit any that were created on the web or on another device
Share presentations and work together with others in the same presentation at the same time
Get stuff done anytime -- even without an internet connection
Add and rearrange slides, format text and shapes, and more
Present right from your device
Never worry about losing your work -- everything is automatically saved as you type
Present slides to video calls - scheduled meetings will automatically appear
Open, edit, and save PowerPoint files

The Google Slides Master Class!

I frequently refer to Google Slides as the Swiss Army Knife of the G Suite tools because it is capable of being so much more than a presentation tool. In this course, you will learn how to use Slides in new and unexpected ways in your classroom that will engage your students and make learning more dynamic!

K-12 teachers are going to LOVE THIS COURSE!

This class is perfect for beginner to intermediate users to take their skills to the next level and become a Google Slides Master!

Resources

Instagram Stories with Google Slides

Have students create “Instagram Stories” with class content to demonstrate their learning. Think about, “What would this character’s / historical character’s Instagram story look like?” “How could you describe this using an Instagram Story?”

Google Slides icon boards for low-prep, visual thinking

These are like “infographics LITE” or “infographics for the time-strapped.” Have students drag visuals onto the page and add text to quickly demonstrate understanding.

Caption This! A fun, deep-thinking Google Drawings (or Slides!) activity

Use an image that connects to your content and add speech/thought bubbles to show what the people involved would say or think. It’s a quick way to boost the Depth of Knowledge of your activity -- and it’s low-prep!

Create a low-cost, printed yearbook with Google Slides (by Jennifer Scott)

Jennifer’s school created a full-color yearbook and designed the whole thing on Google Slides. It’s SUPER inexpensive and pretty easy to do.

Student collaboration in shared Google Slides

This classic Google Slides hack is still effective! Share a slide presentation with every student. Each student gets his/her own slide and does his/her work on it. Then, they can comment on each other’s work. Easy collaboration!

Create moveable digital activities with Google Drawings + Slides

This is a fun, digital take on manipulatives. Add objects on a slide (or Google Drawing) that you want students to drag into place. Lock certain pieces into place by making them part of the background!

Kasey’s Google Slides Resources

Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

Mel Paradis (Wyoming) - Is there a workaround to use Screencastify on the iPad?

Recent Apple Podcasts Ratings and Reviews

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Starblazer5000

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Google Photos In The Classroom - GTT059 Oct 01, 2018

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Google Photos is a photo sharing and storage service developed by Google. It was announced in May 2015 and spun out from Google+, the company's social network. Google Photos gives users free, unlimited storage for photos up to 16 megapixels and videos up to 1080p resolution. (Wikipedia)

Google Photos Help
Syncs across devices (get the mobile app for iOS or Android
Search for photos
- Search with a face (the more photos you take, the more you can pull for use in class … use student photos in class materials … “What does every student look for when they get a new yearbook?”)
Scan photos with the app
Create collages and animations
- Show gradual change in seasons
- Show growth of plants (animals, like a class pet)
- Show rapid change (ice melting)
- Assistant creates animations automatically or you can create them yourself
- Tell a story (with one animation OR a combination of animations one per slide on a Slides presentation)
- Up to 50 photos per animation
Movies
- Auto-created with Assistant or create manually
- Add photos and videos, it
- Let it create a video for you (children, cats, dogs, smiles, etc.)
- Adjust length, change the music
Albums
- Embedding, sharing with parents, demonstrating experiments, hands-on creation, portfolios, artwork
Sharing
- Individual files
- albums
- Shared libraries
  - school/campus/grade level accounts
  - seniors!
Photobooks
- End of the year photobooks - not free, but could be an option for parents or possibly fundraiser
- Especially great for artwork and creations

Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

An alternative to using Google Forms for comments on a Google Site embed a Padlet wall. (Shared by several on Twitter!)
Monday morning, getting ready for the week! @GTeacherTribe #gttribe #gladyouareback #routine pic.twitter.com/KXPVofm1UU

— Becky Salls (@BecTec99) September 24, 2018
Shawn Lane (comment on website) - I was so excited to hear that you can copy a classroom, but it seems to only be available in the new classrooms, and not ones you already have. I was hoping to copy my technology PD class to the new format, but that doesn't seem to be an option now.

On The Blogs

Matt - Google Forms + Student Self-Reflection for Coaching Students to Own Their Learning! (Post by Meredith Akers)
Kasey:
- 16 Fantastic Podcasts for Teachers
- New Course Opening on 10/2/18: The Google Slides Master Class

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ePortfolios and Google Sites - GTT058 Sep 24, 2018

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Featured Content ePortfolios with Google Sites Matt and Kasey discuss the value and implementation of ePortfolios and how easy it can be to use Google Sites as the platform for students to display and preserve their learning over the course of a school year or their time in a school from year to year. Discussion points:

Showcase portfolio v. growth portfolio
Other ePortfolio tools: Seesaw, Canvas
No templates yet
Reflection
Advantages of G Suite for portfolios
- Google Sites integrates with all of the other applications
- G Suite users already have accounts
- Easily embed everything from YouTube to Google Slides
- Drag and drop interface that is easy to use and professional looking
- New features make it even better with buttons and layouts
- Workaround for comments

Send us your examples! Resources

Dynamic learning in action
Your chance to get students sharing their work with the world (Go Global)
Great checklist from Eduphoria (even though it’s from 2013)
Physics Portfolios (Thank you to Mike Mohammed)
- Jillian Rosenbecker
- Hannah Peksa

Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

Bettina Franz (comment from the website)
- Google Forms being used to create comment boxes on Google sites.
Libby Knaggs (via SpeakPipe)
- Classwork in Google Classroom
Dan Curtis (via SpeakPipe)
- What do you do when students don't have permission to install Chrome extensions?
Sarah Fromhold (email)
- Is there a way to make Form responses go to the top of the response spreadsheet instead of the bottom?
- Here’s a script to try

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The NEW Google Classroom - GTT057 Sep 17, 2018

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AUGUST 2018 UPDATES:

New Classwork page—Teachers and students have a new Classwork page. Teachers can post assignments and questions on the page, as well as group them into modules with topics.

New grading tool in Classroom—Teachers have a new grading tool where they can switch between grades, student submissions, and comments while grading and save common feedback in a comment bank to use later.

New People page—Teachers can view class member information on the People page. Teachers can also invite and remove students, co-teachers, and guardians on the page.

New Settings page—Teachers can edit the class description, change the class code, manage guardian summaries, and control Stream settings on a consolidated Settings page.

Copy a class—Teachers can copy classwork and topics from an existing class to new class.

Control notifications by class—Teachers and students can turn notifications off for any class.

Change grades—Teachers can change grade point values when creating or editing assignments or questions.

See updates—Teachers and students can see updated labels (Assigned, Turned In, and Graded) for the status of a student’s work.

SEPTEMBER 2018 UPDATES:

Materials on the Classwork page—Teachers can add materials to the Classwork page.

Classwork page for existing classes—Teachers can add the Classwork page to existing classes or classes they’ve previously removed the page from.

Easier posting on the Stream page—Teachers and students have an easier way to post in the Stream.

Edit the room, subject, and section during course creation and in Settings page—Teachers can edit the room, subject, and section when creating or editing a course or in the Settings page.

Teachers can edit the room and subject when creating or editing a course.

Bottom tab navigation—On iOS, users can navigate between the Stream, Classwork, and People pages with a bottom navigation bar.

Guardians—On iOS, verified teachers can view student guardians.

Resources

What’s New With Google Classroom

Matt’s Google Classroom Google Classroom Blog Posts and Resources:

Kasey’s Google Classroom Google Classroom Blog Posts and Resources:

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Matt: 7 ninja Google Keep tricks for teachers and students
Kasey: How to Create “Apps” With Google Slides (guest post by Micah Shippee)

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Tips from the Tribe (Vol. 2) - GTT056 May 28, 2018

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To close out our second year of doing the podcast we've assembled some of the best submissions sent in by you!

Matt and Kasey have concluded their second season of the Google Teacher Tribe Podcast and while they look forward to all the different events they have planned for the summer they have also looked forward to this episode because you are sharing the tip and tricks.

Resources

Wakelet for content curation MATT
Janice Kato (Saginaw, Michigan) - Using Google Sites for digital portfolios, hack for getting more font options using Google Drawings
Stella Pollard - Google Sites for interactive journal
Chad Goldman - Gamification (EduRpg for badges/points)
Caleb Pahl- 6th grade websites (https://sites.google.com/view/world-regions/home) KASEY
Heather Esposito - Video feedback for writing using Loom MATT
Robin Seneta - Wanted to share my daily agenda board. Everyday my students can review this link to their daily work-with all the links they need. This is a mix of your "package your digital assignments: idea and your swiss army knife slide deck. #gttribehttps://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vTc5Sg_dZsE88MYIfKLd3bWTJCMKOaN6xisVtYz_UL1heeSbrDE6UMsLujRprZcy_1C9tNIDGvSg6DK/pub?start=true&loop=true&delayms=10000&slide=id.g3adfba4e03_0_0
Annette Hawkins (Goldsboro, NC)

On The Blogs

Google Certification Courses Open May 28th! Online Google Boot Camps–BUT BETTER! All 3 Courses Will Open on May 28th!

Mark your calendars! These courses (Level 1, Level 2, and Trainer) will open for limited enrollment on May 28, 2018, and will close on June 10, 2018. (It will not open again until November!)

Just in time for some summer learning!!!

What’s Included in the Google Certification Courses? Google Certified Educator Level 1

Everything you need to know to pass the exam and become a Google Certified Educator Level 1!

40+ Video Lessons (hands-on learning with Kasey Bell)
20+ PDF Downloadable Study Material
Lesson Checks
Private Community & Study Group
Testing Tips
Level 1 Challenges (testing scenarios)
and much more!
Learn more and see the course curriculum

Google Certified Educator Level 2

Everything you need to know to pass the exam and become a Google Certified Educator Level 2!

40+ Video Lessons (hands-on learning with Kasey Bell)
20+ PDF Downloadable Study Material
Lesson Checks
Private Community & Study Group
Testing Tips
Level 2 Challenges (testing scenarios)
and much more!
Learn more and see the course curriculum

Google Certified Trainer

All You Need to Know to Prepare for the Trainer Skills Assessment and Application!

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 Check List
Pro Trainer Tips
How to Market Yourself as a Trainer
Application Tips
and much more!
Learn more and see the course curriculum

Pricing & Bundles

Below are the prices for individual licenses for each course.

Google Certified Educator Academy Level 1: $299
Google Certified Educator Academy Level 2: $299
Google Certified Trainer Course: $299

But Wait…There’s More!

Opening all of these courses at once also gives you another advantage–bundling! If you want to purchase multiple courses at once, you can save BIG TIME!

I’m also introducing some new bulk licensing options, so you can find more affordable ways to meet the needs of your campus or district.

These details can be found on the home page for each course (Level 1, Level 2, and Trainer), just click on “Pricing Information.”

Here’s how it works:

Level 1 & Level 2 Bundle: $449 (Save $149)
Level 2 & Trainer Bundle: $449 (Save $149)
Level 1, Level 2, and Trainer Bundle: $599 (Save $298)
Payment plans available
PO’s are accepted

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BONUS: A Google Power Hour with Matt Miller and Kasey Bell - HoET110 May 20, 2018

This bonus episode crosses over with, our producer, Chris Nesi's podcast, House of #EdTech.

If you're not subscribed to his podcast you should subscribe. Chris has been an integral part of the Tribe and you may not have even realized it!

Here are his abbreviated show notes...

We're crossing over with the Google Teacher Tribe Podcast!

Support for this episode comes from:

Complete show notes http://chrisnesi.com/110

** SEGMENTS **

(1:30) Intro - HOET and GTT Crossover!
(6:21) Featured Content - Matt Miller and Kasey Bell from the Google Teacher Tribe Podcast join me for a very Google conversation!
(40:52) House of #EdTech Thought - Making the Most of PD
(45:23) House of #EdTech Recommendation - Getting Virtual with Google
(47:07) House of #EdTech VIP - Mandi Bush

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Learning in Tandem with Swiss Army Knives (And Google) - GTT055 May 14, 2018

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Featured Content

Summer vacation is used by so many teachers around the world as a time to unwind, relax, and recover from the grind that is education. There so many ways that teachers like you continue to devote time to learning and growing professionally.

Kasey's Courses

The Dynamic Learning Workshop (companion course to the Shake Up Learning book)
18 Challenges for Teachers in 2018
The Google Certified Educator Academy Level 1
The Google Certified Educator Academy Level 2
Become a Google Certified Trainer
All certification courses open May 28 and close on June 10!

Matt's Course

Tech to Learn free 3-video series and video course

Resources

TxGoo - The Texas Google Summit where WE are the keynote!
2018 Strobel Summit
Join us at the 2018 CSTA Conference to learn about CS First and Machine Learning in the classroom
Google is hosting several events at the 2018 Computer Science Teacher Association’s Conference on July 7-10 in Omaha, Nebraska. Join us for a hands-on session and workshops to introduce CS First and Machine Learning in the classroom. Register today for the opportunity to build skills at cstaconference.org #CSTA2018.
Edcam PS across the globe
#ISTE18 Twitter hashtag + other conferences + and presenting together

Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

Nanci Greene -- Your podcast is one of the few that I've listened to all of the episodes of. Thanks for all you do to help us educators grow in our craft. For the teacher who asked about creating animated GIFS, Tall Tweets (https://talltweets.com/) might be an option. It allows you to easily create animated GIFS from Google Slides.

How to Hide Text in Google Slides from Erin Flanagan https://www.erintegration.com/2018/03/25/hide-reveal-hidden-text-google-slides/ On The Blogs

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Cross the Finish Line with G Suite - GTT054 May 07, 2018

Google News and Updates

Featured Content

The end of the school year is coming in many places in the United States and around the world. As you navigate these sometimes difficult waters perhaps you can use some of the Google solutions we are sharing!

Let us know in the comments.

Change the Game Design Challenge from Google (Carlos Garza)

Emoji Scavenger Hunt

Create a Tic-Tac-Toe Learning Menu on a fun topic (Stephani Ann)

Try the 4 C’s Learning Menu to take their c’s to the next level

Sites for students with free time on their hands: (From 10 ways Google tools can make the end of the year rock)

Quick, Draw! — In this game, you’re given an object/idea to draw and Google’s artificial intelligence tries to guess what you’re drawing. It’s a fun introduction to AI for students.
AI Duet — “A piano that responds to you.” Google’s artificial intelligence uses tons of data to guess what it should play in response to what you play.
Google Trends — Learn what other people are searching for all over the world.
Google Earth Time Lapse — This shows what the world looks like as it changes over 20+ years. Watch the time lapse in motion. See the whole earth at once or zoom into your hometown!
GeoGuessr — Use context clues to guess where you’ve been dropped in Google Maps. The closer the guess, the more points you earn!
Just a Line -- Make simple drawings in AR, then share your creation with a short video.

Student-created Google Forms quizzes: (From 10 ways Google tools can make the end of the year rock)

By using Google Forms (Google’s survey tool), students can create their own quizzes. By turning on the quiz features in the settings gear, students can add immediate feedback for anyone who takes the quiz. This immediate feedback can be WAY more effective than comments written on student papers and passed back to them later. Plus, when students create the quizzes, they’re experiencing the content from a different perspective.

6 end-of-the-year Google Classroom clean-up tips (via ControlAltAchieve.com) --

Return all student work
Un-enroll students from old classes
Archive old classes
Remove old class calendars
Move old class folders in Drive
Remove old class files from “Shared with me” in Drive

Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

Rasa Conklin (Federal Way, WA) -- I created a Google sites for my students to display/ publish their work. I was having each group add a page to the site I created. When YO and DB, who were working on their page all of a sudden were upset because all their work disappeared and DL and IO work appeared on their page and all the other pages. I have a funny feeling that this is due to something small that we did wrong, but I need help. Is there an easy tutorial, or website for step by step directions? https://sites.google.com/p12fwps.org/build-a-generator/home
Carly Black (Ohio) -- Hello, Thank you for the emoji extension tip. I was wondering if you knew a way to add GIFs just as easily? I've been thinking about letting students create literary analysis through a series of GIFs and emojis. The problem is finding the right tools to execute this well. Any suggestion would be appreciated.
Matt Jacobson (Galesburg, IL) -- Hi Matt & Kasey! Just listened to E. 53 on the New Gmail. Kasey mentioned that her sidebar appeared quite cluttered with all of the labels and what-not that she uses. I use a lot of labels too, and still, have a lot of labels that used to be folders when our school switched over from Outlook to Gmail. An easy way to clean these up is to go to the Gear Icon, then click Settings, the click Show Only If Unread next to many of your folders. Then, they'll only appear on the left if there is a reply to something you have previously labeled. The trick is to label the message before you reply to it. This works really nifty with the new Snooze feature in the New Gmail. Messages you have Snoozed in the past show up as unread messages in your Inbox, so, if you label it and then Snooze it, that label should "light up" in the left sidebar with an unread message in it when you need to act upon it.

On The Blogs

Matt - 10 low-prep, high-return activities for class TOMORROW
Kasey - A Hyperdoc Unit That Will Blow Your Mind

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A First Look at the NEW Gmail - GTT053 Apr 30, 2018

Google News and Updates

Featured Content Stay composed: here’s a quick rundown of the new Gmail With new security and intelligent features, the new Gmail means business

Improved security
- Confidential mode
- 2-step verification to open
- Block forwarding and printing
- can also make messages expire after a certain time
Busy
New tasks
- Improved functionality and you can SEE it!
Calendar and Keep integration
Hover
Similar to Inbox by Gmail features
How to get it
- Don’t feel left out b/c some of these features aren’t even available yet
Cannot control size of sidebar
Display density
Settings looks mostly the same
Expect add-ons to continue to grow
Fancy splash page
Default view: icons with G Suite files (under Settings > Display density)
Snooze items until later (“someday”)
AI suggested responses (like Inbox)
Warnings for risky emails

Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

Zach Ripley - Sheets add-ons (50), teacher question: middle school PE with data. Functions and formulas … import range function: master spreadsheet, one at a time: open student spreadsheet (only do once), copy key from URL, paste URL into import range function, master spreadsheet: import data from student sheet, real-time update (not copy paste) as students update.

Sara Reed (Aledo, TX) -- Google Classroom: see time stamp when a student turns in an assignment or mark it as done? If not, how do you handle students that say they did it and it doesn’t reflect in Classroom? (Click on “done” from assignment>then click on the student’s name from the roster on the left>then click “see history”)

Beth Cohen (Pennsylvania) -- HI Matt and Kasey! I love all the tips, tricks, and resources you share! Every year our Freshmen complete a unit on Academic Integrity. We have been using Moodle, which includes a self-grading quiz that lets students know whether they have achieved the minimum score and prompts them to review the resources and retake the quiz if they didn't pass. We will have GAFE instead of Moodle next year, so I want to reproduce the quiz in Forms, but I can't figure out how to set a minimum passing grade and notify the student whether he/she passed at the end. I could use branching and direct students back to the resources after every wrong response so that ultimately everyone ends up with a perfect score, but I'm hoping for a final pass or fail submission response. Hope you have some ideas! Thanks, Beth

Ben Whitaker (Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, UK) Sheets: In Excel, can lock down certain tabs so they can’t be edited in collab spreadsheet. Is there a way in Sheets? Add-on? Keep up great work!

3 Ways to Protect You Google Sheets Data

On The Blogs

Matt - 10 ways Google tools can make the end of the year rock
Kasey - When the Lecture Ends, the Learning Begins from @Mo_Physics (Mike Mohammad)

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Amazing Add-Ons for Google Docs - GTT052 Apr 23, 2018

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Featured Content

Kaizena (voice comments) (kaizena.com)

Leave voice comments for students
Discuss student work in an online hub
Reuse commonly use comments
Track and rate student progress

Highlight tool

Highlight a document in different colors
Pull highlighted text from a document and sort in a table at the end of the document

DocSecrets

Hides and reveals text in a document
Use a password to reveal hidden text

WriQ

WriQ is a new Add-on from Texthelp that helps teachers score and keep track of students’ spelling, punctuation and grammar errors so you can focus on the things computers can’t score.
WriQ auto-scores your students’ docs and tracks the following measures over time:
- Time spent writing
- Text Maturity
- Spelling error rate
- Grammar error rate
- Punctuation error rate
- Percentage error free
- Correct Word Sequences score
The teacher dashboard gives you a clear graphical view of your students’ writing activity, and let’s you track their progress over time.
Video overview

Read&Write for Google Chrome

Technically a Chrome extension but can use in Docs (and web)
Read&Write offers a range of powerful support tools to help you gain confidence with reading, writing, studying and research, including:
- Text-to-speech to hear words, passages, or whole documents read aloud with easy-to-follow dual color highlighting
- Text and picture dictionaries to see the meaning of words explained
- With speech-to-text, dictate words to assist with writing, proofreading & studying
- Word prediction offers suggestions for the current or next word as you type
- Collect highlights from the text in documents or the web for summarizing and research
- Create and listen to voice notes directly inside of Google Docs
- Simplify and summarize text on web pages to remove ads and other copy that can be distracting
- FREE for teachers

Easy Bib Add-On

The Bibliography Creator by EasyBib allows you to easily create a bibliography for your research paper.
Automatically cite books, journal articles, and websites just by entering in the titles or URLs. Format citations in MLA, APA, Chicago, Harvard, and over 7K other styles.
When you're finished creating your bibliography, click Generate Bibliography and we'll alphabetize your citations and add them to the end of your paper.

BONUS: Equatio (chrome extension)

Easily create mathematical equations, formulas, and quizzes. Intuitively type or handwrite, with no tricky math code to learn.

Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

Renee Johnson (Oakhurst, CA) - ctrl+z - to add to another location in Drive … Add student work samples to PD folder for teacher training.
Craig Klement (Garland, TX) - Same three questions on student forms: First name, last name, class period (drop down) … Spreadsheet: right click on awesome box, sort range (by class period, then by last name) Differentiate forms: three dots, section based on answer (if correct: to next question, if incorrect: YT vid, article, picture, do over or similar question)
How to Differentiate Questions in Google Forms

On The Blogs

Matt - Creating a low-cost, printed school yearbook with Google Slides
Kasey - Teachers Deserve #Respect

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Dynamic Learning in the Classroom - GTT051 Apr 16, 2018

Google News and Updates ()

Featured Content () Examples with G Suite:

Student-Created Learning Goals with Google Keep
Student-Created Vision Boards with Google Slides
Using G Suite for Discussion
- Google Classroom Discussion
- Google Groups Discussion
- Blogger Blog with Comments
- Interactive Google Slide Deck
- Google Forms Survey
Using G Suite to go BEYOND the Tools
Using G Suite for Student Choice
- Create Interactive Learning Menus with G Suite
- Give Students Choice in Google Classroom Assignments
- Build Choice into Hyperdocs

Do This, Not That [infographic] Kasey’s Dynamic Learning with G Suite Presentation SUBMIT LESSONS!!! Buy the Book: Shake Up Learning Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag ()

Melissa Widrick recently commented on a previous episode's post: Keyboard shortcuts: Use CTRL+D in google slides to duplicate objects or word art. I love using word art over the text box, because you can adjust the size quickly, and if you use CTRL +D to copy it, you don't have to change the color and the font every time.
Thank you to Monica Spillman and Laura Steinbrink for your recent Apple Podcasts Ratings and Reviews!

On The Blogs ()

Matt - Shukes and Giff Podcast
Kasey - 20 Tech Tips for Teachers

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Google Sheets Add-Ons - GTT050 Apr 09, 2018

Google News and Updates

Featured Content

Google Forms have come a long way since starting as a simple survey tool. Educators quickly found ways to use Forms in other ways; from teaching math to using them to give various assessments.

Get started with Quizzes
Google Forms Quizzes support
Adding links to feedback to differentiate
The immediacy of feedback makes it more valuable
Focus on Formative Feedback (Valerie Shute):
- Rresent elaborated feedback in manageable units,
- Keep feedback as simple as possible but no simpler
Settings:

Resources Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

Sarah Gershon (Waukegon, IL) -- Made a choice board for students, loves the show and told us via our SpeakPipe!
Mr. Blight (via Twitter): I'm having some issues when putting my Drawings files onto my Site. It shows up faded when the site is published. Any thoughts or ideas? #gttribe #gsuiteedu

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Deep Dive into Google Drive - GTT047 Mar 19, 2018

Google News and Updates

Featured Content

Google for Education EDU in 90 YouTube channel Google for Education Facebook page Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag Kathleen Mathis (Annandale, Virginia) shared,

I wanted to offer two ideas that tie in to your bell ringer tips in Episode 43. Now that my school is 1:1, I have my students do warm-ups in an interactive journal using Google Slides. It used to take me forever to grade their paper journals and I always dreaded it...until this year. I now collect the online "journals" once a quarter and I use the Doctopus add-on with a Goobric to grade them. This has saved me a lot of time AND increased how much feedback I'm able to give them. Win win! Also, I've used their bell-ringer/warm-up journals to review vocabulary words. I randomly assigned students a vocabulary word and asked them to find an image that show the words meaning. Next, students put their slides in presentation mode, then do a gallery walk. As they view each other's work, they write down the vocabulary word they think is being depicted on a sticky note next to each laptop. When students return to their seat, they'll know whether their picture sufficiently showed their assigned word's meaning based on their peer's anonymous feedback. Plus, it gets them up and moving. :)

Tyler Osborne from Canada - Quick tips and keyboard shortcuts via Speakpipe Allison Gerken and her students are sharing Booksnaps on Twitter and Seesaw!

Library Chrome Extension recommendation from Noah Geisel lets you know if a book is available at the library:

This chrome extension lets you know if the book you're about to buy is avail at the local library!!! https://t.co/uRPjSOhF0D h/t @bhwilkoff cc #gttribe #gsuiteedu @StackupScore

— Noah Geisel (@SenorG) February 13, 2018

On The Blogs

Matt - The 30-Day PIRATE Challenge and Kim Snodgrass’s PIRATE hook lessons on Twitter
Kasey - 350+ Google Classroom Tips and Resources

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Classroom Hacks: Google Edition - GTT045 Mar 05, 2018

Google News and Updates

Google Keep integrates with Google Drawings now
Docs, Slides, Sheets, Drawings, etc. get a menu facelift
Classroom updates
- Teachers, you can now email a full summary of individual student work from #GoogleClassroom to any student and their guardians.
- UI updates
With just a flick of a wand, “Harry Potter: A History of Magic” is on Google Arts & Culture

Featured Content

As educators, we sometimes need to break out the duct tape or channel our inner MacGyver. Today, Matt and Kasey share some great Google based hacks!

If you have your own favorite hacks we'd love to know what they are. Leave a comment below this post or send us a message.

Use Hangouts as a doc cam
Use emoji extension to spice up drive and classroom
Add a video to Google Drawings
Hack URLs
Boomerang for Gmail

[tweetshare tweet="My favorite Google hack is" username="GTTribe"]Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

“I have to go get my copy!” (Sienna Griggs - via SpeakPipe)
Carol McLaughlin (2nd-grade teacher in Alabama)
Kelly Davis (Chemistry, Downingtown East HS) - I would like to add pictures to feedback (my drawings, not a URL). Is this an option?

On The Blogs

Matt - 5 Google Drawings features you (probably) don’t know about
Kasey - Dynamic Learning with G Suite

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Google Like A Pirate - GTT044 Feb 26, 2018

Google News and Updates

Featured Content

Humor in the Classroom
- Research to back this up
- The Effect of Humour and Mood on Memory Recall
- Do’s:
  - Do use humor have fun
  - Do use humor to develop a community
  - Do use humor to enhance content
  - Do use age-appropriate humor
  - Do use humor to break up the mundane
  - Do use humor in transitions
Teach Like the Tonight Show
Google Drawings Comic Strips
5 Clue Challenge
CSI with MyMaps (place pins with “evidence”, state the “crime”/”mystery” in the description)

Resources Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

Peggy Volak (2nd grade PA): Published a slideshow, move poem to bottom of list without doing it manually
- View slides as a grid (bottom left), Denis Sheeran Slide Sorter
Emoji Exit Ticket from Don Yerks, Jr.

@ShakeUpLearning @jmattmiller Hi Kasey and Matt I am using this Health - Emoji Exit Ticket this week in my #healthed class 😊 Since you spoke about "Exit Tickets" this week on your Podcast, I thought I would share it out to the #gttribe Link 2 Exit Ticket https://t.co/PaBEZA5GUs pic.twitter.com/zUuhkoZzPJ

— Don Yerks, Jr. (@dyerksjr1) February 20, 2018 On The Blogs

Matt - Create Interactive Stories With Story Speaker Add-on by Meredith Akers
Kasey - What You need to Know to Pass the Google Certified Educator Level 2 Exam
- Join the waitlist for my certification courses
  - Level 1
  - Level 2
  - Trainer

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Kick Off Class with Google - GTT043 Feb 19, 2018

Google News and Updates

Featured Content

10 digital bell-ringer activities to kickstart class (Part 1)
10 MORE digital bell-ringer activities to kickstart class (Part 2)
Student-created Booksnaps by Amanda Funk
Reuse Google Slide Deck in the About Tab for Bell Ringers
Collaborative Meme Template from Alice Keeler
Reuse Google Form for Bell Ringer from Alice Keeler
3-2-1
- 3 Things You Learned Yesterday
- 2 Things You Can Teach
- 1 Question that is Still Lingering

Using Pear Deck for Warm-ups with Google Slides Add-On (see episode 40)

Resources Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

Editing topics after posting an assignment in Google Classroom:
alright here’s one for the #GTTribe...if I have a past assignment/announcement posted on my #GoogleClassroom stream...I can’t figure out how to move it to a topic to organize it unless I indicated that when I created it..am I out of luck here @jmattmiller ?
— Miss Goetz (@miss_goetz) February 14, 2018 Click the three dots menu button and “Edit”, then change the topic here …
Possible Answers to Google Classroom Extra Credit Question:
@jmattmiller @ShakeUpLearning Could the question of extra credit be solved by having an announcement laying out the EC and then students can request access. Then she can use the individual assign to add the grade only to the relevant students? #GTtribe
— Arcadia (@TechWithParson) February 12, 2018
Lyndi Valicek recommends Black Menu extension (SpeakPipe)
SpeakPipe answer to login question: Clever QR Code login

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Google Classroom Time-Savers - GTT042 Feb 12, 2018

Google News and Updates

Featured Content Google Classroom Time-Savers

3 Chrome Extensions that Make Google Classroom Even More Awesome
Google Classroom time savers (blog post)
- Adjust email notifications
- Keyboard commands
- Open lots of student work at once (Alice Keeler Drive 20)
- Sort posts with topics
Package digital assignments

Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

Lissa Brunan (Grand Valley State University): Gives extra credit for students, but in Google Classroom, can’t set points possible to zero … ungraded or at 1. Needs to offer extra credit thru GClass.
Renee Johnson (Oakhurst California): Idea for collaborative project, get students voices out to promote change, brainstorm how to improve school, create a survey, anyone around school gives feedback, students analyze data and use charts, slide presentation for specific person to help make their ideas a reality, later take it to larger community.

On The Blogs

Matt - The Voice Typing Challenge: Save time, get things done
Kasey - 5 Tips to Become a Google Certified Innovator by @edtechmason

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The Google Infused Classroom - GTT041 Feb 05, 2018

Google News and Updates

Featured Content

Holly Clark is an award-winning educator and speaker based in San Diego. She is both a National Board Certified Teacher and Google Certified Innovator. A longtime teacher and administrator, Holly consults globally with schools to help them successfully and purposefully innovate instruction through the use of learning theory, technology integration, and design thinking strategies. Holly holds an MA in Education from Teachers College - Columbia University, New York.

She is an internationally recognized keynote speaker - passionately spreading the idea that we need to disrupt education and innovate our classroom curriculum.

She is the Educational Strategist for EdTechTeam and head of their new publishing division - EdTechTeam Press. She authors a successful blog and her first book, The Google Infused Classroom, was released in June of 2017.

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

Google “Spark”: The student's faces

Twitter: @HollyClarkEdu Website: http://hollyclark.org Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

Just finished putting together my first Choice Board for the intro unit in my Retailing class. Ss will be required to complete one line of their choosing, but will earn incremental bonuses for completing an "X" or a "blackout". #XPLAP #games4ed pic.twitter.com/rb6DMWmwOI

— Mr Blight (@mrblight_srss) January 29, 2018

Jenny O’Sullivan (Boca Raton, Florida) -- My name is Jenny and I am the K-5 STEAM teacher at A.D. Henderson University School in Boca Raton, FL. As an elementary specialist, I have 18 classes. To avoid having my younger students type out their very long email addresses each time to log into Google Classroom on the STEAM Lab computers, I have assigned each student to a computer. My problem is that Google only saves 10 email addresses for quick login. Is there an extension, hack, or work around to allow us to save all 18 addresses for quick login?

PD in the Loo by Alex Adams

Aimee from Nebraska: Loves AndThenIWasLike.co and has added some to her LMS. Happy we motivate her to pursue new ideas … had more teachers than students in the classroom to see what she’s doing and that’s partly due to us.

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Blended Learning with G Suite - GTT040 Jan 29, 2018

Google News and Updates

Featured Content InsertLearning is a Chrome extension that lets you turn websites into interactive lessons. This extension is AWESOME!

Assign: Assign this to your InsertLearning class or share to Google Classroom
Highlight: Highlight text on the page.
Sticky Notes: Insert sticky notes right on the page.
Questions: Insert free response or multiple choice questions on the page.
Discussion: Insert a discussion topic on the page.
If that’s not enough, InsertLearning has a ton of features that make it the perfect companion for G Suite users.
- Chromebook compatible
- Sign-in with Google account
- Share directly with Google Classroom
- Enhance published Google Docs with videos and more
- Insert a YouTube video at the right moment in the text
Get a coupon one full month of premium in Kasey’s 18 Challenges ebook and online course.

Pear Deck is a formative assessment tool that allows you to add interactive questions, warmups, exit tickets, and even drawings to your Google Slides. Get the Pear Deck Add-On.

Get a three months of premium in Kasey’s 18 Challenges ebook and online course.
The New PearDeck Slide Library

The sidebar now gives you access to a library of templates created by educators to support learning objectives typically found at the beginning, middle and end of a class. Here you will find bell ringers, checks for understanding, exit tickets, and more. Simply drop one of these templates into your slide for instant engagement.

Beginning: Bell Ringer Example

Middle: Labeling Diagrams Example

End: Explain the Lesson Example

5 Interactive Question Types in Pear Deck

You have 5 options for how students can respond to your question. They can respond with:

A Draggable(TM)
A drawing
Text
A number
Multiple Choice

StackUp (stackup.net) -- Gather data on what you read. Stackup categorizes it and displays it, letting students see their reading stats. It adds some competition with challenges, where classes can see who can rack up the most hours of reading in a specific category. “The Fitbit of the Internet.”

Screencastify (screencastify.com) -- Record your screen, webcam or both in the Google Chrome browser. Save directly to Google Drive or YouTube. When you save to Drive, students can turn work in easily through Google Classroom.

Use the code TRIBE at checkout when purchasing a premium account to receive 25% off. (Neither Matt nor Kasey receives any compensation if you use this code.)

Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

Heather Sanders shared a great idea to use Exploring By the Seat

Hey @jmattmiller & @ShakeUpLearning - LOVED the podcast on Google Hangouts! Have y'all heard of @EBTSOYP ? Free Google Hangouts for classrooms that connect Ss with explorers and scientists ALL OVER THE WORLD. Worth checking out!!! #gttribe #educ8bisd

— Heather D. Sanders (@koolteecha) January 18, 2018

Lisa Guardino (CA), shared Tribe-inspired weather lesson (Extreme Weather Choose Your Own Adventure) via SpeakPipe.

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Tips from the Tribe - Our Epic Anniversary - GTT039 Jan 22, 2018

Google News and Updates Happy Anniversary to us! Featured Content

We've been at this crazy podcast for one year! To celebrate this we turned the microphones over to you, our loyal listeners and members of the Google Teacher Tribe!

Jen Giffen - Google Drive keyboard shortcuts
Laura Wheeler - Learning in the loo!
Karen McKenna - Using a Google Slide deck to post absent work
Lisa Scumpieru - Numbering assignments in Google Classroom
Tyler Osborne - Using Google Keep for Tutorials and Feedback
Joli Boucher - Embedding video in Google Drawings
Emily Kress - Google App Smashing in a Digital Breakout
Lance McClard - Stop motion with Google Slides
Meredith Akers - How to insert GIFs, and create your own with camera using https://andtheniwaslike.co/

Heidi Adams - Comic strips with Google Drawings
Pam Hubler - Using speech to text feature, Keep, and Calendar to support Special Education
Chris Young - Use Google Slides to replicate home screen and apps on an iPad

Thank you to everyone who submitted and we're sorry we couldn't include everything but please keep your feedback and questions coming!

Thank you to our producer, Chris Nesi, for pushing us out of our comfort zones as podcasters and all his hard work putting together each episode and maintaining this site! Be sure to subscribe to his podcast, House of #EdTech!

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Hanging Out with Google Hangouts - GTT038 Jan 15, 2018

Google News and Updates

Emoji Reaction Project: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/emoji-reaction-project/nbjapmadmiipljnnpmejpdldjlfcmbpo?hl=en-US
Camera (Take a snapshot) is back!
Search within a Google Drive Folder
New devices and more: what's in store for the Google Assistant this year
https://blog.google/topics/education/our-17-favorite-education-moments-2017/

Featured Content

Google Hangouts bring conversations to life with photos, emoji, and even group video calls for free. Connect with friends across computers, Android, and Apple devices.

In schools, users must be 13+ or a Teacher can lead. What can you do with Google Hangouts?

Connect with another class to share ideas and work collaboratively
Find a guest speaker to talk to your students
Go on virtual field trips
Attend events
Do the announcements
Virtual book club
Student presentations
Guest speakers

Google Plus communities to find people/places to call:

Google Plus community: Mystery Location Calls
Google Plus community: Google Hangouts in Education
Google Plus community: Mystery Hangout
Google Plus community: Educators on Google Plus
Google Plus community: Google Connected Classrooms
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDwEjqkgwyI
Mystery Location Call roles (doc by Jo-Ann Fox)

Things to consider:

Whole group call? Break into smaller groups? Pairs? Individuals?
Time zone … go north/south to avoid large time zone shifts.
Do a practice call ahead of time to check audio/video.
Let student passion/curiosity rule whenever possible!
Student-led video calls are often the best experience for everyone (even if it feels like chaos or like you don’t have control).
Do a debrief afterward.

Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

In honor of our 1-year anniversary, we'd like to turn the podcast (episode 39) over to you! Leave us a message with your best Google tips, tricks, and ideas! (2-minute max.) Don't forget your name and location, too.

Libby Knaggs (Ingram, TX) - Used Page Marker extension and loved it!
Jennifer Portilla (Longwood, FL) - How can I not show new students to Google Classroom all the previously posted content?

On The Blogs

Matt - Google Chrome extensions galore! 50+ for the classroom
Kasey - Student-Created Vision Boards with Google Slides AND a BIG announcement coming!

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What You Missed in 2017 - GTT037 Jan 08, 2018

Google News and Updates

Featured Content 12 Things You May Have Missed from Google in 2017

Machine learning and the Google Assistant (#1 and #8)
A Google Assistant in the Classroom (Episode 31)
Google Arts and Culture (#4)
The Nat and Friends YT channel (#6)
What’s New with YouTube? (Episode 22)
Google Maps Street View (#7)
A change in emojis (including cheese now ABOVE the burger) (#9)
Google Doodles (#11)

Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

Steven Dutcher asked, "How do I allow users to first preview a doc before forcing them to make a copy? I'm sure someone mentioned it, but I didn't get to try it out before it slipped my mind. And I can't find it! I'm guessing we're changing the "edit" in the URL to "something/something"? I tried "preview/copy" with no joy. I hope I'm not just confused with the creating templates episode. Help!"
- How to Create G Suite Template Links
Clarissa Bezzera, via SpeakPipe
Steve Dudeck, via SpeakPipe
Melissa Rivera (Long Island, NY) asked, "Is there a way to annotate Slides when in presentation mode? In PowerPoint, you can hover at the bottom right of the screen and select the pen tool. Slides only has a pointer tool. When my students create presentations they often have missing information that they want their classmates to supply during the lesson. I’ve been converting their Slides into PowerPoint to do this, which offsets the formatting of some slides. Do you have any other suggestions?"
- Page Marker extension

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Tapping into Creativity with Google Drawings - GTT036 Dec 25, 2017

Google News and Updates

Featured Content

Twenty-three year educator Wanda Terral is the District Technology Coordinator for the Lakeland School System (outside of Memphis, TN). A former band director, Wanda’s constantly seeking information relating to techniques & practices related to the use of tech to empower students and educators. A Google Certified Innovator (#GTAATX14) & Trainer, she shares resources on Google+, Twitter, & her blog. She was the 2016 Lead PBS LearningMedia Digital Innovator for the state of Tennessee and was selected to attend the 2016 Google Geo Teachers Institute. She’s currently completing her dissertation (EdD in IDT) at the The University of Memphis focusing on self-directed professional learning. When not spending time with her four cats, she is exploring sketchnoting, coding, and following leads of goodness shared by her PLN.

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

Twitter: @wterral
Website: http://ignitionedu.com

Resources Wanda’s Lesson: Hands on Activities with Google Drawings

Meme yourself
Timeline
Graphic organizers
Digital book jacket
Doodle yourself
Googlink (Drawings like Thinglink)
Interactives w/GDraw
Visual notetaking (DTT post)
Self-directed professional learning

Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

Thank you to Apple Podcast user Southern Eagle Girl for your recent podcast rating and review!
Google Drive question from Nikki in Winnipeg (via Speakpipe)
Sara Campbell from Woodbury Schools asks about using a Google Home in the classroom and COPPA, recording, etc. (via Speakpipe)

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Supersize Learning with Google Sites - GTT035 Dec 18, 2017

Google News and Updates

A crabtivating journey: Street View joins a crab migration of millions on Christmas Island
Stranger Docs (Kasey)
Visit polar bears, live from your classroom using Google Earth
New categories and languages for Templates
Embed HTML and Java Script in New Google Sites (Launching to Rapid Release, with Scheduled Release coming on January 2nd)

Featured Content

Way back in episode 3 (Episode 3 of GTT: The New Google Sites) Matt and Kasey explored the fascinating integration of Google Sites into the classroom. Now, Sites has finally received some much-needed love from the Google engineers.

Using Google Sites to Support Learning
- E-portfolios
  - Lewisville ISD
  - Examples from Clemson University
- Teacher Websites
- Student Projects
  - Genius Hour
  - PBL
  - Science Fair
  - Senior Projects
  - Units of Study
  - Student resume
- PD Site
  - Example from Te Aka Toitū (New Zealand)
  - Technology 4 a Cause (by Sheeba Ajmal in Pakistan)
  - Fennovation by Christy Fennewald
What if they don’t have G Suite for Edu? - Question from Twitter from Caleb Pahl

How do YOU use Google Sites? Leave us a voicemail! Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

Nicole Ross (Indiana) - Reindeer cam
12 Days of Twitter Shoutout
Andy Boatman - Speakpipe about Google Classroom
Zohar Kaplan (Jerusalem, Israel) - Thanks for the email!
Linda Biederman Hink - Speakpipe about Google Translate idea.

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Rockin' Google Slides Templates - GTT034 Dec 11, 2017

Google News and Updates

Featured Content

Ryan O'Donnell is a Technology Teacher on Special Assignment (TOSA) and former high school social studies teacher in Rocklin, California. Ryan's passions are EdTech, Innovation, Social Studies, Podcasting and Teacher Professional Development.

O'Donnell has been teaching since 1997 and has always been an advocate for all things "tech." In addition to teaching, he has been presenting at technology and social studies strategies workshops both in his district and throughout the country as a trainer for Teacher Created Materials.

Ryan is also the co-host of the Talking Social Studies and Check This Out podcasts.

Along with presenting, Ryan is on the board of CapCUE; the Sacramento affiliate of CUE.org.

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

Ryan O'Donnell's Google Slides Templates

Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

LOOPING SLIDE PRESENTATIONS Holly Elgin (Aledo, TX) -- I make changes to a Google Slideshow daily and play our announcements in the cafeteria for our students. Every day, I have to publish it to the web to be able to have it play continuously. Is there a way to present it so that it plays continuously? TAKE A SNAPSHOT LIVES ON! Marjorie Rispin (Carson, NV) -- I too was disappointed that GSuite removed Insert Image Snapshot. I found that you can still take a snapshot through Insert Drawing. When in the Drawing you can click the image icon and snapshot is still an option. Then save and close the drawing into your doc. A couple extra steps but it works.

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Support G Suite Learning with GIFs - GTT033 Dec 04, 2017

Google News and Updates Featured Content

Jake Miller is an authorized Google Apps for Education Trainer and currently serves as the Technology Integration Specialist for Brady Middle School in the Orange City School District. At BMS, Jake helps manage the implementation of Google Apps, 1:1 Chromebooks and Schoology, while working with a team to envision the building’s future integration of STEM, Project Based Learning and the school's new Fab Lab.

Jake previously taught and co-created a middle school STEM Program at Kimpton Middle School in Stow-Munroe Falls, Ohio. Prior to that he taught nine years of math and science in various grades.

At home, Jake leads a crazy, but fun family life with his wife and their three kids and dog.

Twitter: @JakeMillerTech
Website: jakemiller.net

Resources

Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

COOL IDEA FROM #GTTRIBE HASHTAG Alexis Snider from Vietnam (via #GTTribe hashtag) shared that her fourth graders wrote informational picture books for an audience of second graders. The students created picture books after studying mentor texts. Then, they used Google Slides to create ebooks and they shared through Padlet. Her students in Vietnam received feedback from students in Colombia!

LINKING SLIDES Meggin Verduzco (Michigan) -- In the episode ' Slides can do what?' You give an example of "hyperlinking" a slide deck. How did you do that? Is it different from a link? I noticed it said 'slide 3' on the link. Can you tell me how to do that? Thanks. CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE! Meggin is working with 5th graders in a Choose your own adventure story/ PBL called The Island! http://digitaldivideandconquer.blogspot.com/ They are soo geeked and adding this would seal the deal! I showed them how to hyperlink, but this is easier. Thanks in advance.

THANKS FOR THE APPLE PODCASTS REVIEWS BSalzy -- Every week I am inspired and am able to share new Google knowledge and activities with my teachers and students. Thank you, Kasey and Matt, you keep this 38-year classroom veteran excited with fresh ideas weekly. A must listen!

On The Blogs

Matt - A FREE online conference for teachers: #DitchSummit!
Kasey - How to Package Your Digital Assignments

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Mobile Learning with Google - GTT032 Nov 27, 2017

Featured Content

Tips for Using Mobile Devices in the Classroom
- Distractions, off-task, inappropriate uses -- But these are not new problems
- Can bring too much to the learning experience to band altogether
- Gives students more ownership of their learning
- Before you begin:
  - Think about the what you are trying to achieve
  - If BYOD, survey to find out what’s available
  - Allow students to make suggestions
  - Set clear expectations
Pros and Cons of Mobile v. Desktop/Laptop/Chromebook
Features only available on mobile
- Google Classroom - Annotate/Draw (Android and iOS)
  - How to use Google Classroom’s secret productivity tool: the mobile app
- Google Keep - Voice Notes (Android and iOS)
- Google Translate - Translate with Camera (Android and iOS)
- Google Calendar - Goal Setting (Android and iOS)
Android Apps on Chromebooks
- 6 Android Apps to Try on a Chromebook
- Google Apps for iOS (Kasey’s List)

Resources

Apps only available on mobile
- YouTube Kids
- Snapseed (Android and iOS)
- Cardboard Camera (Android and iOS)
- Science Journal (Android and iOS)
- Google Spotlight Stories (Android and iOS)
- Toontastic 3D (Android and iOS)

Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

Baby’s First Video Editor from Joshua Howard: http://www.joshchoward.com/2017/11/babys-first-video-editor-google-slides.html
Tama Trotti (Atlanta, Georgia) - "Thank you very much for the information on both the CS First and Made with Code sites."
Nathan De Groot (Hanford, California) via SpeakPipe.

On The Blogs

Matt - Get students talking coding with web developers on Flipgrid
Kasey - K is for Keep by @VirtualGiff (Jen Giffen was our guest on Episode 10)

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A Google Assistant in the Classroom - GTT031 Nov 21, 2017

Google News and Updates

The Take a snapshot feature is back, sort of. Check out Alice’s Webcam Snapshot
Images get drop shadow and reflection in Slides and Drawings
Issues with new insert menu
- Lost webcam
- Lost clip art - use explore
New Google Maps coming

Featured Content What does AI/voice assistant do now? What is machine learning?

Gathers lots of data, lots of queries, into a huge data set
Makes predictions based on that data
The more data it gets, the smarter it is

Google Assistant: answers your questions via text or voice, gives you briefings with data you request (weather, time, calendar, news, etc.). Adds things to your Google Keep, calendar, etc. Plays games and asks you trivia questions.
Teachable Machine: Explore how machine learning works. Teach a machine using your camera – live in the browser, no coding required. It learns by training and running neural nets right in the browser. Teach students about machine learning.
Quick, Draw!: Uses machine learning to learn what you’re drawing.
Autodraw: Draw a picture and Autodraw converts it into clipart created by artists.
Mystery Animal: A Voice Experiment, it chooses an animal and plays 20 questions for you to guess what it is.
Story Speaker: Create a choose your own adventure-style story in Google Docs. It’s like you’re coding/creating an AI game run by Google Assistant.
Quill Connect: Uses machine learning to help students combine sentences. Aligned with curriculum standards for second through seventh grades.

How can AI/voice assistant help us right now?

Answering questions
- what is the weather for tomorrow?
- what is the capital of Alaska?
- what is 37 times 414?
- tell me a riddle.
- Tell me something interesting.
- set a ten-minute timer.
Adding to notes for later
Keeping us from doing repetitive stuff

What’s the future of AI/voice assistant in the classroom?

Setting expectations in the classroom
Let them play and understand what it is capable of but set meaningful expectations on how it will be used for learning, not just telling jokes.
Rotate the use a job/role for the class - AI Leader of the Day.

Resources Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

Thanks for the Apple Podcasts Reviews! Julie Cobb (E2Cobb) - Matt and Kasey make my Monday morning commute great! I learn something every week that I can immediately share with the teachers I support. Caution: Don’t listen at the gym if you are prone to shouting “amen” or “wow” when the knowledge bombs start dropping!

Trying a tech solution to cold and flu season and s absences. Keeping a slide deck of days and makeup work info in google classroom. #gttribe pic.twitter.com/8SOXk2PD4o

— Karen McKenna (@mrskarenmckenna) November 10, 2017 Baby’s First Video Editor from Joshua Howard: http://www.joshchoward.com/2017/11/babys-first-video-editor-google-slides.html On The Blogs

Matt - 6 Do’s When It Comes to Homework (via Brandon Blom)

Kasey - How to Design Google PD That Works!

Ready to Become 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?

The VIP trainer course opens twice yearly (May and December) and will re-open for enrollment on November 10, 2017, and close on November 27, 2017.

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 Check List

– VIP BONUSES!

– Tips & Tricks

– and much more!

Visit BecomeAGoogleTrainer.com for all of the details and to enroll (VIP will NOT open until November 10th!)

*Please note: This course does NOT prepare you for Google Certified Educator Level 1 and 2.

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Gearing Up for Hour of Code - GTT030 Nov 13, 2017

Google News and Updates

New languages now supported in Google Docs and Slides files, as well as Docs editors templates
Copy comments and suggestions in Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides
Insert images more easily in Google Docs, Slides, and Drawings
Google Classroom update: You can now attach files you don’t own and it will automatically make a copy.
Google Edu in 90: Using Google Keep in the Classroom
Update to the Google for Edu website: https://edu.google.com
How to embed your Twitter feed directly into a Google Site
Four creative “experiments” showcase the potential of Google Assistant

Featured Content

Hour of Code - Dec 4-10, 2017
CS EdWeek-
CS First: The CS First curriculum is free and easy to use — no computer science experience required!
- Hour of Code Tutorials
- CS First is a free program that increases student access and exposure to computer science (CS) education through after-school, in-school, and summer programs. All clubs are run by teachers and/or community volunteers.
- Our materials:
  - are completely free and available online
  - are targeted at students in grades 4th-8th (ages 9-14)
  - can be tailored to fit your schedule and needs
  - involve block-based coding using Scratch and are themed to attract students with varied interests

Ways to tie coding into your curriculum:

Math and science: natural connections
Social studies and English: logic/order in writing code is similar to making a case for writing an essay
World languages: learning coding like a language
Primary: fits in math and science, teamwork, problem-solving, etc.

Apple’s Tim Cook: Coding is better than learning English as a second language (https://qz.com/1099791/apples-tim-cook-says-coding-is-better-than-learning-english-as-a-second-language/)

Have low bandwidth? Plan to show videos at the front of the class, so each student isn't downloading their own videos. Or try the unplugged/offline tutorials.
Provide headphones for your class, or ask students to bring their own, if the tutorial you choose works best with sound.
Don't have enough devices? Use pair programming. When students partner up, they help each other and rely less on the teacher. They’ll also see that computer science is social and collaborative.

Scripting in G Suite: https://developers.google.com/apps-script/overview

Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

Kim Monroe (technology teacher, New Jersey) -- Is there a way to search for precreated Gsuite activities? For example, I have saved templates from people I follow like you and Matt and Alice Keeler, but can I search google and find other “slides” or sheet templates?
- Hyperdocs.co
- Hyperdocs folder
- Twitter hashtags: #gsuiteedu / #googleedu / #gttribe / #edtechteam
- Pinterest
  - All Things Google Pinterest Board
Shannon Burger (library media specialist, Missouri) -- I love Bitmoji and was really excited about customizing my Bitmoji as explained by Mandi Tolen in her blog post, but then the librarian in me reared its head! Before I share this with the teachers at my school.... are we violating copyright by modifying the Bitmoji image?
- Bitmoji Terms of Use: https://www.bitmoji.com/support/terms.html
- The case for “not violating” -- “Snap Inc. grants you a personal, worldwide, royalty-free, non-assignable, non-exclusive, revocable, and non-sublicensable license to access and use our Services.”
- The case for “violating” -- You must also respect Snap Inc.'s rights. These Terms do not grant you any right to: use branding, logos, designs, photographs, videos, or any other materials used in our Services except as explicitly allowed by these Terms or our Services (for example, you may create and share your Bitmoji as our Services allow);

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Ready to Become 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?

The VIP trainer course opens twice yearly (May and December) and will re-open for enrollment on November 10, 2017, and close on November 27, 2017.

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 Check List

– VIP BONUSES!

– Tips & Tricks

– and much more!

Visit BecomeAGoogleTrainer.com for all of the details and to enroll (VIP will NOT open until November 10th!)

*Please note: This course does NOT prepare you for Google Certified Educator Level 1 and 2.

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Deep Thinking with GSuite - GTT029 Nov 06, 2017

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Featured Content

Annotate images (Washington crossing the Delaware) Part of Matt’s Google Genius presentation at DitchThatTextbook.com/GoogleGenius

Create with constraints (Kasey’s magnetic poetry)

Explain their thinking (Matt’s moveable activity post)

Non-Googleable answers

Creative Projects that Can’t Be Duplicated or Plagiarized

Student Choice

Reflection

Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

Kaelyn Bullock (Seattle, Washington) - New Google Sites not showing up … mostly tablets, also on some MacBooks (via SpeakPipe)
Jennifer Liebhaber (Scottsdale, Arizona) - I really appreciate all the little tips and tricks I get each time I listen. I am writing because I am trying to find out the best way to do a "mail merge" in a Google Doc when the data I need is in Google Sheets.
Denise Wolfe (Nebraska) - Just wanted to take a moment and THANK YOU for your podcast!

On The Blogs

Ready to Become 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? The VIP trainer course opens twice yearly (May and December) and will re-open for enrollment on November 10, 2017, and close on November 27, 2017. 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 Check List
VIP BONUSES!
Tips & Tricks
and much more!

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Behind the Scenes at the Google Innovator Academy - GTT028 Oct 30, 2017

Google News and Updates (2:36)

Expanded Page Hierarchy in Google Sites
Gmail Add-Ons
Checkmark Chrome Extension from EdTechTeam
Rachel Smith (The Isle of Man) -- Keep for regularly used phrases / Permanent Clipboard extension
See where the file is in Drive when you click to change the file name (via Mike Mohammad @mo_physics from Wisconsin)

Featured Content

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

Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

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?"

On The Blogs

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

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Find Your Tribe Keynote - GTT026 Oct 16, 2017

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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Google Slides Gains New Superpowers - GTT025 Oct 09, 2017

Google News and Updates

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

Featured Content

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

Resources Official Google blog post announcing Slides updates Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

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

— Dena Dellere (@DDellere) October 5, 2017

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.

On The Blogs

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

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Engage Science Students by App Smashing with Joe Marquez - GTT024 Oct 02, 2017

Google News and Updates

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

Featured Content

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.

Resources

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

Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

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

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Visual Thinking with Google Drawings - GTT023 Sep 25, 2017

Google News and Updates (4:25)

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

Featured Content

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

Resources

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)

Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

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

On The Blogs

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

Countdown to Closing VIP Become a Google Certified Trainer Course (closes Midnight on May 21)

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Math and G Suite - GTT015 May 01, 2017

Google News and Updates

Featured Content

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!

Connect with John:

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

Resources

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

Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

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

On The Blogs

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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Hidden Treasures from Google - GTT014 Apr 24, 2017

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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.

Connect with Shaelynn Farnsworth

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

Resources

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

Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

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).

On The Blogs

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Staying Productive with Google Chrome - GTT012 Apr 10, 2017

Google News and Updates

Using Google Translate to learn English

Featured Content Chrome Extensions for Staying Productive Kasey’s Faves:

Matt’s Faves:

Resources

Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag On The Blogs

Google Certified Trainer Online Course from Shake Up Learning!

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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Keeping Up with Google Keep - GTT011 Apr 03, 2017

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:

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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

Featured Content

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

[caption id="attachment_293" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Courtesy: http://www.eduflip.net[/caption] Resources:

Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

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

On The Blogs

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Gorgeous Google Drive with Jen Giffen - GTT010 Mar 27, 2017

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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

Featured Content

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.

Resources:

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

Connect with Jen:

Twitter: @virtualgiff
Website: virtualgiff.com

Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

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

On The Blogs

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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Google Forms Magic - GTT009 Mar 20, 2017

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GOOGLE TIPS

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

Featured Content

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

Resources:

GOOGLE TEACHER TRIBE MAILBAG

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.

ON THE BLOGS

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

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Meet the Chrome Squad - GTT008 Mar 13, 2017

GOOGLE NEWS AND UPDATES

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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

GOOGLE TEACHER TRIBE MAILBAG

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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Video Projects with G Suite - GTT007 Mar 06, 2017

GOOGLE NEWS AND UPDATES

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

Featured Content In this week's episode, we talk about some great strategies and tools for how to create video projects using Google tools. Resources mentioned:

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

GOOGLE TEACHER TRIBE MAILBAG

Chelsea Henderson "Ms. Hendo", Earle High School, Earle, Arkansas.

ON THE BLOGS

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#GAFE4littles with Christine Pinto - GTT006 Feb 27, 2017

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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 Docs (@googledocs) January 3, 2017

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

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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

GOOGLE TEACH TRIBE MAILBAG

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

ON THE BLOGS

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

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Differentiating Instruction with Google Classroom - GTT005 Feb 20, 2017

Download Episode [tweetshare tweet="Differentiation with #GoogleClassroom! #gttribe #googleedu #edtech" username="GTeacherTribe"]BIG UPDATE! Insert #GoogleDrive Videos in #GoogleSlides

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

Featured Content Differentiation in Google Classroom

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

Resources

Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

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)

ON THE BLOGS

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Google in Special Education | Interview with Carrie Baughcum - GTT004 Feb 13, 2017

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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

Featured Content

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)

ON THE BLOGS

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

MAILBAG

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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The New Google Sites - GTT003 Feb 06, 2017

Download Episode [tweetshare tweet="Learn all about the new Google Sites in Episode 3! #gttribe #googleedu #edtech" username="GTeacherTribe"]GOOGLE NEWS AND UPDATES