Google News and Updates

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

Featured Content

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

Resources Google Teacher Podcast Mailbag

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

On The Blogs

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

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