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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

• Jake’s Ultimate App Smash Lesson
• #EduGIFs that we discussed:
  1. 1. Skip Slides in Google Slides
     2. Changing Your Default Font in Google Docs
     3. Voice Typing in Google Docs
     4. Stop Motion Slides
     5. Screencastify to FlipGrid
• Folder of ALL of Jake’s GIFs
• Kasey’s How to Create Screencast GIFs post

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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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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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

1. 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.
2. 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. 
3. Quick, Draw!: Uses machine learning to learn what you’re drawing.
4. Autodraw: Draw a picture and Autodraw converts it into clipart created by artists. 
5. Mystery Animal: A Voice Experiment, it chooses an animal and plays 20 questions for you to guess what it is. 
6. 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. 
7. 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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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

• Code.org
• Made with Code
• A Beginner’s Guide to Coding in the K12 Classroom
• Coding resources from Shake Up Learning

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);

On The Blogs

• Matt - Ditch That Marking: 5+ ways to improve grading (written by GTTriber Ben Whitaker!)
• Kasey - Interactive Learning Menus with G Suite

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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[tweetshare tweet="Use G Suite tools to support deeper thinking and move beyond substitution. #gttribe #gsuiteedu" username="GTeacherTribe"] Google News and Updates

• Hidden Genius Project
• Swing into the World Series with Google Expeditions
• Science Journal App Updates
• • Science Journal App
• Bring Mars to Your Browser

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

• Matt - 10 ways icons from The Noun Project can impact learning
• Kasey - Dynamic Learning v. Static Learning (DO THIS, NOT THAT infographic)

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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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 (7:54)

Mason Mason, M. Ed. is an Education Technology National Instructor with EdTechTeacher, Inc. and an Ed.D. student at Southern Methodist University studying PreK-12 Educational Leadership. He is passionate about helping educators transform teaching and learning through technology integration and closing the digital divide through equitable access to technology for all students.

Mason obtained his B.A. in English and Education from The Ohio State University and his M.Ed. in Educational Leadership from Southern Methodist University. He taught secondary English, Language Arts, and Reading for eight years in Dallas ISD and Plano ISD and spent a year as an Education Technology Instructional Coach at a 9-12 one-to-one iPad high school in Garland ISD. His passion for improving teaching and learning has guided his work in schools across the nation and at various local, regional, and national conferences.

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

Connect with Mason:

• Twitter: @EdtechMason
• Website: http://www.edtechmason.com

Resources Kasey’s video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUcrQJnGzHE Matt’s video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVyU15xco2Q Mason’s video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C94jbavnImI Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag

• Denise Wolfe (Nebraska) - Just wanted to take a moment and THANK YOU for your podcast!
• Heather Moores (Quebec, Canada) -  I came across a Google Chrome Extension called “CheckMark”. Have you guys heard of this?

On The Blogs (27:53)

• Matt - Custom Bitmoji Feedback (via Mandi Tolen)
• Kasey - How to Become a Google Certified Trainer (FREE eBook Download)

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Google News and Updates

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

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

Featured Content

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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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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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