Google Teacher Podcast

Google News and Updates

• Kasey's Google April Fools Day YouTube Playlist
• How three teachers turned classroom inspiration into action through the Certified Innovator Program
• Innovator Academy Dates and Locations
• New AutoDraw App

Featured Content

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 [email protected]). 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

• Matt - Exploring ‘Explore’: How Google works for you and your students
• Kasey:
  • Enroll in the Google Certified Trainer Course TODAY!
  • http://BecomeAGoogleTrainer.com

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Google News and Updates

• Classroom Open to More Users
• Doodle for Google Winner

• Using Google Translate to learn English

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

• Tab scissors & Tab glue
• Text expander
• One tab
• Extensity

Matt’s Faves:

• Awesome Screenshot
• Google Keep
• Google Docs QuickCreate
• Buffer

Resources

• Chrome App & Extension Database
• G Suite Training on Demand (Chrome Extension)
• Back to School with Google Chrome: The Complete Guide
• Google Chrome Resources from Shake Up Learning
• Get the Shake Up Learning Chrome Extension

Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag On The Blogs

• Matt - Principally Speaking Podcast
• Kasey:
  • 6 Steps to Google Certified Trainer (Video Walkthrough and infographic)
  • Everything You Wanted to Know About the Google Certified Educator Application (Video)
  • BecomeAGoogleTrainer.com

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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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:

[caption id="attachment_292" align="aligncenter" width="840"] Created by: Jen Giffen[/caption] Google News and Updates

• 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 Keep Cheat Sheet from Shake Up Learning
• Eric Curts Grading with Google Keep
• Stephanie Filardo -- DocStickers with Google Keep

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

• Matt - 10 ways Google Keep can help streamline life at school
• Kasey:
  • 15 Ways Students Can Use Google Keep [infographic]
  • Personalize Google Keep for You and Your Students

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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 sketches
• How to make your Google Drive Beautiful (video)
• Sketches from Ditch Summit
• www.copypastecharacter.com

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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Download Episode GOOGLE NEWS AND UPDATES

• Share files in one location with Team Drives
• New Google Hangouts Chat and Meetings

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 Edu Forms Tips
• Customized email newsletters for every kid with Google Forms
• Quick Google Forms time savers for teachers
• The Magic Automatic Lesson Planner with Google Forms
• 20 practical ways to use Google Forms in class, school
• The NEW Google Forms: 9 classroom uses
• Shut the Front Door! Digital Differentiation with Google Forms - UPDATED!
• Choose Your Own Adventure with Google Forms from Sylvia Duckworth

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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GOOGLE NEWS AND UPDATES

• https://quickdraw.withgoogle.com/
• Okinawa’s stunning—but endangered—underwater world

Featured Content

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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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.
  • Choose Your Own Adventure with Google Drive
  • Interactive Learning Menus/Choice Boards with Google Docs
  • Digital Differentiation with G Suite
  • Google Training Center

ON THE BLOGS

• Matt - What happened when one school banned homework — and asked kids to read and play instead (via: Washington Post)
• Kasey - The Ultimate Google Cardboard and Expeditions Resource Guide

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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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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 Classroom Update info
• Digital Differentiation with Google Classroom from Shake Up Learning
• 5 Ideas for Using Google Classroom’s Differentiation and Grouping Feature
• Interactive Learning Menus with Google Docs (great for student choice)
• Alice Keeler’s Google Classroom Resources
• Google Classroom Resources from Shake Up Learning
• Shake Up Learning’s Google Classroom Pinterest Board
• Google Classroom Books:
  • 50 Things You Can Do with Google Classroom by Alice Keeler
  • 50 Things to Go Further with Google Classroom by Alice Keeler
  • The Teacher’s Guide to Google Classroom (with FREE Student Guide) by Kasey Bell
• Differentiation Books:
  • The Differentiated Classroom: Responding to the Needs of All Learners by Carol Ann Tomlinson
  • How to Differentiate Instruction in Mixed-Ability Classrooms
  • Leading and Managing a Differentiated Classroom (Professional Development) by Carol Ann Tomlinson
  • Kasey’s TCEA Presentations & 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

• Matt - https://edukidtionalinsights.wordpress.com/2017/02/12/sharing-digital-books-with-families-google-slides/
• Kasey - What is G Suite for Education? Click to make a copy of the Google Doc

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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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