Google Teacher Podcast

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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Google News and Updates

• Present high-quality video and audio in Google Meet
• See up to 16 Google Meet participants at once with a tiled layout
• Start or join a Google Meet video meeting directly from Gmail
• Explore new sites, relive old hikes for National Park Week (Arts & Culture)

Featured Content

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

• Matt:
• Use Explore Explain Apply to plan remote learning lessons
• 10 online whiteboard options for remote learning
• Ditch That Textbook eLearning Resources
• 70 elearning activities, templates and tutorials
• Kasey:
• FREE Google Templates
• Google Classroom FAQ

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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

• Matt:
• 10 live video streams for students
• How to use Chromebooks offline for elearning
• OnlineLearningIdeas.com
• Kasey:
• The Guide to Google Drive Sharing (FREE eBook)
• Home Learning Strategies for Primary Students That All Teachers Can Use
• How to use Google Templates and Assign in Google Classroom
• What is G Suite for Education (FREE download)

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Episode 82 was originally released on April 8, 2019.

On this episode:

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!

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Google News and Updates

• Create pointers to any file or folder in Google Drive with shortcuts
• Discover podcasts you’ll love with Google Podcasts, now on iOS
• Teach from Home

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

• Matt:
• 10 video tips for students with slow internet
• 10 no-internet remote learning activities
• Kasey:
• Home Learning with Choice Boards During School Closure [interview with Laura Steinbrink]
• Google Classroom Cheat Sheets for Teachers and Students

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Google News and Updates

• Helping educators and students stay connected
• Learn@Home on YouTube
• Connecting people with COVID-19 information and resources
• Now you can transcribe speech with Google Translate
• Join a GEG - Google Educator Group

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

• Matt:
• How to use Google Meet for online learning, elearning
• Ditch That Textbook eLearning Resources
• 70 elearning activities, templates and tutorials
• Kasey:
• Google Classroom Cheat Sheets for Teachers and Students
• 10 Google Docs Tips Every Teacher Should Know

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• Hangouts Meet improvements for remote learning
• Google’s Home Learning Page
• Google’s COVID-19 Support Resources Page for Educators
• Chromebook App Hub distance learning
• Share your distance learning tips with Google

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.

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

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

• Matt
  • 70 elearning activities, templates and tutorials
  • Ditch That Textbook elearning resources page
• Kasey
  • FREE Tech Coach Collaborative to Support Schools
  • FREE PD for Teachers Stuck at Home

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Google News and Updates

• With school closures, teachers can keep their lessons going remotely
• Extending Hangouts Meet premium features to all G Suite customers through July 1, 2020
• Math gave Lilian Rincon a voice, and led to her passion
• Hey Google, tell me about an inspiring woman

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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• Google Translate adds five languages
• Addressing equity in CS curriculum with Kapor Center
• Use these 6 tips for better video calls
• Meet the Doodle for Google guest judges

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:

• Y’all Need This Podcast
• Steal the Show Podcast with Michael Port
• 10 Minute Teacher Podcast
• Vrain Waves with Ben Kalb and Becky Peters
• House of #EdTech
• Shake Up Learning Show
• Ditch That Textbook Podcast
• Education Podcast Network

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!

• 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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Google News and Updates

• Autocorrect now available for Google Docs on web
• Smart Compose in Google Docs now generally available
• Edit your new Google Sites faster with a revamped Settings menu
• Google Maps 101: how contributed content makes a more helpful map
• The Suite Life: 4 tips for a more manageable Gmail inbox

Featured Content

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)

On The Blogs

• Matt - 20 free Google Slides and PowerPoint themes for teachers (plus lesson ideas)
• Kasey - The Instructional Playbook (interview with Jim Knight)

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