As part of my daily routine, I scan dozens of blogs, visit a handful of Facebook groups, and skim through Twitter.

The goal: find the most helpful resources, tools, and articles that I can share with my teacher friends (that's you!).Here are my favorite links for March 2026!

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Episode Timeline:

• 1:57 Intro and sponsor
• 3:27 NotebookLM studio updates
• 7:12 Gemini conversation sharing
• 8:52 Gemini in Chrome
• 11:31 Personal intelligence for Gemini
• 15:41 Teacher Hive by Tony Vincent
• 19:24 Google AI Studio
• 22:22 10 ways that elementary teachers can use AI
• 24:47 Managing Google Lens
• 17:37 End of year project ideas
• 31:27 TikTok videos in the classroom
• 34:52 Additional resources

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As part of my daily routine, I scan dozens of blogs, visit a handful of Facebook groups, and skim through Twitter.

The goal: find the most helpful resources, tools, and articles that I can share with my teacher friends (that's you!). Here are my favorite links for February 2026!

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Table of Contents:

• 2:07 Record videos in Google Classroom
• 6:14 AI suggested feedback
• 8:39 Premium Vids features for everyone!
• 11:38 Listen to your Document
• 16:03 Get musical with Gemini
• 19:59 Which version of Google do I have?
• 22:33 Split view tabs for Chrome
• 25:23 Host the Gemini Academy for Teachers
• 28:37 Overleaf for math teachers 33:53 Google Innovator Academy for 2026
• 36:34 Something is happening in AI (Matt Schumer)
• 41:10 Additional resources

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Thanks for tuning into the Chromebook Classroom Podcast! If you enjoyed today's episode, I would appreciate your honest rating and review!

You can connect with me, John Sowash, on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. I would love to hear your thoughts on the show!

As part of my daily routine, I scan dozens of blogs, visit a handful of Facebook groups, and skim through Twitter.

The goal: find the most helpful resources, tools, and articles that I can share with my teacher friends (that's you!).

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Here are my favorite links for December 2025:

1. Improved PDF view for Google Drive
2. NEW: Google Workspace Studio
3. Five advanced NotebookLM Features
4. Using AI to evaluate privacy policies
5. Year in search 2025
6. The Game Show Advent
7. TextFX
8. Top FB post from December: Gemini exam study guide
9. Gemini vibe coding showcase
10. Lock up the Christmas gifts!

View the show notes for this episode: https://www.chrmbook.com/s9e11/

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You can connect with me, John Sowash, on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. I would love to hear your thoughts on the show!

The November Google EDU Update reveals how Gemini can save teachers 10 hours A WEEK! Plus, get the scoop on new features for rubrics, presentations, and math, and the NotebookLM study aids everyone is talking about. Don't miss the heated debate: Are Chromebooks ruining education?

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Detailed show notes for this episode: https://www.chrmbook.com/s9e10/

Here are my favorite links for and updates for November 2025:

• Improved rubrics for Google Classsroom
• Improvements for complex math formatting in Gemini
• Create Slide presentation with Google Gemini
• Unhook Chrome extension for YouTube
• Save 50% on Wednesday Webinars 12:45 Personalized deep research reports
• Vibe coding with AI Studio and Google Antigravity
• Gemini can save teachers 10 hours/ week
• Improve study aids for NotebookLM
• Using AI improves student learning by 5.5%
• Screens are ruining education

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Over the past month I've been able to visit a half-dozen different schools across the US sharing tips and ideas for using AI in the classroom. While there are a LOT of AI tools available, there's one that I think is at the top of the list: Google Gemini.

Gemini has become my go-to AI tool. It's fast, flexible, safe, and free! Using Gemini with your school account means you get advanced features AND data privacy that's not included with a lot of other applications (looking at you ChatGPT!).

If you haven't used Gemini recently, take another look...there have been a LOT of update and several new features specifically designed for the classroom. Here are some of my favorite features and ideas...

Show notes and links: https://www.chrmbook.com/s9e9/

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As you set up your classroom and get ready for a new crew of students, you might be thinking, "What's something new I can try this year?" Each year I select five strategies, tools, or ideas you can use to engage your students and shake things up a bit. These five tools and strategies are all about making your life easier and your students' learning more engaging. Let's dive in!

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The Chromebook Classroom podcast is back with a special episode recorded live from Google's Chicago offices with special guest Liz Bocci. This episode dives deep into our experience at the recent Google Champions Symposium, an exclusive gathering of Google for Education's top educators.

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As part of my daily routine, I scan dozens of blogs, visit a handful of Facebook groups, and skim through Twitter.

The goal: find the most helpful resources, tools, and articles that I can share with my teacher friends (that's you!).

Here are my favorite links for April 2025

1. Custom Reading Content for Read Along - Teachers in EDU Plus domains can now upload custom content to Read Along. This means you can provide students with reading support for your own stories, articles, and assignments.
2. Google Vids Education Film Festival - teachers can submit their Google Vid creation to be featured in a Google For Education blog post. Submission deadline is May 15, 2025. Google Vids is available for EDU Plus and Teaching&Learning domains.
3. New sidebar menu for Google Slides - this handy menu provides quick access to templates, building blocks, and other features, based on your Google license.
4. Clone yourself in minutes - my latest YouTube video discusses three ways to use video in your classroom. It's not as hard as you might think!
5. 5 end of year project ideas - I know it's hard to believe, but the end of the school year is not far away. Take some time to plan an end-of-year project to help students reflect on their learning
6. Audio Overview for Gemini (and docs!) - This popular feature first appeared in NotebookLM, but is now available in Gemini as well. It is especially useful when using the "deep research" model. Audio overviews for Google Docs is coming soon.
7. Canvas for Gemini - When working on longer, complex writing projects, "Canvas" makes it easier to use Gemini as a co-writer. This is a great tool to use when developing lesson plans or assignments.
8. 5 advanced Gemini features - Google has added a LOT of impressive features to Gemini. If you aren't using these, you are missing out!
9. A Classroom Teacher's take on AI - Blake Harvard, HS social studies teacher from Madison Alabama, shares his honest thoughts on the incursion of AI in education.
10. uBlock Origin Lite - you may have noticed that some of your Chrome extensions are no longer available including some popular ad-blockers. uBlock Lite is an alternative that will work, although not quite as well as the original.

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This month, we're taking a look back at some of the big updates, developments, and edTech trends from 2024. We'll also peer into the crystal ball to consider what might be on the horizon for 2025.

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• Tend 1: classroom specific AI tools for teachers
• Trend 2: Improvements in AI image generation
• Trend 3: Google Gemini expands and improves
• Trend 4: NotebookLM blows us away!
• Trend 5: AI detection debate
• Trend 6: Chromebook PLUS devices for teachers
• Trend 7: Premium gets better
• Trend 8: Google Drive updates
• Trend 9: Google Classroom Updates
• Trend 10: Goodbye Jamboard, Hello Vids
• Was education improved in 2024?
• Final thoughts and resources

Show notes for this episode: https://www.chrmbook.com/s9e5/

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Happy Thanksgiving friends! I'm grateful that you have chosen to journey through the world of edTech with me! As a small thank you, I am offering a special sale! Anyone who registers for my winter Google Certification Academy between now and December 15 will get free access to my Wednesday Webinar program ($99 value). Click here to register!

Episode Sponsor: Logitech for Education

Logitech Education is your partner in innovation for the classroom. Logitech designs high quality hardware including headsets, microphones and cameras that are used in classrooms around the world. You can view these best in class products including the Zone learn wired headset by visiting logitech.com/education.

Here are my favorite updates for November 2024:

1. New templates for Google Slides
2. Essay writing tips from OpenAI
3. New buildikng block templates for Docs
4. Google Vids for EDU Plus
5. Gemini for iPhone
6. Scholar & Arts & Culture celebrate milestones
7. Machine learning crash course
8. How to organize a complex document
9. Figjam gratefulness wall
10. Thankfulness turkey

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Thanks for tuning into the Chromebook Classroom Podcast! If you enjoyed today's episode, I would appreciate your honest rating and review!

You can connect with me, John Sowash, on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. I would love to hear your thoughts on the show!