My Chromebook helps me be productive and give me access to everything that I need as an educator. Here are 5 Chromebook productivity tips to help you in the classroom.  

1. Pin your tabs
2. Group your tabs
3. Use the window switcher key
4. Review your settings
5. Install these extensions: 

   • Share to Classroom

   • Emoji Keyboard by Joypixels

   • Bitmoji 

   • Screencastify

   • TWurl shortener

BONUS TIP: Connect your Android phone to your Chromebooks

If you have a personal Chromebook and an Android phone, you can connect them together to do some pretty awesome things! 

For all of the links and resources mentioned in today's episode, visit Chrmbook.com/s4e1

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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! 

Today’s question was submitted by Kelly Croy, director of innovation and instruction and the host of the Wired Educator podcast: Can you work offline on a Chromebook? 

Episode Resources: 

• Tips for working offline
• Google Docs offline (Chrome Extension)
• Offline Chrome Apps & Extensions
• Enabling offline access for Drive (help article)
• History of the Dino game

Send me your toughest Chromebook question, problem, or challenge! I will do my best to find a solution that will help all Chromebook using teachers. 

To submit a question, click here! 

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 top 10 links for August 2019!

1. Explore art using Augmented Reality (AR)
2. Meet the 2019 Google Science Fair Winners!
3. 10 Ways to use Emoji in the Classroom
4. Technology integration is a major stress factor for college professors
5. Thoughts on the Google Classroom Gradebook
6. Rubric Repair
7. Chromebook Getter Add-on
8. LearnZillion
9. Chromebook Quiz
10. 8 new Google features for the new school year

For show notes and resources on teaching with Chromebooks, visit http://chrmbook.com

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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! 

Stephanie Howell is the middle school instructional technology coordinator for Pickerington Schools in central Ohio with several years of experience teaching special education.  

I stumbled on one of Stephanie’s Google form activities while doing some research for a blog post I was writing.  Her name and lessons keep popping up on social media and at conferences that I attend. I am excited to chat with her and give her a platform to share some of her awesome ideas to help you kick off the school year. 

It’s time to go back to school with Stephanie Howell! 

For all of the links and resources mentioned in today's episode, visit Chrmbook.com/s4e1

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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! 

This short episode is a preview of what you can expect during season 4 of The Chromebook Classroom podcast!

Season 4 begins on August 1st! This year my goal is to post weekly episodes in four different formats: 

• Long-form interviews with teachers and educational leaders who are doing awesome things with Chromebooks. 
• 10 Links you should click on - a monthly episode where I share resources that caught my attention and are worth your time. 
• Chromebook Q&A - During season 4 I will be accepting and answering YOUR Chromebook questions! 
• Tips & Resources for your Chromebook Classroom - once a month I'll share a new idea, strategy, or resource to help you teach with Chrome

There are four ways you can support this podcast:

• Subscribe and rate the show!
• Podcasting is very much a word of mouth medium; share the show with the teachers at your school.
• Connect with me on Facebook and Twitter to continue the conversation
• Consider taking advantage of my paid products - books, online courses, and on-site workshops.

Thank you for being my Chromie homie! Look for episode 1 of season 4 on August 1!

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Thanks for listening to The Chromebook Classroom Podcast. Get all of the resources mentioned in this episode by visiting Chrmbook.com/podcast.

You can connect me, John Sowash, on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram 

The school year is officially done. We did it! Nice job.

The next school year is still a ways away; no need to think about it…not yet anyway!

July is a month to chill, relax, reflect, and recharge! ⛱🍹

The end of the school year also concludes season 3 of the Chromebook Classroom podcast!

But don’t worry, season 4 will start in August!

Rather than bombard you with new ideas for your classroom, I thought I would introduce myself.

I’m the guy behind the microphone!

Here are 10 quick facts about my life that will explain my perspective on education, business, and life!

The show notes for this episode are pretty awesome. You'll get to see 10 photos of my life, including some really old ones! 😂

Show Notes: chrmbook.com/s3e13

Google has been trying to combine the ChromeOS and Android ecosystems since 2016.

Is this the future of Chromebooks or a bad idea?

While I am a HUGE proponent of Chromebooks, I have been very sluggish to recommend running Android apps on a Chromebook.

Here to change my mind about Android apps on Chromebooks is Tom Mullaney, Digital Learning Coach at Carroll Middle School in Raleigh, NC.

I have been following Tom on Twitter for some time and have seen him putting out a lot of content on his blog and Twitter on how he is using Android apps on his Chromebook.

This should be a solid conversation!

Show notes and links: chrmbook.com/podcast

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 top 10 links for June 2019!

• How to insert audio clips into Google slides
• 2019 miGoogle conference
• Summer learning ideas from Steve Wick
• A closer look at "Virtual Desks" for ChromeOS
• "Confidential Mode" in Gmail launches June 25
• Update all of your linked resources with a single click
• Updates to the Google Science Journal App
• Universal Chromebook Stylus?
• "Weird Cuts" AR art projectArt & Music Teachers check out "Createability"

For show notes and resources on teaching with Chromebooks, visit http://chrmbook.com

My guest is Dave Stuart Jr., high school social studies teacher, author, blogger, and father of 4 from Cedar Springs, Michigan.

I sat down with Dave to talk about how he uses Chromebooks to teach social studies, but our conversation quickly grew into a broader conversation about how technology is changing learning and our responsibility as teachers to respond and adjust to these new challenges.

Dave is a deep thinker who truly wants to help students learn and help teachers achieve satisfaction in all consuming profession.

Dave has summarized some key principles he uses in his classroom in his new book, These Six Things: How to focus your teaching on what matters.  

Show notes and links: chrmbook.com/podcast

Are you sick of lugging around paper assignments for grading? I may have a solution for you!

Like all English teachers, Jennifer Kipfmiller is faced with the difficult task of grading hundreds of student essays and written assignments. While many ELA teachers are comfortable using technology to assign and receive student work, the grading process usually takes place on paper with a red pen.

Jennifer and the English department at John Glenn high school set out to figure out a way they could provide hand-written feedback to their students electronically.

The solution involves a special Chromebook and the Android version of Google Classroom. Listen in for the full story!

Show notes and links: chrmbook.com/podcast