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 October 2021:

1. More space for comments in Docs
2. Don’t let students get “kicked out” of Google Classroom 
3. New "meeting note" Template 
4. Teaching with Google Arts & Culture 
5. New Meet settings for Google Classroom
6. Screencastify updates
7. Mock Social Media Templates
8. Frightgeist 2021
9. Digital Pumpkin Carving
10. Halloween Choiceboard

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

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My guest today is Peter Horner (@PeterGHorner), IT manager for Barton Peveril College in Hampshire, UK.

Over the past six years, Peter has helped move the college to the Google Cloud and transitioned much of the faculty and student from traditional PCs to Chromebooks.

Today, Peter and his team manage more than 1,500 Chromebooks for the college.

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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!

Google Sites is a well-loved tool for creating simple class websites, portfolios, and student projects. 

While Sites is simple to use, it does offer some powerful advanced features you can use to scale Google Sites for your next class project or the creation of class pages for all of the teachers in your building.

Here are four advanced elements of Google Sites that you may have overlooked. 

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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!

Every Wednesday from October - May I am offering a LIVE webinar exploring the latest tips, tools, and trends in classroom technology!

Preparing and researching 30 unique webinars is a LOT of work, so this program isn't free, but it is a good value when compared with attending a conference or full-day workshop.

You can learn more and sign up here: Chrmbook.com/webinar

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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!

Gabriel Brangers (@gabrielbrangers), co-founder of Chrome Unboxed, is an expert in ChromeOS hardware. He has know's everything that's worth knowing about current AND future Chromebooks!

Gabe joins me to explain some of the key things you should consider when buying a personal Chromebook and he shares some helpful tips for district administrators who are looking to make Chromebook purchases this year.

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

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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!).

Here are my favorite links for September 2021:

1. Improvements to offline access for Drive
2. How do you spend your time?
3. Formula Suggestions in Sheets
4. Educational Duct Tape
5. Don’t be a tabaholic!
6. “Selfie Card” activity
7. Crossword with Sheets
8. 9 Coding Apps
9. Annotate any webpage with Spade
10. Introducing "cursive."

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

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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!

The start of the school year means that it is time to create a new Google Classroom for your students!

In this episode, I would like to summarize some of the strategies I have learned and how I am using Google Classroom to connect with my students and organize my lessons.

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Enrolling and managing Chromebooks through the Google Admin Console is a lot of work!

Fortunately, there are several outstanding tools that make the job of IT departments MUCH easier.

One of my favorites is Chromebook Getter, an essential tool for enrolling, tracking, and managing a fleet of Chromebooks.

This is my interview with Justin Warsitz, the CMO of AdminRemix.

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This new policy has significant implications for Google Search, YouTube, and Chrome.

On this episode of the Chromebook Classroom Podcast, I explain why Google is making this change, how it will impact your users, and what you need to do to prepare.

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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 August 2021:

1. New Google Meet “App”
2. New Zoom app for Chromebooks
3. Customize your “New Tab Page”
4. Originality reports in Google Slides
5. Make Google Classroom better! 
6. Image placeholders in Slides  
7. Unique periodic table of elements
8. Student tech skills checklist
9. Google Classroom Quiz
10. Chromebook Quiz

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

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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!