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G Suite Ideas Visit All classes moving to Google Classroom with the Classwork Page in September G Suite Updates Blog Last year, we introduced a new version of Classroom that provides additional features, including a Classwork page to help teachers better organize assignments. Newly created classes automatically include this Classwork page, with the option for instructors to revert classes back to the version of Classroom without Classwork. Visit Google for Education launches originality reports to curb student plagiarism VentureBeat Google is introducing a handful of updates to its Google for Education program today - including a new tool that helps teachers check students' work for po

Misbah Gedal Head of Partnership Wakelet.com @MisbahGedal ACEd Topic Wakelet Quick history Jamil Khalil Curation for students Digital Storytelling Curation for teachers Share resources From social media Curation for administrators & other educators Newsletters Curation in the business world E Pluribus Unum From many links, share one Ambassador Program Educators guide the program Future: free is not a business model Current free features will remain. Future features are to be decided. Ad Break https://learn.wakelet.com/ From Pre-K to PhD, Wakelet transforms the way schools, principals, teachers and tech coaches educate. Unlock the potential of student learning and education everywhere. ACEd.Tech/Amazon Do you shop on Amazon? Use this link to help the show. No extra cost to y

G Suite Ideas Visit Inbox by Gmail shutting down at the end of March 2019 G Suite Updates Blog Inbox by Gmail has been a great place to experiment with new ideas like snoozing emails to later, as well as try the latest AI-powered experiences like Smart Reply, Nudges and high-priority notifications to help you stay productive. Visit Create and insert image carousels in new Sites G Suite Updates Blog We're making it easier for site editors to share a selection of images in new Sites by creating a new image carousel. You can use this new content type to highlight images on your site, like a project page where you can feature concepts and designs, or share photos from a conference on an event page. Visit Enhance presentations in Slides with audio G Suite Updates Blog Update (May 16, 2019): Rapid and Scheduled domains will now follow an extended rollout (potentially longer than 15 days for feature visibility). We will update this blog once this feature has rolled out to all users. We're adding the ability for u

Kimberly Franklin Long Beach, CA Montebello Unified School District Teacher, Tech Mentor Author: “Max and The Mouse” Elementary 4th/5th Grade https://sites.google.com/view/max-and-the-mouse/home Google Certified Educator Level 1 & 2 https://www.instagram.com/p/BoYHQ5vHv1i/ ACEd Topic Topic Main Ideas QR Codes are very easy to generate or “make” - all you need is an QR app and a link to what you want attached to it - it can be an image, a message, something online. Ways to use at school School Garden - have students do their Google research. Using Google Lens and it image recognition technology to identify any unlabeled plants. Use gardening markers to put QR Codes on. Link to names of plants, recipes, or nutritional benefits. Classroom Management - students can scan a QR Code that is linked to a Google Form. They will record their “Missed Learning Times” = bathroom, water, nurse, office, etc. Crafts and Holiday Gifts - A poem can be saved as a G

G Sweet Ideas What are the Google April Fools for 2019? Say: "Hey Google, April Fools" Gboard Spoon Google Files Screen Cleaner Google Maps Snake Game Google Tulip Not Cover In This Episode Google Calendar Playgame This only works on Gmail accounts and not G Suite https://calendar.google.com/?playagame

Luis Pertuz Colegio Marymount in Barranquilla Colombia Technology Coach Teacher and Integrator IT Twitter: @pertuzluisfer Google Certified Trainer Masters Degrees: Global Entrepreneurship Educational Management ACEd Topic Organizing Docs Mail Merge Google Sheets Add-on Docs Slides Sheet Ninja (pulling data from different sources) to Autocrat Certificates Ad Break Twitter: @pertuzluisfer aced.tech/Amazon ACEd Apps Review Previous Apps Chrome Remote Desktop Used to port into another computer from wherever remotedesktop.google.com Download

ACEd Topic What is a Podcast? Downloaded Audio Files Categories Stories, Instruction, News, Music, anything RSS Podcatcher Apple Google RadioPublic https://radiopublic.com/ Podcast VS Blog VS Video Channel Anytime, Anywhere Limitations: Partially Audio Only Pedagogy Student: Checking for understanding or giving them a voice. Teacher: Alternative to Lecture Ed Tech Coach and Admins: Self-paced training. You choose the purpose. TELPAS English Learners: My New American Life TPaCK What is your podcast about? What do you know What audience do you want Stick to that topic Examples: Student’s General Topics (School Related)

Jennifer Scott Compton Jr. High School in Bakersfield, CA Classroom Teacher English, History Yearbook SlidesYearbook.com Twitter: @JenTechnology 19 years in the classroom, Google Innovator with #Mex16 Google Innovator Coach with #Mex18 Ad Break SlidesYearbook.com RadioPublic.com ACEd Topic Topic Yearbooks are too expensive Cut out the middlemen (yearbook companies) and have students create their own yearbook in Google Slides Need to teach graphic design skills, which can be applied to other subject areas and to future jobs ACEd Apps Review Previous Apps ColorZilla Chrome Extension Sometimes we see a color combination on website that we want to replicate OR we love the color in a particular photo, Colorzilla will copy that color’s hex code, which we can paste into a Google App Download on Chrome Web Store

G Sweet Ideas Google for Educations Updates Just like Google Classroom, the new Material Design will be available for most Drive services. https://gsuiteupdates.googleblog.com/2019/01/material-design-for-google-docs-sheets.html The new Google Contacts will now be the default on stage 3. https://gsuiteupdates.googleblog.com/2018/11/timeline-to-move-users-to-new-google.html Coming soon. Gradebook lets teachers view and analyze all of the grades for a class. Students can see their overall progress in a class. And, locked mode prevents students from navigating away from the quiz in their Chrome browser until they submit their answers. https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/education/get-quizzing-locked-mode-and-grade-away-classroom/ Coming soon. Docs use machine learning technology to recognize and help correct potential grammar errors in real time. According to the New York Times, Waymo, Google’s driverless car, is attacked by Arizonans.

Emmanuel Pacheco Juarez-Lincoln High School English Teacher Department Head ACEd Topic Newsela An online database full of thousands of articles taken and adapted for the Washington Post and the New York Times for students By adapted I mean that they are broken down into 5 different lexile levels for our students This helps to adjust and differentiate lessons by adjusting to an individual students reading  capability The quizzes are also aligned to our TEKS to Common core Other features include vocabulary, writing prompts, and tracking a students performance over the course of the semester Google classroom Ad Break http://aced.tech/Privacy ACEd Apps Review Previous Apps Newsela Is it available on iOS? YES Download on Google Play Store For Students

G Sweet Ideas Google for Educations Updates Chart elements will have unique colors. https://gsuiteupdates.googleblog.com/2019/01/assign-unique-colors-to-chart-elements.html Now we can embed Google Drawings in docs https://gsuiteupdates.googleblog.com/2019/01/embed-google-drawings-in-google-docs.html Phone Text messages from Google Calendar is going away. https://gsuiteupdates.googleblog.com/2018/11/google-calendar-sms-notifications-to-be-removed.html The legacy Uninstall apps in the Google admin console is going away since the On Off feature is available. https://gsuiteupdates.googleblog.com/2018/12/admin-console-uninstall-functionality.html The old Google Contacts is going away. Visit Contacts.google.com https://gsuiteupdates.googleblog.com/2018/11/timeline-to-move-users-to-new-google.html Coming in the near future, Google Docs will use machine learning technology to recognize and help correct potential gr

Omar Lopez Teacher - Irene Garcia Middle School - La Joya ISD 8th grade Science Previously taught 7th and 8th grade ELA as well Avid Sketchnoter Graphic Recorder Twitter: @OmarLopez0207 ACEd Topic Visual Thinking = Thinking Visually Hope to spark or reaffirm interest in thinking visually. Goal of educators: find the best way to help students learn Intro Asking others to visualize is natural - almost automatic! Putting ideas into a visual - Thinking Visually or Visual Thinking Popularity of Sketchnoting or Visual thinking products? II. What is Visual Thinking? Visual thinking is a way of conveying something complex – a concept or a process – in a way that is easy to see and understand - others or self. It’s a way of seeing words as a series of images, pictures or symbols. Doesn’t have to be an illustration. Example: Annotated article - highlighted, symbols, underlined words, notes to the side Don’t have to be an artist to be a visual thinker!

Lindsay Foster Burleson Independent School District Learning Technologies Coach Learning Technologies Department Twitter: @BSGSCSFoster Website: bisdlearntech.com BA in Elementary Education M Ed in Curriculum & Instruction with an emphasis in Technology Integration ACEd Topic Topic Assists with labeling files Drive Topics in Google Classroom Assists ELL/ESL and primary learners Identifying topics in Google Classroom Reading directions in documents, slides, etc. Create exit tickets Example Create writing prompts Emoji Book Snaps Eric Curts’ Emoji Writing Prompt Generator Create or illustrate word problems Create a rubric Flipgrid Reaction Guide Examples of ways to use emojis

Story Speaker Built by Mike Lacher & Nicole He Experiment for Google Home A simple way to build interactive stories without coding G Sweet Ideas Google for Educations Updates It’s easier to find info on managed mobile devices and reset their passwords. https://gsuiteupdates.googleblog.com/2018/10/insight-google-managed-devices.html https://gsuiteupdates.googleblog.com/2018/10/reset-passwords-lock-devices-google-mdm.html The Gmail API will allow Gmail delegates to read, send, and delete messages as well as view and add contacts. https://gsuiteupdates.googleblog.com/2018/10/gmail-api-delegate-access.html Gmail now allows for apps like Dropbox to attach links directly from Gmail itself. https://gsuiteupdates.googleblog.com/2018/10/compose-actions-in-gmail-add-ons.html Government backed attacks are now set by default https://gsuiteupdates.googleblog.com/2018/10/alerts-for-government-backed-attacks.html Now the Goo

Sarah Ostorga Juarez Lincoln high school, la joya isd Science Teacher and campus pr rep Cal lab/ science dept. sarahostorga.blogspot.com (Electronic Portfolio- has everything) B.S. in Biology Minor in Chemistry & Minor in Psychology/ pending graduation this dec 2018 M.S. in Educational Technology with a certificate in Electronic Learning and a certificate in Technology Leadership. ACEd Topic Topic When it comes to choosing Google, Android, Apple, or any tool for Education, in my experience, the selection and integration of tools in a school setting does not always integrate a strategic approach. In most cases, when technology is selected the primary focus is finances. Although that is an important factor when selecting Educational technology it should not be the sole factor. Also the selection is sometimes done too quickly. Good decisions can be made when we take time to think them through. In the case of Educational Technology this is essential factor to making the best selections. At this tim

Nancy Penchev Organization Scheck Hillel Community School in North Miami Beach, Florida I LAB instructor and Instructional Technology Coordinator for the lower school Technology and Project based learning based on what students are learning in their Social Studies class for grades K-5, grades 3 and 4 also come for a coding course www.nancypenchev.com @penchevable on Twitter, Instagram, Youtube BA Elementary, MS in Early Childhood, Instructional Tech, Google 1 certified and working toward 2 ACEd Topic Topic Magis.to Magisto is an easy to use app that is free or paid. The free version gives you shorter videos. I found it valuable enough to get the paid version. It allows you to make movies that look like they took a lot of time and effort, but in reality the program does all the work. Simple how to. Select your pictures and videos you want included, click next. Now you get to select the style that makes it look professional. You can select no filter, but I love the way it looks with the spe

Minerva Garza Palmira Mendiola Elementary at La Joya ISD 4th Grade Dual Language All Subjects minnie@cmgarza.com @MinnieEDU Google Certified Educator DonorsChoose Ambassador ACEd Topic Topic http://MrsG.fyi/DonorsChoose History-In 2000, Charles Best, a teacher at a Bronx public high school Little House on the Prairie Charles thought about all the money he and his colleagues were spending on books, art supplies, and other materials. Charles created a website where teachers could post classroom project requests, and donors could choose the ones they wanted to support. His colleagues posted the first 11 requests. Who  qualified?-teachers, librarians, and guidance counselors OF public schools USA Only Some school districts do not allow this If you don’t, there are some other options which we will talk about. What are the steps create an account? describe you classroom, chose the materials you need from the different vendors, describe your project.  Submit your project

Christopher J. Nesi New Brunswick High School, New Brunswick, NJ Teacher Social Studies chrisnesi.com Twitter @mrnesi Instagram @houseofedtech (and Twitter) BA History, MA Curriculum & Intsruction Host of House of #EdTech and PodcastPD Podcasts Founder of Education Podcast Network Named a 2018 top-100 EdTech Influencer by EdTech Digest. Podcasting Details on how to create podcasts visit chrisnesi.com/96 chrisnesi.com/97 chrisnesi.com/98 Mr G’s Experience Listener Avatar Any body can start a show Podcast for Professional Development Spreaker.com Free Use your phone for creating content Podbean.com Create a rundown document Use a picture to talk to for monologue Time management Great quality audio with Dynamic Microphone AT 2005 ATR 2100 Sampson Q2U Even if there is another podcast about your topic of choice, you still can

Efren Rodriguez Chemistry and Computer Science Teacher Science Dept Port Isabel High School, Point Isabel ISD RGVSA Board Member @EfrenR  Chaper Leader GEG-SOUTX GCE Level 2 Raspberry Pi Certified Educator Raspberry Pi Why R.Pi $35 Computer Over 7 Programming Languages PiTop Kickstarter PiCademy RGVSA Whole Drive is an SD Card Same R. Pi Different SDs Scratch Block Programming Python Typing Light Up LED GPIO Pins Maker Movement Sonic Pi By a DJ Minecraft Solo Programs which will create buildings Google AIY Artificial Intelligence Sold on Target Vision Past Camera Android Things

Alfonso Mendoza District Instructional Software Specialist @TechTeacher1381 Degree in Business Administration from UTPA. 12 years in education. Taught high school and elementary. Google Meet Use phones Remote Meetings Remote Professional Development Share info Remote Classes Home-bound Students Join the call Generic Hangouts: 25 G Suite Meet: 50 Mobile Tech Lab http://www.lajoyaisd.com/2017/09/mobile-tech-lab-introduced-at-la-joya-isd/