Below is the recorded video from our October 2017 Google User Meeting, along with the meeting agenda and all the awesome resources and G Suite updates from the last month. This includes 24 new Google updates and 41 Google resources for your class.
The monthly meetings are hosted by the Google Educator Group of Ohio, but are open to anyone from any location. The purpose of these meetings is to:
- Connect Google-using educators
- Share the latest Google Apps news and features
- Provide tutorials, demonstrations, and how-to’s
- Share best practices of how Google Apps is being used within schools
- Ask questions and get answers
Note: If you would like to see each of the agenda items with links directly to those spots in the video, open the video using the YouTube link below and then click “Show More” below the video.
YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDItIJvR-08
You can view the full Google Document agenda with links to all the Google Apps updates from the last month, as well as all the resources covered in the meeting in the Google Doc linked below.
View the agenda - Google Document link
Agenda details
Upcoming Events
- SPARCC Certification Bootcamps for Google Educator Level 1 and 2
Level 2 - November 8 and 9, 2017
Details at: http://google.apps.sparcc.org/bootcamp
- SPARCC Webinars
Android Apps for Chromebooks
November 14, 2017 - 3:30pm to 4:30pm EST
Webinar link (click to register and watch live webinar)
Supercharge Google Docs with Drawings
December 5, 2017 - 3:30pm to 4:30pm EST
Webinar link (click to register and watch live webinar)
- NEOTIE Conference - October 28, 2017 - Beachwood HS - http://neotie.org/
- Learn21 Conference - November 2, 2017 - Columbus, OH
Website - http://www.learn21.org/conference.html
Registration - Google Form link
- Ideastream Tech + Learning Conference - November 15, 2017 - Cleveland, OH
Website - Ideastream conference
- EdTechTeam Cincinnati Summit - November 18-19, 2017
Website - https://events.edtechteam.com/cincinnati2017
- Ohio Education Technology Conference (OETC) - February 13-15, 2018
Website - http://oetc.ohio.gov/
What's New in Google Apps
October 2017
- Hangouts Meet to get dial in numbers - Resource Link
- Google's "Teachable Machine" experiment lets you train an AI - Resource Link
- Google announces the Pixelbook high-end Chromebook - Resource Link
- Google announces the new Mini and Max versions of Google Home - Resource Link
- Google's Pixel Buds will offer real-time translation of 40 languages - Resource Link
- Google Drive reporting will show activity-based metrics in the Admin console - Resource Link
- Google launches new YouTube Creators site - Resource Link
- Google releases Street View collection for Parks Canada - Resource Link
- Google launches "Grow with Google" program for job skills - Resource Link, Resource Link, Resource Link
- Google explores the new Lucidchart add-on for Slides - Resource Link
- New Slides add-on - Photo Slideshow - Resource Link
- New Slides add-on - Slides Toolbox - Resource Link
- Google Maps adds planets and moons - Resource Link, Resource Link
- Google increases undeletion window for user accounts from 5 to 20 days - Resource Link
- Improvements to Chrome's security features - Resource Link
- Google Photos can now recognize and label your pet photos - Resource Link
- Google Calendar on the web gets a face-lift and new features - Resource Link
- Explore a 3D rendering of Mars with new Access Mars site - Resource Link, Resource Link
- Chromebooks become highest selling educational device for Canadian K12 schools - Resource Link
- Google launches add-ons for Gmail - Resource Link
- Google Assistant gets lots of new kid-friendly commands, activities, and games - Resource Link, Resource Link
- New Google Sites now lets you nest pages 5 levels deep - Resource Link
- Google updates Science Journal mobile app with more sensors and iOS version - Resource Link
- Google releases 5 new baseball-themed Expeditions for the World Series - Resource Link
Show and Tell
- Recent posts from Eric's Control Alt Achieve blog:
- Seven Summarization Tools for Students - Resource Link
- Google Tour Builder for any Subject - Resource Link
- 24 Tips for Google Forms Quizzes - Resource Link
- Multiple Correct Answers in Google Form Quizzes - Resource Link
- Build a Jack-O-Lantern with Google Slides - Resource Link
- 10 Google Calendar Tips & Tricks You’re Probably Not Using - Resource Link
- Promote Creativity and Collaboration by Creating Comic Strips Using Google Drawings - Resource Link
- Memory Game with Google Slides - Resource Link
- Math Dice and Cards with Google Sheets - Resource Link - Lots of interactive math activities using randomized dice and playing cards in Google Sheets.
- The Chromebook Classroom Podcast - Resource Link
- Easy Citations in Google Docs - Resource Link - How to use the Explore tool and the EasyBib add-on for citations in Google Docs.
- 10 Multimedia Things you can do on a Chromebook - Resource Link
- Slide Design 101 - Resource Link - Collection of useful lessons on improving Google Slides design
- 3 Strategies to Organize Google Drive and Meet the Needs of ALL Learners - Resource Link
- Creative Organization of Your Drive Folders and Google Classroom with Emojis - Resource Link
- Green Screen image editing and activities with Google Drawings - Resource Link
- Using Google Drawings for Booksnaps - Resource Link
- Tab Scissors and Tab Glue - Resource Link - Chrome extensions for splitting and joining browser tabs
- Whisper extension - Resource Link, Resource Link - Chrome extension that lets you send quick messages to students from Google Classroom.
- Wiggly letters for Google Docs, Slides, and Drawings - Resource Link
- Daily Check-in With Google Forms - Resource Link
- Create an Amazon-style School Store Using Forms and Autocrat - Resource Link
- Using G Suite to Foster the 4Cs - Resource Link
- CheckMark extension makes it easy to give feedback on student writing - Resource Link
- Free photos, icons, magic and more with Google Slides add-ons - Resource Link
- Using Codecogs and Google Sheets for students to submit math symbols in Forms - Resource Link
- Math Fluency Facts Worksheet Generator in Google Sheets - Resource Link
- Google Certified Educator Level 2 Skills Checklist with Videos - Resource Link
- Creating "Stained Glass" Art With Google Drawings - Resource Link
- Top 10 Tips for G Suite Snapseed - Resource Link
- Embedding Slides in "New" Google Sites - Resource Link
- School Video Recorder for Google Drive web app - Resource Link
- Write A Choose Your Own Adventure Story With Forms - Resource Link
- How to create Google Slides templates - Resource Link
- The Party - 360 degree virtual experience of autism, works in YouTube or Google Cardboard - Resource Link
- Create your own "My School App" in Google Slides for mobile devices - Resource Link
- Google Teacher Tribe Podcast
- Oct 2 - Engage Science Students by App Smashing with Joe Marquez - Resource Link
- Oct 9 - Google Slides Gains New Superpowers - Resource Link
- Oct 16 - Find Your Tribe Keynote - Resource Link
- Oct 23 - Lions, Tigers, and Google Feedback Oh My! - Resource Link
- Oct 30 - Behind the Scenes at the Google Innovator Academy - Resource Link
To see the schedule for upcoming Google User Group meetings visit:
If you have something to share and would like to join the Hangout for an upcoming meeting, send me an email to let me know at: ericcurts@gmail.com
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Google User Group schedule - https://sites.google.com/view/geg-ohio/monthly-meetings
If you have something to share and would like to join the Hangout for an upcoming meeting, send me an email to let me know at: ericcurts@gmail.com
Post by Eric Curts. Bring me to your school, organization, or conference with over 50 PD sessions to choose from. Connect with me on Twitter at twitter.com/ericcurts and on Google+ at plus.google.com/+EricCurts1
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