Google News and Updates
- Introducing Google Workspace https://gsuiteupdates.googleblog.com/2020/10/introducing-google-workspace.html
- This year, teachers have gone the distance
- Create and view tasks in the Google Calendar mobile apps
- Increase engagement with Q&A and polls in Google Meet
Featured Content
Google Form to serve as a contact form
FAQ document: If a student/parent asks a question, add it to the FAQ doc
Take pictures of a whiteboard and add to the student site
Include important documents (permission slips, syllabus, etc.)
Embed videos to support what you’re teaching in class
Use it as a “satellite location” for Google Classroom (for what it won’t do)
Host digital escape rooms
- 30+ free digital escape rooms (plus a step by step guide for creating your own)
- 20 Google Sites tips and tricks
Create a page for resources and tutorials for STUDENTS, and one for PARENTS
Google Classroom Cheat Sheets - a great resource for students and parents
Google’s Teach from Anywhere page has lots of great resources you may want to make available.
Google’s Accessibility Guide for Guardians
Post your virtual office hours on the home page, or add the time to your image header
HYBRID? Create separate pages for these two groups
Google Teacher Podcast Mailbag
- Sheryl Brennan (California)
- Mary Lynn (Nevada)
On The Blogs
- Matt
- How to create Google Meet breakout rooms for differentiated learning
- 12 social media-inspired Google Slides templates
- Kasey
- Synchronous v. Asynchronous Online Learning
- Collaborative Notes with Google Docs
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