Introducing practice sets in Google Classroom Check out an upcoming feature in Google Classroom to help educators make learning more personal, with interactive lessons and real time feedback. With practice sets, you'll be able to transform new or existing content into interactive assignments with autograding, insights, and built in hints and encouragement for students. If you're interested in participating in the beta, visit the blog post to get in touch with us!
Scheduled Posts across Multiple Classrooms are now available Teachers can now schedule posts across multiple classes in Google Classroom, making it quicker and easier to assign classwork, saving time and simplifying class planning and management.
Celebrate Earth Day with Applied Digital Skills Earth Day is on April 22nd, and it's a great opportunity to teach your students about our planet in a variety of ways. Our 'Earth Day Collection' offers lessons to learn about the environment and raise awareness on issues that are meaningful, all while learning digital skills.
Product News
Extended Attendence Reports in Google Meet Google Workspace Education Plus and Teaching and Learning Upgrade users will now automatically receive an attendance report anytime a meeting has two or more participants. Previously, attendance tracking was limited to meetings with five or more participants.
Educator Resources
New Math Lessons from Applied Digital Skills Looking for engaging lessons to celebrate Math Awareness Month? Our new collection of math lessons uses project-based learning to explore math topics such as probability, percentages, and fractions. These lessons teach students the basics of organizing data sets and using formulas in Google Sheets.
22 Digital Days Challenge for Educators We have a fun bite-sized challenge for educators - #22DigitalDays - 22 tasks to engage teachers & students in digital dabbling, which can be adapted as necessary. Get started and share these cool tips, tricks and resources to use in the classroom and beyond.
Computer Science Educator’s Guide To help teachers gain skills and confidence in Computer Science, we are partnering with European Schoolnet to offer a free online course: “Computer Science: Educator’s Guide” starting on April 25th. Sign up now!
Extra Credit
New Workspace for Education Training Series When learning something new, knowing how to get started can be the hardest part. Whether you’re new to Google tools and devices, or looking to brush up on the basics, our new "Did you Know? Training Series" is for you. Register to join live or watch on demand.
Comparing Video Conferencing Software When it comes to choosing the right video conferencing software for your classroom, there are important features to consider. Take a look at this website, created by one of our top Google for Education partners, comparing Google Meet and Zoom.
Comparing Plagiarism Detection Tools Selecting a technology tool to detect plagiarism impacts both curriculum and technology stakeholders. This website from one of our top Google for Education partners compares two of the most widely used tools for detecting original content in student work: Google Originality Reports and TurnitIn.
Arts & Culture: Manga Out of the Box Discover manga culture; the historical background, how they are drawn, story telling, key figures, and the social impact. With videos, stories, images, streetview, and a machine learning tool that makes your drawings manga style, there is lots to discover and inspire.
