ChromeOS Flex is now ready to scale broadly to PCs and Macs ChromeOS Flex is now available! Upgrade the PCs & Macs you already own for free and reap benefits like proactive security, fast deployment & easy management, fast, modern work experiences and a more sustainable solution.
Classroom Add-Ons Are Now Available You can now easily find, add, use and grade content from popular EdTech tools, like Pear Deck and Kahoot!, right within Google Classroom. Admin setup is required and add-ons are available with the Google Workspace for Education Plus edition and the Teaching and Learning Upgrade.
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Product News
Live Stream Meetings with YouTube You can now live stream Google Meet meetings publicly via YouTube! To access, admins can enable live streaming by organizational group or for your entire organization. Use this to host school board meetings and much more.
Educator Resources
Get Ready for Back to School with Applied Digital Skills With the start of the school year right around the corner, we are excited to share our updated Back to School 2022 Collection. In it, we offer technology lessons to help support student self-expression, well-being, organization, and fun icebreaker activities.
Teacher Center Resources Now Available in New Languages Did you know that the Teacher Center has a resource library with guides, templates, tools and apps? Now in multiple languages, explore resources on Accessibility, Cultural learning, and Distance learning for Education Leaders, the classroom, the family, and more.
Extra Credit
Get Started With The Classroom Add-Ons Professional Development Kit Now that Classroom add-ons are available, help your district get started with this ready-to-go professional development kit. It includes a Google Slides presentation and corresponding lesson plan, as well as an email template that can be used to notify educators once the district admin has set up add-ons.
Share Your Feedback to Shape Google for Education We are looking for feedback to improve the customer experience. If you're currently using Google Workspace for Education or Chromebooks in your school, share your thoughts by August 24th.
Quantified Cost Savings and Benefits of Education Plus We commissioned Forrester Consulting to publish a global Total Economic Impact™ study detailing benefits and cost savings enabled by Education Plus. Research found significant benefits including 191% ROI, 95% fewer phishing attempts, and 98% less time mitigating security risks.
Google Classroom x Clever: Save time this Back to School Learn how to automate Google Classroom course creation with Clever and save teachers 8+ hours of set up time. Available for Google Workspace for Education Plus users, register now to watch the recording on-demand!
Read Along: Now Available Online Read Along is now available as a website! Students can practice reading on bigger screens like laptops and PCs at home or in school. Visit readalong.google.com and enjoy reading with Diya through the magic of your voice!
Arts & Culture: India Ki Udaan To celebrate 75 years of Indian Independence Google Arts & Culture has created a hub with achievements and moments of Independent India in the fields of science, policy, entertainment, sports and more. Enjoy stories, videos, fun quizzes and games.
Star Wars x Headspace Meditation on YouTube Kids It’s more important than ever to give kids tools to practice mindfulness. BB-8 and Chewbacca show them the way in a new series. Play Chapter 1, Find Your Force, in the YouTube Kids app.
Free Intermediate PD from Applied Digital Skills Already familiar with Applied Digital Skills but want to dive deeper? We are offering new Intermediate PD sessions over the next few weeks on how to incorporate our lessons into subject specific settings, use the curriculum in special education, and more. Don't miss out on this opportunity!
Watch the Rural Educators Digital Skills Summit On-Demand ICYMI: On July 28th, Grow with Google and the American Farm Bureau Foundation hosted the Rural Educators Digital Skills Summit. For a limited time, you can watch the summit on-demand and access the same great perks including a no-cost Google for Education Educator Certification voucher, complimentary swag, and the chance to become a Farm Bureau Foundation Fellow to create new place-based lessons with the Applied Digital Skills team.
Manage apps & extensions policies with groups on ChromeOS Now, admins will be able to use new or existing Google groups to configure apps & extensions permissions for their organizations. This means you can force install apps for specific groups of students, like those in advanced design classes, or groups that may need accessibility features.
