National Disability Awareness Month October is National Disability Awareness Month, a time for us to highlight helpful innovation for and with people with disabilities. We're highlighting updates to features that are built into ChromeOS and Workspace to help students learn in the way that works for them, and helpful apps and extensions from Texthelp and SnapType.
Introducing the new Family Link, a resource for parents and guardians to help keep their families safer online Want to share resources with families to help them keep their children safer online? The redesigned Family Link app includes "Today only" screen time limits, alerts for when children arrive and leave a location, and recommended content from trusted partners around online safety. Family Link is available on Android, iOS and web browsers.
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Product News
New features for practice sets All practice sets beta users, rejoice! To make creating and using practice sets even easier, you can now rearrange problems in a practice set. Get started using practice sets for in-class small groups, checks for understanding, and more. Not yet in the beta? Learn more about Google Workspace for Education - Teaching & Learning Upgrade.
Play to win in the Arcade with No-code November Play to win in the Arcade, the latest way to learn new skills and earn prizes with Google Cloud Skills Boost. This month we are featuring AppSheet for no-code November. The best part? Each badge gets you a point for the prize counter, opening in December. The more you learn, the more you earn!
Educator Resources
Virtual Live Lesson for World Children's Day Pupils and teachers, join Google for Education, World's Largest Lesson and Adobe for a LIVE lesson with interactive digital tools. Leave with inspiration to contribute towards the global goals (SDGs) & resources for learners to influence their education, this World Children's Day and beyond. Sign your class up here.
Celebrate National Geography Week with Applied Digital Skills Join us in celebrating National Geography Week from November 14 - 18! Our Social Studies Collection offers six project-based lessons where you can explore a virtual tour in Google Earth, create a clickable map in Google Slides and much more.
Give Thanks with Applied Digital Skills Teachers - celebrate Thanksgiving with the Applied Digital Skills lesson Show Appreciation with Google Slides. In this lesson, students express appreciation for someone by creating a digital card using Google Slides.
Arts & Culture: South African Creativity "I Am Because You Are" is a celebration of South African creativity, community and craft. Learn about customs and rituals, take virtual tours of museums, discover early art and explore decorative crafts.
Computer Science Education Week Celebrate CSEdWeek (December 5-11) with Hour of Code® lessons from CS First -- designed to help students of all ages discover just how fun coding can be. New step by step instructions embedded in Scratch for CS First, so no switching tabs!
Extra Credit
Google Workspace for Education product demos Announcing new interactive product demos for the premium features of Google Workspace for Education. Experience enhanced security and enriched teaching and learning features first-hand with 5 demo flows covering: the investigation tool, security dashboard, advanced admin controls, Google Meet, and originality reports.
Get certified in ChromeOS administration Did you know that certified IT professionals earn more than non-certified peers, and the more certifications, the higher the salary? Join the growing community of IT Admins who are getting certified to deploy ChromeOS across companies & schools.
Learn with Google Arts & Culture The learning pages on Google Arts & Culture have had a refresh, with new content, menus for each subject page and a new lesson plans / resources page. For inspiration and some cool, expert content check out Learn with GA&C now.
Education Plus impact calculator Want to calculate the potential benefits and cost savings your organization could experience by using Google Workspace for Education Plus? Use our interactice calcualtor to create a custom impact report and see how your institution can mitigate security threats quicker, save time on administrative tasks, and reduce costs with Education Plus.
New Course: Google Tools for In Person Learning Check out the new Google Tools for In-Person Learning course in the Teacher Center. It provides practical strategies for how Google tools can support in-person teaching and learning.
VIA22 Innovator Sparkcamp Saturday Join our Google Certified Innovators for professional and passion-based sessions in multiple languages and in all time zones on the 19th-20th of November. Sparkcamp is an annual 24-hour extravaganza open for all to attend. It promises to be a highlight of your year!
Your organization's latest Transformation Report is available Workspace Super Admins can log in today to view their organization’s latest Google for Education transformation report, a free tool designed to help quantify the impact of their Google implementation.
