Global Accessibility Awareness Day May 18 is Global Accessibility Awareness Day, a time to get everyone talking, thinking and learning about digital access and inclusion. We recently announced reading mode is coming to Chrome browser to support students with dyslexia, and we're partnering with Understood.org to share new training videos and host a conversation about building more inclusive classrooms.
Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! May 8-12 is Teacher Appreciation Week! We're so grateful for every teacher's patience, care, commitment, and wisdom to help students continue to grow and prosper. To celebrate this moment, meet 2023 National Teacher of the Year Rebecka Peterson share an open letter to teachers everywhere about resilience, gratitude and humanity.
Catch up on EDU in 90 Check out the latest episode of EDU in 90! Join Morgan to hear all about updates we've made to Chromebooks.
Product News
Co-present Slides in Google Meet Educators with Google Workspace for Education Plus or the Teaching and Learning Upgrade can now co-present slides in Google Meet. With co-presenting in Slides, two or more people can manage slides together — including advancing slides and playing videos — for a smoother presentation. Learn more!
Join us for our Practice sets Academy Practice sets, our newest feature in Google Classroom, is officially live! Join us for an in-depth look at our latest AI-powered feature and learn how it can provide scaled, individualized support to enhance the education experience. Register for our Practice sets Academy today!
Educator Resources
Explore Agriculture and Sustainability with Applied Digital Skills Applied Digital Skills has partnered with the American Farm Bureau to design our Agriculture and Rural Communities Collection. In these lessons students understand various agricultural practices such as regenerative agriculture or pollinator gardens while interacting with their local communities.
Try CS First Lessons with Differentiated Instruction CS First now offers differentiated learning paths for lessons with integrated instruction. Welcome to CS First and other select lessons provide a video introduction to the Scratch coding environment that experienced students can skip to jump right into coding.
Celebrate International Museums Day Did you know May 18th is International Museums Day? Check out an exciting collection of lessons brought to you by Applied Digital Skills in collaboration with Google Arts & Culture to celebrate! Virtually explore the world’s most fascinating art and cultural artifacts while learning digital skills.
Extra Credit
Introducing the Value Add of Technology on Teaching (VATT) Framework Google and WestED supported Leading Educators to develop the research-driven VATT (Value Add Of Technology On Teaching) Framework - a first-in-class model to measure instructional impact of technology use. Check it out and explore how it might increase the impact of technology on your teaching and learning goals!
Earn the new AppSheet Skill Badge Complete the quest to show off your skills and receive a digital badge that you can share with your network. In this no-cost quest, you'll learn how to build, configure, and publish apps using AppSheet.
