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PD Partner Pro Tip: Smart Chip Dropdowns Forward Edge suggests using Smart Chip Dropdowns in Google Sheets to track end of year tasks, organize your unit resources for next year, create a back to school checklist, and more. You can insert dropdown chips by going to Insert → Dropdown, and then customize your dropdown text and colors.
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 Workspace.
Product News
See you at ISTELive 23 We’re excited to get you hands-on with the latest Chromebook innovations and new tools for more collaborative, personal and accessible learning. Make sure you take a look at all the activities we have planned out and don’t forget to sign up!
New Feature: Pause Cast for Cast Moderator Ditch the HDMI cable and go fully wireless with cast moderator. Starting in M115, you can pause a casted screen to work out a math problem, check a quick email, or freeze an image.
Screencast Web Player is now LIVE Students and teachers using the Screencast app on their Chromebooks can now share recordings to anyone using the new Screencast web player. Screencast uses chromeOS' built-in text-to-speech transcription to create transcribed recordings. Creators can trim recordings by simply "skipping" text and viewers can search and navigate long videos using the transcript or translate lessons into their language of choice.
Made for the way you teach Chromebooks are more than a student device; see the powerful and flexible Chromebooks built specifically to meet the needs of Teachers. Sign up to learn more for a little easter egg (hint: it’s limited edition stickers ;-)
What's new with Google for Education: Chromebooks & Workspace We announced new features coming to Chromebooks and Google Workspace for Education this year. Read on to find out about how we're building features for more personal learning, accessible and collaborative classrooms, and safer digital environments.
What's new with Google Workspace for Education We announced new features in Google Classroom, Meet, Slides and more to help students and educators build safer, more collaborative and accessible classrooms. New Classroom features give educators the chance to easily create interactive, personal lessons - and get insights - within Classroom. We're also improving collaboration throughout the school, making it possible to share class templates and classes with a link (great for planning the next school year), gain visiblity with Classroom analytics, and visit classes without being a co-teacher.
Top requests in grading and classroom management are also being announced. With tile pairing in Meet, when either person speaks both are highlighted for other people in the meeting, making it clearer that both are presenting even when only one is speaking - especially helpful when using sign language or voice interpreters. In Slides, live pointers will allow you see each other's cursors on a slide in real-time, making it easier than ever to work together on presentations.
New updates for Chromebooks We're building new features into Chromebooks to make them the best devices for teaching and learning, including updates to Screencast and cast moderator, reading mode and image to text on Chrome browser, features for admins like ChromeOS data controls, and more.
The power of great apps and Google Today, we’re expanding our efforts to showcase great apps for teaching and learning with the Google for Education App Hub, where educators and admins alike can discover every app that connects with Google for Education products, all in one place. On the Google for Education App Hub, you’ll find the latest and most useful education app integrations, including add ons, SSO integrations, and app licensing.
Educator Resources
Celebrate Juneteenth with Applied Digital Skills Empower your students with Create a Flyer for a Juneteenth Celebration. This lesson helps your students understand the rich history of Juneteenth. Using Google Drawings, students express their creativity by designing captivating flyers to organize a fictional or real Juneteenth Celebration for family and friends.
June is Internet Safety Month Internet Safety Month is here! Equip your students with essential online safety skills by using this Applied Digital Skills Online Safety and Digital Well-Being collection, featuring lessons on evaluating credible online sources, building healthy digital habits, and much more. Start fostering a secure online environment today!
3, 2, 1, Blast Off with Applied Digital Skills In partnership with NASA, our Create a Travel Brochure for an Exoplanet lesson has students use Google Slides to create a travel brochure to persuade people on Earth to visit an exoplanet. Students learn about space exploration and use persuasive writing to convince people to visit their exoplanet.
Extra Credit
Update Email Preferences in Admin Console If you are already using Google Workspace for Education or Chrome for Education, take a moment to adjust your email preferences in your admin console and you won’t miss out on feature announcements, product updates, and guides. You will receive admin guides and resources to help ensure you, students, and staff are using your edition of Google for Education products to their fullest extent. Only available for administrators.
Arts & Culture: Explore UNESCO World Heritage For World Heritage Day, Google Arts & Culture released a new, updated destination for people to explore UNESCO World Heritage sites online, featuring hundreds of expert stories and thousands of images and videos.
Arts & Culture: Calling in our Corals Take part in the preservation of coral reefs from your desk and learn to identify underwater sounds with marine biologists whilst contributing to vital research.
Arts & Culture: Step inside 3D exhibitions from around the world Step into a diverse range of 3D immersive exhibitions curated by 50+ cultural institutions around the world, ranging from artist retrospectives to collections that are not publicly visible and to nature inspired galleries.
Curriculum Leaders: Simplify Lesson Planning in Classroom Curriculum leaders can build class templates in Classroom, then create a link to share these templates with educators in your department or organization (instead of adding them as co-teachers). Express interest in the beta, available with the Education Plus edition.
