The Google for Education Newsletter Issue 43 |
September 2021
Three Things to Know
Google for Education Product Training Series Register for our new series of quick-hitting, demo-based product training sessions on Google Workspace for Education (free & paid editions) and Chrome. We’ll walk through new and existing features, and show how to incorporate them into your learning environments. Sign up today for a live session or to watch on-demand.
Learn to Code on Chromebooks Learning to code has never been easier with these nine coding apps that're great for younger and older learners, as well as teachers, schools, and families. Learn about the apps and the Chromebooks to pair them with that are best for learning to code.
Reflections on Remote Learning Shantanu Sinha, Director of Google for Education, shares reflections from the Google for Education team and customers on lessons we've learned from remote learning. In 'Enabling Student Success: What We’re Learning From Distance And Hybrid Education', he shares five lessons that we have learned from distance and hybrid learning, and how we can make online, hybrid, and in-the-classroom education as immersive, effective, and inclusive as possible.
Educator Resources
Getting Started with Google Classroom Looking to sharpen your Google Classroom skills? Register for weekly training lessons to learn new and exciting ways to use Google Classroom with your students. Lessons are delivered directly to your inbox and take less than 10 minutes to complete. Sign up today!
Catch up on EDU in 90 Stay updated on the latest news with EDU in 90! Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel so you don't miss an episode.
Applied Digital Skills: Create a Mind Map in Google Drawings There's no doubt that you & your students have experienced a whirlwind of new emotions and experiences over the past year. Check out our new Applied Digital Skills lessons where students build a mind map about a recent local, national, or global event to help them process, reflect, and grow.
Extra Credit
Connect with a Google for Education Partner Google for Education partners offer sales, training, deployment, and technology solutions related to our products including Chromebooks, Chrome Education Upgrade, and Google Workspace for Education. Connect with a local partner to get products and services that can help transform teaching and learning at your institution.
Arts & Culture: 8 New Lesson Plans There are 8 new lesson plans including Barbara Hepworth, Computers, Ancient Egypt, Notting Hill Carnival, and Asian Puppetry. Free to download, they can be used in the class as a lesson or given to students as a worksheet.
Arts & Culture: United Kingdom Gardens From small window boxes to large country estates, UK Gardens are more than a place to grow plants. They are a place for scientific discovery, wellbeing, an inspiration to artists, and an art form. Explore gardens with Google Arts & Culture.
Taking India's Classrooms Online What does it take to roll out digital education in India at a school, district, or state level? To find out, Boston Consulting Group and EdTech service provider Schoolnet, a Google for Education partner, studied the rollout of Google tools to over 50,000 teachers across three states in India. Read this Think with Google article where we are sharing some best practices to reach unconnected students across public and private sector schools in India.
