News, research, and resources for the Google for Education community.
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The Google for Education NEWSLETTER ISSUE XXX | July 2020
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| What impact have recent global events had on education? What have school closures taught us about learning or the resilience of students and teachers? Join The Anywhere School as thought leaders from across the world discuss these topics and more during a global event hosted by the Google for Education team. |
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| The new Certified Coach program offers a free, research-backed curriculum and 5-step model that help instructional coaches work 1:1 with educators and drive impactful technology use in schools. Once certified, coaches will join the Certified Coach community, get access to special PD events, and be featured in our Directory. |
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| Google for Education teamed up with experts at The Conscious Kid to curate a free list of teacher-facing reading materials and evaluation criteria to consider when bringing new resources into the classroom. These resources, organized by grade-level, are intended to help facilitate important conversations about racism, equity and belonging. |
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| Whether you're trying to keep students engaged at home, looking for materials to send to your students' parents or wondering how to teach coding once school resumes, CS First professional development might be for you. Check out these upcoming virtual professional development opportunities offered by our partners. |
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| Applied Digital Skills is now better integrated with Google Classroom. Connect your Google Classroom account with your Applied Digital Skills dashboard to import your student roster, co-teachers, and assign lessons seamlessly. |
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| Looking for lesson ideas to keep students engaged over the summer? Check out these 5 new lessons from Applied Digital Skills that are fun and easy to do from home while learning new digital skills. |
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| In case you missed it, on Wednesday July 22nd, we hosted a mid-summer Edu OnAir livestream where we invited Sophia Mendoza from LAUSD, Gretchen Livesey from Turnaround for Children, Ji Soo Song from ISTE, and Danny Wiess from Common Sense Media to discuss how education leaders can leverage CARES act funds to provide equitable access to students, teachers and communities. |
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| Discover this ancient culture & language and how machine learning offers experts new research opportunities. Check out the educational tutorial, send coded messages to friends, and explore stories and quizzes about ancient Egypt. |
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| Last call for all kids 13-18: Submit to the Design Challenge today! Participants will score an online game dev workshop with other game changers and clock the entire course to earn a certificate of completion and a new Chromebook! Hurry as the Challenge closes on 7/31. |
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| Join our partner Securly, a provider of end-to-end student safety and device management solutions, for a webinar on August 4th. Topics how one Director of Information and Communications Technology handled the transition to distance learning, and how your needs for end-to-end filtering, self-harm detection, parent engagement, and classroom management can be met through the joint Google and Securly solution. |
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| From July 28-30, our partner WeVideo, a video creation tool provider, will host a free online summit for educators featuring professional development sessions, guest speakers and new feature announcements. Featured topics include student creativity, student voice and blended learning. |
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Works with Chromebook is a lightweight certification program
for 3rd party devices. Find accessories that will work seamlessly with your Chromebook and look for the Works With Chromebook badge on products that are tested and proven to meet Chromebook compatibility standards. |
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| This year's Google Cloud NEXT is taking place in the cloud. Register for free at g.co/cloudnext and tune in for K-12 sessions over the next 9 weeks. |
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Building on prior efforts to help DonorsChoose launch #ISeeMe, Google.org is providing an additional $1 million to support Black and Latinx teachers, and all teachers seeking materials to make their classrooms more inclusive. Learn more and set up a project on DonorsChoose.org.
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