We Love Our Tribe - GTT020

Google News and Updates (2:42)

• Updates to Google Sheets
• Google for Education PD Week
• New Publish Settings in Google Sites

Featured Content (9:44)

• Using music in Docs Story Builder to set the tone for writing from @koolteecha
• Chromebooks bookmark tip from @swkreed
• Create an infographic syllabus using Google Drawings from @MissThurmes
• 6 Year End Google Classroom Clean Up Tips from Eric Curts
• Use slide linking to create a menu for station rotations from @specialtechie
• From Robin Limpert (3rd-grade teacher, Ohio):

I have a 3rd student that took what I taught her about using G Suite, specifically from your episode #9 about Google forms and applied it to an "Entrepreneurial" venture! She created a Google form titled- "Eliana's Summer Pet Sitting and Mail Collection Service" then she had her mother post it to her friends to collect potential customers' information in a Google Sheet. As you can imagine, I was beaming with pride and thought you would like to hear about this real-life application being made at such a young age. This is proof that if we spend the time to train our kids to use these creative digital tools, they will do remarkable things!

I spent this school year teaching and developing a curriculum for an elementary version of a "Chrome Squad" for our building. My goal was to develop a resource to train kids to use G Suite using basic language that kids can understand. I have a "Kids Teaching Kids" type of program which has now evolved into my kids actually teaching our busy teachers to use Google tools as well.

I started with 10 kids and now have over 30 kids in our Chrome Squad. If you are interested, I can get you more information on my ebook coming out over the summer- "Chromebooks for kids- Training your Elementary Chrome Squad."

On The Blogs (20:59)

• Matt - Catch the Flipgrid fever! 15+ ways to use Flipgrid in your class
• Kasey - 10 Reasons to Go Google
• Coming in the next few weeks: The Google Certified Educator Academy

UPCOMING CONFERENCES (28:30)

• Don’t Mess with Google Classroom Conference with Alice Keeler and Kasey Bell
• Ditch That Conference (Sept. 8, 2017 in Marshall, IN, OR attend virtually!)

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