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45+ Google Tips for Teachers and Students

The Shake Up Learning community never fails to amaze me! They are always sharing new ideas, lesson plans, tips, tricks, and asking insightful questions. This week was no different.

Each week I pose a new question to the Shake Up Learning community on Facebook. ( Join here!)

This week I asked the group to share one of their favorite Google tips, and you know what, they didn't disappoint! They shared over 45 different Google tips! ( Link to original post.)

The group shared so many amazing ideas, tips, tools, features, and keyboard shortcuts, that I knew I had to compile these for easy reference and sharing.

Not only did I put all of these tips together in a Google Sheet, but I also added links to support documentation and blog posts so that you could learn the tip if it wasn't familiar.

I've embedded the Google Sheet below. I've also added links so you can view and make a copy if you wish.

We are all better together! Look at how much we can learn and share and this is just the tip of the iceberg.

Thank YOU for being a part of Shake Up Learning!

My Favorite Tip: Sir Links-a-Lot!

I don't like to play favorites, but this one blew me away! Rachel Murat shared one of my favorite new Chrome extensions; Sir Links-a-Lot. If the name isn't enough to make you smile, what it does will make you giddy!

It's AWESOME! It automagically makes those unique links in Google Apps for you, like force a copy, template, preview, or PDF.

Now that is just a small taste of the fun and Googley goodies in this post. So, without further ado, here are your 45+ Google tips for teachers and students!

45+ Google Tips for Teachers and Students

View the Google Sheet | Make a Copy

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Tens of millions of students and teachers worldwide use Google tools in the classroom.

Students are creating and collaborating, researching and sharing. Teachers are managing more efficient digital classes and offering more engaging, thought-provoking learning opportunities.

When new features or changes happen with Google products that affect education, it's a big deal.

In recent days and weeks and months (as of publication of this post), Google has been improving its offerings for teachers and students.

Here are seven changes you should know about, ranging from small features with big impact to new, cutting-edge technology to watch as it develops:

1. Schedule to Google Classroom - This one must have been a very popular request among teachers. Before, you could post assignments, announcements and questions to Google Classroom. You could create new posts as drafts and save them. But you couldn't schedule them to automatically post later.

Now that's all possible. When creating a new assignment, announcement or question, instead of clicking "Assign," use the drop-down button next to the "Assign" button and choose "Schedule". (More: Google for Education's news release)

Classroom application: Teachers can set up posts days or weeks in advance, saving the trouble of scrambling to post something the morning before class starts.

2. Slides Q&A - Slide presentations can be a very one-way method of communication when the speaker speaks and there's no interaction with the audience. Google Slides has a new feature that makes slide presentations more interactive.

With Slide Q&A, people in the audience can submit questions to a presenter to be answered during the presentation. The presenter can see the questions on his/her put an audience-submitted question on the screen and answer it on the spot.

There's also a neat feature that makes your cursor on the screen look like a laser pointer.

See all of it in a quick tutorial video here, or see the Google support page with step-by-step instructions. (More: Google Docs Blog news release)
Classroom application:

Students can ask questions to teachers in a new format (although, in a smaller class, it's still probably easiest to raise hands to ask questions).

This would be handy if you want students to ask relevant questions during each other's presentations.

Educators providing professional development can gather questions with this tool.

When connecting multiple classes via Google Hangouts/Skype/etc. or with a virtual guest or virtual field trip, this tool can help classes to be better connected.

3. Set sharing permissions to expire - Sometimes, students only need access to your document, slides, spreadsheet or other file for a certain amount of time. You can now set your sharing permissions to expire at a specified time.

Click the blue "Share" button in the file to share. Add the person whose permission needs to expire at a certain point. Choose "Can View" instead of "Can Edit" or "Can Comment". A stopwatch icon will appear, which you can click to specify when you want that person's permission to view the file to expire.

A couple of limitations:

You can only use "Can View" permissions with this feature (not edit or comment permissions).

You must have an education or business Google account for access to this feature. (Standard Google accounts don't have it.)

You must add every individual whose permission you want to expire. (If you have a large group of students, educators or others, that could be cumbersome.)
A possible workaround: Remove permissions the old-fashioned way. Share the file with an "everyone with the link can ..." link. When you want to remove permissions, change the sharing settings in that file back to "Private." If you want to share the file with a different group, make a copy (File > Make a copy ...) and share it. (That way, you'll be sharing a brand new link and the people that had access previously won't have access to it.)

Check out the Google support page with detailed instructions or the Google Apps updates page news release.

Classroom application: This will automatically remove access to study guides, assignments, answer explanations to tests or other classroom materials you share with students. Also, expiring permissions is a way to create a hard deadline on an activity ... the document "disappears" when the deadline hits. (Although students are able to make a copy to their Google Drives if the want.)

4. Google Keep Chrome extension - Google Keep is a go-to Google tool for me. It's like virtual sticky notes that follow you via your Google account to whatever device you use (computer, tablet, smartphone, etc.). Check out the basics and some ways to use it in class in this post.

If you use the Google Chrome web browser, you can now install an extension (like a little app in your Chrome browser) that will save a webpage as a note to your Google Keep with one click. You can add comments to your note so you'll know why you saved it in the first place (very important for me!).
(More: Google Keep Chrome extension news release on the Google Docs blog) Classroom application:

Save webpages you'll want to remember later for classroom instruction or professional development with this Google Keep extension.

Students can gather resources for research, presentations, projects and more with the Google Keep extension.

5. Find a time with Google Calendar for Android - If you keep track of appointments with the Google Calendar app and you use an Android device (tablet/smartphone), finding a common meeting time with others just got much easier.

After adding the people involved in your calendar appointment, click the "Find a time" button. The app analyzes everyone's calendars and finds openings that are common to all of their calendars. Choose the one that fits best and send the calendar invite.
(More: Gmail blog news release)
Classroom application: If you schedule appointments with colleagues, administrators, parents or even students that also use Google Calendar, this can save you lots of time asking questions back and forth about the best time to meet.

6. Synergise, a Google Apps virtual coach - It's helpful to have someone help you learn about tools you don't know yet and new features of ones you do know. Synergise does that with Google Apps, providing on-screen, in-the-moment, bite-sized training while you use the product. Previously a paid service, now Google has acquired Synergise and will be making its "Google Apps virtual coach" totally free.

Google says that Synergise will be available to all Google users by the end of the 2016 year.
(More: Google for Work blog news release)
Classroom application: Teachers who want to learn the basics of Google tools - or pick up new or advanced skills - will be able to use this on-screen virtual coach. Synergise will help students get up to speed even faster, and their training on Google Apps won't depend solely on what the teacher can tell them.

7. 3D, virtual reality painting with Tilt Brush - This one likely won't be readily accessible to classrooms right away, but it's definitely worth watching.

Google has announced a new 3D painting tool called Tilt Brush. It works with the HTC Vive, a virtual reality set (VR goggles, controllers, etc.) that provides a full-room immersive experience. Tilt Brush lets you paint in 3D space in virtual reality. There's a pretty stunning YouTube video of it (see below).

The HTC Vive retails at $799, so buying sets for your class - or even one! - is probably out of reach. The reason I include it here is because this technology has the chance to become accessible quickly. The VR goggles look and act a lot like Google Cardboard, Google's new product that uses a cell phone to provide a VR experience. The Vive's controllers work much like what you can do in games like Lightsaber Escape with your cell phone.

This VR/augmented reality technology is becoming more and more accessible. This is the world our students will work in one day. It's worth watching.

Classroom application: With an HTC Vive VR set, students could paint in 3D in art classes or other educational settings. Its immersive setting can let students explore places - and their imaginations - in 3D. (If you can purchase one. If not, we'll watch for this capability in more affordable options later.)
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I love listening to podcasts. They're kind like personalized radio. I can pick shows that I like and listen to them whenever I want.

Podcasts have been a driving force for me in becoming a better educator. I've listened to hours of them while driving, exercising or cutting the grass. I can take that down time and turn it into productive time.

Now I get to be part of creating one from scratch about a hot topic in education: Google.

Kasey Bell (of the Shake Up Learning blog) and I are teaming up to create The Google Teacher Tribe Podcast. It's a topic we're both passionate about, and the readers of our blogs always seem to find our Google-related posts most useful.

Here's an excerpt from Kasey Bell's blog, Shake Up Learning:

Today I am making an official announcement about my new podcast with Matt Miller from DitchThatTextbook.com, The Google Teacher Tribe Podcast! We are still in the planning stages, but we hope to launch our first episode in early 2017, and I wanted YOU to be the first to know about our fabulous new adventure!

The Google Teacher Tribe Podcast will be a weekly podcast designed to give teachers practical ideas for using G Suite and other Google tools that you can use in your class tomorrow. We will offer our favorite Google tips and tricks, important updates, and effective strategies for K-12 teachers. But wait...there's more! We will also have interviews with innovative and inspiring teachers.

If you're interested in it, there are a few things you can do:

Follow Us on Social Media

Become a VIP Member of the Google Teacher Tribe

Become a VIP and join our exclusive email list! This list will give you VIP access to early information about our podcast launch, when the episodes will air, and special resources just for our Google Teacher Tribe!! Just fill out the form below, or if it doesn't work on your device, click here to join.

We hope you're as excited about this as we are, and we're hoping to debut on your cell phone or device with our first episode soon. Stay tuned!
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Redefine how your students learn vocabulary.

Flashcard Factory was designed to transform the way students engage with vocabulary. When you play Flashcard Factory students pair up and work together to create dynamic and engaging flashcards. Students collaborate to illustrate and define terms, making learning vocab an active and social experience! Flashcard Factory is free to use and works with
Google Apps for Education.

Create a vocabulary list, using either your own definitions or suggestions from Pear Deck's seamless integration with Merriam-Webster.

Play Flashcard Factory! Students are paired up to create unique visual and written illustrations for each term. Their cards go to Quality Control where you can review and choose which ones to ship!

Once your final set is approved, save the cards. Your class can print their cards for review, or export to Gimkit to play with their own class set!

"[Flashcard Factory] grew my ELLs scores, content retention and most importantly, understanding. The weeks we created in Pear Deck vs the weeks we didn't are obvious when looking at data or talking with the students."

- @MrBTechTeacher, 5th Grade Teacher

"We love using Flashcard Factory in the classroom! What a great review and students were able to keep their flashcards to study! Who said vocabulary has to be mundane!"

- @MsLWaterman, 7th & 8th Grade Language Arts

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Book Signing at TxGoo

Kasey will be signing books at the Shake Up Learning table during the following times:

Visit the Shake Up Learning Table ALL DAY!

Visit the Shake Up Learning table any time during the conference to purchase books, t-shirts, and limited edition stickers! (Say hey to my sister, Wendy! She will be at the table :).

ABOUT THE BOOK

Technology is not a magic solution for education. It is an opportunity! An opportunity to shake things up, to connect and grow, and to create dynamic learning experiences for our students!

Is the learning in your classroom static or dynamic? Does your classroom offer one and done types of learning activities, or does the learning grow, inspire, and evolve throughout the year and beyond? With digital tools that are available 24/7, the learning doesn't have to stop when the bell rings, or when the worksheet is turned in. The learning takes on a life of its own; it becomes dynamic.

In this book, you will learn practical strategies to help move your classroom from static teaching to dynamic learning. This book will guide you through the entire process, from purposeful planning to fearless implementation, with helpful tips and tricks along the way. Be dynamic and shake up learning in your classroom this year.

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Join the email list to get the latest information about the Shake Up Learning Book AND Get the FREE 20-Page Quickstart Guide that will help you Shake Up Learning in your classroom this year!

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About Kasey Bell

Kasey Bell is part sparkling smile, part witty personality and a whole heap of passion as big as a Texas-go big or go home, y'all! She is a disruptor of the boring. An engaging, innovative, from the heart sharer who inspires educators while transforming their teaching with original, timely and use-tomorrow ideas for student choice, differentiation, and technology integration. Whether it is learning from home through online courses, professional development, conference workshops or as a keynote speaker Kasey is a relentless innovator of ideas and a devoted transformer of classrooms and teaching. Through teacher empowering publications and award-winning educational resources at ShakeUpLearning.com, learner-driven workshops and presentations and co-hosting Google Teacher Tribe weekly podcast, Kasey proves why we should never settle for the boring when it comes to bringing out the very best in our students, and we should always strive to Shake Up Learning!

Co-host of The Google Teacher Tribe Podcast

Author of Shake Up Learning and The Teacher's Guide to Google Classroom

Google Certified Innovator

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Digital Innovation in Learning Award Winner in "Sharing is Caring"

One of 20 TrustED Educational Thought Leaders
#3 EdTech Blog #3 EdTech and E-Learning Influencer on Twitter
Must Read EdTech Blog

Edublog Awards Finalist

Connect with Shake Up Learning

Email me: Kasey[AT]ShakeUpLearning.com

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New and Improved! Past submitters may notice our updated and more efficient system. You will not need to create an account or login to your previous Presenter Portal account. Providing your email will automatically look up your TCEA account to verify. If it cannot find your email in our system, it will ask you to create a new account. Please use the same email address you use to login at tcea.org.

TCEA is the largest state organization devoted to advancing technology in education. For the past 38 years, this nonprofit member organization has played a vital role in increasing student learning, engagement, and empowerment through technology. The TCEA Convention & Exposition attracts 8,000+ registered attendees, showcases 450+ exhibitors, and offers 1,000+ educational sessions annually.

About the Strands

Each presentation should align with one of the following strands:

1:1, District Supported Devices, BYOT (Implementation and Management)

Leadership and CTO (Advocacy and Educational Policy, Administration, Assessment and Accountability, Funding, Technology Planning and Evaluation)

Online and Blended Learning (Global Connections, Virtual Classrooms, Flipped Classrooms)

Library Media (Information Literacy, Library Services, and Media Integration)

Professional Development (Professional Development Strategies, Models, and Deployment)

Pedagogy and Instructional Design (Technology Integration, Best Practices, Strategies, Project- and Problem-Based Learning, Makerspaces, Learning Environments)

Special Populations (GT, ELL/Migrant/Bilingual, Special Needs)

Technical Support (Infrastructure, Network Services, Software/Hardware, and Informational Technology)

Technology Applications and CTE Courses (Coding, Computer Science, BIMM, STEM, STEAM, etc.)

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Seth Godin argues the Internet has ended mass marketing and revived a human social unit from the distant past: tribes. Founded on shared ideas and values, tribes give ordinary people the power to lead and make big change. He urges us to do so.

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You can sort and filter to find all of the templates, lesson plans, hyperdocs, and other resources that we've created for our BISD teachers! Have a suggestion? Email us and we'll try to get it added to the database!

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