Google News and Updates
- New features for Google Sites: Templates, announcement banners, and access for children with Google Accounts
- New sharing dialog for Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Forms
- Maps that bring us closer, even when we're apart
- The science of why remote meetings don't feel the same
- Google Meet premium video meetings—free for everyone
Featured Content
- “Family” gatherings of older student mentors and students
- Family Game night with classes/teachers
- Padlet/Flipgrid where people could put affirmations and celebrations
- Facebook group for teachers
- Informal coffee talks
- Birthday party for a teacher/student in a parking lot with social distancing
- Scavenger hunt - collect items, spell out mascot name with items and post pictures
- Would you rather? - discussion on Google Classroom, in person, or asynchronous
- Learn a TikTok dance
- What are you learning at home?
- Interview a family member
- Virtual guests and virtual field trips
- Pixel art
- Virtual greeting cards on Google Drawings
- Make a creative stop-motion animation
- Virtual Learning Ideas
Resources Google Teacher Podcast Mailbag
- Tracey Dranttel (North Carolina) -- Email
- Pat Goolsby (Georgia) -- Voicemail
- Clay Smith (Twitter)
On The Blogs
- Matt:
- Remote Learning 101: FREE online course
- 20 ways to use Pear Deck to engage students
- Webinar: Use student-paced mode in Pear Deck
- Ditch That Textbook eLearning Resources Page
- Kasey:
- FREE Interactive Tic-Tac-Toe Choice Board for Google Slides
- Leading Through Crisis and Beyond for Teachers and Educational Leaders
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