Google News and Updates Google for Education transformation reports window open, availability expanded worldwide (Seven key areas of transformation are  here.) Replace your background in Google Meet Office editing mode is now the default editing mode for Office files in Drive on the web Try out these Google features on your new iPhoneFeatured ContentFrom Patti Young: Hi Kasey and Matt, I love your podcast and look forward to every new episode. This year has been a struggle for teachers and their traditional ways of teaching. I am a 5th-grade teacher in middle school. My district is using a blended learning model. We have 2 cohorts Tuesdays and Thursdays and Wednesdays and Fridays. I see 2 groups of students per day. I really miss putting the kids into groups to share their learning. I love group work and I am really struggling with how to make it work this year. If you or your listeners have any ideas on how to do group work, I would love to try it. Can't wait to hear some new ideas!Simple answer: collaborate on the assignment within a doc. Use voice comments with a tool like Mote (justmote.me) for comments for a personal touch of voiceOther tools that integrate nicely with Classroom that can foster discussion:Flipgrid: Video replies.Synth: Audio discussion tool. Audio replies.What’s your purpose? Group work, collaboration, cooperative learning? Group Doc Add-On (From Alice Keeler) Collaborative Notes with Google DocsSmall-Group Instruction with Google Meet Breakout Rooms and Jamboard Google Meet breakout rooms for differentiated learning (by Esther Park)Google Teacher Podcast MailbagJen Giffen (Ontario, Canada)On The BlogsMatt: 20 virtual field trips for your classroom 40+ FREE digital escape rooms (plus a step by step guide for creating your own)Kasey: Google Classroom Comments - All You Need to Know FREE Google Lesson Plans for Teachers Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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