190 - Kim wins the Educast!

Join Dan, Kimberly and Chris this week as they talk about the latest from Google in Education. We look at some great updates, apps and extensions for Calendar, as well as Mobile Docs, and more. Dan asks if voice search going to be a “thing” in education. We check out the latest on Chromebooks and their soon-to-be Android capabilities, and Kim drops the mic with a great coding tool that runs on Chromebooks, plus more. We also share a great new feature that lets you embed live charts in Docs and Sheets.

189 - Spaces, Slides and Snagit

Join Dan, Sean and Chris as they catch up on the last few weeks. Just because we take a break doesn’t mean Google does! Meet Spaces, Google new tool to solve some problem we didn’t know we had. Slides gets a Q&A feature. Yay! We talk VR, Tiltbrush, Chrome based alternatives to sophisticated software tools, GBoard, and more. We say goodbye to Snagit, and ruminate on what might happen at Google I/O tomorrow.

188 - To The Batcave!

This Week on the Google Educast: David Hotler, newly minted Google Education Innovator, joins Fred and Sean to discuss the Innovator Academy. Lots of updates for iOS as well as new updates for Cardboard and Streetview. Creating video on a Chromebook? Several choices are available as well as some *free* photo editing software!

187 - The SXSWedu Episode

Dan takes the lead on this week’s show. Kim is in Austin, Texas for SXSWedu and gives a repost on what trends she sees coming out during this year’s conference. It’s time to enter the Google Science Fair. We say hello to a new way to save Google Docs and new templates available in Docs, Sheets and Slides and we say goodbye to Picasa. Google Search can be used to follow the election and search for animal sounds. Coincidence? We let you decide. Teaching coding resources, Chromebook tips, YouTube editing and more all on this week’s show.

186 - Organise Your Drive

Chris and Sean are back and trying to catch up with Google updates. Drive has new updates to make organization easier, Calendar has added more holidays as well as suggestions on the mobile version. Google now has a billion Gmail users and is valued as the world's most valuable publicly traded company. Commenting has gotten easier in Docs and Slides, a few great extensions, and an update for the Classroom iOS app.

185 - You Can’t Escape the Awesome Power of the Lightsaber

The gang is joined by special guest listener, Chris Fitzgerald, from the Kimberly Area School District. We cover a bunch of updates Google has released in the past couple weeks including new features for Google Classroom, better searching in Google Drive, and language features in Google Sheets. Kim celebrates the end of the year early with Youtube Rewind and celebrates Star Wars: The Force Awakens by demoing an awesome Lightsaber Chrome experiment. Chris wants Santa to bring him a Pixel C for under the tree. Chris Fitzgerald shows a cool add-on for Google Docs to improve writing, as well as how his students are using Google Tour Builder to study glaciers. We wrap up with EdPuzzle that has recently added Google Classroom integration.

184 - Google pushes Immersive Reality

Bug fixes and a few features for Docs, Play Books, Classroom, and Hangouts for iOS. A whole slew of Google Drive tips, awesome indoor exploring ideas and fabulous new Cultural Institute offerings for exploring the performing arts. And the best news of all? The Google Teacher Academy (or whatever it’s called now) is opening for new applications! Go!

 

183 - Google+ What The Beta?!?!

Google launches new update for Google+, interesting insights into a nation wide study on views towards Computer Science, how to force a copy when sharing Docs as well as getting notifications when a file inside a folder is changed. Great classroom applications for 4D anatomy, easily grading using rubrics in Docs, and how to collaborate for creating music!

182 - The Google Educast? There's An App For That

Lots of good new sharing options happening for Google Classroom including Forms, OpenEd, and the Cultural Institute. Doodle for Google Details, ad-free YouTube options (with added benefits!) and Juan shares some easy ways to develop your own Chrome Web App. Fred shines the spotlight on some great story apps.

181 - Storming a Burning Building

This week on the Educast join Juan and Chris as they look at some of the latest news from Google, with new options in Sheets and iOS. Juan shows a neat trick for sharing the screen on his Android phone, and we’re happy to hear Google is doing its best to keep teens safe in Google+. Photos recognizes Chris’s grandmother and friends with some amazing technology! Chris also shares some window-resizing tricks on the Chromebook, and gets us a even more excited about Expeditions!

180 - It Feels Big In Your Pants

This week we give you a quickie. Google had a load of announcements regarding Android, Chromecast, Photos and more. The next Pixel won’t be running Chrome OS. Kim shares how to protect your Chromebook. We share how to embed your new Google Classroom Calendar as well as giving parents access to your Google Classroom. Chris was on the front lines of Google Expedition announcement and shares his first impressions.

179 - Android... For The Win!

Kim & Juan are back to discuss a new addition to Google Streetview and scheduled updates in Google Apps. Android had a big week with new functionality in the mobile versions of Slides and Sheets, an update to our favorite coffee app and a leak of about the new devices that you can expect on September 29th, which prompted Kim’s internal struggle. We discuss Pixiclip and Lensoo Create for screencasting in the classroom and apologize for the show cutting out during our last segment. Be sure to check out the show notes for what was missed!

178 - Megan Is Back!

Megan is back along with Sean and Fred covering updates to the iOS apps in preparation for iOS 9. Sean shares how Google is collecting donations to support efforts with the refugee crisis. Are you feeling curious? Type it into the Google search bar and learn some fun, random facts. Voice typing is scheduled to come to Google Apps domains next week. We’ve got 55 tips for back to school from Google and a writing app to help when you just need to write. We finish off with how to hack your Google Classroom using the new reuse post feature.

177 - A Big Week

Join Sean and Chris as they go through the massive list of announcements from Google over the past few weeks. There are lots of changes to talk about and updates coming out the wazoo! As well as all that we have the Science Fair finalists, a massive collection of great Google Tips, some useful productivity extensions, Chromebook news, and much more.

176 - Summit Pro Tips (or any conference!)

Sean, Chris and Fred question what Google has in store for education with their big September 2 announcement. Chris goes solar with Project Sunroof.  Find out how you can help a child in need with Operation Backpack. Pro tip from Fred via Tasha, on using a color filter to improve search results. Learn how you can be a pro at conferences, both the ones you attend and also those that you missed. Explain Everything for Chromebooks! 'Nuff said. Chris shares a beautiful process workflow for tracking the bulk submission of student files.

175 - Right Place, Wrong Link

Join Megan, Juan and Chris this week as we recap the new Google Learning Centre, and point you to the monthly newsletter for keeping up the the latest from the Goog. We discuss the recent changes to Google+, removing Hangouts and Photos, etc. Some great news on Google’s support of STEM in Australia, Project Loon coming to Sri Lanka, Chromebook news and lots more. Then a bunch intruders came into the Hangout and it all went pear shaped… Oops!

174 - Shush That Tab!

On this week’s show Chris and Juan check out a whole lot of new stuff from Google including new features in Drive and Docs, updates to Classroom (including trusted domains), Skype for web, and more. We learn a trick for keeping noisy tabs quiet, discover some of Crafty’s extensions, follow Nat and Lo as they learn more about the hidden Google. Oh and did we mention Camp Google? It’s awesome!

173 - Moby Awesome

Juan is our Ahab on this week’s Google Educast as we dive deep into the exciting news from Google at ISTE, particularly the Google Classroom API which will allow other educational sites to work well with Classroom. Additionally domains will be able to whitelist other domains so individuals across different schools can collaborate in Google Classroom. We also cover Project Fi, Sheets news, Google Trends, and the big news about the Teacher Training Center.

172 - They Listen! They Really Listen!

Join Fred, Chris and Sean as we delve into more new stuff from Google, including improvements to Hangouts, better options for presenting using Slides, and cool new Google Edu Collections. Discover some document templates that will make your life easier, a whole lot of useful tips for Google Classroom, and better ways to manage your tabs in Chrome. Finally, check out a great new classroom application idea using Google Drawings, and a global project run entirely with Blogger and other Google tools.

171 - I Got The Music In Me

This week Sean and Chris delve into some of the big announcements from Google I/O, especially the cool stuff regarding Android, and some great announcements about Education Expeditions. We look at the big updates from Photos, how to manage multiple Google user accounts, and check we a very neat music composition tool that runs entirely in Chrome.