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.

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!

 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

168 - Treats from Google

Kim, Fred, Sean and Juan are back to discuss updates to Google Classroom, new Google updates to iOS and some special treats for our younger users. Be sure to mark your calendars for the Google OnAir conference, quiz yourself and your students with Google Feud and Flippity and keep your momentum going with four great apps for Android and Chrome.

 

166 - Hard Habit To Break

Custom message for lost and disabled Chromebooks via the dashboard is available, Fiber coming to four big cities soon and some fun app makers recently acquired by Google has great implications. Mixing up the format a little this week, Fred leads the gang in sharing some ideas for habits to break for the New Year. These include some great tips and tricks to make your workflow more productive.

165 - It's Good Spelling But It Wobbles

Listen to the gang discuss some sweet mobile Drive app updates, like auto spell check and read aloud accessibility features. Learn some tips for using Google Sheets that everyone should know, collaborate with Google Classroom users on Google Plus and if you’re interested in creating an online course, check out Versal. Book Creator is better than ever and try not to tear up as Fred shares a heartwarming story about Google Translate.

163 - You Rock On YouTube

The whole band is (almost) back together! Check out the experts directory to find a trainer near you! What would you do with a *huge* tablet in the classroom? How to change your status in Hangouts and get your teaching on without embarrassing messages from your friends. Tough lessons in sharing Creative Commons content, plus screencasting from your phone. All this plus loads of resources for teaching coding, no experience needed.

162 - The Catchup Episode

Lots to catch up on in this episode with Fred, Megan and Chris. After a hiatus of several weeks we run through the changes and updates to the Google universe that have happened over the past two months. We talk about Hour of Code, show some great tools for working with your holiday photos, talk about the exciting future of Chromebooks, and prepare for Christmas with this year’s Santa Tracker.

161 - Google Goes Interstellar

Kim and Seani are back and join Fred, Juan and Chris this week for a bumper edition of Google goodness. News about Google Classroom, Inbox, Google Drive for iOS and YouTube Music. Learn some great tips for managing your toolbar icons, some awesome Chrome apps like Draftback, SimpleExtManager, and of course some great ideas for teaching Search skills using Google Apps in the Classroom.