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Your May EDU Update is Here: AI, Cheating Scandals & More!
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🏆 Interested in earning your Google certification? Join me May 21 for a FREE webinar! 🏆 Hi Reader! Congratulations, you made it to the end of the school year! Being a teacher is an intense profession. There are good days and hard days. I remember many days when I wondered if it was worth it. The impact you are making on your students IS worth the effort. You are awesome! 👏 As you wrap up your school year, here are a few quick suggestions for boxing up your digital files so that you can have a peaceful, relaxing summer vacation! ✨ Listen to the Gemini Audio Overview of this email ✨ 1. Text formatting in Google Keep - You can now add text formatting (bold, italic, etc) to your Keep notes. Welcome to the 21st century! 2. The Boston Marathon and cheating with AI - Tony Frontier explores the challenges of teaching in the age of AI by examining a 45 year old Boston Marathon cheating scandal. 3. Google Takeout for HS seniors - The Google Transfer tool makes it easy for HS seniors to move their files to a personal Gmail account. This video will help them get started! 4. New AI certification - Google is launching a “Generative AI Leader” certification. This non-technical certification validates your ability to use AI creatively in professional capacity. I’m definitely going to try this out over the summer! 5. AI generated video - “Veo,” Google’s AI video generator is now available inside Google Vids and the Gemini app. It’s crazy what you can do with a simple text prompt! 6. Group updates for Classroom - You will soon be able to email project groups, edit groups when creating assignments, and sort your gradebook by group. Coming soon to EDU plus domains. 7. Emoji reactions in Gmail - You will soon be able to react to emails with emoji, similar to an iMessage conversation. This feature is OFF by default and must be enabled by your IT administrator. 8. Using AI with Google Sheets - I am not a spreadsheet person...but I have learned to fake it! AI has helped me explore more advanced spreadsheet features that seemed daunting. 9. Color Zilla- This handy Chrome extension will identify the precise color value of anything on your screen. It’s great when you need to match a color from a logo or photo. 10. Draw with Chrome Canvas - in honor of national drawing day I’m sharing a podcast episode from 2022 with my favorite drawing apps for Chromebooks! You're almost to the finish line! 🏁To those of you with a few weeks left in the school year, hang on, you're almost there! John R. Sowash 📨 Did someone forward this email to you? Click here to add your name to my monthly email list!
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🔖 BLACK FRIDAY Sale: 50% off my Wednesday Webinar Subscription! 🔖 Happy Thanksgiving, Reader! It's been a while since my last EDU Update, primarily because I was busy organizing the 13th annual miGoogle conference for 400+ Michigan educators. The event went well and now I am back in the office tracking the latest Google and edTech updates. This month we have quite a few AI updates and two controversial research reports on the impact of technology in education that are sure to spark some...
✨ Ready to explore AI? Check out Wednesday Webinars with John! ✨ Hi Reader! Over the past month I’ve been able to visit a half-dozen different schools across the US sharing tips and ideas for using AI in the classroom. While there are a LOT of AI tools available, there’s one that I think is at the top of the list: Google Gemini. This month I’d like to share some neat and surprising things you can do with Gemini, AND help you earn your Gemini educator certification! 🎙️Listen to the podcast...
Hello Reader, Google’s AI integrations have been rapidly changing and evolving. Keeping up with these updates has been seriously difficult, even for me. In this quick email I’m going to try to clarify things for you as best I can. ✨ FREE AI Features Staff and students have access to two core AI tools through their school account: Gemini and NotebookLM. Both of these applications can be managed through the admin console and are FREE for all Workspace customers. Gemini for Google Workspace:...