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What's New in the G Suite?

12/7/2017

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You know that moment when you go to a Google tool and something new appears or disappears?
You either say "Hmmm, what does this do?" or "I swear this was here yesterday". Features in various Google tools change on a daily basis.

​Here is a brief recap of some of the changes in the G Suite this school year.

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Google Docs
Google has expanded the font catalogue in Docs and Slides to support 62 languages, including additional new fonts. To find these new fonts and others, simply click More fonts at the bottom of the Fonts menu. There you’ll also find suggested fonts, based on your document’s language.

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​​Google Slides     
  • Add-Ons are now available in Google Slides. Add-Ons provide additional functionality within your Slide Deck. In Slides go to the Add-On tab and click Get Add-Ons to connect with the Add-On store.
  • Insert Diagrams, or ready-to-use visualizations. This is great for when you need to effectively share timelines, processes or hierarchies.
  • Select Grid view to view all your slides at once as thumbnails. This helps you easily reorder or change formats of multiple slides.
  • Slides now has a Skip slide feature. You can now choose to skip select slides without fully deleting.
Google Calendar
  • See event details at a glance - includes RSVP’s to your event, locations, attachments
  • Quickly add new events- easier to add appointment slots
  • Calendar has new viewing options. "Day,” "Week,” and "Month" views are now more accessible, featuring better compatibility with screen readers. 
  • You can show invitation status, customize by work week, adjust density and color
  • Easily add a colleagues calendar
  • Create Resource Calendars for rooms or equipment
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Google Keep

Keep now integrates with Google Docs and Slides! Within the app, click on tools and then click Keep Notepad. You can drag your Keep notes over and they the text will copy!

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​Google Expeditions
  • You can now take yourself on a self-guided tour to more than 600 destinations!
  • Several Baseball Stadiums have been added
  • Guides can annotate for followers
  • The app has been reorganized-  showing what’s new and categories (Arts & Culture, Landscapes, Science, Environment, etc)​

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Google Earth
Google Earth is now web based and works on Chromebooks. You can ask to search, learn with knowledge cards, or click "I'm Feeling Lucky" and see where the world takes you. There’s also a new Voyager section that lets you take interactive guided tours of interesting places including 360-degree video and Street View imagery.  
Google Maps
You can now explore space in Google Maps. Google added a total of 12 “new worlds” to explore in Maps, including the planets Pluto, Venus, and Mars. To take a trip to space on your own, you just have to go to street view in Google Maps and then start zooming out. 
For ongoing updates from Google, check out their Keyword blog.
​For additional information about the tools listed above, check out the resources in the Google Training Center.
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Twitter challenge recap

12/4/2017

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Throughout the month of October, Jeffco Ed Tech hosted a Twitter Challenge inspired by Connected Educator month. Our schools offer a lot of face to face ways for educators connect and learn, and we wanted to offer a way to connect and learn digitally. We asked, what if educators in our system had the chance to learn from each other regardless of which building they work in? How might we grow our educators through continued work with PLCs, but also grow their Professional Learning Network (PLN)? 

From that question, a Twitter Chat was born! Each week through the blog, we taught basics of Twitter in preparation for the Chat: Challenge 1 and Challenge 2. The questions were designed based on common questions/discussions that Ed Tech Specialists have in a variety of schools.

On October 19, 2017, we invited teachers to engage with us in the evening, and encouraged them to extend the conversations beyond that time.  Here's a little summary of some of the Tweets! 
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