Monday, November 25, 2024

Bit-O-Tech - November 2024

 Get Your Google On

"Everything you need to make extraordinary work can be found in your ordinary life." -Sister Corita Kent

I always begin any Google-based training or professional development presentation with a disclaimer.  I know a LOT about Google.  I've gotten certified as a level 2 educator and as a trainer and am working on my Google Certified Coach credential.  I know a LOT about Google.  But I don't know everything.  And just when I think I've got a pretty good handle on it, Google changes something or unveils a brilliant new feature.

And while I do like Google's "never stop never stopping" philosophy, it does sometimes become challenging to keep up the latest and greatest that it offers.  It's even more challenging to help my fellow educators be aware and figure out how to implement, integrate and start using the new stuff.

So with the prospect of many teachers having professional development and parent teacher conferences right before Thanksgiving, I thought it might be a good idea to do an All-Google edition of Bit-O-Tech to share with you some of my absolute favorite new and not-so-new things Google offers and things you can do with Google applications.

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