Google Meet Updates:

• Present high-quality video and audio in Google Meet
• See up to 16 Google Meet participants at once with tiled layout
• (Google Meet Grid View extension)
• Meet low-light mode enhancements
• Google Meet noise cancellation
• Start or join a Google Meet video meeting directly from Gmail
• Google Meet Advanced Features (paid features)  extended until Sept 30
• Google Meet will soon be free for anyone with a Gmail account

Other Google Updates:

• Google Sites Template Gallery is back
  
• New sharing dialog for Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Forms
  

Meet Security Features:

• Google Meet meetings can only be joined by people in your domain (by default)
• Students cannot join before the teacher or rejoin after the teacher has left...with a disclaimer
• You can disable a student’s ability to create Meet meetings in the admin console
• Teacher can mute or kick out participants as needed

Zoom Security Features:

• Waiting room
• Meeting Passwords
• Lock meeting after it has started
• Require registration
• Disable screen sharing
• Disable private chats
• Manage Participants
• Zoom FAQ for Educators

More ideas to consider:

• Be considerate of Zoom fatigue
• Zoom has breakout rooms
• Start your zoom with a welcome slide in Google Slides via Krissy Venosdale
  
• Turn on captions in Google Meet
• Autism Level UP in a social narrative format

• QuickTime Movie Recording + Screen Recording = Picture in Picture screencast
• Mac keyboard shortcuts
  • Cmd + Space = Spotlight Search
  • Ctrl + Cmd + Space = Emoji Keyboard
  • Cmd + Tab = App Switcher
  • Cmd + Shift + 5 = super duper capture tool
  • Click on a file + space bar = Quick Look
    
    
• Follow us on Facebook for our online outreach: One pager for Zoom, One pager for Meet
• Voicepods
• Google Classroom Tutorials
• Bitmoji Pose via Lindsay Toub

• COVID-19 Guidance: Procedures for Continuous Learning (Iowa Dept. of Education)
  
• Frequently Asked Questions for Parents and Families about Continuous Learning

• The DLGWAEA Continuous Learning Plan (work in progress)
  
• Template for Continuous Learning (Iowa Department of Education)
  
• Learning Continuity Resources from Michigan Virtual
  
• Remote Learning Recommendations (Illinois State Board of Education)
  
• Teach from Home, by Google

• Flipgrid now has screencasting
  
• Seesaw Remote Learning

You can follow Jonathan (@jonathanwylie) and Mindy (@TeamCairney) on Twitter, and see all the tweets from the Grant Wood AEA Digital Learning Team at @DLGWAEA. You can also email us with questions or ideas, podcast@gwaea.org. If you enjoy the show please share it with your friends and colleagues and/or leave us a review on your podcast app of choice.

I know we say this every time, but we truly mean it. THANK YOU for listening. We really couldn't (or wouldn't) do this without the support of listeners like you!

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This episode is going to be a little different from our normal routine, simply because these are not normal times. To try and prevent the spread of COVID-19, schools in Iowa are closed for a four-week period, and so is Grant Wood AEA.

In this episode we got the whole team together to talk about the challenges of working from home while parenting and home schooling our kids. We also talked about some ideas we had to help others do the same thing. We hope you find the conversation useful. Please let us know if you have tips or ideas of your own to share because we don't have all the answers. No one does at this point, but we are looking forward to the time when schools re-open and life gets back to normal.

Until then, stay safe, stay indoors, keep washing your hands and practice social distancing. Together, we can beat this. Together, we will persevere. Together, we will prevail.

You can follow Jonathan (@jonathanwylie) and Mindy (@TeamCairney) on Twitter, and see all the tweets from the Grant Wood AEA Digital Learning Team at @DLGWAEA. You can also email us with questions or ideas, podcast@gwaea.org. If you enjoy the show please share it with your friends and colleagues and/or leave us a review on your podcast app of choice.

I know we say this every time, but we truly mean it. THANK YOU for listening. We really couldn't (or wouldn't) do this without the support of listeners like you!

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• Create and use multiple signatures in Gmail
  • Wise Stamp
• Experience the new Google Groups, launching in beta
• Fix images to a certain location on a page in Google Docs
• Extending Hangouts Meet premium features to all G Suite customers through July 1, 2020

• Engagement vs Compliance by Peter DeWitt
• Continuum of Engagement from Barbara Bray and Kathleen McClaskey
  
• Engagement: Universal Design for Learning
  

• Event Merge for Google Calendar from Jeff Vaughn
• https://mixkit.co/ & incompetech.filmmusic.io & https://freepd.com/
• StorylineOnline
  • How to Use Autocrat
• https://www.unscreen.com/
• World Ahoy! YouTube Channel
  

You can follow Jonathan (@jonathanwylie) and Mindy (@TeamCairney) on Twitter, and see all the tweets from the Grant Wood AEA Digital Learning Team at @DLGWAEA. You can also email us, podcast@gwaea.org.

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• Autocorrect now available for Google Docs on web
  
• Smart Compose in Google Docs now generally available
• Refine search results in Gmail faster with search chips
• Edit your new Google Sites faster with a revamped Settings menu

• Guest: Amber Bridge (@abridgesmith)
• Makey Makey
  
• Makey Makey Classic
• Makey Makey Go
  
• Makey Makey Getting Started Guides
  
• Makey Makey Educator Guide
  
• Sample Makey Makey Lesson Plans
  
• Instructables Makey Makey Page
  
• https://scratch.mit.edu/

• Curiscope
• MetaX
• Vibby
• Placemat Strategy with Google Slides Template
  
• Full screen Google Tasks extension

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• Hattie: Questioning, Classroom Discussion, Feedback
• Blog post: Amping up Daily 5
  
• Dive into UDL by Kendra Grant and Luis Perez

• Canva for Education
• Canva Templates
  • Desktop Wallpaper
  • Phone Wallpaper
  • Book Covers
  • Bookmarks
  • Programs
  • Graphic Organizers
  • Lesson Plans
  • Newsletters
  • Resumes
• The Canva Design School
• Color Palette Generator
• Color Meanings
• Color Palette Ideas
• Canva Size Guide
• Font Combination Tool
• Create template links
• Canva apps
• Download as an MP4 or a GIF

• Statue of Liberty app - Blog post app review
  
• Control/Command F for Find and replace
  
• Podcasting in the Classroom
• Makey Makey Instructables Contest

You can follow Jonathan (@jonathanwylie) and Mindy (@TeamCairney) on Twitter, and see all the tweets from the Grant Wood AEA Digital Learning Team at @DLGWAEA. You can also email us, podcast@gwaea.org.

If you enjoy the show please share it with your friends and colleagues and/or leave us a review on whatever app or podcast service you subscribe to. Go do the same for the other podcasts you listen to because it's International Podcast Day and that's a great day to show some love!

THANK YOU for listening. We really couldn't (or wouldn't) do this without listeners like you!

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• Screencastify: Faster, Funner, Free-er
• SeeSaw updates: Pan, zoom, annotate PDFs, Send back draft (careful of comments, not with shared devices settings), cleaned up labels
• Originality reports officially out of beta
• New York Times 7th Annual 15 second Vocabulary Video Challenge
• New Immersive Reader Apps: Flocabulary, Haldor, Helperbird, itsLearning, KidBlog & Pear Deck
  
• Book Creator updates

• Amber Bridge - @abridgesmith
  
• Set your channel or video’s audience
  
• Determining if your content is "made for kids"
  
• Frequently asked questions about “made for kids”
• Think Make Innovate Makerspace Show

• Wakelet with QR Codes
• VideoAnt
• Dissecting the Launch Cycle
• Polypad virtual manipulatives
• Reality Composer via Paul Hamilton
• Emoji Mosaic
  

You can follow Jonathan (@jonathanwylie) and Mindy (@TeamCairney) on Twitter, and see all the tweets from the Grant Wood AEA Digital Learning Team at @DLGWAEA. You can also email us, podcast@gwaea.org.

If you enjoy the show please share it with your friends and colleagues and/or leave us a review on whatever app or podcast service you subscribe to. Go do the same for the other podcasts you listen to because it's International Podcast Day and that's a great day to show some love!

THANK YOU for listening. We really couldn't (or wouldn't) do this without listeners like you!

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• Canva for Education!
  
• Canva introduces video editing, has big plans for 2020 (TechCrunch)
  
• canva.com/apps
  
• Review the latest changes to a new Google Site before publishing
  
• View the version history of a new Google Site
• Embed Cloud Search in your new Google Sites
  
• Improvements to image carousels, table of contents, and buttons in new Google Sites
• Send emails as attachments in Gmail
• Propose a new meeting time or add a note to Calendar invites from Gmail
  
• Microsoft Math Solver
• Instagram requires users to add age: filters age-appropriate ads
  

Edtech That Had a Great Year!

• Flipgrid
• Wakelet
• Immersive Reader
• Seesaw
• Keynote (iOS)
• Google Classroom

Edtech That We Enjoyed Using This Year!

• Camtasia
• Snagit
• Canva
• Unsplash
• Adobe Spark
• TallTweets

Edtech Our Audience Enjoyed Using This Year!

• SeeSaw (Thanks to Jeff Vaughn, Heather Hansen, and Mickie Mueller)
• Kapwing (Thanks to Mickie Mueller)
• Nearpod (Thanks to Ashley Stevens)
• AR MAKR (Thanks to Gina Miller)
• G Suite (Thanks to Emil Harden)

• EyeJackApp
  • Example from Amber
• Equity Maps
• Make a digital snowflake
• iCivics