• Google Meet Background Blur Restrictions
• Removing students from a Meet call
• Google Drive trash items will be automatically deleted after 30 days starting on October 13, 2020
• Folder sharing in shared Drives is here
• Zoom updates!
• New iPads are here!

• Executive Functioning Resources
• Ruby Payne’s book: Research-Based Strategies: Narrowing the Achievement Gap for Under-Resources Students
• NewBoCo Agile - Contacts: Nate Adams & Jennifer Murphy
• https://www.agileclassrooms.com/
• Jen Manly’s CSTA Presentation Slidedeck & Agile Toolkit
• Pomodora technique
• Pomodora timer
• ​Sample Email Auto-Reply with FAQ and links to get synch help

• Modifications for Common Teaching Practices
• Active Learning While Physically Distanced
• Ice Breakers from Philadelphia Outward Bound School
• Iriun...because webcams suck...also see DroidCam
• A PSA for tad addicts - Tab Hare
• ​Computational Thinking Puzzles
  
• Amber Bridge’s Google Classroom Workbook
• ​Breakout Room Graphics: Have you guys seen these? Example

You can follow Corey (@corey_rogers), 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.

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• How to Stop cheating on Google Forms
• Students should be required to have their webcams turned on for video calls

• Beth Swantz - @betswan
• Hyperdocs
• Using Playlists to Differentiate Instruction
• Smore: choice board examples
• Playlists: A Path to Personalization

• IPEVO’s Mirror Cam Via Kathy Schrock
  
• Free NY Times to High School Teachers and their students
  
• ClassHook
  
• Web Paint Extension
  

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!

• More details on what's coming to Meet and Classroom
• What's New in Seesaw?

• The Tumble Science Podcast for Kids
• The Wildlife of Your Home Podcourse

• Chemix.org
• Pear Deck: free for Iowa Schools!
• Khan Academy Kids
• ​Chromebook Simulator

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!

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.

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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• 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