Useful Google in Education posts this week #61

Google Classroom currently has more than 10 million active student users, according to Jonathan Rochelle of the Google EDU team—which means that one in six classrooms in the United States use it, he says.
But apparently 10 million isn’t enough for Google.
Just in time for the annual ISTE conf

This quick tutorial will show you how to copy folders in Google Drive using the add-on copy folder

"Today at ISTE, we’re announcing four more ways for these everyday heroes to engage their classes and empower their students using Google tools. Look out for a deeper dive on each of these launches on the blog throughout this week. 1) Bring curriculum to life: introducing the Expeditions app 2)Empower student-driven classrooms: Google Cast for Education 3)Accelerate the feedback loop: Quizzes in Google Forms 4)gnite student creativity: creative apps on Chromebooks

EricCurts 'In this post we will take a look at 9 of my favorite Add-ons for Google Forms, as well as how to install them.

See below for all of my resources on the topic including a detailed 1-hour video training where I demonstrate all nine of the Add-ons, as well as a slideshow, directions, and overview of the Add-ons.'

Part of my excitement from Google Teacher Academy was collecting ideas to share with you! Here are some useful ones as I reflect.

On Monday, we announced four new ways to help teachers engage their classes using Google tools. In this post, we’ll dive deeper into one of these tools: Quizzes in Google Forms . If you are at ISTE in Denver, visit us at booth #2511 in the expo hall to learn more and demo our new tools.

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We’re on a mission to discover Chromebook tools that foster skills of the future, so we’re making a collection of creative apps available for Chromebooks at ...

Google forms are my secret weapon as a teacher. This is part one of ways I use Google Forms with my students because there are too many options to fit into one post.

"I want to have my students work in groups and with partners as often as possible, but the process of making their groups or choosing their partners took me a long time. I kept looking for a digital solution that would speed up the process for me, but I could never find one with the features I wanted. Then I figured out how to make a group creator that works for me and I'm also sharing it with you."