Have you tried Google Vids yet? It is the FREE Flip(grid) replacement that I have been waiting for! It's intuitive and collaborative... and easy to learn, especially if you start with the Intro to Vids course the Google Skill Shop.

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Love the community but not the email flood? As Google Educator Group (GEG) Instructional Coaches launches, it's a good time for a reminder of how to keep the messages manageable inside a Google Group.

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Here’s my San Antonio ISTE+ASCD 2025 time capsule – a place to look back on the 2025 version of this conference and remember all the things. Some special things include being name one o…

Here's my San Antonio ISTE+ASCD 2025 time capsule - a place to look back on the 2025 version of this conference and remember all the things. Some special things include being name one of approximately 35 "2025 Featured Voices" and traveling with my school district colleague, Heather - we attended our first ever ISTE together in 2018. Another one of the most delightful delightful parts of attending ISTE+ASCD 2025 was seeing over half of our Chicago 2024 Google Innovator Academy crew. From presenting at the same playgrounds to hanging out at all the after hours meet ups and cheering each other on in sessions, it’s a great reminder of how honoured I am to be part of the #Chi24 cohort.

NotebookLM has added “Featured Notebooks”! 💥Imagine what you can do with the complete works of Shakespeare at your research finger tips! New blog post and overview video.

Ideas from this blog will be presented at the Future Ready Playground at ISTE+ASCD 2025 in San Antonio Texas on Wednesday, July 2. As a career humanities teacher, I feel that I am in a group of educators most thoroughly rocked by the prevalence and quick adoption of generative AI. It is here to stay, and it's going to totally reshape what writing and written communication even mean. Early calls from my language arts counterparts advocated for AI checkers so that we could catch students who are cheating using AI. It quickly became evident that AI checkers are very unreliable and most universities and schools do not support their use.

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Coming to the world 🌍 this week! NEW!! Classrooms Beyond Borders Podcast 🎙️ Join me as we step into classrooms across the globe. Our goal is to understand the various realities that teachers and students face in classrooms and countries that get less media attention.

The International Society for Technology and Education (@ISTE) is the leading professional organization for educators working in the field of educational technology. At the end of June in San Antonio, I’m excited to be attending and presenting…and honoured to be chosen as one of about 30 presenters designated as a “Featured Voice”. This conference, held jointly this year with ASCD (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development), will have over 18 000 attendees and 1200 sessions and a massive Vendor hall. I'm excited to be presenting in conjunction with dozens of my favourite edtech colleagues in sessions and playgrounds.

Get a jump on learning about Canva's new features: Sheets, Magic Charts, Magic Insights - join my in this hands on virtual training session!

Careful scaffolding and repetition of good digital habits make a difference. Like all attention to teaching Executive Function skills, time invested early and skills reinforced often save time and frustration throughout the rest of the school year, and beyond into the student's educational career.

Cammie's Snorkl slide deck of sample activities and screenshots. In an AI-infused world where we need to change how we have traditionally taught things like writing, Snorkl.app is a great solution. Increasing use of oral responses is a way to get at what students really know ... but teachers worry that "listening" can be time consuming! Snorkl offers accurate and instant feedback to oral and written responses. The instant feedback even encourages students to improve their answer... without being asked! I'm most excited about it for Math and Science teachers. It is excellent for ALL subjects, but is such a great way to students…