Add-Ons

• The Power of Add-Ons: Save as Doc – Manage Form responses with the Save as Doc add-on.

• Transform Your Classroom into a Game Show – Gamify your classroom with this great add-on.

• Apps for Fun Over the Holidays – Learn about some Android apps that will help you relax and unwind over the winter break.

• Get More from Your Android Tablet and Phone – These seven tips that will help you get to know your Android device.

• The Cherry on Top? Google Add-Ons – This great Chrome add-on, Save As Doc, that will help you better manage the data you receive.

• Add-Ons: Accent Marks and More – See how to add accent marks and type Spanish characters on your documents.

• Chrome Apps You Can’t Live Without – Discover new Chrome apps, from note-taking to screen capturing, that can supercharge your Chrome browser.

• Four Tools Every Administrator Should Be Using – Learn about some Chrome apps and extensions that will help every administrator.

• It’s a Chrome World! – Discover Chrome add-ons and extensions that will be powerful tools in any teacher’s tool belt.

Administration

• TCEA Responds: Connect with Google Certified Administrators – Connect and collaborate with other Certified Administrators through the online communities mentioned in this post.

Android

• Getting Serious with Android (Part 1) – Take your Android skills to the next level by exploring developer blogs and newsletters.

• Getting Serious with Android (Part 2) – Discover useful forums and YouTube playlists that will help you as you create your first Android app and enter the wonderful world of coding.

• Getting Serious with Android (Part 3) – Add to your Android-developer bag of tricks by taking advantage of these podcasts and Google+ communities.

• TCEA Responds: Podcasting Resources – Capture audio with these Android apps.

• TCEA Responds: Recording Speakers – Record and edit a speaker’s voice with this Android app.

Calendar

• Two Great Google Calendars for the Classroom – Learn about two great Google Calendar tools for both teachers and students.

Chrome | Chromebooks

• 10 Chrome-ifying Tips and Tricks – Power up your Chrome browser usage with these tips and tricks that require no extensions or add-ons.

• Animated GIFs: Education in Motion – Create an animated gif using this fantastic extension on your Chrome browser.

• Beautify and Protect Your Virtual Home: Google Chrome Browser – Discover some new Chrome add-ons that will beautify your screen, help you be more productive, and protect your privacy while online.

• Enhance Accessibility with Chromebooks – Explore a few accessibility apps and extensions for Chromebooks.

• New Chromebook Features – Explore new Chromebooks available for education that will make it easier to take advantage of classroom learning opportunities.

• Math Tools for Chrome – Examine powerful math tools that your students (and you!) can use with the Chrome browser.

Classroom

• Two New Features in Google Classroom – Individualize learning for both students and adults with these two new features in Classroom.

• Check Yes or No: Add Polls to Google Classroom – Create polls in Google Classroom in order to create fast formative assessments.

Differentiation

• Differentiation with Google Digital Task Cards – Explore ways of creating digital task cards using Slides and Drawing in order to differentiate learning in your classroom.

Docs

• Add New Fonts in Google Docs and Windows– Add new fonts to your Google Docs.

Drive

• Five Google Drive Tips You Should Try – Discover about five great tips to master Google Drive.

• Three Easy Ways to Backup/Migrate Your Google Drive Data – Learn three ways to back up your Google Drive data.

Drawing Tools

• Google Lets Me Finally Be an Artist! – Check out the Auto Draw program and how it can help students in the classroom.

• Quick, Draw! with Google – Discover how Quick, Draw! can be used with your English Language Learners.

• Wondrous Ways to Use Google Drawings – Learn about different ways you can use Google Drawings in your classroom.

Earth

• Explore Google Earth’s Brown Bear Livecams – Incorporate livecams in the classroom by exploring Earth’s Brown Bear Livecams.

Forms

• Forms Smackdown: Google vs Microsoft – See how Forms stacks up to Microsoft Forms and discover features of each.

• Give Thanks with Google Forms – Pick up ideas on how to use Forms for Thanksgiving classroom activities.

• Doing More with Google Forms – Do more with Google Forms by utilizing add-ons.

• Take Advantage of the Power of Google Forms for Perfect Rubrics – See how to use Google Forms to create rubrics to assess student projects.

Gmail

• Managing All of Your Email – Organize and sort your emails with these mobile device apps and organizers.

• Provide Custom Email Updates for Parent Communication – Provide personalized parent communication using Gmail in three easy ways.

• Gmail Tips to Save You Time – Discover some Gmail tips that will save you a lot of time.

• I Didn’t Mean to Send That Email! – Learn how to retract emails that you didn’t mean to send.

G Suite Curriculum

• Free G Suite Curriculum – Teach digital literacy skills to students with the new and free curriculum from Google.

Hangouts

• Make Thinking Visible: Google Hangouts for Educators – Learn how Google Hangouts can help promote visible thinking for you and your students.

HyperDocs

• Empower Learners with the 5E Model and Hyperdocs – Mix in HyperDocs with the 5E Model in order to engage and empower new learning in your hyper-connected classroom.

• HyperDocs in Elementary – Organize content for student learning, collaboration, and creation in your elementary classroom with HyperDocs.

• Research Tools for Young Learners – Help students hone their thinking and reasoning skills with this wonderful HyperDoc.

HyperDrawings

• TCEA Podcast: HyperDrawings with Joli Boucher – Empower students to develop a variety of skills with HyperDrawing activities.

Keep

• Checklists: Scaffolding Metacognitive Awareness – Help students develop awareness of their thinking processes and keep track of tasks with the checklist feature in Keep.

• Digital Bulletin Board Smackdown – Learn how Keep compares to other digital bulletin boards.

Miscellaneous Google Tools

• App-Smashing Google Tools – Combine Google tools, such as Sites, Forms, and Sheets to solve real-world scenarios.

• Classroom Icebreakers for Back to School – Use Google Slides and Google Drawings as classroom icebreakers.

• Four Lesser-Known Google Tools You Should Try Today – Find out about four lesser-known Google tools, such as Google Keep and Build LEGO with Chrome.

• GAFE Tools for the Busy Teacher – Learn about five Google add-ons that are guaranteed to save you time and energy in the classroom each day.

• Google-ize Your Digital Citizenship – Learn about ways you can use Google tools to teach digital citizenship in your classroom.

• Google It: It’s Elementary! – Learn how an elementary teacher can approach a lesson using a suite of Google tools.

• I’m a Google Jedi! – Discover how the TCEA Google Academy turned one of our participants into a Google Jedi.

• Invaluable, In-Class Flipping Ideas with Google – Learn more about the in-class flipped model and how you can utilize Google tools to try the in-class flipped model approach.

• Rock Solid Science Apps – Learn about some Google Play apps that will help supplement your Science curriculum.

• Tools to Help You Better Communicate with Parents – Learn how you can use tools such as Google Forms, Google Hangouts, and Google Classroom to better communicate with parents.

• Updates to Google Classroom, Forms, and More – Learn about updates to Google Hangouts, Google Classroom and more.

Music Lab

• Why You (And Your Students) Must Try the Chrome Music Lab – Experience how the Chrome Music Lab can spark creativity, innovation, and experimentation in your classroom.

Photos

• Digitizing Your Memories with PhotoScan – Learn about a free app from Google that makes it a breeze to quickly digitize old photos.

Research

• Researching and Sharing with Google Tools – Ensure that student research is valid with these two free Google tools.

• The Remarkable Research Tool – Use Google’s Research tool to make student research projects more meaningful.

Search

• Creative Commons: Make OER Copyright Simple – Get insight about Creative Commons copyright licenses and how to create or remix content found when searching.

• Fact Check Now Available in Google – Discover how you can “certify” that news returned from a search has (or has not) been checked for accuracy and truth.

Security

• Keeping Your Google Account Safe and Uncluttered – Keep your account safe and free from unneeded authorizations with this simple procedure.

Sheets

• A New Type of Writing Prompt – Encourage students to write with this emoji writing prompt generator.

• Easily Analyzing Student Data with Google Explore – Easily decipher data with Explore.

• Bend It Like Beckham, er… Google Sheets! – Learn how to enhance Google Sheets with add-ons.

Sites

• TCEA Responds: New Google Sites ePortfolios – Explore the pros and cons of Sites as a digital portfolio solution.

• ePortfolio Solutions with Google and Microsoft – See how you can use Google Drive and Google Sites as an ePortfolio solution.

• TCEA Podcast #2: ePortfolios with Yvonne Clark – Learn how one teacher is using Google Sites as an ePortfolio solution for her students.

Slides

• Engage Students with Google Slides Q&A – Actively engage students in the classroom by utilizing the Slides Q&A feature.

• Fabulous Presentations with Google Slides – Create moving and engaging Slides presentations in order to get your message across.

• Makin’ It Merry – Celebrate the holiday season with animated gifs in Slides.

• Slide into the New Year with Student eBooks – Allow students to create eBooks using Slides.

• Google-Animated Book Display for Your Library – Use Google Slides to create an animated book display to feature your school library’s new books or collections.

Templates

• Free Templates for PowerPoint/Google Slides – Download gorgeous, free templates for Slides in order to beautify your slide presentations.

• More Free Presentation Templates – Find the perfect template that can be used with Slides in order to ensure that your presentation is a powerful story that resonates with your audience and achieves your desired goals.

• Google Templates for Students – Learn about some great Google Doc templates that will help your students get started on projects.

Tips

• Twitter Takeaways: Five Google Tips – Learn tips on how to use Twitter to discover great resources.

• Three Tips for Google Suites Updates – Stay current with updates and new possibilities for Google Suites for Education with these great resources, webinars, and videos.

Toontastic 3D

• Take Storytelling to New Heights with This Free App – Have students showcase their brilliance and creativity with this amazing free storytelling tool.

Updates

• The Latest Google Update – Check out a number of very nice updates that G Suite has added to their products.

• Three Tips for Google Suites Updates – Stay current with updates and new possibilities G Suite for Education with these great resources, webinars, and videos.

Various Google Tools

• Five Tools for Creating Global Perspective in the Classroom – Help expand students global perspective and connect them to the real world with these tools.

• Transform Learning with Text to Speech – Use the built in text-to-speech capabilities in Docs and Keep with students in the classroom.