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Julie Jensen Learning and Innovation Manager Have you ever heard, The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago; the next best time is now? This is also true with implementing technology tools into your classroom. Have you ever heard, The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago; the next […]

Whether it takes place in Gmail, Chat or Drive, school districts frequently use Google Workspace for both communication and recordkeeping. Overall governance of how long items are maintained will be set by an organization’s policies or perhaps state regulations.

Julie Jensen Learning and Innovation Manager You have probably spent hours reflecting on your experiences with your students. After all, you just took a huge leap into what’s been called 21st Century Learning for the past 21 years. However, let’s take one step back from your students and reflect on changes in how you have […]

User errors can make any device appear it has issues, and a Chromebook is no different. Good news for schools who have adopted Chromebooks — the fix is easier than you think. What I am about to share is so simple that once you teach this to your students and they follow through, most of them will have successfully fixed the issue on their own without alerting the teacher or Tech Department.

Google Classroom has been a staple in digital teaching and learning since it was released in 2014. This free web service provides tools for teachers to collaborate with their students, formatively assess progress, send announcements to students and more.

Creating a secure digital learning environment for students and teachers is the core of G Suite for Education and G Suite Enterprise for Education (GSEfE). Using a combination of Google Classroom plus Google Meet, teachers can provide a protected location for digital class meetings.

Kincaid IT, a division of The Kincaid Group, was recently named a trusted Google service provider for 2021. Headquartered in the Midwest’s Kansas City area, Kincaid became a Google for Education partner in 2020, providing IT support to educational organizations throughout the region.

For years, Google for Education (G Suite) has provided schools the much-needed tools for communication, collaboration, and creativity. Teachers and students alike use Google’s suite of products as an essential component in teaching and learning every single day.

Teachers have mastered planning: lesson plans, planning a schedule, planning for a sub, planning for interruption, etc. However, when hybrid or online teaching was the only option, our sense of planning vanished.

There are lots of helpful tools and applications that help teachers communicate with students and parents. Staying consistent with one platform will allow you to communicate more accurately, especially if you need to revise and change plans.

Hybrid learning has created a radical plot twist in the way we teach our students. As teachers are settling into the new norm for this school year, a lot of changes are occurring, resulting in a fast-forward for all of us into an increasingly complex digital world.

Google Meet has quickly become the go-to virtual learning platform for G Suite for Education and G Suite Enterprise for Education (GSEfE) districts. However, engaging students in a virtual meeting can be a challenge. Google Meet has options to increase engagement with and among students.