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Whether your organization’s Google Workspace environment was thrown together quickly during pandemic closures or it’s been in place for years, an audit is a great check of its health.

Joining an asynchronous, online, self-paced course gives teachers the option to learn on their schedules in any location. Teaming with colleagues allows instructional teams to collaborate and plan together.

As organizations grapple with the impact of Google’s upcoming changes to storage limits, Kincaid IT is launching a cloud-based SaaS designed to help educational institutions, businesses and other organizations meet this challenge while saving both money and staff time.

Most people don’t know that Google Workspace for Education has a built-in feature to help your or organization retrieve lost or stolen Chromebooks.

By fever, I mean cabin fever, spring fever, so-ready-for-summer fever. If you have this fever, I might have a cure! As a former sixth-grade teacher for nine years, I could tell when the spring months hit without looking at a calendar.

When it comes to a virtual meeting with students, Google Meet is simply a safe choice. It was designed for K-12 students while being useful for all other Google users. Knowing Google Meet is secure for students is only part of the planning. What will you and your students do once you are in a Google Meet? My recent blog, 10 Ideas for Engaging Students with Google Meet Polls, shares useful suggestions for engaging and gathering feedback from students via polling.

Google is making changes to the way storage works in Google Workspace with today’s blog focusing on how these changes impact education customers. Right off the bat we can state that the changes won’t be enforced until July 2022, so schools have some time to get into compliance.

All passwords need to be protected from our youngest students through high school as well as among our staff. What are the safest methods of protecting information? Is it the same for teachers and students?

YouTube has an array of amazing videos. Many of these videos are instructional with teacher-created YouTube channels offering additional authentic resources for their students. Parents are able to use videos found on YouTube to refresh their thinking on a topic or as the home tutor for many subjects.

Just because an Extension is listed in the Chrome Web Store doesn’t mean it was created to be used by students in schools. Just like websites, Extensions should be investigated to meet district standards.

Using the technology students already have in their hands can streamline a day of learning while simplifying how teachers plan with one tool in mind. When students need to capture a photo of their creations or use video to demonstrate a skill, their Chromebook can be that one tool to do both.

Let me count the ways how I love Chromebooks in the hands of K-12 students. As an educator and a parent, I have witnessed a plethora of unique examples of students using Chromebook as an avenue to demonstrate learning. A Chromebook is both simple and complex at the same time, while catering to the needs of groups and individuals.

Kincaid IT, a division of The Kincaid Group, is joining forces with friEdTechnology to provide educational organizations with expanded opportunities for free technology deployment and training assistance for Google Chromebooks and Google Workspace for Education.

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.

It is time to start thinking about E-Rate. USAC (Universal Services Administration Co.) will be releasing the updated 2021 eligible services list. How are you going to be able to put these funds to work in your District to support your network?

The design of OUs is very flexible and can be as simple or complex as your needs drive. Just keep in mind, you have to maintain what you create and be cautious of ensuring that newly created OUs over time get assigned policy in your content filter.