As part of my daily routine, I scan dozens of blogs, visit a handful of Facebook groups, and skim through Twitter.

The goal: find the most helpful resources, tools, and articles that I can share with my teacher friends (that’s you!).

Episode Sponsor: The Google Certification Academy

Here are my favorite links for December 2022: 

1. Code blocks in Google Docs
2. Follow a collaborator in Google Slides
3. How one digital book led to an important COVID-19 discovery
4. Responding to plagiarism
5. Chat GPT
6. I took the ChromeOS administrator exm
7. New course for Chromebook Admins
8. Top Chrome extension of 2022
9. Year in search 2022
10. Lock up the gifts!

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Every school has a population of sneaky students who seem to always find a way to bypass district web filters and security settings. Today I'm joined by experienced tech director Eric Griffith to discuss these sneaky tactics and prepare a response.

Episode Sponsor: Vizor for Chromebooks

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As part of my daily routine, I scan dozens of blogs, visit a handful of Facebook groups, and skim through Twitter.

The goal: find the most helpful resources, tools, and articles that I can share with my teacher friends (that’s you!).

Here are my favorite links for November 2022:

1. Timeline view for Sheets
2. Expiring access for Drive
3. Manage shared drive storage
4. Auto transcription for Google Meet
5. Session Buddy Chrome extension
6. How to handle student discord online
7. Black Friday Chromebook deals
8. How to spot a bad Chromebook deal
9. Gratefulness with Jamboard
10. Give thanks with Slides

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Thanks for tuning into the Chromebook Classroom Podcast! If you enjoyed today's episode, I would appreciate your honest rating and review!

You can connect with me, John Sowash, on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. I would love to hear your thoughts on the show!

As part of my daily routine, I scan dozens of blogs, visit a handful of Facebook groups, and skim through Twitter.

The goal: find the most helpful resources, tools, and articles that I can share with my teacher friends (that’s you!).

Episode sponsor: Vizor for Chromebooks

Here are my favorite links for October 2022:

1. Four updates from the Cloud Next conference
2. Deploy Chrome apps by group
3. Certified ChromeOS administrator
4. Editing audio from your Chromebook
5. Easy accent marks (chrome extension)
6. Google Classroom discussion questions
7. Google Trends Halloween predictions
8. Carve a digital pumpkin
9. Halloween Choiceboard
10. Trick-or-treat fitness challenge

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Each year I add a few new tools and strategies to my teaching toolbox to keep my classroom from feeling stale. Here are five things I'm adding to my teaching toolbox for 2022-23.

Episode Sponsor: Vizor for Chromebooks

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After more than 25 years working in the field of computer science, including working for NASA, Marianne founded Code Girls United, a free after-school coding program for Montana girls.

If you are looking at incorporating computer science into your school curriculum, Marianne is a wealth of knowledge!

Episode sponsor: Vizor for Chromebooks

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As part of my daily routine, I scan dozens of blogs, visit a handful of Facebook groups, and skim through Twitter.

The goal: find the most helpful resources, tools, and articles that I can share with my teacher friends (that’s you!).

These are my favorite links for September, 2022. 

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As summer winds down, it's time to get ready for the new school year by preparing your Google Classroom courses. In this episode I'm sharing the four-step process that I use to build my courses along with some advanced tips and new features you can use this year.  

Episode Sponsor: Classroom Kickstart, a self-paced course to help you maximize your use of Google Classroom this year. 

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Noah Levin joins me to introduce the education community to Figma, a web-based design tool that works beautifully with Chromebooks.  

Episode Sponsor: Teach with Chrome virtual course: chrmbook.com/courses

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As part of my daily routine, I scan dozens of blogs, visit a handful of Facebook groups and skim through Twitter.

The goal: find the most helpful resources, tools, and articles that I can share with my teacher friends (that’s you!)

Check out these 10 interesting, useful, and fun links for the month of August 2022:

1. Trust rules for Google Drive
2. Google Doc edit notifications
3. Add-ons for Google Classroom
4. Quick actions for Adobe Express
5. 21 typing resources
6. Calendar cleanup
7. Digital pen + eraser
8. Essential technology skills checklist
9. Back to school tech quiz
10. Google Classroom for parents

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If you are in charge of managing a fleet of Chromebooks, your work starts now, before students and teachers return to the building.

Today on the podcast I would like to share two suggestions to help IT administrators clean up and refresh their Chromebook fleet before students and teachers return to the classroom.

Episode Sponsor: Penoval USI702 digital stylus

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This episode kicks off my 2022 "toolbox" series of episodes where I will be sharing my favorite classroom tools to help you prepare for the 2022-23 school year. 

The first toolbox episode is all about drawing, sketching, and doodling! More schools are purchasing touch-screen Chromebooks which means you need to know the best apps for taking notes, annotating videos, and being creative. 

Episode sponsor: Penoval, creator of the USI702 digital stylus with built-in eraser. 

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Thanks for tuning into the Chromebook Classroom Podcast! If you enjoyed today's episode, I would appreciate your honest rating and review!

You can connect with me, John Sowash, on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. I would love to hear your thoughts on the show!

As part of my daily routine, I scan dozens of blogs, visit a handful of Facebook groups and skim through Twitter.

The goal: find the most helpful resources, tools, and articles that I can share with my teacher friends (that’s you!)

Check out these 10 interesting, useful, and fun links for the month of July 2022:

1. New font options for Google Forms
2. PIP for Google Meet
3. Google Task updates
4. Request a “transformation report”
5. Kick start coding competition 
6. Beta test the latest EDU updates
7. VA district missing 1,800 Chromebooks
8. Summer read: singularity series
9. Barcodes in Google Sheets
10. “Paint Online” Chrome extension

Episode sponsor: Vizor for Chromebooks

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Thanks to VIZOR for Chromebooks for sponsoring this episode!

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The end of the school year has arrived! Congratulations on surviving to the end of a challenging year.

Before you lock your classroom door for the last time, there are three things you should do to officially “end” the 2021-22 school year.

Not only will these quick tasks help you put this year behind you, they will also put you in a GREAT position for the 2022-23 school year!

Thanks to VIZOR for Chromebooks for sponsoring this episode!

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If your Chromebook is acting sluggish or not responding at all, it might be time for a powerwash!

I recently had an issue with the camera on my Chromebook so I decided to give it a powerwash.

The ability to quickly reset a Chromebook without losing any information is an underrated feature of Chrome OS.

Episode sponsor: Vizor for Chromebooks

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You can connect with me, John Sowash, on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. I would love to hear your thoughts on the show!

As part of my daily routine, I scan dozens of blogs, visit a handful of Facebook groups and skim through Twitter.

The goal: find the most helpful resources, tools, and articles that I can share with my teacher friends (that’s you!)

Check out these 10 interesting, useful, and fun links for the month of May 2022.

Episode sponsor: Vizor for Chromebooks

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The last 4-6 weeks of the school year are tough. Everyone is tired and bored with the routine of the first 150+ days of school.

On this episode of the podcast I share five project ideas that you can use, mix, and modify for your classroom to help you finish the year on a positive note.

Episode sponsor: Google Admin Bootcamp

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I recently helped a school purchase 50 new Chromebooks and had the opportunity to experience zero touch enrollment for the first time.

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The goal: find the most helpful resources, tools, and articles that I can share with my teacher friends (that’s you!).

Here are my favorite links for April 2022:

1. Google Docs gets emoji
2. LOTS of Google Classroom updates 
3. New calendar appointment page
4. Hybrid work updates to Meet  
5. Google Educator exam review
6. When will your district run out of free storage?
7. ChromeOS version 100 
8. Celebrate with Confetti 
9. “Technostress” is real, and it’s increasing
10. Amazing Drone video

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Thanks for tuning into the Chromebook Classroom Podcast! If you enjoyed today's episode, I would appreciate your honest rating and review!

You can connect with me, John Sowash, on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. I would love to hear your thoughts on the show!

As part of my daily routine, I scan dozens of blogs, visit a handful of Facebook groups, and skim through Twitter.

The goal: find the most helpful resources, tools, and articles that I can share with my teacher friends (that’s you!).

Episode Sponsor: VIZOR for Chromebooks:

VIZOR provides Chromebook 1:1 Management Software for Schools

Here are my favorite links for March 2022:

1. Embed charts from Google Forms
2. Pageless documents 
3. ChromeOS Flex (beta)
4. IT Admin Tip: custom admin roles
5. Google Forms phishing scam 
6. Scan documents with Google Classroom 
7. Screen Pal (video where you type)
8. Grammar practice with Slides
9. 30 ways to use Forms in the Classroom
10. April fools pranks

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Akshat Sharma is the Lead Product Manager for Google Classroom, a product that impacts more than 150 million students and teachers around the globe.

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For more than 2 years, Google has been working on a secret project called "LaCrOS."

What is the new feature and how will it impact ChromeOS?

Additional Resources:

• LaCrOS: new life for expired Chromebooks?
• Official LaCrOS development page
• How to enable LaCrOS (via Chromeunboxed)

Episode Sponsor: VIZOR for Chromebooks:

VIZOR provides Chromebook 1:1 Management Software for Schools.

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Vizor asset management connects the Google Admin console with your SIS to give a clear picture of the health of your Chromebook fleet.

Today I am joined by Dean and Jeff, members of the VIZOR education team who are going to explain how Vizor can help organize the pile of Chromebooks sitting in my office!

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