Enrolling and managing Chromebooks through the Google Admin Console is a lot of work!

Fortunately, there are several outstanding tools that make the job of IT departments MUCH easier.

One of my favorites is Chromebook Getter, an essential tool for enrolling, tracking, and managing a fleet of Chromebooks.

This is my interview with Justin Warsitz, the CMO of AdminRemix.

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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!).

Here are my favorite links for August 2021:

1. New Google Meet “App”
2. New Zoom app for Chromebooks
3. Customize your “New Tab Page”
4. Originality reports in Google Slides
5. Make Google Classroom better! 
6. Image placeholders in Slides  
7. Unique periodic table of elements
8. Student tech skills checklist
9. Google Classroom Quiz
10. Chromebook Quiz

For show notes and resources on teaching with Chromebooks, visit http://chrmbook.com/podcast

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Get a sneak peek of what you can expect during season 6 of the Chromebook Classroom Podcast!

For show notes and resources on teaching with Chromebooks, visit http://chrmbook.com/podcast

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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!).

Here are my favorite links for June 2021:

1. NEW online course
2. New age-based admin setting
3. Custom templates for Google Sites
4. Attend a meeting in-person or virtually
5. Android Apps for Windows Laptops
6. Giphy Chrome Extension
7. Chromebook training guide
8. July 17 is World emoji day!
9. Three questions for professional learning
10. A.I. Apocalypse

For show notes and resources on teaching with Chromebooks, visit http://chrmbook.com/podcast

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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!

On June 22, 2021, Google hosted a virtual event where they announced updates for Google Classroom, Google Meet, Google Drive, and Chromebooks.

All of these updates will be ready for you and your students this fall when you return to the classroom!

If you missed the anywhere school event, don't worry! I'll break down the entire thing in less than 30 minutes.

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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!).

Here are my favorite links for June 2021:

1. Google Admin Bootcamp
2. Classroom Quickview Extension
3. Google Meet looks a little different
4. Google Slides “Theme Builder”
5. New Jamboard Book
6. Introducing Smart Canvas 
7. Place text on top of images in Docs 
8. Add a checklist in Google Docs 
9. Free Google Classroom Course for teachers!
10. The Anywhere School 2021

For show notes and resources on teaching with Chromebooks, visit http://chrmbook.com/podcast

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I recently took the Level 1 and Level 2 Google educator exam.

There are some important changes for 2021....in this episode, I break down what's new and share my tips for passing the L1 and L2 tests. 

 If you want to earn your Google certification this summer, I invite you to join me for the Google Certification Academy! You will work directly with me to prepare for your L1 and L2 exams. 

Learn more: HTTP://gEducator.com

For show notes and resources on teaching with Chromebooks, visit http://chrmbook.com/podcast

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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!).

Here are my favorite links for May 2021:

• Right click in Google Docs to view edit history.
• Google Forms now auto-saves!
• 10 Chromebook using Educators to follow 
• College professor sparks heated debate about Google Docs
• Changes to the Level 1 Google Educator exam
• Moving to a new district...take your courses with you! 
• Chrome extension manager
• Mathigon 
• End of year Google Slides portfolio

For show notes and resources on teaching with Chromebooks, visit http://chrmbook.com/podcast

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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!).

Here are my favorite links for April 2021:

• Big changes in store for ChromeOS this fall?
• Updated timeline on storage policy changes
• Teach students how to screen record on Chromebooks
• Tammy has a Tab problem
• 5 Drawing apps
• April is national poetry month
• Atlas of art and emotion
• Get Google Certified this summer
• Google Admin Bootcamp
• Visual thinking tool
• Organize your paper with Stack

For show notes and resources on teaching with Chromebooks, visit http://chrmbook.com/podcast

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During the "learn with Google" event in February, Google announced three new tiers for Google Workspace for Education:

• Education Standard
• Teaching & Learning upgrade
• Education Plus

In this episode, I want to look at each of these tiers and decide if they provide enough value to justify the cost of upgrading .

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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!).

Here are my favorite links for March 2021:

1. Schedule breakout rooms in advance 
2. Version history for Jamboard
3. All the new stuff in ChomeOS Ver. 89 
4. NEW screen recording for Chromebooks
5. 30 Ways to use Google Forms in the Classroom
6. 7 tips for teaching with Jamboard
7. Create fill-in spaces with Google Docs
8. Review: One by Wacom
9. Stop stealing dreams
10. Chromebook Prank guide 

For show notes and resources on teaching with Chromebooks, visit http://chrmbook.com/podcast

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Chromebook turns 10! Let's take a look back and a look forward at the impact Chromebooks have had on education and computing.

Episode Links:

• First Look: ChromeOS netbook (this is my blog post from January 2011)
• Original blog post by Sundar Pichai introducing the Chromebook to the world

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Thanks to Wacom for sponsoring this episode. The One by Wacom makes it easy to annotate images, teach a lesson and grade student work. It is also one of the first drawing tablets that works with a Chromebook!

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Remember the "good old days?"

• Teaching a lesson in front of the whiteboard or overhead projector was common practice.
• Using white-out to create worksheets as an essential skill.
• Everyone graded homework on paper with a red pen.

Things have changed.

Teaching in front of a computer screen can feel a bit rigid and scripted, but it doesn't have to be!

Can your Chromebook replace the whiteboard and the red pen?

Episode links and resources:

• Annotate with Chrome Canvas
• Annotate video with Screencastify
• Teach a lesson with Whiteboard.chat
• Grade with the Google Classroom mobile app
• Find a pen for your Chromebook
• Purchase the One by Wacom (affiliate link)
• Review: One by Wacom

On February 17, 2021, Google hosted a virtual “learning with Google” event where they announced more than 50 significant updates for Google Classroom, Google Meet, Google Drive, and Chromebooks.

This episode is devoted to review and discussing all of this exciting updates! 

I knew I would need some help to get through all of these updates so I asked my friend Lissa Brunan to join me.

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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!).

Here are my favorite links for February 2021:

1. Learn with Google event (Feb. 17)
2. Custom background for Google Meet
3. Chromebook Screensaver
4. Virtual games from Arts & Culture
5. Learn with Google Event (Feb 17)
6. Google Meet Enhancement Suite 
7. Drawing tablet support for Chromebooks!
8. Dino QR codes
9. Improvements to Google Meet & Zoom on Chromebooks
10. Valentine’s day activity ideas

For show notes and resources on teaching with Chromebooks, visit http://chrmbook.com/podcast

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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!

My guest today is Duane Habecker, a veteran math teacher and designer of engaging digital math challenges. 

Duane is passionate about helping students understand math…not just on a superficial level, but understanding the logic and beauty of the language of numbers.

For show notes and resources on teaching with Chromebooks, visit http://chrmbook.com/podcast

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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!).

Here are my favorite links for January 2021:

For show notes and resources on teaching with Chromebooks, visit http://chrmbook.com/podcast

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On March 12, 2020, I was attending a conference when the news broke that the entire state would be under stay-at-home orders for several weeks due to COVID-19.

As someone who is a full time speaker and edTech consultant, this was a terrifying moment as I realized that all of my scheduled school visits and conferences sessions would most certainly be cancelled.

Since that date in March, I began providing virtual PD for schools.

These are some of the lessons I have learned after facilitating more than 150 hours of virtual learning. 

District Webinar Subscription Program

To help schools continue to provide helpful virtual PD, I am offering a district webinar subscription program.

For only $25/FTE your teachers can attend a weekly webinar by me between January 12 and May 21. 

🔗 Program details: http://SowashVentures.com/subscription

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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!).

Here are my favorite links for December 2020:

1. Google Sites gets custom fonts
2. Google Vault update
3. Cheaters can’t outsmart Google!
4. Improved comment / suggestion modes for Docs
5. Improved “people” directory in the Gmail side panel
6. Computer Science Week
7. Get creative with Chromebooks
8. Five Jamboard templates
9. Funkify
10. Sowash family Christmas tradition

For show notes and resources on teaching with Chromebooks, visit http://chrmbook.com/podcast

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Google Cloud Print will be shut down at the end of 2020.

If you plan on printing from your Chromebook, you need to find a new solution.

Because students and teachers have been taking Chromebooks home due to COVID, connecting your Chromebook to your home printer is more important than ever. 

We'll also discuss managing district printers using the Google Admin Console. 

For show notes and resources, head over to http://Chrmbook.com/podcast

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Chromebook wins, frustrations, and strategies

In November 2020 I was invited to be a panelist on the weekly teacher round table hosted by Tim Cavey of the Teachers on Fire Podcast.

Chromebooks was the topic for the November 14 discussion and I was honored to join four other educators to share our Chromebook wins, frustrations, and strategies.

Become a teacher on fire! 🔥

For more conversations like this, make sure you subscribe to the Teachers on Fire podcast.

During each episode, my good friend Tim Cavey highlights a teacher who is crushing it in the classroom.

Each episode is a dose of inspiration and encouragement to continue changing the world, one student at at time.

SUBSCRIBE to the Teachers on Fire podcast:

• On Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2ozOTRb
• On Google Podcasts: https://goo.gl/iA6swC
• On Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2QkF2KW

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If you or a family member is in the market for a new computer, black Friday is a great time to make a purchase! 

While specific deals will come and go, I’d like to explain how to spot the best holiday deals on Chromebooks.

I’ll also point you to a few specific deals for the 2020 holiday season.

Teacher device recommendation:

• Acer Spin 713 ($549 at BestBuy)

• HP x360 14c ($499 at BestBuy)

Student device recommendation:

• Acer Spin 11 ($250 at BestBuy)
• HP 11a (11A-NB0013DX) ($169 at BestBuy)

Honorable Mention:

• Lenovo Chromebook Duet ($249 at BestBuy)

Stocking stuffers: 

• Stylus (USI, EMR, other): $20-50
• Chromecast: $19 at Walmart (Black Friday only)
• Roku: $17 at Walmart (Black Friday only)
• External monitor

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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! 

If you or a family member is in the market for a new computer, black Friday is a great time to make a purchase! 

While specific deals will come and go, I’d like to explain how to spot the best holiday deals on Chromebooks.

I’ll also point you to a few specific deals for the 2020 holiday season.

Teacher device recommendation:

• Acer Spin 713 ($549 at BestBuy)

• HP x360 14c ($499 at BestBuy)

Student device recommendation:

• Acer Spin 11 ($250 at BestBuy)
• HP 11a (11A-NB0013DX) ($169 at BestBuy)

Honorable Mention:

• Lenovo Chromebook Duet ($249 at BestBuy)

Stocking stuffers: 

• Stylus (USI, EMR, other): $20-50
• Chromecast: $19 at Walmart (Black Friday only)
• Roku: $17 at Walmart (Black Friday only)
• External monitor

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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!).

Here are my favorite links for November 2020:

1. New Quarter, new Class 
2. Background replace for Google Meet 
3. Let everyone into Google Meet 
4. More .new shortcuts! 
5. Admin Google Meet setup guide 
6. Yi Note Extension 
7. Chromebook Black Friday Deals
8. Join me LIVE on Saturday for a Chromebook roundtable 
9. Pixel Art Reveal
10. Breakout room slide template 

For show notes and resources on teaching with Chromebooks, visit http://chrmbook.com/podcast

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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!