As a part of my day by day routine, I scan dozens of blogs, go to a handful of Fb teams and skim via Twitter.
The aim: discover essentially the most useful sources, instruments, and articles that I can share with my trainer buddies (that’s you!)
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Listed here are my prime 10 hyperlinks for February 2024!
1. Bard is now Gemini – Google introduced a significant rebranding and extra capabilities for his or her newest AI mannequin which is now known as “Gemini.” The brand new cellular app for Android is fairly slick!
2. Beta Take a look at Google’s AI for Schooling instruments – In case your faculty is utilizing EDU Plus you’ll be able to ask your IT director to join early entry to generative AI instruments particularly designed for training.
3. New options introduced at BETT – The vast majority of these bulletins require premium entry to Google Workspace. Teams in Google Classroom and Classroom notifications on Chromebooks are the 2 updates I’m most enthusiastic about.
4. Kind, filter, and handle feedback – The following time you view a Doc or Slide presentation you will notice some new choices for exhibiting, hiding, and managing feedback. It is a good replace for busy paperwork.
5. New AI options for the Chrome browser – Chrome will help arrange your tabs, design customized themes, write a witty assessment all utilizing AI. Sadly, these new options aren’t launching for Chromebooks simply but, however you’ll be able to attempt them on Chrome for Mac and PC.
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6. Enhancements to Appointment Schedules – now you can add cohosts to appointment schedules, add appointments to secondary calendars, and test a number of calendars for conflicts. I exploit this characteristic rather a lot and it’s getting higher!
7. Updates for Google Meet – Now you can pin essential messages in Google Meet for individuals who be part of late. Meet now helps captions and translations in 31 new languages.
8. Google Classroom Templates – It’s a complete lot simpler to share a whole class or assortment of classes with Google Classroom. Shareable templates at the moment are obtainable for all EDU plus clients. Presently this characteristic solely works inside your area.
9. New Ebook: EDU Protocols for Younger Learners – This 12 months I’ve been studying rather a lot about EDUProtocols by Jon Corippo and Marlena Hebern. This new guide takes these confirmed methods and modifies them for grades PK-2.
10. Artwork Remix – this new experiment from Google Arts and tradition takes basic artistic endeavors and remixes them utilizing AI prompts. It is a nice exercise to show college students easy methods to be descriptive when utilizing AI to generate photos.
What superior useful resource did I miss?
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