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2026 MONTHLY TREATS
2026 MONTHLY TREATS
JANUARY 2026
JANUARY 2026
If you resolved to get organized for the NEW YEAR, get started by using TAB GROUPS in Google Chrome!
TECH TREATS TIP: If you're trying to get organized or like to stay organized, Tab Groups in Google Chrome are a great solution! Not only will Tab Groups keep your tabs together, using Tab Groups will also save space. Just by clicking on the Tab Group name, you can minimize each Tab Group to only show the name of the group, which will save lots of space with your tabs. Click on the Tab Group name again and the group will expand to show all of the tabs in the group. You also have lots of options with Tab Groups. You can move the tabs around and change their order. Instead of using the right-click menu to add or remove tabs from a group, you can click and drag tabs to add or remove them from a Tab Group. You can also right click on the Tab Group name to edit the group name and/or change the group color anytime. Finally, when you right click on the Tab Group name, you have these menu options - new tab in group, move group to new window, close group, ungroup, and delete group.
TECH TREATS TIP: Convert to Video is a new feature in Google Slides and it's amazing! The small icon for Convert to Video is at the bottom of the sidebar. When you click on it, the Convert to Video side panel opens. It has an Convert button and explains that it will "convert your presentation into an engaging video using Google Vids". After you click on Convert, you will be able to select the slides that you want in the video. This is where the best feature is. Below the slides it says "Include AI voiceover, script, and background music" and you want to be sure that it's turned on. Now you click on Import and it will create a video in Google Vids with voiceover, script, and background! Isn't that amazing? And it was so easy! And that's not all. You can edit the video, if you want, and make changes. You have all the tools in Google Vids to make the video exactly how you want it. Even more amazing!
MARCH 2026
MARCH 2026
It's your LUCKY day! Google Docs has a new feature to INSERT TEMPLATES and wait until you see all the awesome new choices!
TECH TREATS TIP: Insert Templates in Google Docs is a new feature and is different from using the Template Gallery on the Google Docs homepage. Using Insert Templates can be done right inside a Google Doc and the templates are modern, often with pageless design elements and placeholder chips designed for real-time collaboration. When you open a Google Doc, now you'll see the prompt word "Template" at the top of your Google Doc. If you click on it, the Insert Template page will open for you to choose a template. If you don't click on the word "Template" and just start typing, the word will disappear. The other way to access Insert Templates is to click on the File tab, hover over New, and click on From a Template. This will also open the Insert Template page and you'll be able to choose from some amazing new templates to insert into your Google Doc. Once a template has been inserted, you can customize it to look how you want by editing, removing, adding, or replacing items in the template.
APRIL 2026
APRIL 2026
This is no JOKE! If you close a Google Chrome tab, there's an easy way to quickly REOPEN CLOSED TAB!
TECH TREATS TIP: Have you ever accidentally closed a Google Chrome tab? Or have you ever closed a Google Chrome tab on purpose and then changed your mind as soon as you closed it? Or have you ever closed a Google Chrome tab trying to clean up your tabs and then decided that you needed to open it again? Google Chrome has an easy way for you to quickly reopen a closed tab! This works on the last tab that you closed. All you have to do is right click over any empty space on the Google Chrome tab strip, then click on Reopen Closed Tab. The last tab that you closed will reopen! If you want to reopen a tab that you closed recently but it wasn't the last tab that you closed, you can still do that. You just need to repeat the steps of right clicking over an empty space on the Google Chrome tab strip and clicking on Reopen Closed Tab until the tab you closed reopens. You can also use Ctrl+Shift+T to do this same process. Now, you never have to worry that you won't be able to reopen a tab that you closed!
TECH TREATS TIP: There's so much that you can do with Gmail Layouts! It's a small button at the bottom of the Compose window but clicking on it opens up so many possibilities. There are five different types of layouts and you can customize all of them. After you select a layout, you can add images, customize the colors and font, create themes, insert text boxes, buttons, dividers, content blocks, spacers, social links, and placeholders. Each time you create a new customized layout, it will be saved under the tab "My Layouts" in the Edit Layout window. This means that not only can you create lots of awesome custom layouts, you can also reuse them as many times as you want. Think of all the possibilities! Your email doesn't have to be plain anymore because you can make it amazing with all of the customized layouts that you can create with Gmail Layouts!
TECH TREATS TIP: Using Workspaces in Google Drive is great for lesson planning, preparing for professional development, tracking student progress, or whatever current project you're working on. With Workspaces, you bring in your files so that they are front and center and you can get to them quickly. Putting files in a Workspace doesn't move or duplicate the files, it just gives you fast access to them. The files are still in your Google Drive in the folder and location where you have them stored. You can add up to 25 files to each Workspace that you create. Even though you're limited to creating 8 Workspaces, it shouldn't be a problem because you can delete a Workspace once you're done working on it and then you can create a new Workspace as you need it. Workspaces in Google Drive will make your life easier but it's only available for paid Google Workspace accounts, so take advantage of Workspaces, if you have them.
TECH TREATS TIP: Stock Images are a great option in Google Slides. You can find them under Stock & Web in the sidebar. Stock Images are copyright-free so that makes them legally safe to use. They also have high image quality so they look great. You don't have to worry about the pixelation or low resolution that you sometimes get with other images. All you have to do is enter what you're searching for and the results will be lots of Stock Images to choose from. Just click on an image and it will be inserted into your slide. You also have the option in Stock & Web to choose Google Images. There will be lots of Google Images to choose from but be sure to use caution with them because many of them are copyrighted. You don't have to worry about this with Stock Images because they're copyright-free.
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