May 21st, 2024 - Using Gemini in Education Playlist
Today's Resource Share comes from Google for Education's YouTube channel. They recently shared a series of videos directed at the different roles in education (classroom educator, coach, administrator, higher education) and how Gemini may be used within their roles. It shows some possible issues each role may encounter and how Gemini can support educators building up their resources and tools. Note, not all districts and schools will have the same versions of Gemini. Check out the playlist at the link below:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLP7Bvyb3ap462hNhU9dZdFEu3H04Efbyf
May 20th, 2024 - UEN's UTTLN 2024-25 Application
Today's Resource Share comes from Utah Education Network. They are running a cohort of their Utah Tech Leaders Network this upcoming school year. Applications are due today, May 20th by 11:59 PM. You can learn more about the UTTLN program at:
https://www.uen.org/techleaders/
And you can apply here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSer840WxGij5CJGlyeBB2PEbjxGeqlOYZgqkqTLtZ3bXUBmcg/viewform
May 16th, 2024 - URSA Google Bake-Off Interest Form
Today's Resource Share comes from our GEGUtah Leadership Team. We had our last meetup of the year last night (you can watch the replay here) and Julie Kaster shared that she is looking for participants in an upcoming presentation at URSA. If you have seen the Great British Bake-Off, we now have the Great Google Bake-Off. Julie will run this session as part of URSA this summer in Richfield on July 15th-17th. It is a fun, wild session that she would love to have you be a part of. You can sign up to be a contestant here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd7Q4s5g8AoWISBmFi5hQRweWEd9bDk-hBX2niOfVFyZxPqAA/viewform
May 15th, 2024 - Google I/O in under 10 minutes
Today's Resource Share comes from Google's I/O event yesterday. I/O shares Google's newest advances in their technology including core tools (docs, Gmail, etc.) but also, this time, in AI. There were some incredible features and ideas shown at the event and Google did a quick breakdown of the key insights. Just a note that many of these features are in beta and may take time to get to Google Workspace for Education. You can check out the 10 minutes recap at the link below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsEQjeZoEng
Also, don't forget that we will have our last meetup of the year in just a few minutes at 4 PM at the link below:
May 14th, 2024 - GEGUtah May Meetup
Today's Resource Share comes from GEGUtah! We are hosting our final meetup for this school year tomorrow, May 15th at 4 PM at the link below. Kelli Cannon will be hosting the meeting and she will share a set of highlights from the GEGUtah community across the year. We will also discuss how you can connect with Google this summer at some upcoming conferences. Join us at the following link (it will be recorded as well):
May 7th, 2024 - Updates to Utah’s Online School Library
Today's Resource Share comes from Utah Education Network's Utah's Online School Library. The library will experience some changes in July including some new databases available to all Utah schools. Learn more below:
Following an extensive review process, the Utah’s Online Library RFP committee has selected several new resources to enhance the educational resources available to Utah students and educators. These databases will be accessible starting July 1, 2024.
New additions to the library include National Geographic Kids, Sora eBooks, Global Newspapers and others. Familiar favorites like Gale, Culturegrams and World Book Online will continue to be available. Click here for a complete list of resources.
Beginning July 1, EBSCO databases will no longer be available in the library. To assist educators in navigating this change, we’ve created an EBSCO to Gale crosswalk to assist in discovering suitable alternatives within the library.
We are confident that these additions, alongside our existing offerings, will further solidify Utah’s Online School Library as an indispensable resource hub for educators and students throughout the state.
May 6th, 2024 - Teacher Appreciation WEek from Google
Today's Resource Share is a quick video from Google for Education. Today marks the beginning of teacher appreciation week. There are so many reasons for why we all teach, they are rooted in our biographies and help us to reach out every day to our students and fellow educators. Our GEGUtah leadership team deeply appreciates all of our members and the educators across Utah and beyond. Check out this short video about Teacher Appreciation Week from Google For Education:
May 2nd, 2024 - Copy Link to Highlight
Today's Resource Share is a quick tip from Google's Help Center. If you are working on Chrome you can highlight text on any page, right click and use "Copy Link to Highlight". This link can be shared out with any other Chrome user and it will take the user to website and the exact location you highlighted the text. Great for pointing other people to locations on a page and get them the exact information they are looking for at the moment. This is a bit of an older trick/tip, but it is still incredibly useful. To learn more, here is the link to the Google Help Center page:
May 1st, 2024 - NotebookLM Experiment
Today's Resource Share comes from Google's Lab Experiments. NotebookLM is an AI powered research notebook. Educators can take notes on a project from content area knowledge to education specific topics. AI can then be used to find additional sources, provide critiques of documents, and write a first draft of a project faster. If you have used Google Keep, this experiment should be very familiar except with the add-on of AI. Remember that this is an experimental tool and is still being designed and built. Check it out at this link: