October 28th, 2024 - Happy Halloween! 🎃

Welcome to the October 2024 Weekly Resource Share!

Innovate:

• Connect with us by watching our October 2024 Google Meet-Up -"Get Googley With Edu-Protocols" hosted by Deanna Taylor 

  • • Recording

    • Slides

  • November 2- Join us for EdCamp Utah, hosted by UCET! 

    • Connect, learn, and grow with fellow educators on at Timpanogos High from 8-3. Don't miss this chance to share and discover innovative teaching strategies.

    • An EdCamp is a dynamic, free event for educators to connect and learn without commercial influence. Here's what makes EdCamps unique:

    •  Free for All: Open to all educators, ensuring diverse participation.

    •  On-the-Spot Scheduling: Sessions are created collaboratively on the event day, making them spontaneous and responsive.

    • Inclusive Presenters: Any attendee can present, sharing their expertise in a collaborative setting.

    • Rule of Two Feet: Encourages participants to attend sessions that best meet their needs, fostering a self-directed and engaging learning environment.

Cultivate:

• Have you tried the podcast feature on Gemini's Notebook LM? This is a Google game-changer! Upload a PDF (textbook, essay, chapter, etc.) and two AI collaborators will host a "deep dive" podcast about your document. Listen to it in the car, on the go, or try giving your students a different kind of homework assignment! 

• Also, with Halloween being this Thursday, we would like to share the following resource. Eric Curts from “Control Alt Achieve” has created some free, fun Halloween-themed educational activities using Google tools including:

  • 🎃 Build a Jack-O-Lantern with Google Slides

  • 👻 Halloween Rebus Stories with Emojis and Google Docs

  • 🦇 Halloween Drag and Drop Poetry with Google Drawings

  • 💀 Skittles and Google Sheets Math Activities

Google Training:

• Google Product Training Series - Register today to join Google for Education for their 10-part product training series, where they'll dive deep into new announcements and revisit existing features across Google Workspace for Education and Chrome/Chromebooks. Upcoming webinars include: 

  • Oct. 29- Maximize Access for All: Google’s Essential Accessibility & Productivity Tools

  • Oct. 31- Securing School Data: Admin Console Strategies for Privacy and Protection

  • Nov. 6- Save your devices and your budget with ChromeOS Flex

As always, feel free to share this resource with your fellow educators.

Thank You,

Emma Moss  & Kelli Cannon 

GEG Utah Co-Leaders