1. Introducing the Teacher Center
Formerly called the Training Center, the new, updated Teacher Center is a one-stop-shop for training materials, resources, certifications and communities of educators. Teachers can search Google’s library of resources to find exactly what they need, when they need it.
Formerly called the Training Center, the new, updated Teacher Center is a one-stop-shop for training materials, resources, certifications and communities of educators. Teachers can search Google’s library of resources to find exactly what they need, when they need it.
To keep students focused and distraction-free during tests and quizzes, Google is launching locked mode in Google Forms this fall. Available on managed Chromebooks, locked mode prevents students from navigating away from the Quiz until they submit their answers. Teachers will be able to enable locked mode with a simple checkbox, giving them full control over assessments.
3. New Tools for Organizing Google Classroom
Google is improving Classroom to give teachers more control over how they organize everything from assignments to class rosters and new pages designed to help teachers and students find what they need faster than ever. This fall, Google is introducing the Classwork page, which lets teachers organize assignments and questions by grouping them into modules and units. Teachers will be able to create and manage assignments and questions from the Classwork page. This gives class content its own space in Classroom, and allows the Stream to be used for class conversation. Google is also introducing a People page to give teachers a unified place to manage students, co-teachers and guardians, and a new Settings page where teachers can add a class description, change the course code, and control overall Classroom settings.
4. Create Quizzes from Classroom
Soon, teachers will be able to create and assign a Forms Quiz directly from Classroom saving time and streamlining the assignment process. Quizzes lets teachers create questions, grade by question or by student, auto grade checkbox and multiple choice grid questions, and include feedback to answers for a personalized learning experience. And teachers can import grades from Quizzes right back into Classroom.
5. Making Math with Google Earth
Ever wonder how far your hometown is from the North Pole? Or if the Forbidden City is bigger than the Palace of Versailles? Starting today, educators can make their math lesson a bit more fun by asking students to measure distances between cities or the area of historical sites right in Google Earth using the new Measure Tool. Google is also adding new teacher-authored stories to Google Earth, like Buildings Inspired by Nature, Modern Human Migration and Blue Gold. Our Lakes. Our Lives., to help students understand the wider world around them.
6. CS First curriculum updates
For teachers looking for new Computer Science (CS) curriculum for the upcoming school year, Google's CS First curriculum is completely free and now aligned with ISTE and CSTA standards. Video lessons guide students in grades 4-8 through engaging activities where they both learn and practice basic computer science principles across themes such as art, music and fashion. Teachers don’t need to have any CS education or experience to teach CS First, as the curriculum includes lesson plans and supporting materials that are free and available to anyone.
7. Learning with virtual reality
Students and educators can now create their own virtual reality experiences with Tour Creator. This new VR tool lets anyone easily create virtual reality tours using footage from 360° cameras or the huge library of existing Street View content and view their tours on Poly. You can customize your tour using templates, ambient audio, and narration support to help teacher and students craft the perfect tour. And because Tour Creator is a web-based application, anyone can use it to create VR experiences, no prior knowledge or experience necessary.
8. New lessons in Applied Digital Skills
Applied Digital Skills is a free, project-based curriculum that includes video lessons designed to teach students the digital skills they’ll need for the future. We’ve added brand new units for middle and high school students that teach practical skills like how to research colleges or create a resume in Google Docs. The full curriculum includes several modular lessons that are flexible enough to use in just one class period, or across an entire semester, and can now be assigned directly from Classroom.
9. Be Internet Awesome
Be Internet Awesome helps kids learn how to be safe, confident explorers of the online world. Based on a ton of helpful feedback from educators, Google has improved their educator curriculum and updated the Interland game so that it better reinforces lessons, and added new resources for educators and parents.
10. EDU in 90 is Back
3. New Tools for Organizing Google Classroom
Google is improving Classroom to give teachers more control over how they organize everything from assignments to class rosters and new pages designed to help teachers and students find what they need faster than ever. This fall, Google is introducing the Classwork page, which lets teachers organize assignments and questions by grouping them into modules and units. Teachers will be able to create and manage assignments and questions from the Classwork page. This gives class content its own space in Classroom, and allows the Stream to be used for class conversation. Google is also introducing a People page to give teachers a unified place to manage students, co-teachers and guardians, and a new Settings page where teachers can add a class description, change the course code, and control overall Classroom settings.
4. Create Quizzes from Classroom
Soon, teachers will be able to create and assign a Forms Quiz directly from Classroom saving time and streamlining the assignment process. Quizzes lets teachers create questions, grade by question or by student, auto grade checkbox and multiple choice grid questions, and include feedback to answers for a personalized learning experience. And teachers can import grades from Quizzes right back into Classroom.
5. Making Math with Google Earth
Ever wonder how far your hometown is from the North Pole? Or if the Forbidden City is bigger than the Palace of Versailles? Starting today, educators can make their math lesson a bit more fun by asking students to measure distances between cities or the area of historical sites right in Google Earth using the new Measure Tool. Google is also adding new teacher-authored stories to Google Earth, like Buildings Inspired by Nature, Modern Human Migration and Blue Gold. Our Lakes. Our Lives., to help students understand the wider world around them.
6. CS First curriculum updates
For teachers looking for new Computer Science (CS) curriculum for the upcoming school year, Google's CS First curriculum is completely free and now aligned with ISTE and CSTA standards. Video lessons guide students in grades 4-8 through engaging activities where they both learn and practice basic computer science principles across themes such as art, music and fashion. Teachers don’t need to have any CS education or experience to teach CS First, as the curriculum includes lesson plans and supporting materials that are free and available to anyone.
7. Learning with virtual reality
Students and educators can now create their own virtual reality experiences with Tour Creator. This new VR tool lets anyone easily create virtual reality tours using footage from 360° cameras or the huge library of existing Street View content and view their tours on Poly. You can customize your tour using templates, ambient audio, and narration support to help teacher and students craft the perfect tour. And because Tour Creator is a web-based application, anyone can use it to create VR experiences, no prior knowledge or experience necessary.
8. New lessons in Applied Digital Skills
Applied Digital Skills is a free, project-based curriculum that includes video lessons designed to teach students the digital skills they’ll need for the future. We’ve added brand new units for middle and high school students that teach practical skills like how to research colleges or create a resume in Google Docs. The full curriculum includes several modular lessons that are flexible enough to use in just one class period, or across an entire semester, and can now be assigned directly from Classroom.
9. Be Internet Awesome
Be Internet Awesome helps kids learn how to be safe, confident explorers of the online world. Based on a ton of helpful feedback from educators, Google has improved their educator curriculum and updated the Interland game so that it better reinforces lessons, and added new resources for educators and parents.
10. EDU in 90 is Back
Google's YouTube series EDU in 90 is back for season three! To kick things off, Google looks at some of the new features and functionality for Google Forms as quizzes, including auto-suggested multiple choice answers and decimal grading. And on their second episode, they focus on the Explore feature in Docs. Check it out to learn how to access related files, search the web, and find relevant images - all without leaving your Doc.