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Knowing about Google Apps for Education (GAfE) and Google Docs is one thing, but how do you use the tools to enrich learning?  Check out these ideas from Matt Miller’s blog, Ditch that Textbook . Visit Matt Miller's Blog “10 Google Slides activities to add awesome to classes” provides several ideas for activities that can easily be adapted into a variety of grade levels or content areas.  Google Slides is similar to PowerPoint, but it is much easier to collaborate on projects because multiple people can be working on the presentation at the same time. “10 ways YouTube can engage your classes now”  provides some unique ideas on how to incorporate YouTube into lesson beyond simply pulling up and watching a video.  YouTube videos are also the only videos that Google Slides enables to be uploaded directly into a presentation. “The Google Classroom Quick-Start Guide + tips and tricks!”  and “12 great ways to start using Google Classroom now” provide ...

YouTube is a great resource for finding videos to make your lessons visual and engaging for students.  However, there can be a lot of clutter on the page, and sometimes those "related videos" can be inappropriate and distracting for students: I know all this!  It's annoying!  What can I do about it? The Quietube Chrome Extension  or the Bookmarklet on the Quietube site will allow you to silence all the extraneous links, videos, comments on YouTube and just leave you with the content that you want your students to see: Breathe in all that lovely white space...

Have you seen this? This is a new feature that YouTube has enabled that keeps certain videos hidden, and disables embedding of certain other videos.  It's all in the name of keeping YouTube a safe place for students to browse, and for teachers to display without any inappropriate content cropping up inadvertently. But what if I know the video is appropriate and I want to see it? Simple -- scroll down to the bottom of the page and you should see this toolbar: Click the "Safety" button to turn this feature off (or back on again later).  This needs to be done through the YouTube website, and is currently unavailable through embedded videos or the mobile app.