Jake Miller
@jakemilleredu.bsky.social
#EduDuctTape, 👨🏫 educator, 🗣️ speaker, 📕 author, 🎧 podcaster, 🧠 Personalized Learning & #EdTech Specialist, former #Edutech coach, and #STEM, Math, & Science Teacher, #EduSky
🎉 Padlet Sandbox recently got louder (and flashier). ✨ Add 6 visual + 181 sound effects to objects—🎊 🎆 👏 … even 🐐 bleats. And it's only in play mode, so editing stays calm, while play mode can get wild. #EduSky #EdTech How would you use these new effects?
Padlet Sandbox Adds Animations and Sound Effects: Making Digital Collaboration More Engaging – Jake Miller
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🎨 Alayna AI makes Google Slides from your prompts, articles, or even YouTube videos—complete with images, notes, and educator-friendly templates. ⏳ Saves time, looks polished. Tried it yet? Got another AI slide creation tool you love? #EduSky #EdTech
Alayna AI for Google Slides: Create Stunning Presentations Without the Time Crunch – Jake Miller
Jake Miller
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🎥 @Screencastify’s free plan got a serious upgrade last year: 🧠 AI Assistant 🌍 Translated captions (50+ languages!) 📊 Viewer analytics 🎧 MP3/MP4 exports 🎬 Unlimited Submit assignments Still a 10-video limit, but big gains. Tried it yet? #EduSky #EdTech
Screencastify’s Free Upgrade: A Teacher’s New Best Friend for Classroom Videos – Jake Miller
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🪄 Assigned a Google Doc or Slides file and forgot something? ✨ Magic Exercise Book lets you add pages after assigning in Google Classroom. No more copy-pasting into each file. No student data collected, either. Used it yet? Have an alternative? #EduSky #EdTech
Unlocking Classroom Flexibility with Magic Exercise Book: The “Oops-Proof” Google Classroom Add-On – Jake Miller
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🚫 Some Google tools disappeared from student accounts in the spring. 🧭 Translate, Maps, Earth, Arts & Culture, and more now require parent permission. ✅ Docs, Slides, Drive, and Classroom are still fine. DETAILS 👇 #EduSky #EdTech How’s your school navigating this?
Navigating Google’s New Parent Permission Rules: What Educators Need to Know – Jake Miller
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🛠️ Admins: Gemini for Education gives you real control ✅ Turn access on/off by group 📊 View usage reports (yes, there’s a 1,000 use/month cap) 🔍 Search convos via Vault 🕒 Set retention policies Privacy matters—especially in schools. #EdTech #edusky #EduTech
Gemini for Education: Google’s AI Power-Up for Classrooms – Jake Miller
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🧑🔧 @novakeducation.bsky.social nails MTSS with a car care metaphor: strong Tier 1 = oil changes that can prevent or limit Tier 2 or 3. Love the reminder that universal screening is part of Tier 1—and that all learners keep access to it. Must-read for educators to understand what #MTSS is. #EduSky
Jennifer Gonzalez @cultofpedagogy.bsky.social · last yr."When we have an MTSS, our schools offer multiple levels of support to students, when they need it." via @novakeducation.bsky.social www.novakeducation.com/blog/what-is...
🤖 Gemini for Education: Free vs. Pro Free version = Canvas, Gems, Live Chat, + basic Deep Research Pro = expanded limits, 1500pg uploads, NotebookLM, + Gmail/Docs AI Still free for all EDU accounts—upgrade optional. Which route is your school taking? #EduSky #EdTech
Gemini for Education: Google’s AI Power-Up for Classrooms – Jake Miller
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🧠 Google’s Gemini for Education is here ✨ Built for schools 💬 Real-time help (Gemini Live) 📚 Reports w/ citations (Deep Research) 🛠️ Custom AI tools (Gems) 🎨 Collaborative creation (Canvas) 🔒 Student privacy built in Tried it yet? #EdTech #edusky #EduTech #ETCoaches
Gemini for Education: Google’s AI Power-Up for Classrooms – Jake Miller
Jake Miller
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🧩 Google Classroom recently added 4 new add-ons: • @figma.com FigJam • Education Perfect • Discovery Ed • Autodesk Tinkercad Available for Teaching & Learning Upgrade or Education Plus users. Less tab-switching, more streamlined teaching. #EdTech #edusky #EduTech
New Google for Education features for more personalized learning
We’re announcing new updates to Google Workspace for Education and Chromebooks to help everyone teach and learn in a way that works for them.
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✍️ Google launched a new font designed to teach handwriting • Built on research from 40+ countries • Includes guides to help w/ letterforms • Live now in Google Docs & Classroom Got ideas for how to use Playwrite with your students? #EdTech #edusky #EduTech #ETCoaches
Playwrite: A Font That Teaches Handwriting? – Jake Miller
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🎉 Quizizz is now Wayground • New name, same joyful learning • Built-in differentiation & accessibility • Tools that go way beyond quizzes What's your favorite feature that shows it's for more than just "quizzes"? #EdTech #edusky #EduTech #ETCoaches #BlendedLearning
Quizizz Is Now Wayground: A Fresh Name for Bigger Ambitions – Jake Miller
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📱NotebookLM is now mobile. Listen offline. Ask questions on the go. Save content straight from your browser or YouTube. Finally, a research tool that moves with you. #EdTech #edusky #EduTech #ETCoaches #BlendedLearning #EduCoach #eLearning #21stCenturySkills
3 Major Updates to NotebookLM You’ll Actually Use – Jake Miller
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🌍 NotebookLM’s Audio Overviews now support 50+ languages. Students can generate content in their language. You can build multilingual resources, effortlessly. It’s a win for access + inclusion. #EdTech #edusky #EduTech #ETCoaches #BlendedLearning #EduCoach
3 Major Updates to NotebookLM You’ll Actually Use – Jake Miller
Jake Miller
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🔍 Google Lens is built into Chrome on desktop. Search images, video stills, slides—right from your browser. No new tab. No copy-paste. Just: click and explore. Model curiosity + lateral reading on the fly. Have you tried it yet? #EdTech #edusky #EduTech #ETCoaches
How to Use Google Lens in Chrome for Instant Classroom Curiosity – Jake Miller
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Assignment: Explain to me why giving 0’s for work that’s not turned in misconstrues grades, but use the weather as an example. Thank you, Buckeye Broadband (and Toledo) for the assist. #edusky
📊 Padlet now shows real-time stats on your boards: 👀 Total views 👤 Unique visitors ⏱️ Engagement time You can't see specific visitors, but it's good data! Useful layer of insight or just digital clutter? #EdTech #edusky #EduTech #ETCoaches #BlendedLearning #EduCoach
Padlet Analytics: Know If Students Are Actually Using Your Boards – Jake Miller
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🔗 Users on free accounts (not edu accounts) can now share NotebookLM notebooks with a single public link. No emails, no permission juggling. Just: here’s the link, go explore. Again, this is not the case for edu accounts.
3 Major Updates to NotebookLM You’ll Actually Use – Jake Miller
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Google’s new Class Tools for Chromebooks (coming soon) looks like a native alternative to GoGuardian, Hapara, or Securly. 👀 Live screen viewing 📌 Pinned content 💬 Captions + translation 💰 Only for Edu Plus + managed devices. What do you think? #EdTech #edusky
Google’s New ‘Class Tools’ for Chromebooks: What You Need to Know – Jake Miller
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New from @padlet.com : “Clear posts” lets you wipe a board clean without deleting it. 🙌 Perfect for free users hitting that board limit. Just for creators/admins—and it’s permanent. 📌 Pro tip: Export as PDF first! Used it to reset for a new class? #EdTech #edusky jakemiller.net/padlets-new-...
Google’s New ‘Class Tools’ for Chromebooks: What You Need to Know – Jake Miller
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Brisk’s new Podcast Generator turns a doc, PDF, or video into a short podcast—and you can identify a focus, even by standard. Transcript? ✔️ 40+ languages? ✔️ Share link + interactive “Boost It” features? ✔️ Anyone using this yet? #EduSky @briskteaching.bsky.social
Brisk’s Podcast Generator: The AI Tool That Turns Your Lessons into Bite-Sized Audio – Jake Miller
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🤖 @schoolai.com's new Video Explorer is giving Edpuzzle vibes— but with a chatbot twist 🤖🎬 💡 Drop in a YouTube link 📌 Add your learning goals 🤖 Chat pauses the video & asks learners Qs Feels like guided notes meet AI. Anyone tried it yet? #EdTech #edusky #EduTech
What Is Video Explorer in SchoolAI? – Jake Miller
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Read Along in Google Classroom is awesome AND it got a big glow-up 🔍📚 ✅ 800+ books from Heggerty, ReadWorks & more ✅ Insights on fluency + comprehension ✅ Some texts include Spanish support ✨ NEW: Upload your own content! What would you assign first? #EduSky
What Is Read Along in Google Classroom? – Jake Miller
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🤿 @snorklapp.bsky.social Coach blends support and accountability: 🧠 Real-time help (Q&A, TTS, translation) 📋 Personalized to their actual work 🎙️ Ends with students answering in their own words Feels like a smart win for UDL. Anyone trying it yet? #EduSky
Meet Snorkl Coach: Your Virtual Classroom Assistant – Jake Miller
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Canva has spreadsheets now. But like… fun ones. 📊 Drag-and-drop tables 🖼️ Embedded images + videos 🧠 AI that suggests formulas and the right charts They’re called Canva Sheets and they’re kind of a vibe. Tried them yet? #EdTech #edusky #EduTech #ETCoaches
Canva Sheets: Spreadsheets Finally Got a Glow-Up (and Some AI Magic) – Jake Miller
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Canva Visual Suite 2.0 arrived recently and it’s doing the most: 📝 Docs 🧠 Whiteboards 📽️ Videos 📊 Presentations All in one file. Slide ➝ Doc ➝ Whiteboard ➝ Video ➝ Repeat. Too much? Maybe. Awesome? Definitely. What mash-up would you make first? #EduSky
Canva Just Got a Massive Glow-Up (Again) – Jake Miller
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A New Google Slides sidebar recently dropped, and it’s full of glow-ups: 📚 Stock image library 🎨 Cleaner templates + building blocks 🎥 Speaker cam + recording (Edu Plus only) 🖼️ Imagen 3 AI images (Gemini Edu add-on only) What do you see in your account? #EduSky
Big Google Slides Updates You (Probably) Missed But Shouldn’t – Jake Miller
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🚨 PSA for #GoogleClassroom users: You can now bulk grade with “Grade All.” Perfect for quick checks like exit tickets or warm-ups. No more clicking into every submission. 💡 What will you do with those saved seconds? #EdTech #edusky #EduTech #ETCoaches
Google Classroom’s “Grade All” Feature: Finally, Bulk Grading Made Simple – Jake Miller
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