TODAY Google announced a BUNCH of great new updates! This year I'm especially impressed and excited by how many of these updates are FREE. Google is also expanding access to features that used to be premium (i.e. Google Vids) to EVERYONE! #GoogleEDU #ISTE2025

This week I am a featured speaker at the 2025 #MACUL conference in Detroit! Come join me for sessions on AI, #Chromebooks, #GoogleAdmin policies, and more! If you can't attend live, feel free to request my session resources: chrm.tech/macul25. Hope to see you there!

Is anyone attending #MACUL next week? My first time was in 2005 as a student. My EdTech professor invited us to attend and said he would take anyone who came out to dinner. I was a poor college student, so this was a good deal! I've been attending ever since!

The #Chrome browser has a cool new tool bar that you can customize with shortcuts to useful features like creating a QR code, accessing your saved passwords, reading mode and more. Chrome settings > More Tools > Customize Chrome #ChromebookEDU #GoogleEDU

Tomorrow (Jan. 28) is #DataPrivacyDay ! I collected a series of student lessons that you can use in your classroom: www.chrmbook.com/data-privacy/ Help students understand the importance of protecting their personal information! #GoogleEDU #TeacherTwitter #lessonideas

Data privacy lessons for K-12 students (10 different ideas)

Teach your students the important of data privacy! These 10 data privacy lessons will help your students learn about their digital footprint.

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Have you tried the new face control creature for #Chromebook? It's incredible! youtu.be/6rO0q9ngVh8 #accessibility #googleedu #chromebookedu

Face control on Chromebooks

YouTube video by Google for Education

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🚀 Exciting #GoogleEDU updates from the #BETT 2025 conference in London! 🎉 My favorite update? The amazing "Class tools" for managing #Chromebooks in the classroom! 🖥️✨ But that's just the tip of the iceberg—check out my full summary for all the updates! www.chrmbook.com/google-updat...

Cheers to 2024! 🥂 It was a full year with a few ups and downs. Gearing up for the challenges and adventures of 2025!

One of the more useful premium features I am using is "custom building blocks" which make it easy to insert templates into @googledocs.bsky.social Today I'm planning a new YouTube video, so I'm inserting my video planning template. #googleEDU #EduSky #GoogleDocs

This morning I'm setting up our annual "Christmas Breakout" activity: www.chrmbook.com/christmas-br... At this point this has become an essential family tradition. The process of "breaking out" gives mom and dad time to get up, get ready and start breakfast while the kids are occupied. #edusky

I just passed the #ChromeOS admin exam (my certification expired last month). This exam is FREE until January 1, 2025. I have a free study guide (just updated!) that you can use to review: www.chrmbook.com/chromeos-adm... #edusky #GoogleEDU #GoogleAdmin

How to pass the ChromeOS administrator exam

Google announced a new ChromeOS administrator exam, so I took it! Here's what you can expect and how to prepare for this certification.

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Successfully took five kids skiing today. 😳 🏂⛷️

📢 NEW PODCAST EPISODE 📢 Let's look back at the updates, developments, and #edTech trends from 2024 and consider what might be on the horizon for 2025. 🎧 Listen: chrm.tech/podcast 🎦 Watch: youtu.be/dk3QOljFTx0 📖 Read: chrmbook.com/s9e5/ #GoogleEDU #edusky

Podcasting with students might sound like a lot of work, but it doesn’t have to be! Here are five tips to help you begin podcasting with your students. 🎦 Watch the video: youtu.be/wI27Wp0RfRY?... #eduSky #teachingideas #GoogleEDU

Create Your First Student Podcast TODAY (Step by Step)

YouTube video by John R. Sowash

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About a year ago I started a new YouTube channel for #GoogleEDU admins. This channel has lots of videos on how to use the #AdminConsole to manage your users and devices. My latest video will walk you through the process of setting up a "dirty word" list for #Gmail: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9N4z...

Nice little trick if you do a lot of work in #GoogleSlides. #edusky #googleedu

I created a Starter Pack and Feed for FETC 2025 - go.bsky.app/GGuX4NC - for anyone who is attending #FETC in Orlando this Jan 14-17. Let me know if you are attending and want to be added to the pack. This will be a great way for all of us to connect and share our learning! #EduSky #EdTech

Who is heading to #fetc in January?

I converted my Jamboard gratefulness wall into a @figjam activity: www.chrmbook.com/figjam-grate... Convert your #Jamboard files before Jan 1, 2025! #GoogleEDU #edTech

I'm preparing to make the final departure from "the other" and want to contribute to #EduSky so here is a Starter Pack for some #GoogleEdu folks I know on here. More to be added. #GoogleChampions #GoogleEI go.bsky.app/M8Qo4rH