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Join us as we celebrate TechMas in this year’s Tech the Halls episode!  In this episode we discuss a “Few of My Favorite Ways to Research using Google.  There is a recap of how I first started to record data for research and ways in which we can offer our students some voice and choice to curate data in their own way for later learning and productivity. As a special holiday gift, I offer a Google Slide Template for note cards too! (See the Link Below in the Show Notes!)  Keep learning and be well everyone!  Most of all, happy holidays and let’s hope for a happy and healthy New Year! 

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Digital Note Card Template to Copy (Click Here)

You can make a copy of this for your own Google Drive with an Account.  

This week we talk about our top 10 productivity Chrome extensions for educators. We also give some honourable mentions and include our favourite fun extensions as a bonus!

Please make sure that if you are recommending any extensions to students that you verify the privacy policies and data that these extensions collect. The last thing that we want to do is to give away student information.

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News and Updates

• Google Meet Updates - Attendance reports, polls, Q&A, breakout rooms (note that these updates are for Enterprise accounts only)

Featured Content
Our top 10 Chrome extensions for productivity:

1. Bitly | Powerful Short Links
2. Extensity
3. Google Keep Chrome Extension
4. Google Translate
5. Mote: Voice Notes & Feedback
6. Mute Tab
7. OneTab
8. Screencastify - Screen Video Recorder
9. Tab Resize - Split Screen Layouts
10. Wakelet

Our honourable mentions:

1. Read&Write for Google Chrome
2. EquatIO - Math Made Digital
3. BeeLine Reader
4. Other Google Meet Extensions

And our favourite fun Chrome extensions:

1. Bitmoji
2. ColorPick Eyedropper

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In this episode we discuss tips and strategies to help you achieve inbox zero with Gmail. We discuss the use of inbox types, filters, integration with Google Calendar, Google Tasks, and Google Keep, and so much more!

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Show Notes

News and Updates

• Global Google Educator Group (GEG) - Social Media and Website
• Screencastify - New app-smashing library (EdPuzzle, Wakelet, and Remind) and form for suggestions

Featured Content
Gmail is a powerful beast! There are lots of great ways to tame the beast and take control of your inbox.

• How to get to your main settings panel in Gmail
• Inbox types - Default, Unread First, Important First, Starred First, Priority Inbox, and Multiple Inboxes
  • Hover over the Inbox tab and click on the drop down menu for easy access to inbox types!
  • Default Tabs - Primary, Social, Promotions, Updates, Forums, Starred
  • Priority inbox settings - Important and Unread, Starred, Empty, Everything Else
    • Configure each with the drop down arrows
  • Filters setup and suggestions:
    • Use for sorting emails like notifications into labels so that they skip your inbox
    • Filter options: Skip the inbox, (Mark as read), Apply a label, and Apply filter to matching conversations 
    • Use Delete it if you dare!
• Nudges - annoyingly good reminders
  • Turn on in Settings > General - also turn on your Send and Archive button here!
• Templates (aka Canned Responses)
  • Save: Three dots > Templates (Compose window)
  • Delete your signature before saving to avoid doubles!
  • Enable templates under Settings > Advanced (also custom keyboard shortcuts, unread icon, and right-side chat here too)
• Other options in the compose window - Three Dots > Label emails and Request Read Receipt
• Integration with other Google Tools
  • Google Calendar - create an event from an email
  • Google Tasks and Google Keep - add as a task

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