Google EDU on Air and Google Classroom Updates!

Google Education on Air

On May 8th and 9th Google is hosting an Education 'On Air' conference. There should be some incredible presentations and keynote speakers. This is a free conference and while the keynotes on the 8th begin at 7 am, the sessions on the 9th run from 4 am to 5 pm.  I looked through all the sessions on Saturday and found quite a few I'll be watching. If you want to participate in any of the Q and A sessions, you will have to register.

The best part is that all the sessions will be recorded to view later on the site linked below. This is a great opportunity to learn more about Google products and participate in a global event.

Click here to get to not only the sign up page but also to see the keynote speakers and sessions available.

Google Updates April 2015

For those of you using Google Classroom there were quite a few (highly requested) updates in the last week or so. 

1. You now have the ability to add a team teacher.
2. You can prep early by saving assignments as drafts.
3. Autosaved grades so you can return to grading later. You can also decide when to return them to students. 
4. Better notification of private messages.

To read the blog post about these updates, click here.