🎉 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?

🎨 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

🎥 @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

Took a break from my work for a patio read… #edusky

🪄 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

🚫 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?

🛠️ 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

🧑‍🔧 @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

🤖 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

🧠 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

🧩 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

✍️ 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

🎉 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

#nowlistening to @jakemilleredu.bsky.social #podcastedu #edumatch pca.st/episode/c48c...

📱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

🌍 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

🔍 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

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

🔗 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.

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

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-...

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

🤖 @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

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

🤿 @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

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 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

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

🚨 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

New from Book Creator: Text-to-speech now works in Edit Mode—for individual text boxes, shapes, and PDFs. 🙌 Great for multilingual learners, revision, & access support. (PDF read-aloud = Premium only.) Tried it yet? #edusky #EdTech #a11y #AllMeansAll #UDL

Updates to the toolbar in FigJam including the ability to comment 🙌 #EdTech #edusky #EduTech #ETCoaches #BlendedLearning #EduCoach #eLearning #21stCenturySkills

CoSpaces got a glow-up—and a new name: 👋 Hello, @delightex.com New name ✅ Gallery upgrades ✅ Skybox AI & Objaverse integrations ✅ Have you checked it out? What do you think of it? #EdTech #edusky #EduTech #ETCoaches #BlendedLearning #EduCoach #eLearning

New #EduDuctTape! I join forces with @mrbrilla.bsky.social to discuss: 5 📕 book recommendations 5 🤖 AI tools 3 ⚾ baseball teams 2 🐮 cow metaphors 1 🎙️ Godfather reference episodes.fm/1447821443 #EduSky @magicschoolai.bsky.social @briskteaching.bsky.social

These are a few of my favorite quotes from "Educational Duct Tape: An EdTech Integration Mindset" by @jakemilleredu.bsky.social. Like what you see? You can purchase the book here: a.co/d/4McAJMs 🧵 #AcademicSky #EdTech #EduCoach #EduSky #HigherEd #K12

🏖️ 📕 Beach read! My family says I don’t understand what beach reads are, but I’m really enjoying “The End of Average” by Todd Rose. It’s been on my to-read list since I first saw his TED Talk a few years ago. ##edusky #ETCoaches #EduCoach #eLearning #21stCenturySkills

One of my favorite parts of the #EduDuctTape pod w/ @jakemilleredu.bsky.social is the personal anecdotes & Soapbox Moments he shares. Check out these gems from ep. 111! #AcademicSky #EdTech #EduCoach #EduSky #HigherEd #K12

Did I just stumble upon a new Screencastify feature? This "Edit with Screencastify" in YouTube didn't used to be there right!? It instantly pulls in the video for editing or adding interactivity? #EdTech #edusky #EduTech #ETCoaches #BlendedLearning #EduCoach #eLearning #21stCenturySkills

I had a great time this week at the Authentic Learning & Leadership #SummerInstitute25. Keynotes from Erin Gruwell 📸 , @daneepinckney.bsky.social 📸, and Dr. George Philhowser were among the highlights. Great energy at this conference! #edusky

New #EduDuctTape! Tune in to learn about the new Gemini tools coming for educators! 💬 Gemini Live: voice-based support 🛠️ Canvas: build quizzes, visuals & more 🧠 Gems: custom AI assistants 🔍 Deep Research with citations 🔥 Plus: growth mindset & the Learning Pit #EduSky episodes.fm/1447821443/e...

I finished it today. I’d call this one a must-read. #EdTech #edusky #EduTech

🎺 Today I had the opportunity to see my son and other intermediate & middle school students perform in their Summer Band Concert. I marveled at how much of the concert exemplifies what we want for learners. All musicians model growth mindset with every song they play: #edusky 1/4

🎙️ On this episode of the #EduDuctTape podcast, I hop into the guest seat on the ESC of Central Ohio's "The Conversation" Podcast with Rachel & Christina! We talk AI’s role in personalized learning, practical classroom tools, & how PD can evolve. #EduSky 🎧 Tune in: episodes.fm/1447821443/e...

Check it out! I sat down with @jakemilleredu.bsky.social and got to talk all things education, technology, and parenting. I had a blast doing my first interview for the podcast and look forward to doing more! Thanks so much for your time Jake! www.podpage.com/the-inspired...

#nowlistening to @jakemilleredu.bsky.social ft. Courtney Watson #podcastedu pca.st/episode/f3ab...

🎙️ On this episode of the #EduDuctTape podcast: 🛝 Quizizz becomes @wayground.bsky.social 🧩 @edpuzzle.com moves beyond video 🧑‍🏫 New Google Classroom add-ons ✍️ A handwriting-focused font from Google 🚗 teen drivers & learning from the bumps #EduDuctTape #EduSky episodes.fm/1447821443/e...

Quizizz is now . . . 🎉 @wayground.bsky.social! My youngest and I celebrated 🗡️ ninja style! 🎊 #EdTech #edusky #EduTech #ETCoaches #BlendedLearning #EduCoach #eLearning #21stCenturySkills

🌧️ 📕 Rainy day reading. Unsurprisingly, the first quarter of the book paints a picture that is as gloomy as rain and as plain as day as seeing a gray cloud and knowing that rain is next. @jonathanhaidt.bsky.social #TheAnxiousGeneration #edusky

🎙️ @myedtechlife.bsky.social joins me on #EduDuctTape to talk screencasting: 🎬 Screencastify 🎬 Loom 🎬 @screenpal.bsky.social 🎬 Kapwing Plus: NotebookLM updates, Google Lens in Chrome, @padlet.com data & The Shift to Student-Led by @catlintucker.com & Katie Novak. #EduSky episodes.fm/1447821443

🤩 i feel so fortunate to have had the opportunity to see Dr @chrisemdin.bsky.social give an impassioned, inspiring keynote about education this morning at ESC of Central Ohio’s Summer Learning Institute. My fave takeaway: your love of students means nothing if you don’t have high expectations!