Google’s Arts and Culture Website

Arts & Culture

Google continues to add to its Arts and Culture site offerings https://artsandculture.google.com/

To celebrate World Tourism Day, Google Arts & Culture partnered with UNWTO so that, despite the current restrictions, educators and students can experience different cultures, from the safety of your desk. AR, StreetView tours, videos, and exhibits bring the world to you. Check it out HERE!

The first ever retrospective of this 15th Century Italian female artist at the National Gallery, London. Watch videos, painting tours and exhibits to find out about the life story, work, and heritage of a pioneering woman. Check it out HERE!

In Art Zoom, a fascinating video series deconstructs famous works of art in ultra high definition, providing a new perspective on classic works of art. Read a blog posting at https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/arts-culture/art-zoom/ 

REMC Connect’s latest newsletter

REMC’s October newsletter offers details on 12 free virtual courses, Teaching Strategies for Virtual and Blended Learning Environments webinars and more.

Two highlights are pasted below:

FREE WEBINARS: TEACHING STRATEGIES FOR VIRTUAL AND BLENDED LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS

Learn general practices for virtual and blended learning environments with REMC’s new webinars:  “Introduction to Teaching Strategies for Virtual and Blended Learning Environments.”  Additional sessions explore grade-specific practices for English Language Arts and Mathematics content areas.

Teaching for Virtual & Blended LearningEach webinar offers a robust toolkit of resources to support teacher planning and student learning.  Participants may choose to attend one or more of the seven sessions. Sessions will be available monthly through March 2021.

To earn two (2) SCECHs per session. Participants must attend the live webinar and complete the assigned task following the webinar.

All webinars are free. Registration is open now for the November and December sessions. Register here: https://bit.ly/3jDOBDO

FREE COURSES: WE’VE ADDED YOUR FAVORITE REMC COURSES TO NOVEMBER’S VIRTUAL COURSES LIST!

Due to pandemic-induced virtual and blended learning environments, two REMC Virtual Courses have been extremely popular this fall:  “Making the Most of Your Google Classroom” and “Using SeeSaw to Inspire Learning.” These courses provide teachers with critical instruction for managing learning and connecting with students and families.  Now we’ve scheduled them again in November to meet the demand for these courses.

REMC Virtual Courses

The REMC Virtual Courses offer an easy, convenient way for teachers to connect and collaborate from the safety and convenience of home. The Virtual Courses are free, offer 10 free SCECHs when completed, and are open to all Michigan school personnel. There are no registration or SCECH fees because REMC SAVE’s vendor partners provide support for all REMC professional learning opportunities.

REGISTER NOW

Twelve (12) courses are offered in November. Each course is open for three weeks and consists of two (2) one-hour “live” webinars that are recorded and available for viewing later, and eight (8) hours of resource review, assessment developments and written reflection.

November 2020 Course Information
November courses begin on Monday, November 2.  The deadline for registration is Friday, October 30.

Ipads running IOS 14 — suggested setting change for Canvas student app

For Apple ipads running IOS 14, up until recently some images wouldn’t show up. A fix is in with Canvas’s release of an update (6.9.4) to their IOS Student App — there is a setting which should be changed (you might need to download the update if your ipad didn’t update itself) to ensure images show up. In the Device settings (iPad settings), when you go to the Canvas Student App from there, there is a checkbox to “Allow Cross-Site Tracking” that needs to be enabled. Click to enable and when students go to Canvas all of the images posted should be visible.
IOS update

REMC Connect’s October newsletter

Just out, the October newsletter offers details on 10 free virtual courses, Teaching Strategies for Virtual and Blended Learning Environments webinars and their FREE TOOLKIT: Election + Media Literacy

Two highlights are pasted below:

October 2020

FREE WEBINARS: TEACHING STRATEGIES FOR VIRTUAL AND BLENDED LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS

Learn general practices for virtual and blended learning environments with REMC’s new webinars:  “Introduction to Teaching Strategies for Virtual and Blended Learning Environments.”  Additional sessions explore grade-specific practices for English Language Arts and Mathematics content areas.

Teaching for Virtual & Blended LearningEach webinar offers a robust toolkit of resources to support teacher planning and student learning.  Participants may choose to attend one or more of the seven sessions. Sessions will be available monthly through March 2021.

To earn two (2) SCECHs per session. Participants must attend the live webinar and complete the assigned task following the webinar.

All webinars are free. Registration is open now for the November and December sessions. Register here: https://bit.ly/3jDOBDO

FREE COURSES: WE’VE ADDED YOUR FAVORITE REMC COURSES TO NOVEMBER’S VIRTUAL COURSES LIST!

Due to pandemic-induced virtual and blended learning environments, two REMC Virtual Courses have been extremely popular this fall:  “Making the Most of Your Google Classroom” and “Using SeeSaw to Inspire Learning.” These courses provide teachers with critical instruction for managing learning and connecting with students and families.  Now we’ve scheduled them again in November to meet the demand for these courses.

REMC Virtual CoursesThe REMC Virtual Courses offer an easy, convenient way for teachers to connect and collaborate from the safety and convenience of home. The Virtual Courses are free, offer 10 free SCECHs when completed, and are open to all Michigan school personnel. There are no registration or SCECH fees because REMC SAVE’s vendor partners provide support for all REMC professional learning opportunities.

REGISTER NOW

Twelve (12) courses are offered in November. Each course is open for three weeks and consists of two (2) one-hour “live” webinars that are recorded and available for viewing later, and eight (8) hours of resource review, assessment developments and written reflection.

November 2020 Course Information
November courses begin on Monday, November 2.  The deadline for registration is Friday, October 30.

Google’s Arts & Culture Site

Arts & Culture

Google continues to add to its Arts and Culture site offerings https://artsandculture.google.com/

To celebrate World Tourism Day, Google Arts & Culture partnered with UNWTO so that, despite the current restrictions, educators and students can experience different cultures, from the safety of your desk. AR, StreetView tours, videos, and exhibits bring the world to you. Check it out HERE!

The first ever retrospective of this 15th Century Italian female artist at the National Gallery, London. Watch videos, painting tours and exhibits to find out about the life story, work, and heritage of a pioneering woman. Check it out HERE!

Google Chat

Google Chat

Google’s collaboration tool, Chat, was enabled for staff last month.

To learn more about using it via chat.google.com please see this support document.  

To learn more about using Google Chat in Gmail, please see this support document. 

For an overview of its features, please see this support document. 

For more on the consolidation, visit this support document.

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Staff have the following access: Chat // Google Chat is included in Gmail and works everywhere. Classic Hangouts works on web.

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Students have the following access:

elementary — Classic Hangouts only // Classic Hangouts is included in Gmail and works everywhere. All Chat clients are turned off.

middle — Classic Hangouts only // Classic Hangouts is included in Gmail and works everywhere. All Chat clients are turned off.

PCEP/Starkweather — Chat and classic Hangouts // Classic Hangouts is included in Gmail and works everywhere. Chat also works everywhere except Gmail