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On this week’s Google Educast show our host Chris Betcher, along with fellow Google Certified Teachers Sean Williams and Fred Delventhal talk about how to become a power searcher, more things getting shut down by Google and share some amazing things about Google Chrome.

This week on the Google Educast: Our host Kevin Brookhouser with our slew of guests including Rachel Wente-Cheney, Corin Richards, as well as stalwarts Sean Williams, Fred Delventhal, and a roomful of Google educators - weed through many of the exciting announcements from Google IO. The news at Google IO has many implications on education; this time around we are treated to a new tablet, the Nexus 7, Google Chrome on the iPad, and so much more. How will Google change education this year? Let's find out!

This week we are joined by Greg Regalado, A Google Certified Teacher from the Chicago area. Greg shares how he has students create eportfolios and shows some examples of their work. We also take a look at some great additions to Chrome, new custom themes in Gmail and more.

This week on the Google Educast: Fred Delventhal, Diane Main, Kevin Brookhouser and Sean Williams talk about the next Google Teacher Academy, up and coming with Google Maps, a way to earn extra money this summer, Kevin demonstrates organizing your menus in Google Sites and much, much more.

This week on the Google Educast: Sean Williams, Diane Main, and Danny Silva discuss the new Chrome OS and Chromeboxes, Explore historic sites around the world with the World Wonders Project, get closer with "local" in your Google+, and look at some offline apps for Chrome.

This week on the Google Educast: The new Research Tool in Google Documents has already added some functionality: narrow down your search to Scholar, and cite your sources in-text. Also, consider a Google Custom Search Engine as a type of bibliography. And more!

This week on the Google Educast: The new Research Tool in Google Documents gave us a lot to talk about and try out. It's NEW and available in both Gmail and Google Apps for Education accounts (if enabled by your admin). Also, the Doodle 4 Google winner was announced, and the Google A Day Game is live!

This week on the Google Educast: we talk about Hangouts On Air for everyone, Google Drive tips including how to reclaim something people thought they lost when moving to Drive, Kevin shares a great feature for teachers in Google Spreadsheets, a couple of useful free Chrome extensions. And more!

This week on the Google Educast: 450 New Fonts in Docs! (You don't have to use them all.) Plus, 60 new templates, this week's amazing Education On Air Conference, Doodle4Google finalists, A Google A Day, New Search Education Site. Docs vs Drive: convincing people it's really kind of the same thing. Custom Letterhead (if you're into that sort of thing), Contacts Delegation, MapsCube game, Sowash's Chrome Tips, Evernote and Evernote Clearly. Google's 20% Time in Brooky's classes, and a fine farewell to Dana Nguyen as she takes her first bite out of a new career.And more!

This week on the Google Educast: On Air Conference next week! Google Drive is HERE, plus check out mypermissions.org. Google is selling SketchUp to Trimble -- how will this impact educators and students? Google News and Google News Archive -- amazing resource! Photo Tours in Google Maps, Pixorial and other Chrome Apps that work with Google Drive. Help Will Kimbley with a usability study of his Self-Grading Rubric demo, AutoCrat script, Handout Generator, and more with scripts, including a book recommendation from our guest Kern Kelley. And more!

This week on the Google Educast: Google Drive, self-driving cars, Chromebooks, and Cloud Print. Forms, Fusion Tables, and a cool demo of Google Correlate. New options to insert images into Docs from your webcam or search LIFE Magazine, English Teacher Hangout, check out your Gmail usage, and look how smart spell-check is in Docs! Create a self-grading rubric with Google Forms thanks to California GCT Will Kimbley.  And more! Show Hosts: Diane Main, Chris Betcher , and Sean Williams   Send us your thoughts!  Leave us an email at googleeducast@Edreach.us

This week on the Google Educast: we discuss changes to Google+, possible educational uses for Project Glass, we provide a great list of learning resources for Google Apps for Education and we go live to Sydney, Australia where efforts were underway to get more women into computer science. Chris Betcher joins us live from Australia with a special guest of his own.

This week on the Google Educast: Apps in Google Hangouts are irresistible, please give Google feedback on Google Sites, Google Summer of Code announced, custom admin roles on Google Apps. Tool Shoutout: Account Dashboard in Google Apps- with stats! Related posts: Google Educast #37: Go Chrome or Go Home Google Educast #039: Forms – The Gateway Drug Google Educast #048: Ex- “cite” -ing Times with Google Docs

This week on the Google Educast: Lots of special guests help us weed through lots of news! The roundup: Search gets a refresh, The Semantic Web, the inner workings of Google Translate, new Gmail look getting forced on everyone, Google Maps Streetview for the Amazon River, new Spell Checker shown off, Corin shows us some great uses of Google Voice for speech therapy. Tips and Tricks: changing icons to text in Gmail, Prezify your PowerPoint Slides, Chrome Extension round robin, and finally some awesome examples of Google Sites and Forms for fifth grade, with Lisa Highfill! Related posts: Google Educast #048: Ex- “cite” -ing Times with Google Docs Google Educast Show #11 – The Lightning Round! Google Educast #040: YouTube EDU Grabs the Headlines

This week on the Google Educast: Diane drops in from CUE in Palm Springs with an exciting announcement, a big Google Apps summit in California, Corin gets into Google Play, and Fred discusses iOS and Google Earth. Related posts: Google Educast #041: Are You Comfortable? Or Cozy? Google Educast #053: Too Many to Count Google Educast #043: Teach Ideas, Not Apps.