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John Sowash @jrsowash.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

I'm VERY eager to explore assigning GEMS and #NOTEBOOKLM to students through #GoogleClassroom. The very first time I used NotebookLM I knew this was a perfect fit for Google Classroom! I'm so glad that Google is including this feature for all EDU domains!

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John Sowash @jrsowash.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

TODAY Google announced a BUNCH of great new updates! This year I'm especially impressed and excited by how many of these updates are FREE. Google is also expanding access to features that used to be premium (i.e. Google Vids) to EVERYONE! #GoogleEDU #ISTE2025

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John Sowash @jrsowash.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

This week I am a featured speaker at the 2025 #MACUL conference in Detroit! Come join me for sessions on AI, #Chromebooks, #GoogleAdmin policies, and more! If you can't attend live, feel free to request my session resources: chrm.tech/macul25. Hope to see you there!

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John Sowash @jrsowash.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Is anyone attending #MACUL next week? My first time was in 2005 as a student. My EdTech professor invited us to attend and said he would take anyone who came out to dinner. I was a poor college student, so this was a good deal! I've been attending ever since!

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John Sowash @jrsowash.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

The #Chrome browser has a cool new tool bar that you can customize with shortcuts to useful features like creating a QR code, accessing your saved passwords, reading mode and more. Chrome settings > More Tools > Customize Chrome #ChromebookEDU #GoogleEDU

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John Sowash @jrsowash.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

🚀 Exciting #GoogleEDU updates from the #BETT 2025 conference in London! 🎉 My favorite update? The amazing "Class tools" for managing #Chromebooks in the classroom! 🖥️✨ But that's just the tip of the iceberg—check out my full summary for all the updates! www.chrmbook.com/google-updat...

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John Sowash @jrsowash.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Cheers to 2024! 🥂 It was a full year with a few ups and downs. Gearing up for the challenges and adventures of 2025!

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John Sowash @jrsowash.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

One of the more useful premium features I am using is "custom building blocks" which make it easy to insert templates into @googledocs.bsky.social Today I'm planning a new YouTube video, so I'm inserting my video planning template. #googleEDU #EduSky #GoogleDocs

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John Sowash @jrsowash.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

This morning I'm setting up our annual "Christmas Breakout" activity: www.chrmbook.com/christmas-br... At this point this has become an essential family tradition. The process of "breaking out" gives mom and dad time to get up, get ready and start breakfast while the kids are occupied. #edusky

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John Sowash @jrsowash.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Successfully took five kids skiing today. 😳 🏂⛷️

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John Sowash @jrsowash.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

📢 NEW PODCAST EPISODE 📢 Let's look back at the updates, developments, and #edTech trends from 2024 and consider what might be on the horizon for 2025. 🎧 Listen: chrm.tech/podcast 🎦 Watch: youtu.be/dk3QOljFTx0 📖 Read: chrmbook.com/s9e5/ #GoogleEDU #edusky

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John Sowash @jrsowash.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

About a year ago I started a new YouTube channel for #GoogleEDU admins. This channel has lots of videos on how to use the #AdminConsole to manage your users and devices. My latest video will walk you through the process of setting up a "dirty word" list for #Gmail: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9N4z...

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John Sowash @jrsowash.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Nice little trick if you do a lot of work in #GoogleSlides. #edusky #googleedu

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John Sowash @jrsowash.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

I converted my Jamboard gratefulness wall into a @figjam activity: www.chrmbook.com/figjam-grate... Convert your #Jamboard files before Jan 1, 2025! #GoogleEDU #edTech

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