The Vergeflipped into Tech NewsGoogle announces new tools to help with virtual education during the pandemicverified_publisherThe Verge - Jay PetersGoogle announced on Tuesday a number of new features on the way to help make virtual education easier, including updates to its Google Meet conferencing service and a new homework helper tool that just requires a photo from a phone. For Meet, Google says that a larger tiled view that can show up to …
AvatarTom Iannucciflipped into ClothesThis scientist made a Google Doc to educate the public about airborne coronavirus transmissionMIT Technology Review - Charlotte JeeWhy did you make this document instead of going down the traditional science publishing route? Science publishing is very slow. For the scale of the …
The Hindu Groupflipped into The HinduGoogle announces new virtual education tools for teachers, studentsthehindu.com - Ishan Patra(Subscribe to our Today's Cache newsletter for a quick snapshot of top 5 tech stories. Click here to subscribe for free.) Google announced new …
9to5Googleflipped into All Stories[Update: Wider launch] Google Meet rolling out support for up to 100 breakout rooms per call9to5Google - Abner LiAs previewed in August, Google Meet is now rolling out breakout rooms. At launch, it’s only available to Enterprise for Education customers and meant to aid distance learning. Update 11/19: After the initial rollout to G Suite Education, Google is bringing breakout rooms in Meet to Workspace, …
TechCrunchJul 13, 2020Google makes education push in Indiaverified_publisherTechCrunch - Manish SinghGoogle said on Monday that it has partnered with CBSE, an Indian government body that oversees education in private and public schools in the country, to deliver by the end of this year a “blended learning experience” across 22,000 schools in the world’s second largest internet market. The Search …
MashableJul 15, 2020Google Meet adds 'Zoom-bombing' protection for educatorsverified_publisherMashableAnonymous users will be blocked from Google Meet video conferences held by schools, colleges, and universities. The coronavirus pandemic has made video conferencing incredibly popular, but also given us a new term to learn: Zoom-bombing. It's when anonymous users enter your video chat—in this case, …
Engadgetflipped into Tech NewsGoogle Meet for Education will auto-block users who don't log inverified_publisherEngadget - Christine FisherThe company wants to prevent ‘zoombombing.’ Google Meet for Education wants to prevent “zoombombing.” G Suite for Education meetings will block anonymous users by default, the company announced today. Users will have to be logged in to a Google account to join a call. This should keep trolls from …
The VergeOct 9, 2020Google Meet is getting breakout rooms, but only for some education customers to startverified_publisherThe Verge - Jay PetersGoogle’s Meet videoconferencing service is getting breakout rooms, but they’ll only be available to G Suite Enterprise for Education customers at first, according to a Google blog post (via 9to5Google). With the feature, teachers and educators will be able to break their classes into smaller groups …
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