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Episode 42
It’s the final episode of the first season! I do some reflecting on this past year and the things I’ve learned as well as things that will hopefully continue on after things go back to “normal”.
News & Updates
- New Google Maps Updates
- Routing updates to reduce hard braking
- Calculates the fastest routes and identifies which one is likely to reduce your chances of hard-braking moments
- It will automatically recommend the route if it has roughly the same ETA as the fastest route
- Live View
- If you’re walking around a neighborhood, Life View gives you and AR view that gives you more information about the places around you
- Detailed Street Maps
- Available for 50 more cities by the end of the year
- see where sidewalks, crosswalks and pedestrian islands are, along with the shape and width of a road to scale
- Busy areas
- Similar to the traffic stuff, you’ll be able to see areas that are busy throughout the day
- Tailored maps
- Maps will highlight the most relevant places based on the time of day and whether or not you’re traveling
- Routing updates to reduce hard braking
- Chrome fixes your password issues
- Warns you of potentially compromised passwords
- Will also do the password change process for you on supported sites
- Smart chips and checklists in Google Docs
- Updates for better collaboration
Treasure Chest: Find Your Passion
- What are you passionate about?
- Find ways to work those things into your class
Boss Battle: Reflections on a Crazy Year
It’s no secret that this year was tough, but it wasn’t all bad
Some reflections about teaching through the pandemic
- We were pushed to be innovative in what we did in class
- We focused on student relationships more
- It was a trial and error year
- If there was ever a year to try new things and learn from failing, this was the year
- It helped us take some risks in our classes and learn from them
- We learned to be more understanding and flexible
- We started thinking about why we do what we do
- Not everything we’ve “always done” is bad; not everything new is great
- We have to be critical of what we’re doing and evaluate everything regularly
Get connected
- Twitter: @comicsocks & #8BitCrew
- Web site
- Youtube
- Email: 8bit.instructor@gmail.com
- Support the show on Patreon.
Check out my Google Classroom Udemy course.
Credits
Music by David Fesliyan (https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/)
- Intro/Outro: “Retro Platforming”
- Boss Battle: “Boss Battle Rock”
- Crew Member’s Board: “Pirate Dance”
- Wrap up: “Game Over” by Patrick de Arteaga
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