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Google Docs and Sheets are experiencing partial outages

The Verge

Multiple Google services are currently experiencing outages, with some users unable to create new documents in Google Docs and Google Sheets. Google’s Workspace Status Dashboard is reporting that Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Classroom are all experiencing service disruptions. The Google Docs Team. Screenshot: Google.

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There is Always Room for Student Creativity! (Even in A Google Doc)

The Next Web

We all know that Google Docs is a powerful word processing tool and one of the main core applications of Google. Google Docs is probably one of the most used G-Suite apps in the educational domain and one that offers many features above and beyond our old traditional ways of digitizing text. 1 Font Selection: . Emma Cottier.

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Google updates its iOS YouTube app, the first update to one of its major iOS apps since December

The Verge

Although there’s been speculation that the reason for the lack of updates to iOS versions of Gmail, Docs, Search, and Photos is an attempt to avoid Apple’s new privacy labels, Google has explicitly denied that was the case.

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Microsoft Surface Laptop SE review: just get a Chromebook

The Verge

Hopping between the dozen or so Chrome tabs that I usually use was a pain, and typing in Google Docs was quite laggy. Getting a classroom full of kids set up on laptops is enough of an undertaking already without needing to wait ages for those computers to turn on. Slow,” of course, is a relative and somewhat subjective term.

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What’s the best student laptop? We asked students

The Verge

Chromebooks, like this one from Acer, are a good choice for students who use Google Classroom. Max mostly uses his laptop for Google Classroom applications, including Gmail, Slides, Google Docs, and Google Sheets. “The most basic Chromebook serves all the needs of the basic middle schooler.”. Photo by Monica Chin / The Verge.

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How to Keep Your Virtual Meetings on Track, Inclusive, and Engaging

Top Nonprofits

I was reminded of this recently, at the first evening of the online course in Grant Proposal Writing: Our fifteen working adult students logged in to Zoom and were welcomed into our shared virtual classroom. I had asked my contact whether participants were comfortable using Zoom with Google Docs.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Face-to-Face or Mediated Experience, Open Source Software Communities, and Blog Days

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Adopt a classroom project from DonorsChoose and lead a blog fundraising campaign. Laura Whitehead of Laura's Notebook highly recommends the recent CommonCraft video on Google Docs in Plain English. The event is encouraging bloggers around the web to write a post about the environment.