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Google Classroom, Live

The five episodes of the free webinar series “Google Classroom Won’t Save You… But You Can,” with chapters.

1. 01

   The Brain

   1h 6m

   Before you head over to Google Classroom, take time to reflect on who you are and how your classroom runs. Google Classroom is a container — you need to know what you’re going to put in it.

   1. 0:00 Welcome & the week ahead
   2. 1:44 Google Classroom is just a container
   3. 9:50 Build the operating system first
   4. 13:45 Start in your Google Drive
   5. 16:53 The scaffold: folders, agents & data
   6. 37:00 Inside Classroom: the shiny-button trap
   7. 49:54 The money move: Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM)
   8. 56:53 Why vanilla ai falls flat
   Play episode 01 Watch on YouTube (opens in new tab)
2. 02

   Assets

   1h 2m

   Starting with Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM), then Gemini and Google Gems, you can build assets for Google Classroom far more efficiently.

   1. 0:00 Welcome & day one recap
   2. 2:10 Claude for teachers: should you?
   3. 4:46 Stay in your Google ecosystem
   4. 9:06 From draft to Classroom: always audit
   5. 13:02 Make work students actually want
   6. 23:54 Ground the ai, then build
   7. 34:15 When the tools break (and why we go live)
   8. 42:32 Build a Gem: accessibility & voice
   Play episode 02 Watch on YouTube (opens in new tab)
3. 03

   Make Your Own Assets

   43 min

   Creating your own assets is one of the best strategies for using any LMS. You build them by grounding Gemini in your context.

   1. 0:00 Welcome & the Teachers Pay Teachers problem
   2. 3:56 Build your own asset factory
   3. 7:10 Curation & collecting ideas
   4. 9:49 Personalizing what you find
   5. 13:05 Keep kids out of Classroom, live in the calendar
   6. 20:38 Does calendar-first work for little kids?
   7. 25:57 The copy-link trick & the paper trail
   8. 33:32 Consistency, templates & SOPs
   Play episode 03 Watch on YouTube (opens in new tab)
4. 04

   Topics

   1h 6m

   Organizing your Google Classroom into Topics will make your life a lot easier.

   1. 0:00 Welcome & why organization matters
   2. 7:21 Bundling & collecting ideas
   3. 10:41 Classroom’s upside-down hierarchy
   4. 14:37 Build your topic buckets first
   5. 21:00 Questions, bell ringers & headphones
   6. 36:26 Grades are basically vibes
   7. 40:09 Materials vs assignments: skip the zero
   8. 51:14 The dummy-topics hack
   Play episode 04 Watch on YouTube (opens in new tab)
5. 05

   Building Activities

   1h 7m

   In the final episode, we build activities in Google Classroom — and look at the sites that add depth to your content.

   1. 0:00 Final episode: material, not assignments
   2. 4:48 The research behind good assignments
   3. 9:16 Start simple: Own it, Learn it, Share it
   4. 14:21 The magic-button trap
   5. 20:22 Grounding fixes it (and the rule of three)
   6. 26:51 Audio lessons & avatars: who’s in control?
   7. 34:05 Non-ai activities & everyday tools
   8. 40:03 A tour of free classroom resources
   Play episode 05 Watch on YouTube (opens in new tab)