{"id":881,"date":"2013-05-18T13:12:20","date_gmt":"2013-05-18T13:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/?p=881"},"modified":"2013-05-18T13:13:24","modified_gmt":"2013-05-18T13:13:24","slug":"top-10-google-io-2013-announcements-related-to-teaching-and-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/top-10-google-io-2013-announcements-related-to-teaching-and-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Google I\/O 2013 Announcements Related To Teaching And Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Facebook Like Button v1.9.6 BEGIN [http:\/\/blog.bottomlessinc.com] -->\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Finspiredtoeducate.net%2Finspiredtoeducate%2Ftop-10-google-io-2013-announcements-related-to-teaching-and-learning%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height: 30px; align: left; margin: 2px 0px 2px 0px\"><\/iframe>\n<!-- Facebook Like Button END -->\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/google-io-2012.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-882\" title=\"Google I\/O\" src=\"http:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/google-io-2012.jpg\" alt=\"Google I\/O\" width=\"558\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"http:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/google-io-2012.jpg 558w, http:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/google-io-2012-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This week , Google held their annual technology conference named <a href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/events\/io\/sessions\" target=\"_blank\">I\/O 2013<\/a>\u00a0for Google professionals and developers. \u00a0 You have to love all the great technology that Google gives to the community for free! \u00a0I wanted to share a great summary video by\u00a0<a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/marquesbrownlee?feature=watch\" target=\"_blank\" data-sessionlink=\"feature=watch&amp;ei=BWmXUc2GC4PW2AWpxoCICQ\">Marques Brownlee<\/a>\u00a0and highlight announcements that would impact educators and educational game developers.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/onldzSzdqlM\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>New Google+:\u00a0<\/strong>Google released a new user interface that reminds me of Pinterest. \u00a0 I enjoy the new flat card look and the communities features of Google+. \u00a0 \u00a0Google has made it easy to discover communities on topics that you care about. \u00a0 This is great for building a personal learning network.<\/li>\n<li><strong>App Store for education:<\/strong>\u00a0 In the fall, Google will be launching a focused app store for teachers and students. \u00a0 Google is working with teachers to collect and organize the store. \u00a0 This is a nice &#8220;back to school&#8221; gift from Google.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Google Now:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yfb8mSEvLLQ\" target=\"_blank\">Google Now<\/a> enables you to search for information and resources using conversational voice commands. \u00a0 In addition, the service tries to\u00a0anticipate\u00a0your needs based on current location and the context of your question. \u00a0 \u00a0It&#8217;s like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AofiECtl0-o&amp;feature=fvwp&amp;NR=1\" target=\"_blank\">Siri, but better<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hang outs: <\/strong>In the next few months, Google will phase out Google Talk in favor of Google Hangouts. \u00a0 Educators like <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101359780931017796250\/posts\" target=\"_blank\">Eduvue<\/a> and &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/102348327409046706063\/posts\" target=\"_blank\">Teachers teaching teachers<\/a>&#8220;, have been using Google Hangouts to publish great video chat conversations on teaching technology trends. \u00a0 Google has tried to make this feature more accessible to encourage personal text and video chat. \u00a0 Our family uses Google Hangouts so our kids can see their grand parents who live in another state.<\/li>\n<li><strong>AndroidStudio:<\/strong> To my programmer and computer science teacher friends, we have a new toy! \u00a0 AndroidStudio is a new code environment for writing Android apps. \u00a0 I can&#8217;t wait to take it for a test drive. \u00a0I was impressed with the user interface design features that help you see how your screens render across devices quickly.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Improvements Google Chrome:<\/strong> Everyone&#8217;s favorite browser just got faster. \u00a0Again! Amazing! \u00a0From a developer perspective, Google has added tons of new features making it easier to make games and robust apps that live in the browser. \u00a0It&#8217;s a great time to be a web developer.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Opportunities for gamification in education: <\/strong>From a developer perspective, Google has created API&#8217;s so that game score boards and badge boards can be shared in the social context of Google+ . \u00a0 \u00a0When I saw this feature, I started thinking that this would be helpful in creating <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alternate_reality_game\" target=\"_blank\">alternate reality games<\/a> for the classroom. \u00a0 The improved location API&#8217;s for Android will help launch the next generation of educational games that you play in the real world&#8230; Not just the digital world.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Google rocking Malaysian Education System:<\/strong> @googlechrome\u00a0Malaysian government is bringing Google Apps to their entire education system &#8211; 10M students &#8211; along with Chromebooks to all schools. #io13<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/oquidave\" target=\"_blank\">@oquidave<\/a> &#8212; Google playstore for Education, chromebooks, &amp; tablets &gt;&gt; Google\u2019s approach to education  via @<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/techpostug\" target=\"_blank\">techpostug<\/a> #io13<\/li>\n<li>@GoogleAtWork \u00a0What you need to know from I\/O: Google I\/O announcements for business, government and education customers <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/GR5Wi\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/goo.gl\/GR5Wi<\/a> #io13<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Check out all the talks at Google I\/O 2013 at <a href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/events\/io\/sessions\" target=\"_blank\">this link<\/a>. \u00a0 \u00a0I would love to hear your thoughts and comments about Google i\/o. \u00a0 What do you feel would help students and teams grow and learn using Google technology? \u00a0 \u00a0What would make your life easier?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<!-- Facebook Like Button v1.9.6 BEGIN [http:\/\/blog.bottomlessinc.com] -->\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Finspiredtoeducate.net%2Finspiredtoeducate%2Ftop-10-google-io-2013-announcements-related-to-teaching-and-learning%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height: 30px; align: left; margin: 2px 0px 2px 0px\"><\/iframe>\n<!-- Facebook Like Button END -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week , Google held their annual technology conference named I\/O 2013\u00a0for Google professionals and developers. \u00a0 You have to love all the great technology that Google gives to the community for free! \u00a0I wanted to share a great summary video by\u00a0Marques Brownlee\u00a0and highlight announcements that would impact educators and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,15,16,3,8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=881"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":885,"href":"http:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881\/revisions\/885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}