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Grow with Google

In the latest Google Newsletter (The Google for Education newsletter, Issue VII, 2018) there is an article about how Google has given a grant to the National AfterSchool Association for Professional Development. In the article they talk about how they are using Grow with Google website for Professional Development. What I like about this website is that it focuses on what your teaching target is and how you can use Google to engage and enhance that skill AND they provide lesson plans with videos to walk the students through how to complete the skill.
If you find one that interests you feel free to add a comment about which one you tried and how it went!

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