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Today is the day and the perfect opportunity to show all your teachers how much easier it is to ‘Jam’ with Google’s latest feature update for Jamboard. This update allows for the creation and editing of jams from the web and it also offers a new “View Only” mode. For those who might not have […]

Thank you to our guest bloggers: Clint Winter, Instructional Technology Coordinator, and Chuck Bell, Superintendent of the Elbert County School District. Creating a digital culture As a School Superintendent and as a District Technology Coordinator we both are often asked: “How and why did your district decide to go 1:1?” Our school district has been 1:1 […]

Meet directprint.io: a Chromebook Printing Solution Part of the excitement for our team at ISTE this past year was getting to interface with our Partners. That’s also where we met David from directprint.io for the first time. As a background, Amplified IT reviews the services available to K-12 schools and select the ones we feel […]

Many times schools are wanting to limit communications between students in order to provide a safer environment where students can learn to use email appropriately. The most flexible method for preventing mail flow is via Content Compliance rules. With the proper setup, you can configure a set of rules that will only allow communications from […]

Too many cooks in the kitchen! As we dive deeper into Google’s Shared Drive functionality, many of us have realized the weeds we are getting ourselves, our educators, and our students into. Originally, the purpose of Shared Drives was to provide a platform for open access use with a similar permission model as other content […]

In our 8+ years of working with schools and districts across North America, one thing has become clear: Information Technology staff in schools need to stay current and relevant with the updates and improvements to Google for Education. Transitioning your technical team from legacy systems knowledge to cloud-focused competencies can be a challenge, and making […]

Last week, to celebrate the end of Q3, we had a local small-batch coffee roaster come to our office to do a small educational talk and full coffee sampling. Jeff and Lisa from Fathom Coffee told us stories about where the coffee had been grown, how it was grown, how it was transported to the […]

Ready to get started? Connect With Our Experts Students are using WeVideo to create: Green screen videos. Make newscasts, reports, or place yourself anywhere in the world without leaving the classroom. Podcasts. Amplify your voice with unlimited audio tracks and over 100,000 sound effects and music clips. Screencasts. Show your learning by recording your screen […]

Researching and evaluating web filters can be rather daunting. Features oftentimes are the largest determining factor when purchasing a new filter for your Google Workspace environment. Seems straightforward enough, however, many companies offer similar experiences so how do you know which one is best?   One of the key elements of discovery is the trial […]