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Broadcast Date: 28 January 2021
Guests: Alice Keeler - Educational Technology Specialist (alicekeeler.com) and Dave Abouav - Flubaroo and Customer Engineer, Google Cloud
In this episode of Totally Unscripted we explore how Google Apps Script is supporting educators around the world to become more productive and efficient. From grading quizzes to administering class rosters and everything in between, Apps Script can be used to help educators save time in the administration of teaching and learning and spend more time with their students. For this episode we were joined by noted teacher and Apps Script creator Alice Keeler (alicekeeler.com) as well as Dave Abouav who is a Google Employee and part-time physics teacher and the creator of the popular grading tool Flubaroo.
See below for show contents and resources
Show contents:
03:40 - Meeting Dave and Flubaroo
07:45 - Meeting Alice
09:38 - Why Apps Script resonates with educators
11:21 - Examples of Apps Script helping automate repetitive tasks
14:15 - Using Apps Script to support learner interaction
18:00 - Teachers turned Apps Script contributors
21:35 - Giving teachers confidence to code
24:04 - Kids contributing code
26:00 - Data/privacy discussion
30:51 - Add-on verification tips
32:10 - Using Apps Script to help with parent communications
34:45 - Supporting your Apps Script projects (inc Flubaroo story)
36:43 - Automating Google Classroom with Apps Script
39:38 - Impact of using Apps Script and saving admin time
44:45 - Blockers and tips for starting to use Apps Script
48:14 - Being financially viable and sustainable
50:45 - Script verification, scopes and approval
56:04 - Admin level permissions
Resources:
Flubaroo - http://www.flubaroo.com/
Teacher Tech with Alice Keeler - https://alicekeeler.com (join as a premium member)
Using Google Apps Script to schedule Google Meets for a Virtual Parents’ Evening Assistant example from Luke Craig
Code with Google (referred to as CSCode in the show)
Google Sites
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