From GAFE to G Suite
You have probably heard by now Google
has recently announced a new name for all
of their Google Apps For Education and
Business accounts. The new title is G Suite. Along
with the new name comes a few new
features. Listed below are just two of them:
In Docs, Sheets, and Slides, comes a tool called Explore. Explore uses technology to offer suggestions such as design tips or research recommendations. This tool works very well in Google Sheets and Slides. BUT....in Google Docs, Explore falls short. To make room for this new tool, Google removed the Research tool that was widely used in education. This is a huge setback....especially for those that depended on the Research tool to help find reliable information and open source images. The Research tool even assisted in adding the website citations in the footnotes of the paper. By removing this tool, many educators are upset and a letter campaign has started asking for its return. Let’s hope this is one feature Google decides to bring back.
For more information over Google Explore, go to: https://goo.gl/PSEkOy
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