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Hello GEG NorCal! When does your school year begin? What is on your August schedule? Our first meeting for the 2026-2027 school year will take place on September 10, beginning at 3pm.  Future meetings for this school year are planned on the 2nd Thursday of every month, beginning at 3pm.: October 8 November 12 December 10 January 14 February 11 March 11 April 8 May 13 We plan on quick, useful 30 minute meetings.  For those who can't make it, we'll post the re-play,  In the meantime, I hope that you have a great start to your new school year.  Reach out if you need anything before September 10th!    ... View more

My co-leader, Joe Marquez, and I hit the golf course pretty often, and we're always talking shop between holes. Then it hit us: why not record quick, 60-second edtech tips right from the tee box? We'll be sharing bite-sized videos featuring cool tools, clever classroom hacks, and the latest Google updates! Check out our first two recordings from Bluff Pointe Golf Course in Fresno, CA. More to come soon! https://youtube.com/shorts/cwqB3pEst3Y?feature=share https://youtube.com/shorts/-9crgeq-1Hw?feature=share ... View more

If you didn't see this story on NPR about students creating a policy for AI usage: https://www.npr.org/2026/07/30/nx-s1-5853571/students-set-ai-policy I plan to have students co-create an AI policy for red-yellow-green use cases and then put that policy into a Gem so that if a student asks a red or yellow prompt, Gemini will respond with a warning (or in case of the red, refusal to comply with request). Anyone else have plans for how they are going to start the year? ... View more

Thank you for those of you who were able to join in during our last meeting of this school year. It was fun sharing the bright moments from this past school year and looking ahead at plans for the summer and onto next school year. Here is a link to May's Meeting Slide Deck (Click) On slide 7 are resources that we collected and shared this past year. Have a look!  On slide 15 is a poll--what is your preferred meeting day and time? Should we hold our first meeting of the year in August or September? Let us know! For consistency, we try to set a day of the month to hold meetings, so that there is consistency for everyone to be able to plan. We also try to keep most meetings short--30 minutes or so-- but we're always willing to stay longer.  Here's our May Meeting Recording (Click) Would you like to get involved? Let us know! We're always looking for Guest Speakers also.  Warm wishes, Jessica S. ... View more