World History
Google has been making a lot of changes recently to streamline all of its offerings into one area (part of CEO Larry Page's design) and in turn get people to join Google+. I've read that it is up to 100 million, but my sense (and it is just that) is that people are using it as a souped up Twitter. That, of course, is not a bad thing. I, for example, get a lot of items from others that I follow in Google+ that I use in the classroom. But recent inventions also allow you to have video chats with 9 others and be working on a shared Google Docs item. Think about the fact that you can have a virtual meeting with other educators (for free) and work on common documents. G+ is now also connected to the new Google Play that synchs your Internet devices (assuming you have an Android smartphone). So when I have my free periods at school I turn on my Google music (where I have my entire collection uploaded for free), pony up my Google Docs and get to work. When my students come in they share their assignments with me and I split my screen so I can record the grades in my gradebook (which unfortunately is NOT on the cloud - yet!).
- Adding A Video Into Google Forms
Yesterday Google added the ability to insert a video into Google forms. All you need to do is to go to the "insert" tab and then go down to "video" and then find it on Youtube. Alternatively you could watch this one minute video to do it....
- Google Drive For Your Digital Educational Backpack
Call me crazy, but I now have everything digital item (and I no longer own paper) in my Google Drive site. Not only is it as dynamic as I need, but I can get it on my smartphone, tablet or computer. I can also share items (including entire...
- Free Conference Call
It dawned on me this morning that if Frank and I had needed to speak to more than each other last night I could have shared my screen with lots of people and we could have gotten a free conference call using FreeConferenceCall. I first heard about...
- Google Drive
Google just announced that you will soon be able to soon upload 30 different types of digital media into Google Docs. You will then be able to manipulate and share them with others. So, forget about having to e-mail large files as you can...
- How To Download Everything At Once In Google Docs
This year my county has introduced Google Apps, but due to our interpretation of COPPA, we are not letting our students (and since they can not be separated out, our teachers & administrators) share with someone outside of our domain. If you...
World History
New Google Changes
Google has been making a lot of changes recently to streamline all of its offerings into one area (part of CEO Larry Page's design) and in turn get people to join Google+. I've read that it is up to 100 million, but my sense (and it is just that) is that people are using it as a souped up Twitter. That, of course, is not a bad thing. I, for example, get a lot of items from others that I follow in Google+ that I use in the classroom. But recent inventions also allow you to have video chats with 9 others and be working on a shared Google Docs item. Think about the fact that you can have a virtual meeting with other educators (for free) and work on common documents. G+ is now also connected to the new Google Play that synchs your Internet devices (assuming you have an Android smartphone). So when I have my free periods at school I turn on my Google music (where I have my entire collection uploaded for free), pony up my Google Docs and get to work. When my students come in they share their assignments with me and I split my screen so I can record the grades in my gradebook (which unfortunately is NOT on the cloud - yet!).
- Adding A Video Into Google Forms
Yesterday Google added the ability to insert a video into Google forms. All you need to do is to go to the "insert" tab and then go down to "video" and then find it on Youtube. Alternatively you could watch this one minute video to do it....
- Google Drive For Your Digital Educational Backpack
Call me crazy, but I now have everything digital item (and I no longer own paper) in my Google Drive site. Not only is it as dynamic as I need, but I can get it on my smartphone, tablet or computer. I can also share items (including entire...
- Free Conference Call
It dawned on me this morning that if Frank and I had needed to speak to more than each other last night I could have shared my screen with lots of people and we could have gotten a free conference call using FreeConferenceCall. I first heard about...
- Google Drive
Google just announced that you will soon be able to soon upload 30 different types of digital media into Google Docs. You will then be able to manipulate and share them with others. So, forget about having to e-mail large files as you can...
- How To Download Everything At Once In Google Docs
This year my county has introduced Google Apps, but due to our interpretation of COPPA, we are not letting our students (and since they can not be separated out, our teachers & administrators) share with someone outside of our domain. If you...