Category Archives: Google

Students – Google Drive – Mobile Devices

Posted on November 7, 2014 by Gail

Students are not always aware that they can download Google Drive on their cell phones and tablets. It is especially handy for them to have Drive on their devices if they plan to take and share photographs with other students … Continue reading →

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Teach Freshmen How to Find and Cite Photographs for Blogs and Sites

Posted on August 19, 2014 by Gail

Students enjoy creating Google sites and love to fill them full of photographs and illustrations they find on the Internet. Photographs often help to emphasize their story or post. They are not always familiar with the terms copyright free, public … Continue reading →

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Leyden Symposium 2014 Day 3

Posted on August 1, 2014 by Gail

Today at day 3 of the Leyden Symposium I decided to attend the Google Apps is the Key session led by Mikkel Storaasil since I enjoyed it so much last year. Mikkel asked us to tell him on TodaysMeet what … Continue reading →

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Leyden Symposium 2014 Day 2

Posted on July 31, 2014 by Gail

I’m not going to try to relate all the many magical things that happened today at the Leyden Symposium. I don’t think I can do justice to the first two speakers of the day. First Jennie Magiera spoke about From Ideas … Continue reading →

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Importing Favorites from IE and Show and Hide Chrome Bookmarks Bar

Posted on July 3, 2014 by Gail

Most of our staff have been using Internet Explorer and have lots of websites saved in their IE Favorites. We are initiating a one-to-one Chromebook initiative and one of the features we demonstrate during Google training sessions is how to import IE … Continue reading →

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Peltor 10 Earmuffs and Google Educator Exams

Posted on July 1, 2014 by Gail

It can be hard to think creatively, study, work on the computer, or just read at home when others in the household are watching TV or listening to music. Sometimes a neighbor kicking a soccer ball repeatedly can drive one … Continue reading →

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Google Hangouts: Liquor Stores, Starbucks, and Toy Guns

Posted on February 10, 2014 by Gail

I have seen Jennie Magiera (@MsMagiera) speak on a few occasions and she is always vivacious. Her charismatic personality and her love for all students everywhere shines through. One of the things she spoke about during her keynote speech at … Continue reading →

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Putting Photos From Your iPad Camera Roll Into Google Drive

Posted on November 18, 2013 by Gail

When you take a picture with your iPad it goes into your Camera Roll. It’s simple to then save it in your Google Drive.  Here is how to do it.

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Teach Your Staff to Google Error Messages

Posted on November 16, 2013 by Gail

Many times it is possible for end users to solve their own problems by doing a Google search. For instance, if you see an error or warning message on your screen while in a software program, type the exact wording … Continue reading →

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Black Menu Extension Shown in Tellagami

Posted on November 10, 2013 by Gail

Yesterday I wrote about the Black Menu Extension you can find in the Chrome Store. Today I decided to post a Tellagami. I’ve been reading about it and decided it was time to try it for myself. 

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