Monday, January 11, 2016

Over 30 Youtube channels for teachers

I came across this article today and just wanted to share. In chart form, you can preview a list of over 30 Youtube channels for teachers. If you are reading this, please share this link with your fellow educators.

http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2016/01/over-30-great-youtube-channels-for-teachers.html

Thanks, Gregg

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Google Templates comes to mobile devices

Google Docs templates comes to mobile devices. Not only can you access templates on Google Docs, this update comes to Sheets and Slides as well. What this means is that you can create a rich document, sheet, or slide on your computer or laptop and then easily open and edit that same document on your mobile device. Or, if you prefer, you can start a template on your mobile device and then open and edit it on your computer or laptop.

Please note that you may need to update the iOS apps or Android apps before you notice the new feature.

Here are the release notes from Google:
http://googleappsupdates.blogspot.com/2015/12/use-templates-to-create-files-in-google.html

Here is a short slide show introducing you to this new feature:

















Enjoy,
Gregg

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Google Reminders

Google just released a pretty cool update to Google Calendar. You can now add reminders directly from your calendar. The reminders then show up on the date you select right inside the calendar app.

So, if you're like me, and like to keep track of things needed to get done via reminders, then you'll find this pretty handy.

Give it a try...check out the video below to see how it works.



Happy Goog'ling,
Gregg

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Google Keep

I ran across Google Keep today and thought I would share. Google Keep is a note taking application that Google has developed. It is available for iOS, Android, and can be used as a web app. It syncs with your current Google account and allows you to keep notes, check lists, voice recordings, and other things. For more information on Google Keep, check out the video below or view the official google blog post.


Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Tech Tip for Sept. 8, 2015 - Learn360


For all educators in the ESU 4 area, a quick reminder about Learn360. Learn360 is a resource to all ESU 4 edcucators within the service unit area. Learn360 is rolling out a major update this fall. One that many of you might appreciate is the mobile compatible feature. Please view that update below by clicking on the pdf link below. 

They've also rolled out thousands of new titles in the last year. If you have not looked lately at your account, please take a peek. 

Here is a sneak peek pdf - please scroll to page 2

Here is a video sneak peek of the rollout this fall:

Login with your account:

Thank you,
Gregg

Thursday, September 3, 2015

Tech Tip for August 2015 - Google Voice Typing

Google announced, yesterday, a new feature for Google Docs. Actually, they announced many new features. Here is one that I think can be useful for many students - Google Voice Typing. To enable the voice typing feature, you would open a new document, then select the "Tools" menu. From there, you will have an option to use the "Voice Typing" feature. Once that is enabled, you will press the microphone that pops up and you can talk into your computer and it will translate your speech to text for you. Give it a try today and read more from the official Google blog about this and other new features.



Enjoy,
Gregg


Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Weekly Tech Tip - Update to Google Docs and Slides for mobile devices

A nice little feature that was released today for Google Docs and Slides for mobile apps. 

You can now insert images into Google Docs and Slides on mobile devices. It is pretty simple to do. Below is a graphic from Google that shows how this works

To read more about this feature, please click here.




Enjoy,
Gregg