It is official, I am obsessed with Google Plus Hangouts. Seriously Amazing! Here is a quick picture of my latest hangout with my pal Sully.
Now, within the hangout there is a toolkit where you can add all sorts of effects to your image- hence the glasses and hats. I must admit, I am LOVING the glasses- I went shopping today and looked for a pair- didn't find one that quite pulled off the level of nerdiness that I'm looking for but I'm on the hunt!
I am ridiculously amazed with this- at first I was like oh, look, Skype, wait Facetime--- been there! But it is so much more. You can hangout with 9 different people at the same time- did you catch that? NINE. How cool is that?!?! This is the ultimate collaboration tool. You can watch a YouTube video together, pause it, and chat about it. Collaborate together on a Google Doc or other file. Holy Smokes! And get this- you can have your session recorded and sent straight to YouTube where people who are not in the hangout can watch LIVE. Did I mention the best part???? It is FREE!!! Doesn't cost a dime!
Hangouts are way amazing, the cool thing to do really. Everyone's doing it really. So I have to ask--- wanna hangout? :-D Seriously, I'd LOVE to! Let me know if you would like to in the comments below!
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Hello! I've had a few people ask this week on how to post and share documents without going through Teachers Pay Teachers or Teacher's Notebook. This is particularly useful for freebies because it doesn't require your guests to create an account. I use Google Drive but I'm sure that isn't to surprising considering I'm a huge Google Geek! :-D
I forgot to mention in the video that the you can upload almost any type of document, pictures, spreadsheet, movie, or sound clip. Pretty amazing if you ask me! Do you have any other Google related tutorials that you would like to see? Let me know in the comments below!
In other news- I was so excited to see that my technology papers freebie from a few weeks ago was featured on Teaching Blog Addict! TBA has grown to be one of my favorite blogs! You can snag the techy papers here. :-)
I'm a guest blogger today at All Things Upper Elementary today! Yay! I'm blogging about the amazing app Book Creator the post has a very exciting freebie that you won't want to miss! Check it out here!
I didn't get a chance to blog about this yet, but last week I was a guest on HoJo's Teaching Adventures! I shared one of my favorite Common Core Aligned Websites that has videos arranged by standards and is completely free! Check it out here!
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Google Docs is seriously one of my favorite things! I'm am so glad I have the opportunity to share this with you today. The collaboration aspect is AMAZING and honestly it keeps getting better and better! The video below demonstrates the research feature that is seriously life changing- I love the look on students faces when I show them this tool!
Google Documents is housed within Google Drive. This has changed somewhat recently- it was the name of the entire program- Now it is just a part.
I have created a video to show you a few of the key features available in Documents. This demonstrates just enough for you to get started and you won't leave feeling overwhelmed. Soon, I'll get to the more advanced features. Check out the video and be sure to let me know what you think in the comments. :-D
I can't leave without sharing a few of my favorite YouTube videos from Google. I'm not sure which one gets number one- The concept behind "A Love Letter" may be the best but the technology is now outdated. The Campaign Speech is a great overview of all of the tools in drive working together. Hall and Oates may be simple but it is one of my favorites- and remember if they would want to go back and see all of the deleted choices they can check out the revision history!
Google Docs: A Love Letter
Google Docs: Campaign Speech
Google Documents: Hall and Oates
I hope you enjoyed this and maybe even learned something! ;-) If you have anything Google or Apple related that you would like to learn about please let me know!!!
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If you are anything like me, I've struggled for years trying to keep my personal and school bookmarks, favorite sites, login information and more separate. The day multiple profiles was released with Google Chrome was one of the greatest days ever! Seriously, it is life changing! What multiple profiles allows you to do is keep all of you personal and professional accounts separate online. This includes everything- bookmarks, passwords, sites visited. Everything. Below is a quick video that I created on how to separate your personal and professional life online in less than five minutes. I hope this helps to keep things simple in your life!
