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In this blog entry I share a bit about my experiences with making infographics. How much fun it is to go through the process with a roomful of fun educators at a recent conference.
In this blog entry I share a bit about my experiences with making infographics. How much fun it is to go through the process with a roomful of fun educators at a recent conference.
Over at TCEA TechNotes blog this year, I've written quite a few blog entries. Are any of you reading them? [ to an Office 365 based OneDrive for Business accou
Engadget reports the following good news for GoogleDocs users: the Drive team added a coupl
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In this balanced piece on ePortfolio solutions, Google or Microsoft, I explore my biases : [ ](https://
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Update 12/11/2015: Yes! Selected!! Dear Miguel, Your Google for Education Certified Trainer application is now complete, as we have received recommendations from al
"Miguel," asked an administrator colleague at a school district, "How do I save my emails in GoogleApps forever? I was told they disappear forever after 30 days or something. Is th
A district level administrator has a GoogleSheet with 500 Social Security Numbers for students and they accidentally drag it into a publicly shared GoogleDrive folder. A data bre
Note from Amy Mayer, actual Texan: I spoke to Bill Mackenzie, bmackenzie1@ugcloud.ca, a counterpart of ours in Canada, yesterday. Bill sincerely recommended creating these tec
Some great sessions on GoogleApps, Chromebooks shared... This one from Jeff St. Andre covered quite a bit of info. MyNotes [googleapps domain="docs" dir="presentation/d/1r9tR7
While working on a handout for a colleague, I realized that I had to type in a few letters with accent marks over them. Since I haven't had to work with accent marks in a long time
Earlier this year, I was introduced to the idea of using GoogleSlides as a page layout, newsletter publishing tool (see examples here, [as well](http
Hard to believe, but last summer, a colleague asked me to craft a proposal for a "digital data archive," exploring the various options. I did but then promptly forgot about it when
Be sure to check out exciting summer events...here's one more: Klein ISD (Area 4) and TCEA are joining forces to host two Google events this summer ….one for Elementary – June
A short time ago, I indulged and allowed myself to facilitate a workshop for paraeducators. What a wonderful experience that was, doing something I hadn't done in a long time how
Wish you could do more with GoogleForms and GoogleSheets? Then check out these "You can't live without 'em!" add ons to our favorite Google tools! [ or Word? GoogleDocs won't work because the file is
Problem: I'm going to be shifting schools next year and the my domain admin have disabled the ability to transfer ownership of the docs I've made in the past three years. Wha
Earlier this year (last month in fact), I encountered advertisements in GoogleApps for Education something that wasn't supposed to happen, especially since ads were switched off i
Watching a presentation by two book authors at a conference earlier this year, a colleague sitting next to me remarked, "Wow, they included all the low hanging fruit. I expected mo
Source: [Private school’s Chromebook program explains why Google’s laptops have captured nearly 20% of the educational market](
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A few announcements from the Google Education branch that may get some folks excited: New Chromebook Announced [ and his wife, Yolanda Gabehart. [Listen to Podcast
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At mid day today, as Jacob Ortega (Instructional Technology Specialist for the ECISD) and I crossed paths on the way to an exciting activity at the Google Academy at the TCEA 2014
An announcement from Google... [ ](
Awash in great information shared daily, I have to call attention to some neat shares by Google Certified Teachers (GCTs) made earlier this week: Share 1 Saving Your Chess Mat
A great video by Randy Rodgers on how to upload files via GoogleForms to GoogleDrive using [Form+](
This past week, Google announced the immediate availability of the free QuickOffice, one of the premier Office suites on the iPad. I remember because I considered buying (in fact,
"How ironic," I find myself thinking, "that the president I voted for has stripped away our freedoms as Americans, starting a slide down a slippery slope more perilous than anythin
It may be a moot point given that the NSA is spying on all our web services, but if someone were to analyze your passwords, would they be able to figure out how you construct them?
For apps that won't allow you to copy from the Camera Roll like AlbumFX Lite you can have students email the product directly to Evernote , GoogleDrive via [ GoFileDrop Fre
Recently, someone on the GCT list shared this problem: We had our official school opening today (yay) and have photo's from all sorts of places. I haven't used Picasa for quite a
Get a free email client [
This past weekend, a few of us tweeted at each other about enabling Google + in schools. Throughout the whole discussion, I equated Google + with Hangouts. While Google+ is great a
Over the last two to three weeks, I've noticed a problem with GoogleDrive integration on the iPad. While regular Gmail accounts were working, GoogleApps for Education (GAFE) accoun
What would happen if I stepped back from my reliance on
[ in my school over the LA imposed one. It just worked.
Next time someone asks you, "Is the cloud really secure? Wouldn't we be better off meeting our school district's puny needs for email, web pages, and productivity/collaboration too
Press Release.... On the 11 January 2011 Google is launching the inaugural Google Science Fair. We have partnered with NASA, CERN, National Geographic, Scientific American and th
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Great post from Ben Wilkoff explaining how to do the Google Moodle integration...an exc
I enjoyed [this GoogleApps Mythbusters presentation]
While sprucing up [my ePortfolio site]
Press release.... [GoogleApps for Education is...] kicking of a webinar series featuring the Apps EDU Certified Trainers focusing on using Google Apps in the classroom. Feel fr
Problem: ...we are noticing when we double space an essay to print, no matter what we do when we go to print it, it goes to single space formatting! Response: This, apparentl
Loved this tip out of the 15 shared about Google Chrome.... You know that if you copy anything from a webpage an
This was a hoot to see...a teacher (Sean Beaverson) collecting results of coin flipping: [ ](
Check out this [great document from GoogleApps for E
A colleague recently emailed me and asked: We are exploring Google Mail for our district. I would love to talk to some districts that have made the leap. Can you provide me a lis
I missed the first incarnation of the Goog
A colleague recently sent me this question and I've been remiss in not responding sooner: I am still thinking about this issue of providing our parents with their student's googl
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The following includes excerpts from Colorado news on schools using GoogleApps for Education. I like the idea of GoogleApps for Education being used for eportfolio solution; allowi
As I highlighted in this blog entry it's possible to use G
Looking for a free copy of [Google SketchUp Pro]
The following question arose in a discussion: Hi everyone. I'm helping a couple of local schools to set up apps for education accounts. I've been asked by one of my bosses to fin
Problem: Does anyone out there who started up Google Apps in Education have a letter that they wrote to their student's parents about starting up Google Docs in Ed? Res
One of the main complaints about GoogleDocs is, "I bought gigabytes of storage on GoogleDocs, but now I find out I have to upload files, rather than folders?" It's a valid complain
Thanks to this series of Plurk exchanges with DMantz7, I decided to take a few moments and see if I could get Chrome OS running via Virtual Box, wh
This was interesting announcement about EasyBig
When I was a boy, my Dad shared with me the ethi
Earlier this week, I received a question from so
UPDATE 06/14/2010: [Google announces SafeSearch Lock Update as a result of feedback from educators!](
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While certainly not "new" information to share, I had fun exploring GoogleDrawing for a bit today. Some of my first questions/impressions appear below: [ trying to embed social bookmarking service, Diigo generated javascript to reflect my favorite links. In fact,
A few days ago, I had a question from a colleagu
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One of the most disheartening things to have to do is turn down folks who want to modify content on my wiki. It's forced me to have a wiki for publication obviously, an easy way t
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The purposeful noise of the workshop continued on, even though my teacher voice didn't echo in the corners of the classroom. It was a blessing to have students so engaged, withou
A few years ago (quite a few), I noticed schoo
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Thanks to Lisa Thumann for her session this morning on Google Searches. She went so quickly, it was hard to keep up...fortunately, I knew about most of the things she shared except
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Listen to Kern Kelley Podcast of his presentation will be onli
Using GoogleDocs Spreadsheet...Pivot Tables. Wow. and, [Google Magic Fil](
One of my favorite Librivox recordings is a sermon entitled "Absolute Surrender." I listened to it one summer as I was d
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About a month ago, my family and I switched from A
While GoogleApps for Education may be catching o
Thanks to Dr. Mark Wagner for writing a blog entry about GoogleDocs not violating CIPA or COPPA. But if you're not convinced already, I fear that you won't be by his words. [Educ
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One of my least favorite books and conversations is "What if?" I like to deal in reality, which is why I write non fiction, but love to indulge in sci fi and fantasy. Like other
Microsoft Exchange or Google Apps? One government agency goes Google Tuesday,
[]( One of the disappointments of events that are bound by time, space and money is that some people are rejected. That's what
Since the last time I raised the FERPA and
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Doug Johnson (Blue Skunk Blog) wrote a wonderful article Computing in the Clouds using GoogleApps in Education, th
While it's great to stay up to date with the latest and greatest, many schools are still using old, out of date software and hardware. I look to the announcement below from Google
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These past few months, I've been seriously considering HOW to get a new phone and/or provider for my family. If it was just me, there wouldn't be a problem...I'd already have switc
You know, after writing that long post yesterday about my phone selection process which really helped me clarify my thi
Although I use GoogleApps for many things, in fact, find it indispensable, I found myself questionning whether I should really just go ahead and make video to participate in the [G
While Google's dominance appears certain, educat
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Is this for real? This message is from Gmail messaging center to all Gmail free account owners and premium account owners. We are currently upgrading our data .base and e mail ac
GoogleApps for Education with the free Postini Message Security is certainly spreading in Texas. For example, I've heard of the following Texas districts that are switching (or a
google docs upload Project Hosting on Google Code [ A tool for batch upload documents to a Google Docs account with recursive t
As a paid member of Google I pay for storage space I was overjoyed to receive this message: We wanted to let you know about some exciting changes to your Google paid storage pl
[Office of Instructional Technology San Antonio ISD Google Docs in Schools by Art Gelwicks, Guest Columnist](
Using Google Docs in the Classroom by Tom Barrett Today we explored resting pulse rates and w
In dealing with a recent ban on the use of GoogleDocs which means backing everything up, saving it locally, and then deleting it from GoogleDocs I sent out a tweet asking how to
Thanks to Henry Thiele for organizing this event... Time: October 6, 2009 from 3pm to 4
Thanks to a colleague, I became aware of the following change to GoogleApps: We wanted to let you know about some important changes around published documents, spreadsheets, and
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What thrilling news to find out that NetNewsWire
Click the links to find out more.... This morning Google announced the completion and public
When I first installed Picasa on my computers, I was delighted to see such a powerful tool made available as an alternative to iPhoto. Now, [Jim Henderson (MakeUseOf.com)](
It's Sketchy time! That's right, it's time for our 6th annual Sketchy Contest for students and teachers. Calling all students and teachers in K 12! We want to sho
I flunked art in Kindergar
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Brian Grenier (Bump on a Blog) has a nice series of GoogleSite Screencasts going... 1. [Establishing Your Google Account](
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I was shocked to read the following: Google decided to close many services that were either redundant
A tweet from Tom Barrett shares [Dou
Ever had to collect a lot of information from campuses, wanted to do it electronically, but instead ended up with lots of emails flying back and forth with Word or Excel spreadshee
Source: Tweet from @tgray352 Thank to Tanya's tweet, I was reminded of two instance of GoogleDocs. Earlier this w
I hate logging into Gmail or Thunderbird to read my email...I'd like to just pull it down like an RSS reader and