Not quite useful for school settings, but if you use personal Google accounts, then the family updates will make sharing easier.
I can’t wait to try this out with the shared calendar. Right now we have separate calendars for each family member, that’s shared with each person. Which you would think would work swell, and it does. Except for notifications. Some events will have two or three notifications!
WriteReader looks like a fun and easy way for students to digitally publish their books. The site is free to use, there are only costs if you would like a print or download a book. If you would like access to ebooks you can use in your classroom, then checkout the WriteReader library. There are…
XDA Developers has announced that Google’s Live Caption feature is rolling out for Chrome desktop users. This is a really cool feature, once it is turned on, it will put up closed captioning for any audio that is playing in Chrome. To turn it on, navigate to a page with audio, such as a YouTube…
Here are three scripts that let you build a document from user prompts, import Google Analytics into a Google Doc report, and create a document from a Google Sheet file. Source: 3 Impressive Google Docs Scripts to Automate Your Documents For forms in Google Docs we’ve been using autoCrat but there are use cases where script…
Source: YouTube Captions Search – Chrome Web Store Here’s a pretty cool extension to help your students locate information in YouTube videos. Once the extension is installed, you can search for specific words in videos that have closed captioning or subtitles. It is especially helpful when you are looking for a specific piece of information…
This isn’t a big deal with Google Apps for Education accounts, since they have unlimited space, but for your personal Google accounts, Google is offering 2GB additional storage for completing a security check up on your Google account. Head on over to Google’s Security Checkup for yours.
Source: Mirror the Video.com We’ve all been there, trying to learn the latest dance for our Tik Tok videos. Ok, maybe we haven’t been there, but we want to bust-a-move at the next wedding we are at and we’ve found the perfect dance on YouTube. However, the video we are watching is just of the…