My top 5 Google Search Tips for students and teachers #YouTube
Sure, Google does a pretty good job of finding what you want, but sometimes it needs a little help. Here are my 5 favorite tips for using Google search effectively.
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Handy, Overlooked YouTube Features – Free Tech 4 Teachers
YouTube offers a bunch of handy editing tools that often go overlooked by users. One of those is the option to rotate videos that have been shot in vertical mode when they should have been shot horizontally. Source: Free Technology for Teachers: Handy, Overlooked YouTube Features A great video showing off these YouTube features.
The most important Gmail filter for teachers #YouTube
This my absolute favorite and most useful Gmail filter. The elegance is in its simplicity. Keep your inbox focused on your school email!
Today I learned that you can make the formula bar bigger in Google Sheets
Formulas can get pretty complex in Google Sheets (or any spreadsheet for that matter), and the one line formula bar raises the annoyance bar. Being able to extend the formula bar is a godsend! Excel already has the ability, and apparently Google added the ability back in 2016. I just found out about it last…
Google Spaces, Design Thinking, and Youtube slideshows
Top three for the week Google Spaces is a new way to collaborate and share resources An interesting take on small group collaboration The Beginner’s Guide to Design Thinking in the Classroom – A.J. JULIANI Getting started with design thinking in the classroom Create a slideshow of your Google Photos with Youtube Create slideshows in…
Share Youtube videos with notes using Vidnotes
Vidnote is a simple Youtube video player that allows you to add time stamped notes to a video. It doesn’t have all of the bells and whistles of other services, but if you are looking for something simple and easy to use, check it out. To get started, click the Delete Notes link to remove…
Google Gboard keyboard for iOS brings Google to your iOS typing
Google released its Gboard keyboard a week or so ago, and I’ve been testing it out. Previously, I used the default keyboard the most, followed up by the Swiftkey keyboard, but both now take a backseat to Gboard. Any keyboard I use has to have excellent text prediction. I usually type without looking at the…