Archive for Category: "Google Educast"
May 11, 2012 8:51 am
Google Educast #047: That’s Rad!
This week on the Google Educast: we talk about Hangouts On Air for everyone, Google Drive tips including how to reclaim something people thought they lost when moving to Drive, Kevin shares a great feature for teachers in Google Spreadsheets, a couple of useful free Chrome extensions. And more!
May 5, 2012 9:31 am
Google Educast #046: Font Explosion – (I Shot the Serif)
This week on the Google Educast: 450 New Fonts in Docs! (You don’t have to use them all.) Plus, 60 new templates, this week’s amazing Education On Air Conference, Doodle4Google finalists, A Google A Day, New Search Education Site. Docs vs Drive: convincing people it’s really kind of the same thing. Custom Letterhead (if you’re into that sort of thing), Contacts Delegation, MapsCube game, Sowash’s Chrome Tips, Evernote and Evernote Clearly. Google’s 20% Time in Brooky’s classes, and a fine farewell to Dana Nguyen as she takes her first bite out of a new career.And more!
April 28, 2012 2:00 pm
Google Educast #045: Drive it Home
This week on the Google Educast: On Air Conference next week! Google Drive is HERE, plus check out mypermissions.org. Google is selling SketchUp to Trimble — how will this impact educators and students? Google News and Google News Archive — amazing resource! Photo Tours in Google Maps, Pixorial and other Chrome Apps that work with Google Drive. Help Will Kimbley with a usability study of his Self-Grading Rubric demo, AutoCrat script, Handout Generator, and more with scripts, including a book recommendation from our guest Kern Kelley. And more!
April 22, 2012 7:52 pm
Google Educast #044: He’s Dead There Too
This week on the Google Educast: Google Drive, self-driving cars, Chromebooks, and Cloud Print. Forms, Fusion Tables, and a cool demo of Google Correlate. New options to insert images into Docs from your webcam or search LIFE Magazine, English Teacher Hangout, check out your Gmail usage, and look how smart spell-check is in Docs! Create a self-grading rubric with Google Forms thanks to California GCT Will Kimbley. And more! Show Hosts: Diane Main, Chris Betcher , and Sean Williams Send us your thoughts! [...]
April 13, 2012 5:00 pm
Google Educast #043: Teach Ideas, Not Apps.
This week on the Google Educast: we discuss changes to Google+, possible educational uses for Project Glass, we provide a great list of learning resources for Google Apps for Education and we go live to Sydney, Australia where efforts were underway to get more women into computer science. Chris Betcher joins us live from Australia with a special guest of his own.
March 30, 2012 12:50 pm
Google Educast #042: Google Certified Pirates
This week on the Google Educast: Apps in Google Hangouts are irresistible, please give Google feedback on Google Sites, Google Summer of Code announced, custom admin roles on Google Apps. Tool Shoutout: Account Dashboard in Google Apps- with stats!
March 23, 2012 4:49 pm
Google Educast #041: Are You Comfortable? Or Cozy?
This week on the Google Educast: Lots of special guests help us weed through lots of news! The roundup: Search gets a refresh, The Semantic Web, the inner workings of Google Translate, new Gmail look getting forced on everyone, Google Maps Streetview for the Amazon River, new Spell Checker shown off, Corin shows us some great uses of Google Voice for speech therapy. Tips and Tricks: changing icons to text in Gmail, Prezify your PowerPoint Slides, Chrome Extension round robin, and finally some awesome examples of Google Sites and Forms for fifth grade, with Lisa Highfill!
March 17, 2012 10:11 am
Google Educast #040: YouTube EDU Grabs the Headlines
This week on the Google Educast: Diane drops in from CUE in Palm Springs with an exciting announcement, a big Google Apps summit in California, Corin gets into Google Play, and Fred discusses iOS and Google Earth.
March 9, 2012 9:06 pm
Google Educast #039: Forms – The Gateway Drug
This week on the Google Educast: Improved discussions feature, including in Drawings. A little Dan Meyer TED talk mention. Related Search Previews and other cool features of Google Image Search. Adding CSS and Java to Google Sites and how Sites can compare to other platforms. Using HTML in the intro text of Google Forms. Google Search wonkiness on the iPhone. Update on Jeremy’s book drive outreach. Finished up with a little Google Forms Kumbaya session and Sean shared some #EduWin moments from his college class for future teachers.
February 24, 2012 4:17 pm
Google Educast #038: This is How California Rolls
This week on the Google Educast: An All-California lineup tonight! Google Apps for Android, Discussions in Google Presentations, update on taking Google Maps INSIDE, Google Specs, and Google Voice gets Circles. In-depth talk about Google Voice with John and Sean, with a cool app shout-out by Nicole. Get Google Forms data via e-mail, Sea View and funny Street View content. Guest hosts share iPhoneography and student digital art portfolios, plus Mr. Miller’s Blogging Boot Camp. Special Bonus Material thanks to MrMacnology, Jeremy MacDonald in Oregon!
February 17, 2012 4:58 pm
Google Educast #37: Go Chrome or Go Home
This week on The Google Educast: Black bar is back for good (bye bye drop-down); new G+ page for Google Docs; Chromebooks available Down Under! Subcategories in the Chrome Webstore. Chrome extension: World Time Buddy; new Chromebook videos; Chromebooks vs. iPads? Is it Apples and . . . Horses? Chromebook Ninja Tips. Beware the old look of Gmail — it’s a trap! New tips for copying and pasting in web apps. Google Sites for student projects: potential pitfall with using a template. AND MORE!
February 10, 2012 12:00 pm
Google Educast #36: Playing Nice
This week The Google Educast: CompSci scholarship for vets, new Styles in Docs, new look in GCal, and “they’re still textbooks.” Google Earth Walks, searching for GEarth content, and don’t forget our listener map! Social Folders and WunderMaps. Adding 3-D Awesome to iBooks Author. FABruary, Choose Your Own Adventure, and Teaching Search.
February 3, 2012 5:01 pm
Google Educast #035: Making it Mandatory
This week the Google Educast is joined by Aaron Slutsky and Rachel Wente-Chaney. We look at the technology used by POTUS in the recent State of the Union, as well as discussing the his idea of mandatory high school graduation. Next, a quick look at YouTube/teacher and Aaron shares another URL shortener. We also discuss using Google sites as a light weight LMS and Rachel talks scripts. This cast ends with a great Chrome story from Aaron’s school district.
January 28, 2012 1:25 pm
Google Educast #034: Tying it All Together
Diane, Fred and Sean get familiar with the Google+ Live Hangout On Air, as they share the week’s tips and tricks related to the Google EDU universe. New privacy policy and terms of service, Public Alerts in Maps, and Google Earth 6.2 released. A discussion of Google Currents on the iPad and Google+ for teens age 13 and up. Threaded comments in Blogger, Street View’s Pegman, and Tammy Worcester’s cool spreadsheet templates for generating QR codes. Using QR codes with young kids and Google EDU gets a makeover. Our first On-Air Hangout in Google+ thanks to Harold Carey, Jr.!
January 20, 2012 5:28 pm
Google Educast #033: Let’s Hangout!
Kim, Fred and Sean get up close and personal in Google Hangouts and slow bandwidth is [almost] not an issue. Hear about resources for helping students understand SOPA and PIPA and new incentives for why students should get their Doodle on. Get in the know with Google’s “Good To Know” campaign, boundaries get shady in Google Maps, Google Plus tips and learn how to make a Table of Contents in Google Docs.
January 16, 2012 2:08 pm
Google Educast #32: Back in Black
This week on the Google EduCast: The black toolbar is back, Google attempts to connect us even more by adding Search Plus Your World-What does this mean for students? Hear about Google Body’s new identity, visit college campuses virtually with Google Maps and Earth and learn how we mail merge with Google Spreadsheets. Chris Betcher explains how to save time by creating custom searches in Google Chrome and learn how to get your students involved in the Google Science Fair. [...]
January 6, 2012 4:18 pm
Google Educast #31: Art, History, and Life in the Cloud
This week on the Google Educast: Google History and Art Online, Google Docs vs. M$ Office, CloudOn. What Do You Love and Let Me Google That For You. Using the new Google Presentations, and a new tool called WiFli to go with Google Forms. YouTube Downloader Chrome Extension and its implications on Terms of Service or Copyright. Best Practices for tracking changes using comments, revision history, or text formatting in Google Docs. Show Hosts: Diane Main, Fred Delventhal, Chris Betcher , Sean Williams [...]
December 30, 2011 5:50 pm
Google Educast #30: Googling Ahead to a New Year
In the news: Google extends through 2012 free calling via Voice from Gmail, YouTube Slam and YouTube Rewind 2011. Google Voice – tips for using in education. Google Tasks and Inbox Zero. Things to try in 2012: Forms for the one-device classroom, Fear Not the Docs List, App Inventor Reborn at MIT. Show Hosts: Diane Main, John Sowash, Chris Betcher Send us your thoughts! Leave us an email at googleeducast@Edreach.us
December 23, 2011 10:30 pm
Google Educast #29: 2011 in Review and LOTS of Cool New Stuff!
Welcome new contributor Chris Betcher to the Google Educast! Here’s the breakdown for this episode: Changes to your Google interface and several new additions to Google+. Search Caption Challenge. Google Map Maker and custom video messages from Santa. Stock Photos — a “Clip Art” option for Google Docs! Scribbles in your mobile Gmail app and a review of the more than 100 changes to Google Docs in 2011.
December 9, 2011 3:00 pm
Google Educast #28: Inside Search Education with Tasha (from @Google)
Here’s the breakdown for this episode: In the News: YouTube’s makeover, easier ways to oversee e-mail in Google Apps for Education, and Computer Science Education Week. Interview with Tasha Bergson-Michelson of Google Search Education. Google Currents and an update to the Picasa application. Google Earth Puzzles, Placespotting, Listener Map reminder and #EduWin
December 2, 2011 12:00 pm
Google Educast #27: Change is Good (and Tough)
In this episode, we talked about a number of changes Google has made recently to available products as well as the interface, including the new iPad app for Apps. We discussed EasyBib as a fantastic third-party add-in to Google Apps for Education. You can use Google Groups embedded into a Google Site to run a very simple LMS for easy access to threaded discussions. Holiday fun is here with new Angry Birds Seasons and NORAD Tracking Santa. Finally, QR codes [...]
November 18, 2011 6:43 pm
Google Educast #26: Maps, Music, Mobile Sites, and MORE
Restricting non-Google editor file types that can be downloaded in Google Apps for Education (or Business); Google Maps — add your listener location to our shared map!; setting up Sites to be optimized for Mobile devices with just one click; Google Easter Eggs and little-known fun stuff; Google Music is out of Beta and ready for educators to make great use of; new YouTube player tab on the right in Google+. Show Hosts: Diane Main, Fred Delventhal, and Kyle Brumbaugh. The complete [...]
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