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How To Use Google Drive and Evernote To Create Digital Portfolios

How To Use Google Drive and Evernote To Create Digital Portfolios
The following post is written by Greg Kulowiec & Beth Holland from EdTechTeacher. You can hear them both present at the April 10-12 EdTechTeacher iPad Summit in Atlanta! As iPads proliferate in schools around the world, and students as well as teachers create more and more content, questions about what to do with all of those learning objects have arisen. In other words, how can we curate this content into portfolios for assessment as well as reflection. Portfolio Curation with Google Drive Source: The Verge With recent upgrades to the Google Drive app on the iPad, it is now a viable solution for student portfolios that can be created in their entirety on iPad. The Google Drive app now allows for the creation of Documents, Spreadsheets, and Folders. The video tutorial below explains the process of creating, uploading and sharing within the Google Drive app on an iPad. Using Portfolios to Make Connections with Evernote Evernote provides one possible solution to the challenge.

100+ Google Tricks That Will Save You Time in School – Eternal Code [via onlinecolleges.net] With classes, homework, and projects–not to mention your social life–time is truly at a premium for you, so why not latch onto the wide world that Google has to offer? From super-effective search tricks to Google hacks specifically for education to tricks and tips for using Gmail, Google Docs, and Google Calendar, these tricks will surely save you some precious time. Search Tricks These search tricks can save you time when researching online for your next project or just to find out what time it is across the world, so start using these right away. Convert units. Google Specifically for Education From Google Scholar that returns only results from scholarly literature to learning more about computer science, these Google items will help you at school. Google Scholar. Google Docs Google Docs is a great replacement for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, so learn how to use this product even more efficiently. Use premade templates. Gmail Use the Tasks as a to-do list.

Miten teen verkkokyselyn tai -lomakkeen Googlessa? - Sosiaalisen median hyvät käytännöt Ennen kuin voit tehdä kyselyjä ja lomakkeita Google Drivessa (ent. Google Docs), sinulla pitää olla Google-tili. Verkkokyselyn vastaukset kerääntyvät automaattisesti tietueiksi laskentataulukkoon. Palvelussa on käytössä kaikki yleisimmät kysymystyypit. Lisäksi voit määrittää kyselyyn osioita ja sivunvaihtoja. Voit jakaa muokkaus- tai katseluoikeudet myös muille, joilla on Google-tili. Lomakkeen kysymystyypit Kyselyn tekeminen Kirjaudu Google Driveen (tai luo ensin Google-tili, mikäli sinulla ei sitä vielä ole). 4. 5. 6. Mikäli haluat kysymykset pakollisiksi, valitse "Tee tästä vaadittu kysymys". 8. 7. Voit upottaa lomakkeen nettisivulle ja jakaa linkin esimerkiksi sähköpostilla: Lisää toimintoja > Upotus. Kysymysten muokkaus jälkeenpäin Mikäli jostakin syystä joudut muokkaamaan kyselyä: 1. 4. Vastaukset omaan sähköpostiin Mikäli haluat käyttää lomaketta esimerkiksi tilauslomakkeena, muuta lomakkeen asetuksia laskentataulukkonäkymässä: Työkalut > Ilmoitussäännöt. Vastausten tarkastelu

Google+ Communities: A Beginner's Guide On Google+, users have the ability to manipulate their circles to control the groups of people and brands they receive information and content from, but there's no guarantee those brands or users will circle you to receive your updates. This is where Google+ Communities come in, Google's version of a group or forum, built to bring people together around particular topics. Launched in December, the types of Communities available to the Google+ audience seem endless — ranging from science, animals, development and more. Communities are places where users can share specific questions, comments or content relating to a particular topic with other users who are just as interested in the conversation. For example, if you're a member of a cooking community, it's likely each post will contain something related to food. Many of the more than 135 million monthly active Google+ users may have already explored Communities. Where to Start Posting to Communities Notifications Create Your Own Community

A Case Study: Using Google Drive In The Classroom A Case Study: Using Google Drive In The Classroom by Johnathan Hardison first appeared on gettingsmart.com “More efficient than an overworked teacher! More reliable than a carry-home satchel of ungraded papers! Able to simultaneously curate infinite comments from speedily working students! Look! On the computer screen! Yes, it’s Google Drive…free application offered by the California-based internet giant with resourcefulness and organization more astounding than some seasoned educators of many years. All right. A Challenging Task: The Impetus for Using Google Drive Just two and half years into teaching AP Language, I oftentimes feel absolutely powerless, helpless, and overwhelmed. With a teaching schedule consisting of six classes ranging from AP Language to American Literature Honors and only fifty minutes of planning, I heartily accept any help I can get. The Lesson Plan: Using Google Drive as a Tool, Not the Toy Here is the order of operations for each essay assignment:

Adding a Favicon for your Google Site I had previously made a post on how to add a Favicon to your website. In that post I linked back to a website that had directions for creating a favicon in a Google Site. Apparently that post no longer exists so I thought I would make the directions myself. A favicon is the icon you see in the tab of your web browser. The reason to change the favicon on your Google Site is it makes it easier for you and students to navigate multiple tabs. Step 1: Create an image You can use any editor you want. Step 2: Go to You will want to upload your image to a favicon creator. No need to register or login. Click on “Choose File” and upload your image file. Once you’ve uploaded the file scroll down a little to the preview box. NOTE: It is very important that your favicon file is named favicon.icoIf you downloaded more than one favicon file you might have favicon(1).ico or similar file names in your downloads folder. Step 3: Click on the blue share button on your Google Site

15 reasons Google Analytics is #1 tool for social media monitoring Posted on December 30, 2012 by Rob Petersen inShare70 Social media monitoring (or social media listening) is the process of identifying and assessing what is being said about a company, individual, product or brand. Source: Top Ten Review (price range from $1,500/month to $90/month). However, once companies license social media software: 34% say they are “happy” and “couldn’t have made a better decision”60% say they are “ok” but “if something better came along they’d consider it”6% are “frustrated” and “are looking to make a switch” Source: Oneforty and KissMetrics Maybe it’s not the data it’s what you do with it. Google Analytics didn’t make this list. Here are 15 reasons Google Analytics is #1 tool for social media monitoring Companies should go into social media with a business goal, and an understanding of the resources required to achieve it. Would you consider Google Analytics for social media monitoring on your business?

8 Outstanding Google forms templates Here are some good pre-made Google forms for teachers. We handpicked for you this list from Google Forms gallery. Enjoy 1- Contact FormGather contact information from your website visitors 2- Collecting Mailing AddressesSend this to your friends and family to collect their mailing addresses. 3- Guest BookSample guest book for adding to a Google Site 4- Networking TrackerTrack contact info of people you meet that you want to follow-up with. 5- Event RegistrationUse this form to collect registrations for an upcoming event, seminar, or meeting. 6- Website Feedback SurveyThis survey allows webmasters and website owners to collect feedback about visitor satisfaction. 7- 10 Question Self Check QuizAutomatically grade a 10 question quiz! 8- Voting FormVote a thing or person - Voting Form

10 Google Drive Tips & Tricks For Students It is useless to resist The Cloud. Like the tractor beam on the Death Star, the nebulous world of networked online storage is slowly pulling in all digital information. If you haven’t yet gotten on board, 2013′s Google Drive would be a perfect place for a college student to start, whether for educational purposes like collaborating on class projects, or storing all those Instagrams of your food. What follows are some of the coolest tips and tricks Drive users have found in the last few months and shared with the rest of us. 10 Google Drive Tips & Tricks For Students Connect with IFTTT:Short for “if this then that,” IFTTT (pronounced “Ift”) is a high-tech way to automate the Internet. This is a cross-post from onlineuniversities.com

Google Offers Effective Search Tips For Teachers The ability to search the internet effectively is an important — if not the most important — research skill for today’s students. Yet very few schools offer a way to learn how to search, even though students differ greatly in their ability to research online. Now, thanks to Google, teachers have access to resources they can use to instruct their students on how to search correctly , find relevant information quickly and learn to distinguish between credible and non-credible sources. Web search can be a remarkable tool for students, and a bit of instruction in how to search for academic sources will help your students become critical thinkers and independent learners. Google calls this project Search Education, and on its website instructors can find lesson plans, in-class exercises and easy-to-use tools. Those who wish to delve a little deeper into the topic can use the Power Searching section of the website. Examples of Google Daily Challenges include:

?ref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.scoop I know. I know. I’ve written about how I hate Google+ and how Google+ is dead. OK…I admit it. Not only is Google+ not dead but in my opinion Google+ is now defining a third place experience between Facebook and Twitter similar to Starbuck’s third place between work and home. I’ve changed my tune so much I’m now becoming an Google+ Evangelist and that’s why I’d like to share 10 reasons why iLove Google+. 1. The more time I spend with Google+ the more I realize that Google+ is now defining/creating a third place experience between Facebook and Twitter. Related Resources from B2C» Free Webcast: How To Create Killer Marketing Content I actually find myself thinking about Google+ as another social network completely unique unto itself. Currently I use the big three social networks this way: 1.Twitter – I currently use Twitter to find and share great information and communicate with friends. 2. 2. I find the aesthetic modern, clean, and it just makes sense to me. 3. Enough said! 4. 1. 5. 6. 7. 8.

iPad X Google Drive X Student Portfolios It has been too long since my last post...hopefully this one will be worth it. With recent upgrades to the Google Drive app on the iPad, Google Drive is now a viable solution for student portfolios that can be created in their entirety on an iPad and everything that is created by a student can be uploaded directly to their Google Drive account to a "Portfolio" folder that can then be shared with any one of their teachers. The Google Drive app now allows for creation of: DocumentsSpreadsheetsFolders You can now also upload from the camera roll: ImagesVideos Many PDF annotation apps also now allow direct upload to Google Drive, I suggest using Notability. Below is a presentation and video tutorial that explains the process of creating, uploading and sharing within the Google Drive app on an iPad. Google Drive iPad Portfolio from EdTechTeacher on Vimeo. I'll be talking more about using iPads in the classroom this summer at the EdTechTeacher Summer Workshops in Boston, Chicago & Atlanta.

Google: first MOOP (Massive Online Open Pedagogy) Seek and you will find As a kid I never imagined, when watching Star Trek, that I really would have a little device on which I could ask any question, and it would almost certainly give me a meaningful answer. Science fiction came true and I have one next to me now and its main tool is Google search. Montessori kids Brin was born in Russia and educated in the US, Page is from Michigan. They only met in 1995, at Stanford, yet their business, Google, famously based on a spelling error (Google should have been Googol), has become one of the most significant global businesses of our times. Most potent, pedagogic, productivity tool ever As the world’s most successful search engine it has become an indispensable tool for learning and research. Google – game changer in learning Google's mission is to ‘organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful’. Their mathematical approach to search problems at Stanford led to a search engine that ranked sites by popularity.

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning: 9 Tips Every Teacher should Know about Google Scholar Google Scholar is among the best scholarly search engines online yet only a few select of educators know its secrets.As a rule of thumb that applies to all Google products, the effective use of any service from Google s can only be achieved through mastering its deep and hidden features. We have seen in the previous post how filtering a Google search using the keyword " digital literacy " reduced the generated results from 430.000.000 to 90.000.000 which eliminated so much of junk information that could cost you a lot of time going through it. I believe information literacy is a skill that every teacher should master and teach his/her students about. Today, I will be walking you step by step through those important features that Google Scholar provides to its users. 1- Use Keywords The first thing you do when you type in your search query is to click on that little icon in the search pane and refine your key words just as you would do with in Google search. 8- Use Metrics 9- My Citation

22 Alternatives to YouTube YouTube is definitely one of the most popular video platforms online but it is not the only one. There are several other alternatives teachers can use particularly in schools where YouTube is blocked. Here is a list we have curated for you. SchoolTube is a great video resource for both students and teachers. TeachersTv is a great resource site for educators . Teachers Tube is another great video resource created by teachers for teachers. Next Vista is a great video resource for teachers having problems accessing YouTube videos in their schools . Academic Earth is an online repertoire of lectures and courses recorded in videos and organized into different categories .These courses and lectures are recorded from the most reputed American universities such as ; Yale, MIT, Berkeley , Harvard , Princeton, and Standford . Snag Films is a great resource for educative full length documentaries provided by popular producers such as National Geographic.

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