Google Drive Folder Sharing

Had to feature this tweet.  Many in SAD1 will benefit from this!

New Google Drive: 4 Easy Steps for Sharing a Folder http://t.co/EfTZRzljja pic.twitter.com/B6UgEliL5F

— Alice Keeler (@alicekeeler) May 14, 2015

How to Search Gmail and Drive

Great tutorial!  Had to feature this!

Students Unable to Send Email?

I often have students coming to me with the problem of not being able to email out.  Have you see this?  Most of the time I soon discover that it is not the issue of being able to email out, but the students who come to me are trying to email attachments that are much greater than in size 25MB.  Most email providers, like Gmail, can not email attachments any greater than 25MB.

A huge plus to having a 1to1 program at our schools is the ability to be able to create content other than a text document.  Users can utilize their creativity and use video, photo, audio, animation and other products of content creation to demonstrate their learning.  The problem that can happen is that this gorgeous content creation can get really heavy, size-wise - especially video.  A multiple amount of photos in a document can drive the file's size well above 25MB, making it difficult to email to teachers.

What's the solution?

Every single user in our school district, grades 6-12, have a Google account, and along with that account they have unlimited storage in their Google Drive.  Each student's Google Drive should be their go-to file cabinet or digital locker with which they initially store and share all of their content.   Google Drive's sharing ability is the same as email.  Once a student exports their project and uploads it to their Google Drive on their iPad (or another computer), they can share that created content to anyone.  The recipient receives an email notifying them of the shared content awaiting their acceptance.

Teach your students to make their Google Drive their main place for storing their digital content, and their main place for sharing that digital content.

I hope that was helpful.

Using Video in PE

Thanks to +Clay Reisler I found some great ideas for using video to help students with some of their challenges in PE.   A teacher is using an app call CoachMyVideo (CMV).  This app allows the user to view the students performance frame by frame in slow motion, as well as allows viewing of before video and after video to the the students progress.  This teacher also uses Google Drive to store the video; since the iPad only has so much storage.  This way the teacher can share a Google Drive folder the video with the individual students and parents.  The teacher also documents the learning goals, the date, and a link to the video stored in Drive.  Here's an example they provided.

Below is a video demo of a teacher using CMV.  Also be sure to visit their site.

If you have any questions about this and/or would like to try this yourself, please do not hesitate to contact me.

10 Tips For Using Google Classroom

Google Classroom is a newer product of Google that recently came out this Summer.  Basically, it is a method to seamlessly integrate your Google Apps into one communication-sharing location.  In Google Classroom you can set up your classes with your students, post notifications, share documents, video, and more.

Here is a handy infographic with some helpful ideas on how you can implement Classroom into your class.



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Gmail Attachments

Because Google Apps are so seemlessly integrated with each other, you can easily move your email attachment to your Google Drive directly from your Gmail with the greatest of ease.  Here's how.

A Feature From My Google+ Profile

Sharing in Google Drive

I have been hearing from some in our district how they may not fully understand the "Sharing" process in Google Drive, and/or how to access shared documents received from others.  This is a handy document that should help explain this process.

The Guide to Google Drive Sharing

The New Google Drive Cheat Sheet

I was purusing through Pinterest just now (yeah, one of the few dudes who have a Pinterest account) and stumbled across this cheat sheet for the new Google Drive from +Kasey Bell .  Some of you may have see a different layout and look to your Google Drive since you've been back to school.  This downloadable cheat sheet from Kasey should be helpful.

The cheat sheet is here embedded in this post from Scribd, which, like Drive, allows you to store documents online and share them like you see below.  You can scroll through the separate window or you can click on the label at the top of this sheet and you will be able to download the document from there.

New Google Drive Cheat Sheet

And speaking of Pinterest, check out Kasey's Pinterest boards.  Looks like a lot of great, helpful Edu content.

If you would like to start getting into Pinterest or any social media like this, please feel free to contact me and I would love to stop by and walk you through it.

The New Google Drive

Some of you may have noticed a new look with your Google Drive.  This video should help you understand some of its new features.

Accessing Google Drive Files Faster and Easier

Sometime you may find, at least I did, while using Google Drive that it would be so much easier if certain files where located in more that one spot in my file organization on Drive.  Well, you can do that.

If you are familiar with how tagging works when it comes to organizing digital content in information systems (i.e. Evernote, web and social bookmarking, Macbook, etc), then you will understand how handy this features is when trying to find something quickly and efficiently.  Your Google Drive has provided this feature; and, unknown to me, it has had this feature for a while.  Though Google does not call it "tagging", it has roughly the same principle.

This video explains how you can place files in your Drive within multiple folders.  I think it's stupendous.

Google Drive on iPad

Google's Drive app on iPad is great.  Not only is it a great container for all of your file storage and documents, but you can create documents on the app as well.

Richard Byrne has released a guide handbook that explains and walks you through how to make the most of this app.

Google Drive for iPad by richardbyrne

You can view document by using the right-side scroll bar; use the download button in bottom toolbar; or the "full view" button.