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GP Earth Day Contest

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GPearthday2013So Earth Day is upon us, and we need to celebrate. At the risk of sounding ‘cliche’, we only have one earth, we need to take care of it.

In celebration of Earth Day, Georgia Pacific is sponsoring a lesson plan contest. Lisa Dabbs from Teaching With Soul, is helping with this endeavor.

And in honor of Earth Day (okay and in hopes of winning), I have submitted a lesson Plan (NowaTechieEarthDayLessonPlan). In short, students will create PSAs and present them in class.

Forwarding on Gmail

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If you’re anything like me, you have at least 10 email accounts. Keeping up with all of them can be a struggle. Fortunately, I can forward all my Gmail accounts to my main account — which happens to be a Gmail account too. It’s easy, here’s how:

Search Using Custom Range

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There are so many features to Google Search it will boggle your mind. Well, it boggles mine. I find it fascinating that I can search for a news article from 1865 or 1968. I no longer have to go to the library and use the old-school microfiche. Okay, who am I kidding. I never did that. But, if you did you will love this option in Search. Here is a quick video I made showing you how I found a news article from April 1968 regarding Dr. Martin Luther King’s death.

Default Calendar Setting

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Today I held a training for some on Google Apps. We touched on Calendar. Some wanted to know how to change the default setting from Week view to Month view. Here’s how:

  1. Go to your calendar
  2. Find the gear on the right and click on it
  3. Go down to Settings
  4. On the left side, scroll until you find ‘Default View’
  5. Choose your desired view
  6. Save

And there you have it! Easy as pie. In case you aren’t sure, here’s a video for you:

Google Search 1

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So after attending Google Teacher Academy, I now have so much to share. I will start with some basic search features.

Information from Tasha Bergson-Michaelson.

Important tips

  • Use only key words — don’t use complete sentences.
  • For those students who need help finding the key words:
    • Have students draw picture of what want to search.
    • Only type words that were drawn — this helps students find key words.
      • example: search ‘What dogs come from China?’
      • student draws a dog or dogs and China. Only type those 2 words.
    • Older students may want to think about how they text friends or what words they would hashtag
  • Searches need to go beyond words.
    • Search images or video.