November 22, 2016

Practical Ed Tech Tips Facebook Page 

Richard Byrne, the writer of the blog titled Free Technology for Teachers, has recently created a Facebook page where he and others share practical educational technology tips with each other.

The new Facebook page is:

https://goo.gl/UHEUPR

Today, there is a podcast between Richard, Dr. Wesley Fryer and Larry Ferlazzo.

In addition, there is an interesting article about not clicking on a link that looks like this: ɢoogle.com as it is a fake site. The real site is Google.com. Here is part of the article: “When you point your browser to ɢoogle.com, it’s actually leading you to xn— oogle-wmc.com...Yeah, that sounds fishy enough, and I don’t recommend visiting it. It’s definitely not the same as google.com, and looks spammy enough to potentially do harm to your computer.” ....sneaky...very sneaky.

And that is not all.....I could spend all day on this Facebook page. I am sure you will enjoy it too. Take a look at it today and Like it to continue to stay on top of the latest information.

November 22, 2016

Work in Google Docs Offline 

Last week, our school ran into some internet issues. It happens to the best of us. You are working on a document in Google Docs or Sheets and suddenly, you lose connection to the internet. However, what most people forget is you can continue to work in Google Docs offline as long as you have it selected in Settings and you are using Google Chrome.

Here is how:

1. Go to your drive account (drive.google.com)
2. In the top right, click on the cog icon 
   
3. Go to Settings
4. Make sure to put a checkmark in the box under Offline. This will allow you to work offline and allow the documents to sync when the internet returns.

That’s it! It is not perfect and there are some bugs with working offline such as not being able to use all of the functions (like use the Explore feature) and you do need to have Google Drive already opened in your browser before you go offline but it does work in a jiffy if you need it.

For More Information: https://goo.gl/Qpc6af