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11/22/2022

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Our Google Map

Our map is on the directory page and live!  Of the 100+ people that are on this list thanks to all those who responded - Check it out.  Pretty fun to see where our School staff is from and where they like to go.  I am sure these items will be included in a Goosechase or scavenger hunt next year.  NO, it is NOT too late to send me your info
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Outlook App (aka e-mail)

​E-mail - As mentioned last week about “Contacts” on your phone… along those same lines… Instead of adding your school e-mail account to your phones “Accounts” and mixing your personal email with your work e-mail… Just download the Outlook App and you can have most of the same functionality as you do in other versions of Outlook!  There are rumors that @graniteschools e-mail (via Microsoft) may not work on your phone soon. UNLESS you have the app.  It is so much easier anyway.  Plus you get your Calendars!
Next week I will show you how cool using OneDrive on your phone can be.
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Disney+

​Now that Disney+ is open for teachers, I figured out why it seems blocked on some devices!  Those pesty boxlights!  It’s an easy fix.  On the TV open Opera, the web browser and go to purple.com.  Type it in, don’t search for it.  It should be blocked by iBoss.  It probably says you’re a student.  Click on "Log in" and.. log in.  It should change to Teacher.  You should be able to log into Disney+ now.  BUT be sure to log off as anyone can now use your account on the TV.  IF you want to stream it from your PC you must change your audio source to get A and V.  Seems like many of you may only be getting one or the other.
 
If the audio Is not playing via your sound system… I figured that out too.  Right click the sound settings in the task bar and change the output.  To what you say?  I don’t know – one that works!  Sorry each of you have slightly different setups!

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Google Earth

11/14/2022

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Wow and WOW.  A truly overlooked resource.  But what to use it for? Click on the Voyager (click on the helm!) Then the Education tab...​https://earth.google.com/ and take some time to browse.  Some obscure examples other than Geography include.   In Voyager we cannot search so you do HAVE to click and scroll.  So have at it.  Word of warning - Art history images do include some sculptures!

Education Tab
  • The sculptures of Ruta de la Amistad
  • WWII memorials around the world
  • Discover France
  • Football Stadiums
  • The Geometry of Sustainable Architecture
  • Poetry around the World
  • Literary Locations in Real Life
Of course there are some cool even cooler trips too. 
  • Hikes around the world
  • Dangerous Races
  • Old towns of the world
  • Epic ski Jumps

Under the Nature Tab
  • Timelapse in Google Earth.   From there you can search for a location such as the Great Salt Lake or Holladay and watch our school being be built!

Click the Quiz Tab and see what you know about
  • Musical Instruments 
  • US presidents
  • Animal Calls
  • Holiday Traditions
  • Rock and Roll Icons
  • Or play the unforgettable Where on Google Earth is Carmen Sandiego!













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Google Maps.  As a presentation tool

11/14/2022

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Time to revisit and old favorite.  Making a Google Map with your own places on it.  Anything with a location can be put on a map!  Here is how to do it, we will come up with examples at the end.  Believe it or not there are a few ways to do it and there are differences! 
BE SURE YOU ARE LOGGED IN TO THE CORRECT G-MAIL ACCOUNT!  School or Personal?!

Great for personal use

You can create a list in maps.  Much like you would for a list of favorite restaurants. Go to maps.  Click on ETC. (3 dots or bars).  Click on "Your Places." Click the blue link for "+New List".  Give it a name and use the "+Add A Place" button.  Pretty easy and straight forward. But not very detailed.

​Restaurants, Cool stores, Friends houses, Those places you want to go to sometime...

BETTER - easy enough for one person to add places.

You can also create your own map (not just a list on a map) by adding places and layers! think Places I HAVE visited, and places I WANT to visit.  Each a layer.

Create the map, search for a place. Add to map. Click the icons at the bottom to add "Content" or a description. Level up and click the ETC dots and open the data table to add more.

BEST - for student input and an assignment!

But wait!  Even better - Have your students do the hard work of getting the data! And answer some questions related to places.  Create a form with questions for students to answers.  Include a PLACE that can be mapped.  Ask a few more questions.  That form will create a spreadsheet.  That spreadsheet can fill your map!  Then you present it to the class.

Manage your maps

How to get rid of any old ones or shared with you ones...​

What are some ideas for students work?  (Always the 5 W's)

  • Places a character in a book visited and what they did there.
  • Specific war battles
  • Art collections and the museums they are in.
  • Favorite or best sport teams..
  • Famous Scientist/Mathematician hometowns
  • The travels of an explorer.
  • let your imagine go!

I keep thinking of it as a form for students to fill out with the data you want and YOU create the map.  BUT students could do this on their own too.  I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY  to show them how.

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No bulletin?

9/6/2022

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You need to be signed in to your GranteSD account in order for the bulletin to appear!
If you get the dreaded 404. 
  1. Click on your sign in status in the top right. 
  2. Click sign in again
Be sure to sign in with your work/school account.
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Everyone needs some Art and Culture!

9/3/2022

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IMHO Google's Arts and Culture "app" and website are very underutilized.  Every time I go there I think... I need to use this more often...
So here is how to go there more often.  Install the Extension!

Once installed it loads some artwork when you  open a new tab!  Sadly it does not also load Google search so from there you have to click a "bookmark", type in the URL, use your "top sites", or apps.  Those are the options you can find buy exploring the extension options.
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Clicking on the bottom left (info about the art) takes you to all the information about the piece. Including seeing the artwork on location via Street View.  Pretty cool.

And of course at the top left keep exploring "Google Arts & Culture" 
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Google Forms has changed their restrictions

11/16/2021

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Google has changed where the restrictions are in forms.  By default users OUTSIDE of @granitesd will NOT be able to view  your form.  This makes sense for child privacy reasons.  IF you want other people in the world (such as parents, or community members) to access your form you must UNCHECK the "Restrict to users..." button in the form "Settings."  This function used to be accessible when you shared the link.  Not anymore!
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Techie Tuesday #5

11/16/2021

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Installing Google Drive on your PC

Q. Why would you want to do that?

A. So you do not have to go to your Google Drive in a browser to get to your files.*
A.  It is easier to save files to your G drive that way.  Instead of saving to your C:Drive or My Documents you can save to your G:Drive and have access to that file on all your devices.*

Caveats
​*1 - If you open a document from your G:Drive... It still takes you to a web browser and your Google Drive!
*2 - Of course you can do the same thing with your OneDrive account.
Personally? - I have it installed - BUT don't use it.  It just seems like another link in the chain that could break.  I also have more than one Google account.  And it will take up quite a bit of space on my PC's.  I am okay with accessing/seeing my files in a browser.  BUT I could see advantages to it if you want it installed.  Watch the video below to learn how.


Viral Rundown

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It is always fun (and scary) to see what people “believe/repost” and get sucked in to believing is true.  Please always check things out first!  https://rumors.newslit.org/
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Below is a nice graphic from a Pennsylvania College library!  Or of course you could use your own schools page!
​https://www.theolycenter.org/news-or-not.html

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Nearpod ideas

12/7/2020

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I did not created this but here are some ideas on how to use Nearpod. Please open it full screen and view at your own pace.
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Search Google Drive

11/23/2020

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... and NOT see all the student files!

Remember that Google thinks you want to see and find EVERYTHING and ANYTHING.  But in reality you're only looking for YOUR own files!

Watch the video to see how to search or display only YOUR items.

I forgot to mention... After you click your icon it will say "owner:me" in the search bar.  Then type what you are looking for!

It is different in Drive, than in your Document type. Either;
Click "Your icon" in the search box or
Click "Owned by ..." in the column heading.

This may  not seem like that big of a deal to most.  But when you have 150 students and 10 assignments (at least) that turns into 150 x 10 or 
1500 extra documents you may (not need to) see!  ​

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Chrome vs. Drive

8/5/2020

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Google Drive and Chrome are different things to log in to!

Google Drive

 Is a website that stores files. Go to Google.com and sign in.  You can sign in using different browsers or apps.
Accesses.
  • Documents
  • G-mail
  • All other Apps

Chrome

Is software that can store specific and personal information. Go to settings/people.  Use "Manage People" to log in with a second profile
Accesses
  • Browser settings
  • Bookmarks
  • Extensions/Tools
  • Personal Settings (auto fill)
  • Open pages (History) on other devices.

Thoughts!

  • Logging in to a Chromebook logs in you in to BOTH Google Drive AND Chrome.
  • You CAN log in to TWO windows of Chrome (and Drive) with different accounts. No need to log out of one account to access another.
  • You CAN log in to Chrome (or Drive) with a personal account on a school Chomebook AFTER you log in to the Chromebook with your GSD account.  But you cannot log in to the Device.
  • You can easily confuse yourself if you are logged in twice to different browsers!
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