July 23rd - July 25th
Attend this session to update your site for the new school year. Learn how to change page and site templates or customize the existing template, modify the sidebar, hyperlink to google docs, embed videos and picture slideshows and insert gadgets.
Sites Help
Tech Talk Lesson - Revitalize your Website
Welcome!
The Professional Development Centers will be posting new tech talks each month. These TechTalks will include workshops and resources.
Call us for an appointment anytime between 7:30 and 4:00. Come alone or in a group.
Niles West Room 2153 - Cindy Kukla at x2727
Niles North Room 1145 - Judy Duesenberg at x2209
Keeping your Google Organized
July 23rd - July 25th
Use folders for your Google docs and labels for your email messages to unclutter your Google world! Explore settings and labs in Google mail, calendar and docs to maximize your Google experience!
Google Apps Learning Center Help - Mail
Google Apps Learning Center Help - Drive
Tech Talk Lesson
Use folders for your Google docs and labels for your email messages to unclutter your Google world! Explore settings and labs in Google mail, calendar and docs to maximize your Google experience!
Google Apps Learning Center Help - Mail
Google Apps Learning Center Help - Drive
Tech Talk Lesson
Blogging for Students
July 16-18 Blogging for Students
Blogging is a powerful tool that gives students a voice and removes the barriers of the classroom walls. Students can use blogs for their journals, portfolios, reflections, or many other types of assignments. Discuss how you may use blogs with students and set up a blog to review the settings and layout.
Blogging is a powerful tool that gives students a voice and removes the barriers of the classroom walls. Students can use blogs for their journals, portfolios, reflections, or many other types of assignments. Discuss how you may use blogs with students and set up a blog to review the settings and layout.
Online Video Editing
July 16-18 Online Video Editing Tools
YouTube: the video editor lets you make quick edits to your uploaded YouTube videos. You can create a video using the creative commons videos and music available in your editor and/or upload pictures. Add transitions, text, and effects and publish to the world or only to those you specify.
Screencasting: Create tutorials or mini-lessons by recording your screen and narrating. Your video can be downloaded as an mp4 file or uploaded to google drive or directly to YouTube. Completed videos can be edited in WeVideo or YouTube and linked to your website.
WeVideo
ScreencastOMatic
YouTube: the video editor lets you make quick edits to your uploaded YouTube videos. You can create a video using the creative commons videos and music available in your editor and/or upload pictures. Add transitions, text, and effects and publish to the world or only to those you specify.
WeVideo is a full-featured video editor providing full creative control of your edits. Add layers to your timeline, organize your video projects and share to all. You can combine multiple clips, incorporate Creative Commons footage, enhance your clip with effects and even upload videos onto YouTube and edit them!
Screencasting: Create tutorials or mini-lessons by recording your screen and narrating. Your video can be downloaded as an mp4 file or uploaded to google drive or directly to YouTube. Completed videos can be edited in WeVideo or YouTube and linked to your website.
WeVideo
ScreencastOMatic
Google Calendar
July 10
Google makes managing multiple calendars easy. Create new calendars for classes or clubs and embed or link to them on your website. We will review the settings and notifications and add the district calendar as well as some public calendars. Attend this session and you will never miss another appointment!
Settings and Notifications
Tech Talk Lesson
Google makes managing multiple calendars easy. Create new calendars for classes or clubs and embed or link to them on your website. We will review the settings and notifications and add the district calendar as well as some public calendars. Attend this session and you will never miss another appointment!
Settings and Notifications
Tech Talk Lesson
Google Merge
July 9 and July 11
Thought you couldn’t mail merge or send automatic emails? Think again - Google scripts will simplify your life! Doctopus, Autocrat and formMule make using Google forms or spreadsheets much more efficient.
The formMule script is a Google Apps script that is useful for automating emails and calendar events created dynamically from Google Forms.
The Doctopus script gives teachers the ability to auto-generate, pre-share, and manage grading and feedback on templated Docs for group and individual projects.
The autoCrat Script is a multi-purpose document merge tool that allows you to take any personalized, row-based spreadsheet data and create, save, attach to email, and share templated documents. This can occur automatically when a form is submitted!
Tech Talk Lesson - Google Merge
Thought you couldn’t mail merge or send automatic emails? Think again - Google scripts will simplify your life! Doctopus, Autocrat and formMule make using Google forms or spreadsheets much more efficient.
The formMule script is a Google Apps script that is useful for automating emails and calendar events created dynamically from Google Forms.
The Doctopus script gives teachers the ability to auto-generate, pre-share, and manage grading and feedback on templated Docs for group and individual projects.
The autoCrat Script is a multi-purpose document merge tool that allows you to take any personalized, row-based spreadsheet data and create, save, attach to email, and share templated documents. This can occur automatically when a form is submitted!
Tech Talk Lesson - Google Merge
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