Deb Norton Tech

Recently Google Slides (Presentations) received an update that students and teachers are going to love!   Finally, the ability to embed videos from Google Drive is here! Up until now, only YouTube videos have been able to be inserted into a Google Presentation . But now, students can insert videos that are saved to their Google Drive directly into a Google Presentation. This is such a fantastic update for students in any district that are restricted from creating their own YouTube channel. Here is a look at how to insert videos from Google Drive into Google Slides. It is important to remember that share settings do apply. If a person viewing your presentation does not have permission to view the video, they will be prompted to request access. Make sure your video is set to anyone with the link can view to prevent any problems. *Remember, videos only play in presentation mode. Advanced Video Settings!  In addition, there is the ability to right click...

Some of the best tips and tricks I know are for staying organized. Watch this Chat with Deb video to see some of my favorites . Thank you to Intel's Teachers Engage for sponsoring this Chat with Deb

Google has had many updates lately, in case you haven't heard.  Let's take a look: #1 Add - ons!   Click here to see how to get new add-ons for Google Docs and Google Sheets.  I've been trying some of these add-ons out and they are a great way to super charge your creations.   Click here for a showcase of some of the add-ons. #2 New Pricing - Click here to read about Google's new lower price for online storage.  In a time where everything is becoming more expensive, Google is actually lowering their price for cloud storage. #3 Edit Images Right In Google Docs - Click here to see how images can now be edited right in Google Slides and Drawings. #4 Add Voice Comments to Google Docs - Click here  and here to read about adding voice comments into any Google Doc. There are many other updates as well.  To keep up with all that is new and improved, follow the Google Drive Blog .    

Greetings! I've been gone for a week, but with good reason.  We have just wrapped up our second Ripon Summer Tech Academy facilitated by Naomi Harm of Innovative Educator Consulting .  And what a great academy it was.  Naomi's team of presenters delivered amazing presentations and were inspiring as always. The next series of posts will highlight several of the resources shared in various sessions.   All of the session resources and presentations can be found in this shared folder . Today I would like to share with you some very useful video tutorials from Naomi's session on using 1:1 Chromebooks.   Many teachers today are using Google Drive and the Google Suite of Apps to have students create assignments and turn them in. These video tutorials show how to manage this process in an organized and efficient way.  Each video is approximately 5 minutes in length, so in just about 20 minutes, you will have a good understanding of what to do. Vi...