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Google Drive and Dropbox Cloud Storage Services Compared - 92 views

  • It’s early in the life of Google Drive, but Gmail has so many users that I think a lot of them will switch, or at least add Google Drive to their digital tools. Google Drive is a new player in file syncing, but the user base and integration of Google Docs gives Google’s new service an edge. Factor in the cheaper storage upgrade pricing and Google Drive is a better fit for users that need more than 5GB of storage. Dropbox still has an edge thanks to iPhone and iPad apps, but Google promises that Google Drive for the iPhone and iPad is just weeks away. With both services offering free storage, there’s no reason not to try both. Stream your music from Dropbox and store your documents and images in Google Drive. You get 10GB for free that way.
    • Jay Reimer
       
      I just started using Sugarsync which offers more flexibility for sharing individual folders. I am right now using a single subscription (I liked it so much!) to syn my Mac at home with my PC and my Mac at work as well as my wife's Mac at work to my personal Mac (with her login on it). It does all that without problems. I dropped Dropbox when I found, using it as a teacher, that students could take files OUT of Dropbox if they had shared access :( That caused a couple problems ... I like Google Docs "can see but not edit" option to prevent that. I like Google Drive for the potential to make your Google Docs work offline - though I have not tried that yet. However it is frustrating that if you rename or Move the Google Drive folder that Google loses track of the folder; kind of wimpy for a Google Application.... Jay
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Embed Videos with Google Drive- A Useful Tip for Teachers ~ Educational Technology and ... - 192 views

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    First log in to your Google Drive Click on the upload button After the upload of the video. select it and click on the Share button to change viewing access from Private to Public if you want to host it on a blog or website. Right-click on the uploaded video file and select Open with - Google Drive Viewer.
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Instantly Send Any Gmail Attachment to Google Drive - 90 views

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    Now that Google Drive has built file storage into your Google account, it's only natural that you'd like it to play nicely with your other Google apps. With a few tricks, it can-at least with your Gmail account. 
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Streamline the writing (and grading) process with Google Drive - gCON for GAFE - Google+ - 85 views

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    Google hangout - webinar - great tips and tricks for using Google Drive for the writing classroom
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How Google Interferes With Its Search Algorithms and Changes Your Results - WSJ - 17 views

  • a shift from its founding philosophy of “organizing the world’s information,” to one that is far more active in deciding how that information should appear.
  • Google keeps blacklists to remove certain sites or prevent others from surfacing in certain types of results. These moves are separate from those that block sites as required by U.S. or foreign law,
  • Far from being autonomous computer programs oblivious to outside pressure, Google’s algorithms are subject to regular tinkering from executives and engineers who are trying to deliver relevant search results, while also pleasing a wide variety of powerful interests and driving its parent company’s more than $30 billion in annual profit.
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  • Google made more than 3,200 changes to its algorithms in 2018, up from more than 2,400 in 2017 and from about 500 in 2010
  • testing showed wide discrepancies in how Google handled auto-complete queries and some of what Google calls organic search results
    • Martin Leicht
       
      Alternatives - Microsoft's BING - DuckDuckGo and Yahoo. check them out when you get time
  • Google said 15% of queries today are for words, or combinations of words, that the company has never seen before, putting more demands on engineers to make sure the algorithms deliver useful results.
    • Martin Leicht
       
      How do you connect your post/content to future searches? Tagging only gets you so far. Thus, Google "tinkers" with the algorithm to product "the best" results. Interesting & concerning!
  • ALGORITHMS ARE effectively recipes in code form, providing step-by-step instructions for how computers should solve certain problems. They drive not just the internet, but the apps that populate phones and tablets.
    • Martin Leicht
       
      Yet, we never (almost never) eat the same thing (recipe) twice in a day. We indulge ourselves with comfort food, yes. And we seek out new taste sensations.
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Supercharge Google Drive With These Clever Third-Party Apps | Gadget Lab | Wired.com - 121 views

  • Supercharge Google Drive With These Clever Third-Party Apps
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    Great add on for Google Drive

Going Google at TCE - 96 views

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James Kimbley: Editey - HTML, CSS and Javascript Editor For Google Drive - 3 views

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    "+Google+" Develop websites collaboratively in Google Drive.
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Sharing a Folder in Google Drive | Teacher Tech - 67 views

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    Well thought out, step by step instructions on how to share folders in Google Drive. Thanks to Alice Keeler, Google Guru...great for using with both Ss & Ts.
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Extensions, Add Ons and Apps, Oh My! How to Utilize Google in Your Classroom | EdSurge ... - 104 views

  • Google Chrome also has a library of special tools you can access through the browser called Apps, Extensions and Add-ons that can make your life in the classroom easier.
  • Extensions are mini programs that modify and enhance the functionality of the Google Chrome browser.
  • Add-ons are extra features within Google Drive that enhance its functions.
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  • Google Chrome Apps are like desktop software programs you install on your computer, except that you use them directly within your browser.
  • it allows you to take one article and differentiate it in up to five different lexile levels, which Newsela does by changing vocabulary and sentence structure.
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Kaizena - Fast, Personal Feedback on Student Work - 45 views

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    "Speak instead of type. Voice comments are up to 75% faster than typing, and help you convey tone and emotion in your feedback. Stop repeating yourself Use one of our curated Lessons to explain concepts, or create your own. Track and rate skills Quickly communicate strengths and weaknesses. Google Drive integration Seamlessly add files from Google Drive."
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Put the internet to work for you. - IFTTT - 46 views

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    If This Then That is a helpful website for automating many routine online tasks. If This Then That helps you automate tasks like saving your Pinterest pins to your Evernote account, setting text alerts for calendar events, and sending email attachments directly to your Dropbox account. There are thousands of formulas, "recipes" is what IFTTT calls them, available in the gallery of recipes. The recipes are all contributed by the community of IFTTT members and you can contribute too. You can browse channels of recipes that are based on the use of popular services like Gmail, Dropbox, Evernote, Instagram, and Google Drive. Click here to see the hundreds of recipes that incorporate Google Drive functions.
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100 Ways To Use Google Drive In The Classroom - 176 views

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    The title is a bit deceptive. It's more like "100 Tips for How to Use Google Drive".
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15 Best Google Drive Add-Ons for Education - 167 views

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    Vicki Davis looks at EasyBib, Mindmeister, track-changes, table of content, thesaurus, template gallery, texthelp study skills and highlighting tools, workflows, Uber conference calls, consistency checker, gliffy diagrams, twitter curator, Kaizena, document merge, and open clip art.
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12 Effective Ways To Use Google Drive In Education - Edudemic - Edudemic - 136 views

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    "12 Effective Ways To Use Google Drive In Education"
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10 Basic Google Drive Tips Every Teacher Should Know about (Poster) ~ Educational Techn... - 163 views

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    10 Basic Google Drive Tips Every Teacher Should Know About [Infographic] @medkh9 https://t.co/geLFqmptPy #edtech https://t.co/GcwsfFhqP3
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    This is great! Thanks for sharing.
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Google Tip of the Day #27 - Connect to More Apps in Google Drive - 94 views

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    Go beyond the basic Google Drive functionality by connected to additional apps.
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TeacherCal Google Calendar for Teachers Who Use Google Apps - EduSync - 86 views

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    Nice visual lesson planner that syncs with a student planner, as well. Integrates with Google Drive, Calendar, and Google Classroom. The training video shows how easy it is to use.
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The Wilderness Downtown - 47 views

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     Chrome Experiments of fun with html5 are meant to show off the clean and fast beauty of the new code.  Of  course Google wants you to see it in Chrome for full effect, and I would encourage that as Chrome is an easy and responsive browser, you try it out.  The Wilderness Downtown is a great example of an interactive and connected multimedia experience that mashes together Google Maps and Earth with a driving tune to blast you to your past.  Go in and enter your old address and feel the nostalgia of swooping over your childhood home with a soundtrack and pacing just for you. Students are making digital stories.  They may not be writing html5 apps, but they are accessing, or can access, many sources of media to deepen their message.  A showing of a story like what you help create with The Wilderness Downtown experiment can inspire students to consider how they can use everyday tools like Google Earth to connect with an audience. Just go to http://www.thewildernessdowntown.com/ and type in your address. 
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