Noel Erskine, Technology Coordinator Norris Schools

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💥 Tech items - New Gsuite features, video & photo tools, free templates, hyperdocs AND free Chick-Fil-A nuggets until Jan 31st!

Tuesday, January 14, 2020



Richard Byrne's Favorite New & Updated Tools in 2019 - This short list of tools from 2019 are always great from one of the best out there!  SlidoGlide Apps , ClassTools , BoClips  and more in this list!  

Please turn off your projectors when you are not using them! -Please do not leave them on over lunch, during your prep period, etc...  It really takes the life off of the projector and bulb. Thanks from your tech department. 

Are you using your Chromebook to its fullest potential?  If it's just sitting at home, your wasting a valuable resource. Use it for staff meetings or maybe casting from it to your projector, 

A few new resources from Google: 
G Suite for Power Users: This page contains resources specifically curated for advanced users so they can get even more out of G Suite.
G Suite Hack for power users: This training has five challenge tasks employees can complete at their own pace, giving them a fun way to learn about G Suite.

New Feature in Gmail Send multiple emails as attachments in Gmail. (This makes it easy to forward a string of emails.) 

 select the emails and then from the overflow (three-dot) menu select “Forward as attachment
View the version history of a new Google Site


Version History coming to new Google Sites in 2020: 
What’s changing: We’re starting to add version history for sites created in new Google Sites, a highly requested feature from our site owners and editors.

Version history will roll out over the course of 2020 for both users creating new sites as well as for previously existing sites. Version history will be gradually enabled on a user-by-user basis for newly created sites, while a separate roll out will enable version history for previously existing sites. We anticipate:
  • By March 2020, all users will have version history enabled for newly created sites
  • By the end of 2020, most existing sites will have version history enabled
Review the latest changes to a new Google Site before publishing

Announced on December 4, 2019  What’s changing
Before publishing changes to your new Google Sites, you can now compare the currently published site with the soon-to-be-published draft site in an annotated, side-by-side view.

How To Share Spark Videos on YouTube - This short article will walk you through the steps. 

Remove Image Backgrounds With PhotoScissors - I shared this one last year, but thought I would share again. And a couple others in this article: Three Ways to Remove Image Backgrounds With Just a Click or Two. 

We have updated and added a few resources to our Computer Science & Coding Resources document. You can checkout our doc here.  (If you have additional resources to add, let us know and we will add them to our resource list.) 

More Options for Copying Presentations in Google Slides
More info via G Suite Updates | When creating a copy of an existing Google Slides presentation, you'll now be able to select specific slides to copy instead of the whole deck and remove the speaker notes from the copy. This feature makes it easier to parse out and share the most relevant content with your team, audience, or other.

If you are using FireFox - UPDATE IT!  (Use Chrome here at school... but I know some of you may use FireFox at home.  If so update it!) 
More info can be found here about this major exploit if you do not update! 

Well, this one is not a phishing email, it's a legit offer. Get a free Chick-Fil-A  8-Ct Chicken Nuggets or Kale Crunch Salad - Now through Jan. 31st.
If you already have the rewards app, open it up... and it will show you the offer.  If not, download the app and join their rewards and you will get the offer via the app. (iOS or Android). 


A Comparison of 6 Blogging Services for Teachers and Students - Updated -  I think for Norris I would use Blogger for the older students and SeeSaw for the younger students.  Checkout the article for more info and options. 

12 Alternatives to Google Images 
Tip: Make sure you get the Pixabay GoogleDoc add-on for docs and the Unsplash addon for Google Slides

Create Your Own Story Cubes with Google Drawings  - With templates to download! More here. 

Hyperdocs and more Hyperdocs!   What is a HyperdocCheckout the templates and Samples

GOOGLE TEMPLATES FOR STUDENTS - Not a new one, but still great templates in this list.


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