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Before you go any further make sure you have tried your best to find images within Drive, WeVideo, etc. Apps like Docs, Slides, and Drawing have an “Insert -> Images -> Search the web” option that will give you high quality, free to use images. Always start there. WeVideo has a built-in library of thousands…
Apple devices take photos in Apple’s own file format, HEIC. Some programs recognize HEIC files, some don’t. Sometimes a program only wants a JPG (or JPEG) photo. Google Drive can store and preview an HEIC image. It recognizes it as an image and will show it to you, but it won’t let you use it…
Using Google’s Chrome browser is the #1 recommendation for any work associated with @scarsdaleschools.org users. Staff and Students within Scarsdale Schools all have Google accounts. These Google accounts end in @scarsdaleschools.org and have similar features and functions as a standard @gmail.com Google account, but are managed by Scarsdale Schools and have limitations, as well as…
This is the second annual Chromebook Buyers Guide. Chromebooks are great devices for elementary school students and beyond. There are lots of options and hopefully this guide will give you a sense of why go Chromebook and which models(s) to check out. Enjoy… As the years have progressed there has been an ever increasing interest…
Welcome to the Google Drive Parent Coffee! A big thank you to everyone who attended. We covered a lot of ground; from organizing and creating to sharing and being mobile. This blog post has the presentation as well as a recording of the event. The presentation is here: The video of the presentation: Heathcote…
As the years have progressed there has been an ever increasing interest from parents to purchase Chromebooks for home use. Awesome! I think it’s an excellent idea and a great investment, we use them every day at school and I have three at my home. Before I get into some device specifics I want to…
Flash is one of the first pieces of web-based software for running media. Originally Flash was how you got animations and video on the internet. YouTube dropped Flash as it’s video format in 2015. Flash is notoriously susceptible to virus and malware attacks. In addition, it is a technology that requires it to be continuously…
Why do we set Google’s Chrome as the default browser on the Macs? Why not use Safari? Here are a few of the key reasons Chrome is Google’s browser Integrates seamlessly with Google Suite Drive Calendar Sites Facilitates easy single sign-on The “Log in with Google” button most web services offer Automatic updates Below is…
The new operating system for the iPhone and iPad, iOS 11, has caused some quirks. The biggest quirk is iOS 11 saves photos as .HEIC files, not a .jpeg/.jpg files. Google can see .HEIC files but can’t add them through the usual Insert-> Image process as you normally would when working in a Doc, Slides,…
Yesterday Google updated Chrome. One of the best features of Chrome is the ability to multiple Google accounts logged in simultaneously (previous tutorial post here) The feature is still there, Google just tweaked the visual… You no longer see the icons like this: It now looks like this: