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Working in the Cloud:Drive, Dropbox and Other Stuff
Rich Hovey(that guy from Del Rio)
Twitter: @teacherhoveyinstagram.com/rich_hovey
Facebook: tinyurl.com/pcpuda5
Beginning in
My philosophy on educational technology
❏ Use the web’s free & cheap stuff.❏ Take advantage of rapidly
improving internet speed and stability.
❏ Be more efficient at all kinds of things.
Chrome
❏ It’s more compatible with all the Google products.
❏ Save time with password memorization, bookmarking, and extensions.
❏ Create work and home profiles, to keep things separate.
❏ Tabs, not windows. Use CTRL + T to your advantage.
Because if you’re still moving files this way
You’re wasting time.
Cloud Storage
Drive
❏ Formerly known as Google Docs
❏ Stores any kind of file
❏ The most nimble way to collaborate with people
Dropbox
It looks and acts like a normal folder.
Dropbox
These files and resources can be viewed from any device, and by anyone with whom you choose to share.
Dropbox
Even though it sits on your computer, it has an identical twin in the cloud, and is constantly syncing with it.
My favorite thing about Dropbox? Photos I take with my phone show up on my computer within seconds.
Dropbox
Evernote
Especially at your age.
Because nobody can remember everything.
Evernote
❏ On your computer:
❏ Save websites
❏ Tag them
❏ Mark them up
❏ Send them to others
Evernote❏ From your phone:
❏ Remember things you want to buy❏ Books, shoes, used cars...
❏ Photograph things to show students❏ Nutritional information on a package❏ Shakespeare quotes in unexpected
places❏ An historical artifact on tour
❏ Capture moments❏ You see a student at his/her job❏ A coyote crosses your street❏ A musician plays a rare instrument
❏ Tag and save it all on Evernote!
YouTube
❏ More than just watching videos for fun.
❏ Use it with your work profile (Gmail login).
❏ Make playlists.
❏ Subscribe to useful content creators.
Spotify
❏ Free installation required.
❏ $4.99/mo for commercial-free play.
❏ Immediately find and play any song.
❏ Make playlists.
❏ Search for other playlists.
Social Networks
With a very small investment of time, these can help you enhance healthy and positive relationships with your students.
This is a great tool for connecting with other educators, sharing ideas, and finding inspiration.
More toolsLanschool - If you have computers in your room
❏ Monitor student activities.
❏ Keep them feeling “watched” while your attention is divided.
❏ Showcase their work on the big screen.
More tools
❏ Use webcam + app for fun at breaks
❏ Keep slideshow of funny things
❏ Turn your cellphone into a remote control
❏ Use Craigslist in creative ways
More ways to use technology to improve your efficiency
❏ Use email replies for short assignments.
❏ Use and teach naming conventions
❏ Bookmark, tag, and playlist
❏ Use screen capture tools
❏ Teach keyboard shortcuts & post them everywhere
More ways to use technology to improve your efficiency
❏ Photograph screens & boards for assignments
❏ Tab+search in Chrome
❏ Just learn Aeries Gradebook already.
❏ Subject-line email with staff
❏ Get your computer networked to the school copier
Glossary
❏ @ - A prefix for all users of Twitter, increasingly used as shorthand to address people directly on other social media platforms.
❏ 1:1 (One-to-One) - The presence of one device (tablet or computer) for each student in a classroom or on a campus.
❏ BYOD - Bring your own device.❏ Cloud - Virtual space where things are stored online,
as opposed to on your device. ❏ Network - The wired system on your campus that
allows you to transfer files and send something to print.
Glossary
❏ Productivity Tool - Anything that streamlines or automates something you already do. Also known as a workflow tool. Can be high-tech or low-tech.
❏ Sync A verb describing what applications do in the cloud to make sure every folder and collection is updated with the latest changes.
❏ Tag - To mark or label an online artifact, for the purposes of narrowing its audience or making it easier to locate. In Twitter and other social media, a pound sign (#) begins a hashtag.
Thank Youand remember:
❏ Use the web’s free & cheap stuff.❏ Take advantage of rapidly
improving internet speed and stability.
❏ Be more efficient at all kinds of things.
