Say What?! Google Nose Launches Today!

What is Google Nose you might ask?  According to its website, Google Nose is the latest and greatest breakthrough in technology.  Instead of just typing, talking, hearing and touching, we are now able to SMELL through our computers, tablets and smartphones using Google’s Aromabase with over 15 million available “scentibytes”!  Users can smell scents such […]

Google Sites: How to Add Attachments and Links

This video tutorial reviews how to add attachments (such as Microsoft Office, iWorks, and PDF documents).  Sometimes it is also necessary to add a hyperlink to a Google Site.  These hyperlinks (or just “links”) link to other places on the web.  If you are working on a cool website or have a presentation such as a Prezi you’d like to show, having links […]

How to Use Google SafeSearch

Sorry kids, this one is for the adults!  Did you know that the world’s #1 search engine, Google, offers a feature called SafeSearch that allows parents to set strict search filters for both text and images?  Even better, SafeSearch allows for password protection so that other computer users (children) can’t change the filter. Check out this video for how to […]

Move over iPad, the Surface is (almost) Here!

Update: Microsoft recently announced  the RT Surface model (see below for the Pro/RT differences) will be available October 26th, the same day Microsoft is releasing the Windows 8 operating system.  The Pro model is expected to be released 90 days later. So a few years back  I used to show my students a video of this […]

Google Sites: How to Create and Set-up a Google Site

Now that your Google account is created, you’re ready to set up your Google Site/Digital Portfolio.  When setting up your site, you will select a template or theme, site name and URL (web address), as well as decide with whom you will share your site. Deciding how to share your site is VERY IMPORTANT!  If you’re creating a digital portfolio, you do not want your […]

Google Sites: How to Change Site and Page Layout

Once you’ve setup your Google Site/Digital Portfolio, the next step is getting the layout (where things are on the site) where you want them.  There are two types of layout – site layout and page layout.  When changing the site layout, all pages within the site change.  When changing the page layout, the layout only […]

Google Sites: How to Insert Text and Images

This tutorial video shows you the basics – how to add text and pictures.  Similar to word processing programs like Microsoft Word, Google Sites offers users formatting options such as font style, size and color of font, as well as emphasis formats such as bold, italics, and underline.  Google Sites does not offer quite as many options as Microsoft Word […]

Google Sites: How to Embed Google Docs

Displaying final product work is the magic of the digital portfolio!  You will be able to look back years from now at projects you worked hard on and feel pride for the work you created.  There are many different ways to display final products on a Google Site.   This video will show how to embed (or […]