tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10905967458608453322024-03-12T22:52:46.811-07:00Ed Tech from an AggieAgriculture is everywhere....even when talking about technology in education.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02816283947433619806noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1090596745860845332.post-49348041743635493492012-05-07T21:30:00.000-07:002012-05-07T21:39:14.045-07:00How to create bookmarks inside a GMail Message...<div style="border: solid 1px #dfdfdf; color: #686868; font: 13px Arial;">
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How to create bookmarks inside a GMail Message</div>
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<span style="margin-right: 5px;"><a href="http://iteachag.com/2012/04/27/how-to-create-bookmarks-inside-a-gmail-message/"><img border="0" src="https://images2-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com/gadgets/proxy?url=https://s2.googleusercontent.com/s2/favicons?domain%3Diteachag.com&container=focus&gadget=a&rewriteMime=image/*&refresh=31536000&resize_h=16" /><span style="font-weight: bold;">How to create bookmarks inside a GMail Message</span></a></span><br />
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<span style="margin-right: 5px;">I recently received an email that contained hyperlinks/bookmarks to headings in the email message. I know there are paid services that will do this for you but I like free. So I pondered on how th...</span></div>
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Chrome and Google Drive's Third-Party Apps add great functionality to web apps and lets you store your work in Drive.</div>
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<span style="margin-right: 5px;">One of the most important Google Drive features is the support for third-party apps. Now you're no longer limited to Google's word processor, spreadsheet editor, presentation app and you can u...</span></div>
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Google Goggles has found its way into your Drive. Not only does Drive use OCR to search but it also uses images, Very Cool.</div>
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<span style="margin-right: 5px;">Google Drive has the most powerful image search technology you can find in an online storage service. It uses Google Goggles technology to recognize objects, logos, landmarks, text and much more, so y...</span></div>
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Wow, this is a hidden little gem in Google Drive, Folder View. Quickly view flip between all docs in a Folder/Collection, even edit.</div>
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This is a cool little tip for anyone that runs multiple Google Accounts.</div>
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<span style="margin-right: 5px;">Google's navigation bar widget that shows information about your account has been updated and now makes it easier to switch to a different account. All the accounts are automatically displayed, so...</span></div>
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Wow, is Chrome OS trying to look like a real OS? What's wrong with being a browser?</div>
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<span style="margin-right: 5px;">From what I remember, Cr-48 does not have the graphical power to run this user interface. Chrome OS developers aim to slim it down enough in the next major update to make it work on Cr-48. But it is l...</span></div>
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GDrive seen in the wild? 2GB of storage & possibly up to 5GB with referrals. This is sounding more & more like DropBox. Hmm...did Google secretly acquire DropBox. Wouldn't that make things convenient. Just think about how nice that would be if everyone's DropBox accounts cleanly turned into GDrive accounts and all API's would still work. This would make GDrive an instant success without any problems of trying to gain market share. Say it's so Google...... check out more information at Talk Android.</div>
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<span style="margin-right: 5px;">GigaOM today cited sources about an April release of Google Drive, with a 1GB free storage limit. Today we received a tip from an anonymous but reliable source letting us know that the April release...</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">I'm not an English Teacher by training but I do think that it is every teachers' responsibility to instruct students about proper writing and grammer skills. If you were not supporting English teachers before or you just need to give your students some extra help, have I got a link for you to check out. With the introduction of the new Common Core Standards in the United States this app will can help us all. Read the full story at Mashable.</span></div>
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<span style="margin-right: 5px;">A high school English teacher developed an app in his spare time that takes a new, red-ink free approach to grammar lessons.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Do you need help with your videos, are you in desperate need for lights and a tripod. Save your money, because YouTube has got your back. Check out Lifehacker's post for more information.</span></div>
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<span style="margin-right: 5px;">The best moments you capture on film are often the roughest. Luckily, If you're uploading a video for sharing, YouTube automatically detects your video's problems and asks you to click just one button...</span></div>
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ReadWriteWeb on how-to set up Gmail, Calendar and Contacts on your iPhone or iPad. I personally use the Exchange for all three and have not had any problems except for one. Not being able to send from an alias. That being said I could not get the alias to work using the "Other" option. Anyone else have any luck with sending out emails from a Gmail alias?</div>
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<span style="margin-right: 5px;">Gmail users with iPhones, iPod Touches and iPads have to make compromises. They can use Google's Web-based mobile Gmail and Calendars, they can use Google's rather limited Gmail app, or they can deal ...</span></div>
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Are you an inbox zero person or do you just like to keep your email nice and tidy. Then check out this post from the Official Gmail Blog.</div>
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<span style="margin-right: 5px;">Posted by Craig Prince, Software Engineer Have you ever sent an important email that you wanted to follow up on, but a couple days later realized you hadn't? Starting today, you can organize your ...</span></div>
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With a one simple change (swap out the camera for a webcam) this becomes a cheep DIY - Doc Cam</div>
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<span style="margin-right: 5px;">If you take lots of photographs of small items, you mind find it easier if you had a stand to take steady overhead shots. Instructables user vkoudymov designed this wooden unipod to inexpensive do the...</span></div>
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Easily find what you are looking for <b>I</b> Explore the search results page <b>I</b> How Web Search connects with other Google Product</div>
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FeedBurner to Twitter has always had problems. Now Google Drops it from FeedBurner.<br />
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<span style="margin-right: 5px;">If you have been using FeedBurner to auto-publish your RSS Feed to Twitter, here are some good alternatives to switch to.</span></div>
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Mail Merge in Gmail.....How many of you wish you coud do that?<br />
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<span style="margin-right: 5px;">Learn how to send personalized email messages in bulk using mail merge in Gmail. You can even send rich HTML emails with attachments as well.</span></div>
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My new favorite quote "Big Innovation Lives Right on the Edge of Ridiculous Ideas" - Brendan Boyle<br />
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This not only applies to business ideas but education. How many times have you been given that "look" by another teacher after sharing a new way to engage students in your classroom. This reminds me of: <br />
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"Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently......" - Apple Inc<br />
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<span style="margin-right: 5px;">This quote comes from Brendan Boyle who works in the IDEO Toy Lab—a place where ridiculous ideas are encouraged. (By the way, if you're not familiar with the immensely creative industrial design firm...</span></div>
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I have blogged before about how to send a <a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=1090596745860845332#editor/target=post;postID=913529024174240880" title="Google Calendar to Twitter – How to get the most out of your Google Calendar">Google Calendar Event Reminder to Twitter</a>, but the process has changed. So, I recently did an <a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=1090596745860845332#editor/target=post;postID=698096042821737072" title="Google Calendar to Twitter – update">update</a>, but the process had a bunch of confusing steps and hoops to jump through. Now I am going to show you the easiest way to tweet out those events from Google Calendar.
You will need a few things to get started. A <a href="http://gmail.com/" title="Gmail.com">Gmail</a> account (personal or through a Google Apps Domain), A <a href="http://calendar.google.com/" title="Google Calendar">Google Calendar</a>, A <a href="http://twitter.com/" title="Twitter">Twitter</a> account, and last an account with <a href="http://ifttt.com/" target="_blank" title="ifttt.com">ifttt.com</a>. I would recommend creating a new Gmail, Google Calendar and Twitter account for this process. I wouldn't want you to be tweeting out a reminder for your next doctor's appointment.
First, to get the process started, we need to set up your Google Calendar. Go into your calendar notifications settings and set the default reminder for an email. Choose a good amount of time you would like to have the reminder email before the event. For our school calendar events; I use 2 days, for our cafeteria menu; I use 23 hours.<br />
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Your Gmail account will just be a pathway, there is nothing to set up, not even a forwarding email.
Next, we head on over to <a href="http://ifttt.com/" title="If This Then That">http://ifttt.com</a>
<a href="http://ifttt.com/" target="_blank" title="If This Then That ">ifttt.com</a> is the glue that makes this such a straight forward and simple process. To skip the how to and just get started, just use my published recipe to get your events tweeting right away.
<a href="http://ifttt.com/recipes/2797" target="_blank" title="Google Calendar to Twitter Recipe">http://ifttt.com/recipes/2797</a> (you will still have to verify the connections to your account from ifttt.com)
If you would like to see the simple set up, just follow these steps.
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Those of you with Facebook pages can even do this, here is my recipe for Google Calendar to Facebook pages. <a href="http://ifttt.com/recipes/2801" target="_blank" title="Google Calendar to Facebook Pages Recipes">http://ifttt.com/recipes/2801</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><hr /> <a href="http://iteachag.blogspot.com">Technology in Agricultural Education</a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02816283947433619806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1090596745860845332.post-6980960428217370722011-07-29T14:58:00.000-07:002011-10-05T15:09:14.053-07:00Google Calendar to Twitter – updateIn the post "<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=1090596745860845332#editor/target=post;postID=913529024174240880" target="_blank" title="Google Calendar to Twitter – How to get the most out of your Google Calendar">Google Calendar to Twitter - How to get the most out of Google Calendar</a>" I should you how to set up Google Calendar to post to Twitter. This worked great at the time I set it up but with time comes updates and changes. One of the biggest hurdles that I have been questioned about is Gmail's new verification to forward an email. There is also the change in TwitterMail being purchased by TwitterCounter. To help with confusion, I prepared a short presentation with the steps to get you up and running. Be sure to leave a comment if you have any questions.<br />
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In the post, <a href="http://lifehacker.com/#!5757201/transparent-monitors-a-space-enhancing-solutionhttp://lifehacker.com/#!5757201/transparent-monitors-a-space-enhancing-solutionhttp://lifehacker.com/#!5757201/transparent-monitors-a-space-enhancing-solution" target="_blank">"Tranparent Monitors: A Space Enhancing Solution"</a> Jason Fitzpatrick talks about how a reader has set up his monitors' desktops or wallpaper with a picture of what is behind them.<br />
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I thought about what I could do to use this in my position. Recalling an ealier post from Lifehacker, <a href="http://lifehacker.com/#!5549671/set-a-video-as-your-wallpaper-with-vlc" target="_blank">"Set a Video as your wallpaper with VLC"</a> I knew I had my solution. I would use software to make my desktop/wallpaper the video feed from a webcam.<br />
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PC users need a web camera and <a href="http://www.videolan.org/" target="_blank">VLC</a> (a full featured multimedia player).<br />
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Mac users need a web camera (the built in iSight camera will face the wrong direction) and Quicktime<br />
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First, download and install VLC and set up your webcam.<br />
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Next open VLC and go to "Tools" and click on "Preferences..." select the Video and change Output to "DirectX video output" and click "Save."<br />
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Then, in VLC go to "Media" and click on "Open Capture Device..." select your web cam for the Video Device and for the Audio Device select "None" and click "Play."<br />
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Last, in the VLC window go to "Video" and select "DirectX Wallpaper."<br />
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First, download and install <a href="http://blacktree-secrets.googlecode.com/files/Secrets_1.0.6.zip" target="_blank">"Secrets Preferences Panel"</a>. In Secrets (it will be in your System Preferences), click on "All Secrets" and search for "Fullscreen" and deselect the option to <em>Exit fullscreen when switching apps</em> for Quicktime.<br />
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Then, open Quicktime and click on "File" and select "New Movie Recording."<br />
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<strong>Note about the Mac version:</strong> This is not actually setting your video as your desktop / wallpaper. You will essentially be running Quicktime in a fullscreen window behind your other running programs. To see your Dock just move your mouse to the bottom of the screen and select the programs you would like to see. If you click on the video all windows will move to the background. Use the Dock to bring your apps back to the front.<br />
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If I could fix one thing about either of these solutions it would be the ability to run a webcam on each monitor of a dual screen display set-up.<br />
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Now get out there and make your monitor transparent.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><hr /> <a href="http://iteachag.blogspot.com">Technology in Agricultural Education</a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02816283947433619806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1090596745860845332.post-51792784860271826412011-01-27T13:12:00.000-08:002011-03-26T11:27:30.307-07:00Easily share bookmarks to your class or lab with Google ChromeI recently read an article on <a title="Lifehacker" href="http://lifehacker.com" target="_blank">Lifehacker.com</a> (one of my favorite websites) about how to use <a title="Use Chrome and Chromium Side-By-Side for Easy Profile Management" href="http://lifehacker.com/5742687/use-chrome-and-chromium-side+by+side-for-easy-profile-management" target="_blank">Chrome and Chromium Side by Side</a>. Doing this will allow you to have multiple users or multiple accounts with the two almost identical allowing you to sync information from one computer to another.<br/><p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://content.screencast.com/users/iteachag/folders/Snagit/media/5a3f0597-84d9-4ac5-beb4-fa415ed161e8/2011-01-25_21-54-40.png"><img class="aligncenter" title="Chrome Sync" src="http://content.screencast.com/users/iteachag/folders/Snagit/media/5a3f0597-84d9-4ac5-beb4-fa415ed161e8/2011-01-25_21-54-40.png" alt="Chrome Sync" width="307" height="288" /></a></p><br/><p style="text-align:left;">Now this is very cool, but it got my brain thinking about another way to use the ability to sync Chrome browsers. How could I use this ability to sync in a school computer lab setting as a tool for education? Here is the idea:</p><br/><p style="text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.google.com/chrome"><img class="alignleft" title="Google Chrome" src="http://www.google.com/intl/en/images/logos/chrome_logo.gif" alt="Google Chrome" width="125" height="40" /></a>First, set up a generic class Google account. This could be a regular Gmail account or a Google Apps account, it really doesn't matter. You just need an account to set up the sync.</p><br/><p style="text-align:left;">Second, set up Google Chrome on your classroom computer and set up the sync with this new account. You do this by clicking on the picture of the wrench, then "Preferences", and then click on the "Personal Stuff" tab. (If you would still like to sync to your account and have the class account also, check out the <a title="http://lifehacker.com/5742687/use-chrome-and-chromium-side+by+side-for-easy-profile-management" href="http://lifehacker.com/5742687/use-chrome-and-chromium-side+by+side-for-easy-profile-management" target="_blank">link</a> from Lifehacker in the first paragraph.)</p><br/><p style="text-align:left;">Last, set up your classroom or lab computers with Google Chrome and start the sync with the class account on all of the Computers. (This may sound like a long process, but I think you will enjoy the benefits.)</p><br/><p style="text-align:left;">Now comes the fun part. When you present your lesson to your students and need to share a link, you could give them a shortened URL or have the log in to a social bookmarking site like Diigo, but instead all you will have to do is create a bookmark on your browser. The bookmark will sync with all of the other computers in the lab tied to that class account. You could even do this on the fly in the middle of class (the students might need to hide and then show the bookmarks bar to refresh it). Even better, you could have one student share a link quickly with the rest of the class. If you wanted to take it to the next level, set up bookmark folders for different units/subjects, classes, or even students. This is social bookmarking without the extra log in for our students.</p><br/><p style="text-align:left;">Some final clarification: You are only using the generic class account to set up the sync in the Chrome Browser settings. You and your students are not using this to log in on a Google Apps account. That is part of the beauty of this setup. You get to sync all the cool stuff with Chrome but you and your students will still be able to get to your individual accounts with your own mail, docs, calendar, etc.</p><br/><p style="text-align:left;">Who said Google Bookmarks was dead? Now get out there and sync some bookmarks.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><hr /> <a href="http://iteachag.blogspot.com">Technology in Agricultural Education</a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02816283947433619806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1090596745860845332.post-84107018849861373662011-01-08T07:06:00.000-08:002011-03-26T11:27:30.249-07:00Google Calendar: How to use a Google Group with GCal to set up birthday
announcementsHow would you like to post a Happy Birthday wish for people in your school or group on their birthday and allow everyone else to add to those wishes?<br/><br/>[caption id="attachment_542" align="aligncenter" width="524" caption="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Happy_Birthday!.png"]<a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Happy_Birthday!.png"><img class="size-full wp-image-542 " title="Happy_Birthday!" src="http://iteachag.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/happy_birthday.png" alt="" width="524" height="199" /></a>[/caption]<br/><br/>I have been doing this for a great group of educators (<a href="http://sites.google.com/site/gtaresources/gct-pages" target="_blank">Google Certified Teachers</a>) over the last year and a friend, <a title="Mark Allen - EdintheClouds" href="http://twitter.com/#!/EdintheClouds" target="_blank">Mark Allen</a>, has inspired me to post about how to make it happen. He has also given me the great idea to automate it for use in schools. Wouldn't it be great to wish every student a Happy Birthday?<br/><br/>We will look at both methods, one more personal and no automation and the other with automation but with better consistency.<br/><br/>What you will need:<br/><ol><br/> <li><a title="Google Calendar" href="http://calendar.google.com" target="_blank">Google Calendar</a></li><br/> <li><a title="Google Groups" href="http://groups.google.com" target="_blank">Google Group</a></li><br/> <li><a title="Gmail" href="http://gmail.com" target="_blank">Gmail</a></li><br/> <li>Everyone's birth date</li><br/></ol><br/>The personal birthday connection.<br/><ol><br/> <li>Have a Google Group set up (this can be an exsisting group) with everyone. In Google Apps you could use a <a href="http://edutraining.googleapps.com/Training-Home/module-1/chapter-3/4-1" target="_blank">Google Apps Administrator Group</a> or a <a href="http://edutraining.googleapps.com/Training-Home/module-2-mail/chapter-3/3-2" target="_blank">Google Apps User-managed</a> Group (A group that a user sets up if User-Managed Groups has been turned on by an Admin) . If you are not using Google Apps you can use a <a href="http://groups-beta.google.com/googlegroups/overview.html" target="_blank">Google Group</a>.</li><br/> <li>Create a <a href="http://edutraining.googleapps.com/Training-Home/module-3-calendar/chapter-4/1-2" target="_blank">new Calendar</a> and <a href="http://edutraining.googleapps.com/Training-Home/module-3-calendar/chapter-5/3-3" target="_blank">Share it</a> with the Group so the members can add their birthdays to the calendar.</li><br/> <li>As a member's birthday comes close. Post a message to the group to wish that person a Happy Birthday and to encourage others to do the same. (To make things easy on yourself, add a <a href="http://edutraining.googleapps.com/Training-Home/module-3-calendar/chapter-2/6-2" target="_blank">default email reminder</a> to the birthday calendar two to three days in advance. Then you will receive an email so you will not forget to post to the group.)</li><br/></ol><br/>The automated birthday connection.<br/><ol><br/> <li>See #1 above (This could be a group that will only allow announcements or it could be interactive)</li><br/> <li>Create a new Calendar. You can still have members add their birthdays to the calendar by sharing it, but since you will be automating the process it might be cleaner to use a <a href="http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=45656" target="_blank">CSV</a> file to <a href="http://edutraining.googleapps.com/Training-Home/module-3-calendar/chapter-4/5-1" target="_blank">import</a> all the birthdays into the Calendar. (Suggestion: make the "appointment" subject something like "Happy Birthday John Smith"</li><br/> <li>Be sure to add a <a href="http://edutraining.googleapps.com/Training-Home/module-3-calendar/chapter-2/6-2" target="_blank">default email reminder</a> to the birthday calendar. Because this will be automated you will need to decide if you want to send the birthday announcement on that day or two to three days in advance.</li><br/> <li>To make this fully automated you will need to create a <a title="Create a Filter" href="http://edutraining.googleapps.com/Training-Home/module-2-mail/chapter-4/3-1" target="_blank">filter</a> in Gmail to forward the Happy Birthday reminder to the Group email from #1. You will need to use the <a title="Using Advanced Filters" href="http://edutraining.googleapps.com/Training-Home/module-2-mail/chapter-4/3-5" target="_blank">advanced filters</a> to make sure only the Happy Birthday messages get forwarded to the group.</li><br/> <li>If you want to really publicize the birthdays you could use <a title="Google Calendar to Twitter" href="http://iteachag.com/2009/10/08/google-calendar-to-twitter-%e2%80%93-how-to-get-the-most-out-of-your-google-calendar/" target="_blank">Google Calendar to Twitter</a> to Tweet the birthday news to all of your followers.</li><br/></ol><br/>Now get out there and wish everyone a Happy Birthday!!!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><hr /> <a href="http://iteachag.blogspot.com">Technology in Agricultural Education</a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02816283947433619806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1090596745860845332.post-87042075282843855832010-12-31T07:19:00.000-08:002011-03-26T11:27:30.224-07:00The last post of the yearIt has been a wonderful year. I enjoyed being with my family and friends and have had some great opportunities to learn and share this year. My PLN of friends has grown with people from around the world and I have learned a great deal. Thanks for everyone that has stopped by for a visit to my humble little piece of the internet.<br/><br/>I hope you have a very Happy New Year, and always remember to keep on learning.<br/><br/>Danny Silva<div class="blogger-post-footer"><hr /> <a href="http://iteachag.blogspot.com">Technology in Agricultural Education</a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02816283947433619806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1090596745860845332.post-9972633003728380422010-12-31T05:02:00.000-08:002011-03-26T11:27:30.208-07:00Five free screen capture / recording alternatives from the web for
screencastsIn my last post, <a title="Permanent link to Camtasia, Jing & Snagit – Great tools for educators from TechSmith" rel="bookmark" href="http://iteachag.com/2010/12/22/camtasia-jing-snagit-great-tools-for-educators-from-techsmith/">Camtasia, Jing & Snagit – Great tools for educators from TechSmith</a> I talked about some great screen capture / recording tools from TechSmith. I love these tools, but some of you may be saying you always talk about free, where are the free versions of these tools?<br/><br/>Here are five alternatives for screen capture / recording tools that you can use right from the web. No downloads needed (except for a java applet).<br/><br/><a title="ScreenCastle" href="http://screencastle.com" target="_blank">ScreenCastle</a> is very easy to use. You don't even need to register. Click the big red button, adjust the screen capture area and start recording. You can use a microphone to add voiceovers. When finished ScreenCastle gives you lots of options (see below). The disadvantages are you will not be able to go back later to watch the video if you don't have the link because you do not have an account. I would recommend saving the link and possibly downloading the video file.<br/><ul><br/> <li>Link to watch the video</li><br/> <li>HTML embed code</li><br/> <li>BBCode -Big</li><br/> <li>BBCode - Small</li><br/> <li>Direct link to the file</li><br/> <li>The Pure video ID</li><br/> <li>Address - Big image</li><br/> <li>Address - Small image</li><br/></ul><br/><a title="ScreenToaster" href="http://www.screentoaster.com/" target="_blank">ScreenToaster</a> is also easy to use. You can set up an account with ScreenToaster that will give you lots of options, including adding audio and a webcam. You can publish your videos on the ScreenToaster website, download your videos, embed them on your website, mail it, and even edit your video. ScreenToaster is probabely the most advanced of the tools here.<br/><br/><a title="Screencast-O-Matic" href="http://screencast-o-matic.com/" target="_blank">Screencast-O-Matic</a> is the next most robust tool but it also gives you the option to GoPro and pay for more features. With Screencast-O-Matic you can create an account, which will give you the options to Record a 15 minute video; free hosting of your video; upload to Youtube HD; Export to MP4, AVI, & FLV (with watermark); and record from a web cam.<br/><br/><a title="Screenjelly" href="http://www.screenjelly.com/" target="_blank">Screenjelly</a> is again easy to start with a big red button similar to ScreenCastle. Screenjelly will save your videos online with your account. It is designed to instantly share your captures with a link, through an email, with a tweet, or through Facebook. Screenjelly will even give you the ability to put a screen capture button on your website and has a bookmarklet feature to let you quickly grab a screen capture from a website. I have to admit, out of the five tools listed here, it is the only one I could not get to work with my Macbook. I am not sure if it was user error or a problem with Screenjelly.<br/><br/>The last tool which is the simplest in nature is <a title="Screenr" href="http://screenr.com/" target="_blank">Screenr</a>. Screenr allows you to choose the area to record, voiceover your recordings, and save the videos to your account. The main idea behind Screenr is to provide "Instant screencasts for Twitter." You even authenticate your account through Twitter.<br/><br/>Happy Screencasting.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><hr /> <a href="http://iteachag.blogspot.com">Technology in Agricultural Education</a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02816283947433619806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1090596745860845332.post-18824845531497272852010-12-22T04:18:00.000-08:002011-03-26T11:27:30.139-07:00Camtasia, Jing & Snagit - Great tools for educators from TechSmith<div><br/><br/>In my last post "<a href="http://iteachag.com/2010/12/18/how-to-become-a-google-apps-edu-certified-trainer/">How to become a Google Apps EDU Certified Trainer</a>" I mentioned using Camtasia, a TechSmith product. It made me reflect on their outstanding products and how I use them in my different roles in Education.<br/><br/>As an Educator, I find myself consistently using software from <a href="http://www.techsmith.com/">TechSmith</a>. I have used <a href="http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia/">Camtasia</a> for the last two years at school and <a href="http://www.techsmith.com/jing/">Jing</a> for at least that long. In my experience, their software is simple to use with outstanding results.<br/><br/>As a teacher and Technology Coordinator for the Le Grand High School District, I use <a href="http://www.techsmith.com/jing/">Jing</a> to quickly take screen-shots and screen-captures to help my students and staff. If I need to easily show someone where the submit button is on the screen or how to reserve a room using Google Calendar, Jing is the software I open. With a few clicks I can quickly take a screen-shot or a screen-capture, save and upload it, and have a URL to email or post for students or teachers to view. I find myself also using Jing more and more for twitter to help answer questions or to ask my own questions.<br/><br/>As a Google Certified Teacher and a Google Certified Trainer I have had the opportunity to be a Lead Learner (presenter) for professional development sessions for educators from around the world. I have found <a href="http://www.techsmith.com/snagit/">Snagit</a> to have that professional polish for taking screen-shots to add to my presentations. Snagit is as simple to use as Jing but with some great added features, like drop shadows and transparency to name a couple.<br/><br/>As a blogger and an online teacher, I find <a href="http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia/">Camtasia</a> Studio to be a wonderful tool. Camtasia allows me to make great how-to videos and simply save them locally or send them to Youtube to be published to the world or my class. For on-line courses it’s a must have. I can show and explain the process the students need to perform simply, with no confusion. As a blogger some of my most viewed posts are ones with <a href="http://iteachag.com/2010/09/14/google-certified-trainer-program-and-a-google-calendar-labs-how-to/">screen-captures</a> demonstrating cool applications or software. Again, TechSmith makes things easy in Camtasia just like in Jing and Snagit, but still gives you the added features to take your screen-capture productions to the next level.<br/><br/>TechSmith has an <a href="http://www.techsmith.com/community/education/">Education Community</a> and an <a href="http://blog.techsmith.com/edublog/">Education Blog</a> for more information on using their products in Education. I would love to hear how others are using these products or similar ones in their classrooms. Please use the comments below and be sure to leave a link to your How-to’s.<br/><br/>(Full discloser, I have been using Jing and Camtasia for two plus years and was recently given a copy of Jing Pro, Snagit, and Camtasia Studio for free from TechSmith through the Google Certified Teachers group.)<br/><br/><strong>Update: Here are some tweets with links to great examples of TechSmith Products in Education;</strong><br/><div><br/><blockquote><a title="David Mitchell" href="http://twitter.com/DeputyMitchell" target="_blank">DeputyMitchell</a> David Mitchell - @<a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/iteachag">iteachag</a> I don't have 'How to' but my 10 year olds do!<a title="http://y62011.heathfieldcps.net/tag/camtasia/" rel="nofollow" href="http://bit.ly/cUfm4z" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/cUfm4z</a> and this is Thomas: A must watch <a title="http://y62011.heathfieldcps.net/2010/12/06/ive-found-the-best-comic-making-website-for-my-writing/" rel="nofollow" href="http://bit.ly/fkoe1O" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/fkoe1O</a><br/><br/><a title="http://y62011.heathfieldcps.net/2010/12/06/ive-found-the-best-comic-making-website-for-my-writing/" rel="nofollow" href="http://bit.ly/fkoe1O" target="_blank"></a><a title="Ian Addison" href="http://twitter.com/ianaddison" target="_blank">ianaddison</a> Ian Addison - @<a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/iteachag">iteachag</a> <a href="http://www.stjohnthebaptistprimary.co.uk" target="_blank">http://www.stjohnthebaptistprimary.co.uk</a> under staff. @<a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/baggiepr">baggiepr</a>'s are on <a href="www.ictvideohelp.co.uk" target="_blank">www.ictvideohelp.co.uk</a></blockquote><br/></div><br/></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><hr /> <a href="http://iteachag.blogspot.com">Technology in Agricultural Education</a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02816283947433619806noreply@blogger.com