Weekly Tech Tips and News for May 27, 2016

In case you get bored over the long Memorial Day weekend (wink, wink), here's a few things to keep you occupied and hopefully inspire you. If you see something you'd like to try, but are a little overwhelmed by how to do it, please let me know, we can work on it together.

Included in This Post

• Google Online Safety:  Tip 4 Avoid Scams
• Become a Google Certified Educator
• Essential iPad Tips
• How to use Templates in Sheets, Docs, Slides and Forms
• Interested in Creating End-of-the-Year Slideshows?
• Easily Create Interactive Reports with Google Apps
• Create Reading Challenges on Chrome with Stackup

Google Online Safety:  Tip 4 Avoid Scams

Learn how to avoid scams and keep your account from getting hacked (or worse, your identity stolen) in this quick video.

Become a Google Certified Educator

Are you interested in becoming a Google Certified Educator? Here are 5 Reasons You Should be a Google Certified Educator. If you are interested there is a certification training session at Holy Trinity this summer, June 13 & 14. John Sowash is the facilitator, and he is truly a Google expert, who can help blossom your Google skills.

Essential iPad Tips

8 Essential Tips Every iPad User Needs, from Computerworld Apple Holic, by  Jonny Evans

Here are some great tips to help you multitask on and organize your iPad.

How to use Templates in Sheets, Docs, Slides and Forms

Interested in Creating End of the Year Slideshows?

5 Good Options for Creating End-of-the-Year Audio Slideshow Videos from Free Technology for Teachers, by Richard Byrne
Here are 5 good options (including YouTube, which is one of our Google Apps & will integrate with Google Drive) for creating audio slide show videos - complete with video instructions for all five. You can share them with your parents and students easily by including the link in an email or on your web page.

Easily Create Interactive Reports with Google Apps

GAFE Smashing Activites from Ditch That Textbook by Matt Miller

App smashing is combining multiple Google tools to create great experiences for kids. Imagine an interactive map instead of a boring report or simple poster. Step by step instructions and ideas are included.

Create Reading Challenges in Chrome with Stackup

FreeTech4Teachers, by Richard Byrne
Using the Chrome extension Stackup, you can set up challenges to track the amount of time your students spend reading or researching online.