Weekly Tech Tips and News for September 8, 2017

As we finish the second week of school, hopefully everyone is able to come up for air a bit. We and our students are starting to settle into a routine, and most procedures are in place. It might even be time for a little bit of maintenance, such as cleaning out those old email addresses from your Gmail auto-complete list - you know, those suggested emails that pop up when we are starting to type email addresses into a new message. It might also be time to clean up some of the 3rd party apps we've associated with our Facebook accounts. What does that mean? It happens when you are creating yet another online account, and press the easy button in the form of "Login with Facebook" instead of needing to remember yet another account. Yet long after you've stopped using that new account, it is still mining information about you from your Facebook account. It's a good idea to clean those out every now and again. Perhaps you're a teacher who still hasn't started using GoGuardian with your students? I've included a video to help you get started. Also included in today's post are the changes in YouTube from their recent upgrade, and a new way to come up with writing prompts for students. I hope your new school year has begun very smoothly and wish you continued success in your classroom.

EDU in 90:  Be Internet Awesome
Clean up Email Addresses in Your Gmail Auto-Complete List
How to Remove Third-Party Facebook Apps From Your Account
An Introduction to YouTube's New Design
Getting Started With GoGuardian Teacher
Writing Sparks - Writing Prompts for Students

EDU in 90:  Be Internet Awesome

Be Internet Awesome is a new Google game for students to learn critical online digital citizenship skills. There are also coinciding Digital Safety Resources for teachers available, including a curriculum guide and teacher training. There are also instructions in the resources for sharing Be Internet Awesome through Google Classroom. I have pushed the Interland-Be Internet Awesome bookmark out to ASA students.

Clean up Email Addresses in Your Gmail Auto-Complete List

Clean up Email Addresses in Your Gmail Auto-Complete List, from Better Cloud Monitor
With a new school year beginning, you may be overwhelmed, but it's the perfect time to do some clean up and start with a clean slate. Tired of outdated email address suggestions popping up when  you are composing new messages? Take a minute to get rid of them!

How to Remove Third-Party Facebook Apps From Your Account

How to Remove Third-Party Facebook Apps From Your Account, from How-To Geek by Michael Crider
It's so handy to sign into a new website account using your Facebook account, instead of creating yet another login account. There's a flip side to that convenience. Did you know that when you sign in to another account using your Facebook account, that new organization now has access to all the information you post on Facebook? You may want to think about that before taking that shortcut. If you are thinking twice about it now, you can remove that Facebook login from those apps.

An Introduction to YouTube's New Design

YouTube is undergoing an update. Watch this video to see what has changed.

Getting Started With GoGuardian Teacher

Monitor your students when they are on their Chromebooks, keep them on task, open a specific web site for all or some of your students, and interact with them.

Writing Sparks - Writing Prompts for Students

Writing Sparks - Writing Prompts for Students, from Free Technology for Teachers by Richard Byrne
Help your students get started with a writing topic with Writing Sparks. Neither teachers nor students need to set up an account to use it.