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<b>Monday Media Tip:</b></div>
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Kathy Parker, School Library Media Consultant at NCDPI  asked me to share the following:</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">February's Library Media and Technology Tidbits webcast is now posted. It focuses on the SLMC evaluation instrument highlighting changes in the process which are reflected in the updated NC School Library Media Coordinator Evaluation Process user's guide posted to NCEES in November. Please share with school library media coordinators and administrators. Thanks. </span></span></div>
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Media Tip: Tidbits from NCDPI

Monday Media Tip: Kathy Parker, School Library Media Consultant at NCDPI asked me to share the following: February's Libra...

Friday Google Tidbit: Google Spreadsheets

Anonymous friday, Google, spreadsheets, tidbit 3:15 PM

<span style="font-family: inherit;">A new version of Google Sheets was released this week!  It's an exciting time for us!  What's different?</span><br />
<ul><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">It's faster</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">larger </span>spreadsheets are supported - <i>millions</i> of cells</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Text moves over to the next cell - no manual merging needed</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Filter views - name, save, and share different views of <i>your </i>data (when collaborating)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Formulas and complex functions now have a formal help section...there is even error highlighting and coloring to spot mistakes</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Improved conditional formatting</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Spreadsheets can now now work offline just like Google Docs and Slides (Chrome browser only)</span></li>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Check out it from </span><a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2013/12/new-google-sheets-faster-more-powerful.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FMKuf+%28Official+Google+Blog%29" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">Google's Official Blog</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">!   </span></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Ready to try it out?  <span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"> Sign into your Google account, and check the “Try the new Google Sheets” box in </span><a href="http://g.co/newsheets" style="background-color: white; color: #7759ae; line-height: 14.399999618530273px; text-decoration: none;">Google Drive settings</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 14.399999618530273px;">. From then on, all new spreadsheets you create will work offline and include these new features.  <i>Win!</i></span></span><br />
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Friday Google Tidbit: Google Spreadsheets

A new version of Google Sheets was released this week! It's an exciting time for us! What's different? It's faster larger sp...

Friday's Google Tidbit

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Friday's Google Tidbit

We are re-posting our Canned Response post from last fall. Now that we are in the beginning of the school year, there are undoubtedly ques...

Friday Google Tidbit: New Chat in Drive

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Google continues to make improvements in Google Drive, and we are excited to announce the latest update.  When collaborators are in a Doc, Presentation, Spreadsheet or Form together, each collaborator will have a silhouette of himself or herself with the traditional colored line at the bottom.<br />
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Simply click on the chat icon and the chat box pops up for group chat.<br />
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Friday Google Tidbit: New Chat in Drive

Google continues to make improvements in Google Drive, and we are excited to announce the latest update. When collaborators are in a Doc, P...

Friday's Google Tidbit: SafeSearch

amystanley Google, safesearch, tidbit 8:33 AM

Recently there has been a lot of discussion about Google Images in our office, so we wanted to share just a few things with you that we hope you will share with your teachers.  These tips can help to keep everyone safe and help make using the internet at school a positive learning experience.<br />
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Google has a SafeSearch feature that works great with images.  SafeSearch is automatically applied if the student is using a Chromebook, but for other devices (desktop, laptop or iPad), the student will have to turn the safe search feature on.  While this will not deter the student who is intentionally looking for inappropriate images, it will help with those who stumble upon these images by mistake. </div>
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<b>Directions for turning on SafeSearch on a computer:</b></div>
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<li>Go to Google's image search: <a href="http://images.google.com/">http://images.google.com </a>(or just click images from the home screen)</li>
<li>Once on the image search, type in something safe (like <i>apples</i>) just to get to the search results page. From there, you will see in the top right corner the option to turn on SafeSearch. <span style="text-align: center;">It actually says <i>Filter explicit results.  </i>Choosing to filter actually turns on Safe Search.</span></li>
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<b>Directions for turning on SafeSearch on</b><b> an iPad:</b></div>
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<li>Go to Google, search for something, and you will see a little <b>wrench</b> in the top right corner of the search results page.  Tap it, and you will see SafeSearch in the dropdown menu.</li>
<li>If you select SafeSearch, you will see there are 3 settings: Off, Moderate, and Strict. If you set it to <b>Strict</b> your iPad will have SafeSearch turned on - this setting should be remembered on the device.</li>
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<b>Note:</b> If you are in the Chrome app, logged into your Google account, and turn this feature on, the setting will be remembered.  For other browsers, this not the case.</div>

Friday's Google Tidbit: SafeSearch

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Monday, February 8, 2016

Media Tip: Tidbits from NCDPI

Monday Media Tip:

Kathy Parker, School Library Media Consultant at NCDPI asked me to share the following:

February's Library Media and Technology Tidbits webcast is now posted. It focuses on the SLMC evaluation instrument highlighting changes in the process which are reflected in the updated NC School Library Media Coordinator Evaluation Process user's guide posted to NCEES in November. Please share with school library media coordinators and administrators. Thanks.

http://dtl.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/Library+Media+and+Technology+Tidbits

Check it out when you have a chance! Happy Monday!

Friday, December 13, 2013

Friday Google Tidbit: Google Spreadsheets

A new version of Google Sheets was released this week! It's an exciting time for us! What's different?

It's faster
larger spreadsheets are supported - millions of cells
Text moves over to the next cell - no manual merging needed
Filter views - name, save, and share different views of your data (when collaborating)
Formulas and complex functions now have a formal help section...there is even error highlighting and coloring to spot mistakes
Improved conditional formatting
Spreadsheets can now now work offline just like Google Docs and Slides (Chrome browser only)

Check out it from Google's Official Blog!

Ready to try it out? Sign into your Google account, and check the “Try the new Google Sheets” box in Google Drive settings. From then on, all new spreadsheets you create will work offline and include these new features. Win!

Friday, August 23, 2013

Friday's Google Tidbit

We are re-posting our Canned Response post from last fall. Now that we are in the beginning of the school year, there are undoubtedly questions you get over and over. Please consider using Google Mail's Canned Response feature! Click here to find out more!

Friday, April 26, 2013

Friday Google Tidbit: New Chat in Drive

Simply click on the chat icon and the chat box pops up for group chat.

The function is the same though it looks different.

Friday, March 1, 2013

Friday's Google Tidbit: SafeSearch

Google has a SafeSearch feature that works great with images. SafeSearch is automatically applied if the student is using a Chromebook, but for other devices (desktop, laptop or iPad), the student will have to turn the safe search feature on. While this will not deter the student who is intentionally looking for inappropriate images, it will help with those who stumble upon these images by mistake.

Directions for turning on SafeSearch on a computer:

Go to Google's image search: http://images.google.com (or just click images from the home screen)
Once on the image search, type in something safe (like apples) just to get to the search results page. From there, you will see in the top right corner the option to turn on SafeSearch. It actually says Filter explicit results. Choosing to filter actually turns on Safe Search.

Once you have chosen SafeSearch, you will see this:

Directions for turning on SafeSearch on an iPad:

Go to Google, search for something, and you will see a little wrench in the top right corner of the search results page. Tap it, and you will see SafeSearch in the dropdown menu.
If you select SafeSearch, you will see there are 3 settings: Off, Moderate, and Strict. If you set it to Strict your iPad will have SafeSearch turned on - this setting should be remembered on the device.

Note: If you are in the Chrome app, logged into your Google account, and turn this feature on, the setting will be remembered. For other browsers, this not the case.

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