Soft Technology

By Guest Blogger Carlos from Grad Gopher (P.S. This is NOT a paid post! I asked Carlos to write this for us because Grad Gopher is going to save you TIME and make sure you get all your DATA. It really is AMAZING.) Our new, game-changing software GradGopher.com was built out of the frustration of teachers and students looking to save their information with no easy solution. GradGopher.com copies your Google Drive (Shared & Owned files), Gmail emails (with attachments), Contacts, and Calendar events to another Google account of your choosing and it only takes a minute to set up! Unlike Google Takeout, GradGopher copies all the files shared with you!  GradGopher saves you a ton of time!  “GradGopher literally saved me about 40-50 hours worth of manual labor. I can't say enough about this. It is really everything you hoped for and more.” - Colin Davitt GradGopher puts all your stuff in folders just like it was in your school account, all your organization is saved!  GradGopher wor

My friends Mike Patterson and Pete Logli got me thinking about how to quickly, easily describe the difference between "training" and "professional development" lately, and I think this is it. What do you think? Download the PDF version

Part 3 of the series "Get your Computer Ready For Summer" explores how to download all of your files from your Google Apps for Education (or Work) account. This lets you take all of your files with you when your GAFE account is ending. After you download your zip files, you can unzip them and upload them to a Gmail account or your new GAFE account. Links you'll need: http://bit.ly/Google-Takeout http://bit.ly/FileStorageGoogle

Guest Post by friEdTech Technical Guru Michael Wallace  reposted from Mike's blog here . Synergyse is Free! Synergyse is now free. For those of you who are not familiar with Synergyse, it is a Chrome extension that can supplement Google training. There are hours of videos that cover basic tasks a person new to Google would want to learn about. They also cover a few in depth topics. At The Village School we purchased Synergyse for the entire staff. I did find the price a bit high, but now that it's free I would recommend it to any organization. There are two ways to install Synergyse, individually, or by Google OU,  I'll cover both. The first way is to install it for your self. In Chrome go to the Chrome Web Store  and search for Synergyse. You should see an extension that looks like this: Click the "Add to Chrome Button" and you should get a pop up like this: Click "Add Extension" and that's it. Now when you go to Gmail, Drive, or a host of other Go

Part 2 of the series "Get your Computer Ready For Summer" explores the best way to upload ALL your files (or a whole bunch of files) over a longer period of time without having to drag and drop or babysit the process. We'll do this using the downloaded version of Google Drive which you'll install on your computer. This video is for educators who need to back up their files so that their computers can be refreshed for the summer. Don't lose your valuable files, back up now to the cloud! This technique will also let you access your files from any computer or from your phone. Links you'll need: https://www.google.com/drive/download/ http://bit.ly/FileStorageGoogle