It's That Time of Year Again!

I love Labor Day Weekend with our Balloon Festival, but it's bittersweet because it means summer is over. But here's hoping we have great weather!!!

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photo by Marty Sprague

Head back to school with new features in Google Classroom

Great news from Google!

http://googleforeducation.blogspot.com/2015/08/head-back-to-school-with-new-features-in-Google-Classroom.html

NYSCATE Google Camp in Dansville

Happening now! Over 150 educators from around western New York sharing and collaborating!

Cool Tip!

Set a timer in Google!  In the omnibox, type "set timer for 2 minutes" and it will count down and alert you when it reaches 0!

Just read this article!  Excited to see how Google grows.

Google Is Restructuring Under a New Company Called Alphabet

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/11/technology/google-alphabet-restructuring.html?_r=0

Week Two started today of the GETT (Girls Empowered Through Technology) summer camp. The girls in grades 5-8 are learning to code and program using Google's CS-First program, and we'll be working with Lego Robotics and Finch Robots as the week progresses. Once again, THANK YOU to our sponsors: Dansville Rotary Club, Mill Creek Optical, Stony Brook Pediatrics and Wegmans.

New in Share Options - Restrict Sharing

Now you can prevent people from downloading, printing or copying your files and folders.  You can use this to keep students from sharing tests with other students.

In Google Drive

1. Go to drive.google.com.
2. Select a file or folder.
3. At the top, click the share icon .
4. In the bottom right, click Advanced.
5. Next to "Disable options to download, print, and copy for commenters and viewers," check the box.
6. Click Save changes.

Docs, Sheets, or Slides

1. Go to a Docs, Sheets, or Slides home screen.
2. Open a file.
3. In the top right, click Share .
4. In the bottom right, click Advanced.
5. Next to "Disable options to download, print, and copy for commenters and viewers," check the box.
6. Click Save changes.

Note:

• People with "edit" permissions will still be able to download, print, and copy your file or folder, even if this setting is on.
• If you turn this setting on, all options to download, print, and copy will be hidden from Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Slides.

Did you know...

According to Phantom Glass Blog, every minute, 10 hours of videos are uploaded on YouTube. 

For more interesting tech facts go to http://phantom.glass/blog/30-interesting-and-rarely-known-technology-facts/