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Mar
20
2013

Google Keep: Google’s Evernote Competitor Released

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Tweet Today Google announced its new service named Google Keep. Google Keep is a notetaking app that rivals Evernote. There are a few things that I like and disklike about the service but for version one I think it is a pretty solid tool.

Mar
15
2013

#TLC13 Presentations about Chrome Apps & Apple Configurator

Tweet 60 Chrome Apps in 60 Minutes: Tools to Help You Not Suck At IOS Management: If you have any questions or suggestions don’t hesitate to let me know! Thanks TJ

Mar
14
2013

RIP Google Reader, Now What?

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Tweet Yesterday Google announced that it will be shutting down Google reader as of July 1st 2013. I used Google Reader to keep track and follow all of my favorite blogs online I also used it to archive my content via IFTTT and Diigo. Although I am a little upset about Google’s decision I realize that they were providing a free service and beggars cant be choosers. Below I walk you through how to export your Google Reader [...]

Feb
26
2013

Going #Chromando Project Update 2

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Tweet Today marks the 26th day going Chromando. Within this month I have been to several meetings, training’s and conferences and I have been able to put the Chromebook to the test.

Feb
19
2013

Navigating Print Options in Google Presentations

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Tweet Sometimes you want to create a handout from your presentations or you want to make the pages portrait instead of landscape. This is very easy to do in Google presentations. To get started click FILE and choose Print Settings and Preview      From here you can change your print options for your handout to several slides per page.         You also have several other options like hiding the background and changing from landscape to portrait. [...]

Feb
5
2013

Going #Chromando Project Update

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Tweet I wanted to update everyone on my going “Chromando”  project in which I will be using only the Chromebook for the next month or so.

Feb
1
2013

Chromebook Only Experiment Day 1

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Tweet I won’t try to lie and say that I am sold on the Chromebook nor do I think I could use it as my only machine. That being said the only way to know its strengths and weaknesses is to jump in all the way.

Jul
26
2012

Setting up Triggers in Google Apps for Debugging

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Tweet In my previous article I wrote about setting up a workflow for users to enter data into a Google form and the information is merged into a document and a PDF is created. You can read that article here. When you are trying to diagnose issues triggers with notifications can really help your debugging problems. Lets take a look at setting up triggers in Google Apps scripting.

Apr
27
2012

Checking Google Drive Available Space

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Tweet Earlier today while playing with Google Drive I noticed they did not display how much room I have left like they do in Gmail. While poking around I did find it. Here is a super quick tutorial on finding how much space you have left in your Google Drive.

Apr
20
2012

Displaying Multiple Google Calendars on Your Website

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Tweet Recently we needed to display all of our different athletics calendars into one calendar to display on our website. You may want to merge your different building calendars into one calendar or you may have several different clubs or groups that you want to make a “Social” calendar for. Google makes this very easy with their configuration tool.

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My name is TJ Houston.
I am the Director of Technology at Huron City Schools. I love integrating technology into the classroom and helping teachers find the way on the information super highway. Things I love: My family, My awesome Girlfriend, Technology, Education, and Photography.

I run PD sessions twice a week and run community training the first Saturday of the month. I love teaching people new things.

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