The Oatmeal: You're not going to believe what I'm about to tell you

It's been a while since I shared this. It's a good one and worth sharing again. Read it if you haven't read it lately.
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Copyright Friendly Images

One big area where students and teachers violate copyright law is when selecting images to use. Images found from a Google Image search are often covered by copyright law and using them in your own work could be a violation. Instead, check out this list put together by Richard Byrne. Some of these are blocked on our filter because we cannot filter them as we need to. 

Emojis on Windows 10

Did you know that with Windows 10 you can use the on screen keyboard to access emojis?

You're welcome. 😁

What does it mean to be digitally literate?

Just because you know how to use Facebook or Google an answer doesn't necessarily mean you're digitally literate. Recently I ran across this post from Plano ISD's Technology blog. I recommend you take a look and see if you know everything on their list. If not, give me a call/email and I can help!

NEW Google items with .new

.New trick in G suite - You can now type any G Suite app name in the omnibox and add .new to the end and it will create a NEW Doc, Sheet, Slide, Site! Anything to shave off a few seconds of work! #friedfan #GoogleEdu pic.twitter.com/41LLF1Phc0

— friEdTechnology Team (@friEdTechnology) October 26, 2018

10 lesson upgrades for learning with tech

These are such great suggestions and questions to ask while planning. 10 lesson upgrades for learning with tech. If you'd like someone to brainstorm with, I'm here for you!

Eduphoria's Bumper Sticker Contest!

We are looking for the next Eduphoria Bumper Sticker Slogan! The 2018 Winning Slogan was - "I came, I taught, I'm Still at School" Think you have the 2019 Winning Slogan? Submit your idea today - https://t.co/89d4hxVcGL pic.twitter.com/pVwmNHIYdR

— Eduphoria! Inc. (@eduphoria) October 12, 2018

It's Digital Citizenship Week!

Did you know this week is #DigitalCitizenshipWeek? Let's celebrate all of the important skills students need to know to be responsible digital citizens. #DigitalCitizenship #DigCit #21stedchat pic.twitter.com/q6XNNZnMgI

— TCEA (@TCEA) October 15, 2018

It's Not Just Your Imagination- Kids Have Changed

I highly recommend you check out this article from WeAreTeachers titled It's Not Just Your Imagination- Kids Have Changed. Today's kids may not have the attention span we expect but they bring so much more to the table.

New TEAM DRIVE Roles

The new team drives roles are starting to out. We are on the rapid release schedule and requested the auto-migration so you will start seeing the changes starting October 15th. Here is the correlation between the new and old roles:

• “Full access” will now be known as “Manager.”
• “Edit access” will now be “Contributor.”
• “Comment access” will now be “Commenter.”
• “View access” will now be “Viewer.”
• There will also be a new role, “Content manager.” See below for more details. 

Users with the Content manager role will be able to edit, reorganize, and delete content in a Team Drive, but they won’t be able to modify Team Drive membership or settings. Content manager will replace “Full access” as the default role for new Team Drive members.

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