Terry's Tech Tips

I keep hearing about the great sessions people attended at the Mini EdTech Camp .  I am really glad that teachers found it valuable!  There were so many great sessions to attend, and we are fortunate to have so many talented instructors on our faculty. One of the Mini EdTech Camp sessions, Tell Aspen Who's the Boss , covered a tool each of us uses every day.  A couple of quick preference changes provides you more data, more efficiently.  I thought I would share them with everyone!  (Thank Anthony Beckwith for first noticing them when Aspen was updated a couple weeks ago!) Information Delivery (Thank Brian Miller for this gem!)  Scrolling from page to page in Aspen can be a pain.  Who easily remembers the alphabet anymore?  Change your preferences so you see 999 records per page, reducing the number of pages to scroll through! While logged into Aspen, click on your name, and then the Set Preferences option.   Under the G...

cloud com·put·ing noun the practice of using a network of remote servers hosted on the Internet to store, manage, and process data, rather than a local server or a personal computer You have been using Cloud computing for a long time!  Every time you access a native Google app (Docs, Sheets, Forms) through a web browser, you are using a cloud computing service.  The file actually resides in Google servers across the world, not on your computer, tablet, or phone.  (Storing data across multiple servers in multiple locations ensures your data is safe and recoverable in the event of almost any disaster.) Google Drive App    The Google Drive app was designed to improve your experience when working with Non-Native files stored in Google Drive (like Word or Inspire files).  It allows you to store non-Google files locally and open them with a single click.  Your desktop copy syncs with the version stored on Google servers so al...