All the tips I share with you today work best in the Google Chrome web browser. Some of them will only work in Google Chrome.
By the end of our time today, I want to inspire you to:
- Ditch flash drives (unless absolutely necessary)
- Never send another email attachment ever again
- Only use Microsoft Office when ABSOLUTELY necessary
- Use Google Drive to collaborate with family, PTA colleagues, everyone!
- Creating your work in one place and saving to the Cloud
- Access anywhere you have an Internet connection
- Access on a desktop, laptop, tablet, smartphone (the Google Drive app for iPhone, iPad, and Android has improved SO much in the last 18 months!)
- 15GB free of storage space; you can pay for more storage space
Types of files we can create, edit, print, upload, and/or download
- Google Docs is like Microsoft Word
- Google Sheets is like Microsoft Excel
- Google Slides is like Microsoft PowerPoint
- Google Forms is like nothing Microsoft offers!
- Google Drive for iOS - Ron's cheat sheet HERE
- It’s not EXACTLY Office, but it's 95% of everything I need
It gets even better!
- It's time to take the leap of faith - upload your whole digital life to Google Drive
- Never send attachments again
- Auto-save and revision history
- Sharing files
- View-only access
- Edit access
- Publishing to the web
- Working simultaneously - collaborate with others in real time
- Tracking changes and see who's doing what
Security
- Eliminates the need for attachments and flash drives
- Greater security, no virus risk
- You don’t know where someone else's flash drive has been
Six Features That Make Google Drive Awesome - from one of my favorite Canadians, Steve Dotto
And then a tutorial video from the Sync Sisters
And then a tutorial video from the Sync Sisters
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