Publishing a Google Drawing to your Blog

Publishing a Google Drawing to your blog

1. In your drawing, click File > Publish to the Web
2. Choose ‘Embed’, and then copy html text from the box  (your screen may not look like this but have the publish button bright blue. If this happens, just click on the blue publish button and then you will see this screen.)
3. Go to your blog and create a new post
4. Click the ‘HTML’ button and then paste the html coding text into the blog post
5. Click back on the ‘Compose’ button and WALAH!  there is your picture!

**If you need to change the size of your picture, click on it when you are in the editing blog post screen, and choose the size you want and the position on the screen.

Google Draw

This week I spent a block teaching two Year 4 classes how to use the Google Drawings App.  Here is a link to the lesson.  >> Google Draw Onomatopeoia Lesson<<

Room 7 and Room 8 thoroughly enjoyed illustrating their favourite onomatopeoia words!

Room 7's blog

Room 8's blog

Authentic Audience

Today our class blog received a comment from one of the children's grandparents in South Africa!  It is exciting to see family members around the world reading about and seeing pictures and videos of what we are doing in our classroom.  http://room3twentyfifteen.blogspot.co.nz/2015/06/michelangelo-art.html 

A Year 3 class in our school has created a buddy blog with a class in Australia.  They have each posted their first posts.  It is very exciting to see how the teachers and children are able to use blogger to share learning outside of their own classroom walls.
http://ourfriendsacrosstheditch.blogspot.co.nz/

Getting Googley

Room 3 shared their learning with Room 17 and helped them get connected on their google accounts.

Chrome Extensions

Chrome Extensions are useful tools to add to your Chrome browser.

Using Chrome as your browser, go to your Chrome Store.

Once here you can find all kinds of great tools.  You can also personalise your Google Chrome page by choosing from a number of themes.  Go ahead and try them - you can easily change between any of them with a click.  

Here are some great extensions to add to your Chrome:

Synergyse Training - this extension is added to your Google Apps, so that anytime you are in a google app (document, spreadsheet, draw, presentation, forms) it will appear.  If you have any questions or need a tutorial on any aspect of the app, you can click on it.

 What is looks like when you search for it in the Google Store.

The icon on your Google app.

Some of the many tips provided.

Another excellent one that I use all the time is the URL shortener. Search for Google URL shortener extension in the Chrome Web Store.

This extension goes onto your toolbar.  When you want to share a url address and you don't want to have it looking like a long, convoluted line of letters, numbers, symbols, you can click on this extension and it provides a nice, short url for you to use. 

Those are just two of hundreds of extensions you can choose from.  There is one that changes anything on your screen to a different language.  One that reads what's on your screen out loud to you.  One that shows your calendar with one click.  One for twitter, pinterest, and other social media.  The list is endless.  Have fun exploring and if you come across any that are really useful, be sure to share!

GAFE

Observing a Google Apps for Education lesson at St Pius X with Joy Paton.