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Friday, September 28, 2018

Edit Your PDF with Doc Hub

How many times have you found a document that you'd love to share with the kids or edit for yourself only to find it's a PDF?

PDFs (portable document format) are files that, for the most part, cannot be edited. The text and images are "flattened". So, unless you purchase a tool such as Adobe Acrobat Pro DC, your only other option is an "Add To" editing tool. I call them a "Add Too" tools, because that's what you do to the document. You ADD text, cover unwanted text, add images, line drawings, highlighting tools, etc. but cannot remove or edit existing items. 


My favorite "Add Too" by far is Doc Hub! I have used it with 6th and 7th grade students and found it very easy for them to manipulate. Students can access and sign up for it directly through their Google Drive. They can also share their work with you and collaborate with other students just like a Google doc. As a teacher, you have the option to add annotations BEFORE assigning it to students in Google Classroom and the ability to leave comments as they work.

Doc Hub also offers the option to add an electronic signature to documents. I have used it for scholarship applications and my daughter has used it for college club and job applications as well. 


NOTE: Need to SPLIT A PDF? Use a Chrome Extension such as Split PDF to break your PDF apart in to separate pages. 


Thursday, September 20, 2018

Gmail is Updating!



Some of you may have noticed a change to your Gmail over the summer, or even during the past few days. Google is rolling out a new version of Gmail to make handling email even easier! Between now and October 16 you will either see the transition take place, or have the option of manually updating by clicking the settings gear in your Gmail and choosing to update manually. After Oct. 16, everyone will be updated automatically. Click here for the official update announcement.  To learn more on navigating your new Gmail, click below for tips or contact me and we can get together at a time convenient for you. Links for further information: GSuite Learning Center: What You Can Do with the NEW Gmail,  Learn What's New in Gmail



                                                                               

Monday, September 10, 2018

New Year- New Tech News



In an effort to streamline and organize technology topics of interest, I am giving blogging a try! With a blog I can label specific topics to easily locate and reference later on. Also, using a blog gives me more options for sharing content of different formats. My goal is to send out a VERY short blog entry once a week. If something catches your eye that you'd like to try in your classroom, send me an email and we can schedule a time to get together that is convenient for you. The link for this blog can also be found on the Margaretta Ed Tech site homepage under Tech News  or at margedtech.blogspot.com