Computer Chronicles
Version 7.6, Stop Worrying & Love Your Tech
New Website TrainingOpted to not go to the training? Want to learn more about what you can do on your Teacher site? Visit https://resourcecentral.schoolmessenger.com/ and sign up to get access to the training resources available to you. (Note: This is separate from your school website account. You will need to register.) Do you want to learn how to add content, images and resources to your page? Why not attend a live webinar? After you are signed up, visit the SchoolMessenger Presence Teacher Webinar page Additional Online Resources (after you've signed up) https://resourcecentral.schoolmessenger.com/presence/presence_guides | Email members of a Team DriveTeam Drives make it easier for teams to store, search, and access important files, especially as team members change over time. To improve collaboration in Team Drives, Google is adding the ability to email all the members of a Team Drive. There are two ways to email members of a Team Drive:
When you select to email members, you can easily customize who your email is sent to. Use checkboxes to include or exclude “Members” who have access to the full Team Drive, “Guests” who only have access to that specific document within the Team Drive, and users with different Team Drive access levels, such as “Full,” “Edit,” “Comment,” and “View.” | New ways to comment in Google DriveGoogle Drive makes it easy to store and share files in the cloud so you can collaborate securely with your teams and clients while on the go. And we understand that teams work with all kinds of files and tools to get things done. Starting today, Google is making it possible to comment directly on more file types including Microsoft Office files, PDFs and images—without having to convert them into Docs, Sheets or Slides. When you're collaborating with others, chances are you're dealing with multiple file formats. With this update, you can now comment on those files in Drive the way you're used to in Google Docs. In the Drive preview pane, comment, assign tasks, or mention coworkers and the people you work can reply back, even if they’re not using G Suite. Let’s say your coworker opens a file on her Windows laptop using MS Word, she will see your comment in the file and can reply right from there. Provide quick feedback on the most popular file formats, including Word, PowerPoint, Excel and PDF files, in the Drive preview pane. |
New Website Training
Opted to not go to the training? Want to learn more about what you can do on your Teacher site?
Visit https://resourcecentral.schoolmessenger.com/ and sign up to get access to the training resources available to you. (Note: This is separate from your school website account. You will need to register.)
Do you want to learn how to add content, images and resources to your page? Why not attend a live webinar?
After you are signed up, visit the SchoolMessenger Presence Teacher Webinar page
Additional Online Resources (after you've signed up)
https://resourcecentral.schoolmessenger.com/presence/presence_guides
Email members of a Team Drive
Team Drives make it easier for teams to store, search, and access important files, especially as team members change over time.
To improve collaboration in Team Drives, Google is adding the ability to email all the members of a Team Drive.
There are two ways to email members of a Team Drive:
- From the Team Drive: Navigate to the Team Drive, click the drop-down menu next to the Team Drive name, and click “Email members.”
- From within a file that is in the Team Drive: While editing or viewing the document, open the File menu, and click “Email Collaborators.”
When you select to email members, you can easily customize who your email is sent to. Use checkboxes to include or exclude “Members” who have access to the full Team Drive, “Guests” who only have access to that specific document within the Team Drive, and users with different Team Drive access levels, such as “Full,” “Edit,” “Comment,” and “View.”
New ways to comment in Google Drive
Google Drive makes it easy to store and share files in the cloud so you can collaborate securely with your teams and clients while on the go. And we understand that teams work with all kinds of files and tools to get things done. Starting today, Google is making it possible to comment directly on more file types including Microsoft Office files, PDFs and images—without having to convert them into Docs, Sheets or Slides.
When you're collaborating with others, chances are you're dealing with multiple file formats. With this update, you can now comment on those files in Drive the way you're used to in Google Docs. In the Drive preview pane, comment, assign tasks, or mention coworkers and the people you work can reply back, even if they’re not using G Suite. Let’s say your coworker opens a file on her Windows laptop using MS Word, she will see your comment in the file and can reply right from there.
Provide quick feedback on the most popular file formats, including Word, PowerPoint, Excel and PDF files, in the Drive preview pane.
Google Pilot Program

Magni Momenti Notitia
- Visit the updated Information Technology page on the new site. I'd love your feedback.
- MHS Teachers: Please do NOT put the Chrome carts to the right of my office. The roof leaks when it rains and will ruin the devices. I have signs there to remind you.
- "Think before you click."
- If you have a technical issue, please submit a help desk ticket here: https://sapublicschools.freshdesk.com/helpdesk (Be sure to use the Google button to login.)
- How did the hipster burn his tongue? He drank his coffee before it was cool.
Stuff I have been reading apparently:
- The Teenage Smartphone Problem Is Worse Than You Think
- Follow the Winter Olympics Medal Count With This Low-Key Educational Map
- Destructive Malware Wreaks Havoc at PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics
- Trump Seeks to Cut Education Budget by 5 Percent, Expand School Choice Push
- Turns out the Equifax hack was even worse than we thought
- How Artificial Intelligence Is Edging Its Way Into Our Lives
Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.
Michael Elson
Book some time: https://melson.youcanbook.me/