Thing 12 - The Google

I titled this "The Google" because this is comically what Google is referred to in social circles since it is the go-to place for anything internet. I decided to look into Google Calendar as I love to keep myself organized, and I'm hoping to look into sharing my Google Calendar with friends and visitors. I began putting in basic information, and was immediately blown away! I am already in love with Google Calendar, and this is why: ease of use. I lined up today's schedule for myself: class at 8 am, class at 10 am, work at 11 am. Then I unchecked personal reminders, as I know daily where I need to be currently, however now my friends can see where I am at a given time (once I know how to share this information). However with each event I was able to set a repeat function, and this is where Calendar really got cool. Not only could I set a repeat function for, say Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, but I could place an end date as the end of the semester. So after the end date I am free to put new data without having to delete any old information! Some events are daily, some are every other day, and different events may or may not be repetitive. This would also be fabulous for yearly reminders, just as my rememberthemilk.com calendar is. A calendar such as this would specifically help in the educational atmosphere, as it would allow for public viewing, aka coworkers and students, and students families, so that there is an understanding of when an open house is, or when a project is due, or when you may be at school late. Google Calendar is a super tool for organization, and reminders can be sent to email, which in this day and age means immediate alert via a cellular phone. All around, Google Calendar would be excellent for a teacher. Here's my link: https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=aaronandsteph10%40gmail.com&ctz=America/Chicago

I also played around with Picasa. I was unaware that Google had a photo site. It was interesting because my photos from different sites automatically were already there! Even my new blogger photo was there. Then I learned how to link to the photo directly, so I can send someone a link to a photo of mine without having to give them access to a social site! I think that's neat. Picasa would be great for a teacher since they would already have that google account because of their awesome calendar I mentioned above, so they can pull up photos, or download photos, and they can e-mail parents a link to pictures from the classroom! I think that's just the neatest thing. Here's a link to a random photo of me that Google had saved from a year ago: https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/wa4-52p95AlmhStQurKEPQ?feat=directlink

I just continue to love "The Google."