Google Docs Basics Tutorial

In today's video I go over some of the basic features of Google Docs. Once you get the hang of it, it's a super powerful tool for collaboration & is one of the handiest word processors around!

Video Screen Recording

So before I started this blog I didn't know how to do something that you see on youtube all the time - a video recording of what's happening on your computer screen. I found out how to do it, and if you have a Mac it's actually super simple!

Step 1 - Open Quicktime Player
Step 2 - In the top left corner go to file -> New Screen recording

Step 3 - You'll get a pop-up for a box with a red record button icon in the middle. If you want to make it so that you can record your voice also, click down on the arrow next to the record button. If you have your own microphone set-up you can use that, or you can just use your mac's internal microphone like me!

Step 4 - After you hit record you have two options. You can either A) click and drag on the screen for the section you want to record (it can be adjusted before you start the recording), or B) just click anywhere on your screen and it will begin to record your full screen.

Step 5 - This part held me up for a little bit- after you start recording, it's not so obvious how to stop. Eventually I found a stop button in the top right corner of my screen that hadn't been there before!

Step 6 - After you stop your recording, a quicktime movie player of your new recording will pop-up. Be careful though, it doesn't mean it is automatically saved! To save the video you can click File -> Save and then enter in the details for your save box. 

Optionally, you can select File -> Export ->    .. and you will see some extra options for saving at different qualities and sizes.

And it's as easy as that! No need to get any new apps or installations, the capability is there for you already if you have a apple computer.

As a teacher, this is a great resource for making videos to give walkthroughs for students, for making videos in a flipped classroom setting, or it can even be used to record a small section of a video to have it saved for your lessons and presentations!

Hope this was as helpful for you as it was for me!
-Bill from Blogspot

Google Drive Basics

Hey again everyone! So this is gonna be the first of many posts related to the Google Suite & Google Drive. I'm going to be covering a lot of ground here but thought it would definitely be best just to run through some of the Google Drive Basics.

If you are already using Google Drive, this probably isn't the video for you. However, I know many people with Google / Gmail accounts who don't utilize all the awesome free features of the Google Suite at all!

For this video, I'm gonna talk about some of the most basic, basic functions such as the Google Drive features, folders, uploads, downloads, docs & sharing.

Intro & Tech Survey

     Ok internet, here's the first of many videos of me talking to myself to come.

     In this video, I discuss results from a survey I conducted in my first semester at Brooklyn College that received with some information about how art teachers are using tech integration around the world. This is a general overview of what future videos and content hope to explore and cover.

     The video displays a general outline of my research from the 60 participating teachers across 18 countries. The original presentation was a little bit longer, however I felt this is a good place to start as I list off some of the most common uses of tech integration that I will be exploring within this blog!

Hello Internet

     Hello internet, my name is Bill. I am currently a student at Brooklyn College where I am working on a Master’s Degree in Art Education. I’ve been working in the field of education for about 4 years now with 3 years of teaching art at the International School of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam.

     My aim for this blog account is to compile & share some technology related resources, tricks & tips I’ve picked up over the years and continue to accumulate. My posts will be filtered through the lens of an art educator but I still aim to share some tech tips that can be useful for everyone.

    Through this blog I'll be sharing some posts from my Instagram account @ArtRoomTech & I'll post a link to my youtube channel coming soon!

A post shared by Bill Vaughn (@artroomtech) on Mar 25, 2017 at 7:49am PDT

  Feel free to comment, request or add questions to any posts or you can shoot me an e-mail at ArtRoomTech@gmail.com

-Bill from Blogspot