I have been busy lately learning and studying for the Google Educator Exams. The deal is that you have 90 days to sit four compulsory exams: Gmail, Google Calendar, Sites & Drive and a choice of either Chrome or Chromebooks. I chose Chrome.
Last Friday night I felt inspired and took the last exam and got a Google Educator Certificate to add to the portfolio!
As Google is still rolling out the new Google Drive and the exams are more aimed at the old Drive I decided to not to move to the new interface until I had passed them all and got the certificate so I have only been playing around in the new Drive for a week.
I must say I am loving it but you get used to old ways of doing things and some things are in different places and they take a bit of getting used to.
Alice Keeler has been tweeting some good little tutorials that help with the new interface and I have listed some on my Google Site.
I was asked this week how to copy files in to multiple folders in the new Drive and it was a bit tricky to explain with screen grabs so I made a couple of screen recordings to show what Jon Keelty and Monika Kern were trying to tell me to do. Or at least this is what I thought they were trying to share with me!
The Drag and Drop Method!
The Move To Method!
I really enjoyed reading your blog today. I think it is awesome that you have received your google educator’s degree. I will have to look more into this google educator stuff. I love the tutorials. I am a visual learner so a video tutorial helps me immensely. A video tutorial is so much simpler for me. I agree with your statement about it’s nice when a system updates their website but is also frustrated. I personally get annoyed because even though the new system is better, I was so accustomed to the old site.
I really enjoyed reading your blog post, once again. I was very impressed that you took the time to receive your google educator’s degree. I also enjoyed watching the video tutorials. They were very helpful. Great post!
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