Google Photos, Calendar, & Keep . . .The Possibilities Are Endless

For this week's blog, I wanted to discuss Google Photos, Google Calendar, and Google Keep.  

Google Photos  

Create and share albums of photos.  You can even set up your phone to automatically back up photos to Google Photos.  To learn more on backing up photos from your phone click here.    

Ideas for using Google Photos in the classroom:

• Share pictures of student projects with parents using a shared album.
• Share pictures with parents of field trips or school events using a shared album.
• Have students complete a scavenger hunt.  For example, when studying three-dimensional shapes, I would give each group a list of different three-dimensional shapes to find and photograph.

Here is an example of a album I created and shared using Google Photos.  
If you are interested in more information on Google Photos click here.  

Photo Credit:  http://www.stfrancis.k12.mn.us/page.cfm?p=3294

Google Calendar allows you to create and share calendars.  Calendars are synced across all devices.  

Here are some features that I find to be useful on Google Calendar:

• Syncing across all devices
• Ability to share entire calendars or single events
• The option to add attachments to calendar events.
• Using Google's Holiday and Sports Calendars you can subscribe to certain calendars.  By subscribing to a calendar, it will add those events to your calendar.  For example, I am a big Kansas City Royals fan.  I subscribed to their calendar and their schedule will now show up on my calendar.  

Below is a screen shot of my Google Calendar.  

For more information on using Google Calendar, watch this video.  

Photo Credit:  http://readwrite.com/2013/03/25/is-google-keep-just-androids-voice-actions-in-disguise/

Google Keep is a tool for making notes and lists.  For more information on using Google Keep click here.  

Below are some the reasons I use Google Keep:

• Make and share lists/notes
• Syncing across all devices
• Voice notes
• Add photos or videos 
• Oh did I mention, LISTS!  I love making lists so, I felt that it should be listed twice.  

I hope you had a good end to your school year.  Stop by in two weeks for my blog on various Google tools.