Keeping Up with the Googlebots: What’s New at Google (Patrick Crispen) 8940
If you go to TCEA 2008 and click on Sessions and Workshops, list free sessions you will see the entire list and the session I attend will have the session number in the post as well. You will be able to look for handouts there in a few weeks.
I like Patrick Crispen’s presenting style. He starts on time, tells you what he will cover, moves through the presentation like an east Texas wind. Before you know it he is saying we have to hurry because there are only three minutes left, ties is all up and sends you out as the next group comes in. He must have an incredible amount of energy or sleep for a week after a conference like this.
His website is NetSquirrel and if you go there and click on PowerPoint Presentations on the side you will have access to all his handouts. They are licensed under Creative Commons (he was the first person I heard even mention Creative Commons yesterday) so you are free to download his material. The presentation for this session will be udated in a few days.
Some new things I learned yesterday:
- Google free business directory assistance 1 – 800 – 466 – 4411
- Voice, directions, maps on your cell phone. Google wants to do voice search – this is there start at getting voices saying words
- Google Notebook now datestamps your entries
- Google.com/educators has added discovery videos
This morning I found a new little snippet in my reader about Google docs – they have added a new little tool. When you share a spreadsheet you now have three choices – collaborator, viewer, and now “to fill out a form”. You can create a form in Google spreadsheets, share it with people and as they respond to the form, the data is automatically added to your spreadsheet.
Wow! what a layout!!! and Fat Tuesday on 6th street! Are ya’ll really there for the convention??? Ha! Just envious. We worried about you all in the storm. All is calm here. I’m at home this a.m. with church meeting this afternoon. Dee, I love all the info on your blogs…again, God bless Dee! Please be safe, have fun, and keep teaching us. Love ya, Sally