Thursday, June 14, 2018

Tuesday Tips June 12, 2018

TECH TIP:  Organize Your Google Drive

Before you head out for summer, getting your Google Drive organized with all your files ready for next year!  Two quick ways to organize are by using a color coded folder system and by starring important items so you have quick access to them.  Here's how to color code your folders:



Here's how to star folders:


You may also want to move items that have been shared with you into your Drive so you have access to them.  Here's how to do this:


BOOK TIP:  An American Marriage by Tayari Jones

Add this one to your summer "to-be-read" list.  A powerful story of a marriage struggling to survive forces beyond their control.  Celestial and Roy have only been married a short time when he is wrongfully accused of a crime and sentenced to 12 years in prison.  Roy's conviction is overturned suddenly and he returns to Atlanta to find that things have changed in many ways, but will their marriage survive?  

Tuesday, June 5, 2018

Tuesday Tips June 5, 2018


The Associated Press, a global news network whose aim is to provide unbiased news, has a YouTube channel with quick videos that explain various news topics.  These could be great to use in a class when discussing current issues.  Their latest video explains whether President Trump can pardon himself.  

BOOK TIP:  New York Times Book Review Summer Reading Suggestions

As you put together your personal summer to-be-read list, the New York Times Book Review has a list of 73 book suggestions in the following categories:

  • Thrillers
  • Cooking
  • True Crime
  • Movies and TV
  • Travel
  • Romance
  • Music
  • The Great Outdoors
  • Sports