Learning in the Lou

Sometimes you just need to brighten up an image or add a tiny bit of saturation to make it really pop. Google+ has everything you need to make that happen. Google produced this overview to give you an idea of what is possible. Not a fan of watching videos? Check out the edit photos on a computer Google+ help page. LiNC created this video to show you these top four photo editing tools. Filters Brightness Saturation Cropping (best tool to make any image better)

Backing Up - Set It and Forget It photo by GotCredit The last post showed you a way of manually backing up your photos. We live in the age of automation and this post won't let you down. Follow these steps to have Google+ automatically backup your images and videos. Just set it and forget it. Open Google+ on your iPad. If this is your first time opening the app you will see the above screen. Click Turn on Auto Backup . Already using the app? Skip to the third image. If you see this screen click OK . 1. Click the hamburger icon (three lines) in the upper left corner of the Google+ app. 2. Click the small gear icon in the screen that pops out. Click Camera and Photos . Click Auto Backup . Make sure you have Auto Backup selected. This will automatically backup all photos, videos and screenshots you take with your iPad. Click Back up all photos and videos to start the backup process. This will backup all the media...

No fear the LiNC Team is here! Superman by Andrew Becraft This process will outline how to get your images off the iPad into a folder on Google Drive. You can use this process with your personal or district Google account. Open Google Drive on your iPad. 1. Click the plus (+) symbol in the upper right corner. 2. Click New Folder . Name your new folder. I called it iPad Photo Backup so it was easily recognizable and super clear on what is inside the folder. Open the folder you just created. 1. Click the  plus (+)  symbol in the upper right corner. 2. Click Upload Photos or Videos . Did this message pop? Click OK . Don't see this message? Proceed to the next step. Click Camera Roll . 1. Click the pictures you want to upload. 2. Click the blue check mark in the upper right corner. The photos will begin to upload. This process will take some time if you select more than a handful of images...

Why not join us for an interesting few hours? I have never been to an edcamp express but I have been to a few edcamps and they never disappoint. What might you experience at an edcamp event?

I know some of you use Newsela for curating fascinating articles for your class to read but have you checked out TweenTribune? TweenTribune shares K-12 materials gathered by the Smithsonian each week. While Newsela is mostly text-based this site offers text, audio and video, graphics and images to help draw your readers in. I found a number of the articles interesting and timely. I am sure some of you are already using this and I am just late to the game!

An interesting new product Google created to help with with your traditional mail. I hate cold mail and this will solve my problem!