Velia Alvidrez-Aguirre Teaching with Google Photos

Velia Alvidez-Aguirre TED 5374 Google Photos is another great extension of Google. I had recently discovered Google Photos in a Professional Development that I attended. However the tutorials and information that I found in the under the resources tab offered a more understanding of this tool. Technology has advance at an unbelievable dimension to the point where Google Drive has the capability of storing, organizing, backing up videos and photos. This is a magnificent tool for everyone to use. As I navigated thru many blogs, sites and videos about Google Photos I started formulating another training for my staff. For Google Photos I particularly will focus in my teachers and teacher assistants. Like any other school, there are many activities in the classroom and school wide activities and there is an urgent need to modify old ways of taking pictures and videos. 1) Google Photos will be the topic of our next monthly training. One of the main reasons teacher’s laptops are currently running slow is due to the amount of pictures that teachers have in iPhoto. IPhoto is a great tool, however does not offer the storage capability as Google Photo does. Google Photos will offer teachers the unlimited storage they need to keep as many photos as they need to. Another aspect is that Google Photos are not lost because they are in the cloud. This is an aspect that teachers will love because at the moment some laptops are giving up and if teachers do not have a back up are loosing all their information including their photos. 2) Another great contribution of Google Photos is that teachers can create beautiful newsletters utilizing the many features that the extension has. They can also create a collage from field trips, classroom activities and school activities such as perfect attendance ceremonies, awards and graduations. 3) Google Photos is also a great tool to be utilized by teachers to create an end of year project. For instance teachers can compile the most important highlights of the school year and create a movie. In our pre-kindergarten level there are so many activities, field trips and awards and it would be a great memory to create a video and burn it in a cd to provide each student at pre-k graduation. All the great memories that will be treasured through this amazing tool are priceless. During this training teacher will learn how to download the application and how to make the best use of it. I know for sure that teachers have tons of pictures in their laptops that can be organized by albums in Google Photos. Another cool feature that I am positive that teachers are going to like is the accessibility to search albums by name. Google Photos will simplify the issue of devices running slow due to everything being stored in the hard drive.