162 - The Catchup Episode

Lots to catch up on in this episode with Fred, Megan and Chris. After a hiatus of several weeks we run through the changes and updates to the Google universe that have happened over the past two months. We talk about Hour of Code, show some great tools for working with your holiday photos, talk about the exciting future of Chromebooks, and prepare for Christmas with this year’s Santa Tracker.

• Segment 1: What’s New with Google
• What's New in Google Apps newsletter - November 2014
• Google Keep now with shared items
• Announcing the 2015 White House Student Film Festival
1. http://www.whitehouse.gov/filmfestival
• Better collaboration in Hangouts video calls
• Adjust image color and filters in Google Docs
• Slide numbers in Google Slides
• Table cell merging in Google Docs
• Conversion support for additional Microsoft® Office formats
• Google Play Books updated for the iPhone and iPad with new Material Design look
• My Maps Pro features are now free for everyone!
• New versions of the Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides iOS apps
• New sparkline options in Google Sheets
• Search and content improvements for the Google Drive Android and iOS apps

• Segment 2: Tips and Tricks.
• [ flip a coin ]
• [ roll a dice ]
• Google Docs, Sheets, Slides Make a copy is BACK

• Segment 3: Chrome and Android:
• Code the Holidays
• Reflecting on Coding - http://chrisbetcher.com/2014/12/reflecting-on-coding/
• Polarr photo editor - https://www.polarr.co/editor
• Pixlr Editor - http://apps.pixlr.com/editor/

• Segment 4: Classroom Applications:
• Race with Rudolph and skydive with Santa in the countdown to December 24