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It’s a Happy New Year with the ‘cast! Chris leads the way with some dashboard tips and Fred reports on the latest additions to the Google graveyard. Special cameras for Google Helpouts? Yes! Juan also shares a nifty Chromebook tip to zoom in on your screen. The folder is back in Drive! Fred has five good reasons you should Google yourself. Tune in for some great tips and apps as well as ideas for using using Google in your classroom! The post Google Educast #129: Why Is Your Dog Always Hungry? appeared first on EdReach.

The Educast crew spent some time over the holidays going over all of the shows we’ve done in 2013 and culled what we be believe are the top stories for the year of Google and education. Ranking the stories we came up with out top ten stories and events for the year. We count them down to number one. Listen or watch and let us know if you think we missed something that made your top ten list. The post Google Educast #128: The Year’s Top Stories For Google And Education appeared first on EdReach.

Kim, Chris, Fred and Sean go over the river of new things happening with Google Drive and through the woods of the Google Sheets. Photo Sphere on Android devices now allows you to bring street view to places that might have been missed by the Google car. Kim asks “Shall we go a-caroling?” and doesn’t wait for an answer from the guys. Teachers will find two news/non-fiction gifts for their classrooms when they open Ponder and Newsela. We’re reminded that the year is coming to a close by the latest Zeitgeists by Google and some talented students. The post Google Educast #127: The Ghosts of Spreadsheets Past appeared first on EdReach.

Nick Cusumano joins Kevin this week, as Kevin returns from paternity leave. Kevin and Nick sing a song of "these are a few of their favorite things" as they dig through tools like Google Keep and the new Google Sheets! This is one Sheety podcast you won't want to miss. The post Google Educast #126: Holy Sheets Batman! The Sequel appeared first on EdReach.

118? Did you say 118??? The question about where Episode 118 went has been solved! After a glitchy Google Hangout, Episode 118 disappeared. Then a month later- it came BACK! So here it is- in all of its glory! The post Google Educast #118: Back from the Bermuda Triangle! appeared first on EdReach.

Can it be? A Chromebook with touchscreen for $300? According to Juan it is! What do you think of the new Apps login screen? Sean rants (just a little) before sharing that Google Now will look up that song that is playing. Juan shares some great tips on embedding Picasa slideshows as well as HTML5 tips. New ways to download your data - thanks for tip Chris! Be sure to have your students add to the White House Film Festival, details in the show notes. The post Google Educast #125: Thanksgivukkah Edition appeared first on EdReach.

The Zim is back and her hair looks great! She paid for her ‘new do’ with Google wallet via GMail while Sean was busy checking out the new Massive Open Online Courses for Edu and Fred was checking out the new voice commands using Google Now. Did you know that Chrome apps are developing to be able to delete local files to keep your machine running smoothly. WeVideo Next has new options for greatness while GMail has a new user interface that previews any of your attachments and works seamlessly with Drive. The post Google Educast #124: I Paid My Hairdresser With Gmail appeared first on EdReach.

This week Juan and Fred look for deeper meaning behind the release of Tour Builder. Juan shares how you can now save Gmail attachments to any folder in your Google Drive and how you can now insert research data tables into Docs and Slides. The post Google Educast #123: Google Play Gets Educated appeared first on EdReach.

This week Kim takes the lead as the ‘cast ponders the Google barge mystery, perhaps there will be a field trip there one day using Google hangouts! Sean and Juan share how Google+ communities get granular permissions for edu domains and YouTube gets Google+ like commenting on videos. The post Google Educast #122: Looking For A Good Pegman appeared first on EdReach.

Juan De Luca joined tonight! just in time for Halloween, a Google Barge off each coast full of mystery. Sean shares some formatting options for images in docs and Fred gives an in depth review of Google+ updates. The post Google Educast #121: Google Halloween is Auto Awesome appeared first on EdReach.

Kevin takes the lead on the show this week and along with Sean and Fred shares how Google is helping people in oppressed countries get around firewalls, but how does it affect us in education? The gang puts Apple’s iWork for iCloud through an iTest. The post Google Educast #120: Google Sends a Lifeline to Internet Users appeared first on EdReach.

Your host Chris explains how your search just got more secure, thank you Google. Screencasting is coming to a Chromebook near you soon, thank you TechSmith. The post Google Educast #119: Thank You, TechSmith appeared first on EdReach.

Kim’s back, Kim’s back! This week Kim (yea!) joins the ‘cast to cover the news and share some great tips! The folder icon is gone from docs - are you a searcher or a sorter? Chris makes a surprise drop in with the crew at the Google Summit in Melbourne. The post Google Educast #117: “Folders?” Who needs stinking “Folders!” appeared first on EdReach.

Watch or listen to this week’s episode to find out whether or not the guys sing their birthday greetings to Google. We also take a look at the new Constitute project for comparing the constitutions of the world. Kevin reports on the Google science fair winners and Fred shows how to go “way back” using Google. Have you ever needed to force a copy of a Google Doc? There is a quick and easy way to append your URL to do just that. The post Google Educast #116: Happy Birthday Google appeared first on EdReach.

Arrghh - Captain Chris navigates Fred and Sean through the ‘cast this week looking at NGram Viewer’s recent addition to the knowledge graph as well as Google trying to get Death to walk the plank. Translate for iOS7 gets a great update and the Google Bar gets some changes as well. Plunder QuickOffice for Android and get 10 GB for your trouble! The post Google Educast #115: Hell Freezes Over Edition appeared first on EdReach.