Google+Goodies

toc **Google Goodies, 2:20 - 3:50**  2:20 - 3:00, Susan Gaer =**__Picasa Web Albums __**=
 * Picasa Web Albums** allow users to upload and share photos.
 * Picasa Web Albums** do not require a software download.

You **DO NOT** need Picasa (the software) to use Picasa Web Albums. (Picasa is a free photo editing software program available to download from Google. It does complement Web Albums and will automate a lot of the task related to editing, naming and uploading photos. When you install it for the first time on your computer, make sure you tell it to only scan the folders with photos you'd like to organize. Otherwise it may 'take over' your computer and your network and scan every single folder with any photos and images in them.)

You **DO** need a Picasa account. You can sign up for one at: [] (If you have a Gmail or Google account, you can sign in with that username and password.)


 * [[image:timacatcatesol2009:picasaWebAlbums.jpg width="436" height="294" align="left" caption="Picasa Web Albums Sign In/Sign Up page "]] ||
 * Picasa Web Albums Sign In/Sign Up page ||

What can you do with students and a Picasa web album? Here is a sample that is not really ready for prime time but []
 * 1) create slide shows and embed them into your web page, blog or wiki.
 * 2) students create and upload photos and write captions for them.
 * 3) create a class collage
 * 4) students create their own digital stories
 * 5) students create their own photographic dictionary taking photos of common items then writing an appropriate caption

__Demonstration__
A short review of the main features and functions of Picasa web albums. You will have a chance to practice on your own soon!
 * Opening the album
 * How to download a photo
 * How to write captions
 * How to write comments
 * How to name tag pictures
 * How to tag photos with locations
 * How to explore the world with photos

__**Hands-on Practice** __
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 * Use our Picasa web account to learn its features. UserID: f101student Pasword: f101student **
 * [|http://picasaweb.google.com]**

**Your tasks:**
 * 1) **Organized into groups in the lab.**
 * 2) **Given the password to login to the Picasa Web site.**
 * 3) **Assigned a folder (photo album)**
 * 4) **Find a photo in your assigned album and map it. (Use your city to map it.)**
 * 5) **Download a photo to your desktop.**
 * 6) **Write captions for your photos.**
 * 7) **Write a comment in another album album (make sure you sign your name!)**
 * 8) **Re-order your photos within your album.**
 * 9) **Assign the cover photo for your album.**
 * 10) **Play photos in a slide show**
 * 11) **Name people in the photo.**
 * Optional:**
 * **Embed as a slideshow into your wiki/blog**
 * **Under "favorites" view another person's Picasa web galleries and leave a comment on one of their photos (Be sure to sign your name!)**

__More Resources for Picasa Online Albums __

 * Official Help on Google - []
 * Picasa Community video tutorials - []
 * Picasa Web Albums video tutorials - []
 * Other [|features] of Picasa web albums:
 * Keep up with [|what's new in Picasa and Picasa Web Albums]

3:00 - 3:40, Branka Marceta =__Google Online Forms __= - How to create a form and how to embed, and to make the spreadsheet editable

__Creating a Form with Google Docs __
- [|tutorial] from official Google Docs help