I've been wanting to try out Google Photos for a while now, and I'm glad that this course has given me the chance to explore it. I'd been encouraged in the past by people to try it out, but to be honest have not made the time to check it out. I love that Google Photos has unlimited storage, which is a huge plus over the storage on any personal advice (phone, tablet).
After downloading the Google Photos app to my phone & iPad I set up the 'sync & back-up' for my photos & videos. Though it took some time to back-up my photos/videos I was thrilled to see that everything were successfully downloaded; yet I'm hesitant to delete the originals from my phone and Ipad to clear some space (I need some convincing/assurance from someone that it's ok to do so).
Next school year I can see myself using Google Photos with my class. My former classes have loved taking pictures with our school iPads, and they always know whatever pictures they took were eventually going to have to be deleted. Not anymore! It will be great to introduce Google Photos to my next year's class and be able to show them that the pictures that they take at school can be uploaded and saved on their school Google accounts.
I also envision myself sharing pictures and short videos with the parents from my class. I do take a lot of pictures of my students throughout the school year, but do not always have an easy way of sharing multiple photos with parents. Now, I can definitely see myself using Google Photos to share albums from class 'highlights', in class projects, and field trips.
Now that I've had the chance to get my feet wet with Google Photos, I'm excited to take advantage of it!!
I had a similar blog post. I had been meaning to check out Google Photos as well. One thing to remember, is that the unlimited version of sync is for high quality photos, not original quality, so you will lose some quality.
ReplyDeleteI had a similar blog post. I had been meaning to check out Google Photos as well. One thing to remember, is that the unlimited version of sync is for high quality photos, not original quality, so you will lose some quality.
ReplyDeleteI've deleted photos from my phone and they are safely stored in Google photos. I was nervous the first time, too.
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