Teachers: Your classroom desktop PC will be wiped clean over the summer... Save your files to Google Drive...

Teachers:

Over the summer, the IT department will be coming in to your classrooms, taking inventory, and upgrading your classroom machines.  This means they will be wiping your desktop PC and installing new software.  Any files that are left on the computer will be deleted.  

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To ensure the files you want to keep remain safe, it is important for you to save that information elsewhere.  The best place is using the Google Drive, an unlimited cloud storage system offered to you free through your Google work account.

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The Google Drive DOES NOT alter your files.  It does not convert them.  It merely is a storage space for them.  You can open them again on the Office Suite Platform after summer.  You can access them from home.  You can re-download them onto your computer after summer break if you want, though why would you.

You can save .doc, .jpg, .docx, .ppt, .xls, .pdf, .mp4, .mp3, and the like to your Google Drive space.

Please be sure to take the time to do this.  You might be sad if you don't.

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If you are having trouble understanding how to upload things to your Drive, here is a little tutorial I made just for you: Uploading Your Files to Google Drive

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Another fun way to save your files is to download Google Drive for your PC using this link: Download Google Drive for Your Computer Here.  Using this method, you would simply drag your files into the Google Drive folder on your PC and they will sync automatically with your Google Drive.

Whichever method you use, it is imperative that you save your files.

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Frustrated and confused about this whole Google Drive Cloud storage thing?  You are not alone...While you are trying to upload things from your Windows based computer to your Google Drive, here is a little humor for you... No One Understands the Cloud...

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