Celebrate Pi Day (3.14)

Celebrate Pi Day (3/14)

KahootPi Day Trivia Game

Did you know that physicist Albert Einstein was born on 3.14 (in 1879)?

So was Simone Biles (gymnast), Steph Curry (pro basketball player), Lucy Hobbs Taylor (1st US woman dentist in 1833), and Jerry Greenfield (of Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream)

How to type the Pi symbol on a Chromebook:

While in Google Docs:

Option 1:

Click on “Insert” from the menu bar, then “Special Characters”
Using the arrows, select “Symbol” and “Math Alphanumeric” (or type “pi” in the search box)
Then scroll to the Greek letters and find the Pi symbol (𝝿), and click on it

Option 2:
Ctrl+Shift+U then input 03A0 and hit space for uppercase: Π
Ctrl+Shift+U then input 03C0 and hit space for lowercase: π

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Quick Tip: Google Docs Updates

Google has been releasing a lot of small updates lately, so keep your eyes open!

Just three sneak peeks of what is coming in the next couple of weeks:

  • In Google Docs, text formatting options will be moved from the Format submenu to a new “Text” submenu.
  • In Google Docs, text color and highlight color will be split into separate controls (buttons) for each one.
  • And…. (here’s a biggie)…. Soon we’ll be able to comment on Word docs, PDFs, and images while in preview mode (without having to convert the Word docs to Google Docs). You might already see this in your personal Google account, and it should be rolling out to EDU accounts soon!

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