Group conversations around images, docs, and videos. Voicethread is audiovisual tool that gives users the ability to upload images or video files and then add audio or text comments.
You've got to check these out. There are some excellent new gadgets that you can now include with your google docs spreadsheets.THis article points you to it, but the next time you're in a spreadsheet, choose Insert>Gadget and see for yourself. From flash cards to word clouds to word FINDS, and more.
This is a great handout with illustrated instructions for creating placemarks and tours in Google Earth created by David Jakes. If you click on the little yellow comment bubble in the upper-right corner of the first page, you can find the Word doc version to adapt for your own students/teachers.
As funding becomes tighter and schools are looking for ways to save, switching to Google Apps for Education makes sense for many school districts. The decision is one that is often preceded by a lot of questions from school boards and school administrators.
To answer some of the more common questions like "are there ads on Google Apps for Education?" and "what about COPPA compliance?" Google has released a PDF addressing those common questions.
This was saved in another Diigo list recently. VERY cool app for syncing Microsoft Office with Google Docs. Watch the video overview.
Sadly, this is Windows only. The Premium version is $12/yr or just $30 lifetime purchase. If you're a windows district I think it would be well worth the $30 fee.
"As we quickly approach the dawn of a new year, here are my picks for the 101 most useful websites of the year 2010.
The list primarily highlights the lesser-known or undiscovered websites and misses out all-time favorites like Google Docs, Wikipedia or IMDB that most of us are already aware of."
Google Cloud Connect for Microsoft Office is now available to all users worldwide, letting two or more people work together on the same file at the same time in Microsoft Office 2003, 2007 or 2010 on Windows PCs.