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Came across this nugget of awesome today: "To link your Google Docs to your Edmodo Library : 1. Log in to your Edmodo account. 2. Select the Library option from the top navigation panel. 3. Select the Google Docs link on the left panel. 4. Select the "Connect with Google Docs" button and you will be prompted to sign in to your Google Docs account. 5. Select the "allow access" button when prompted about Edmodo permission to access your Google Docs. All your Google Docs will then sync with your Edmodo Library. This will allow you to share documents with your Edmodo groups and students can easily turn-in assignments completed via Google Docs."

Google Certified Teachers Please create your own bio page... and add a link below. Then your own page can serve as a hub for anything else you wish to create on this site... add your own workshops, your own announcements, etc... as long as it is related t

Tip #1: Your assignment should match your course goals/objectives. Don't "do" writing just to say you've done it. Make sure it's going to help you with your bigger objectives in the course. Tip #2: You don't need to be an expert yourself. No one expects you to be a grammarian. (In fact, plenty of English teachers are stumped by our language at times.) If you need an expert, see tip #6, but really, just concentrate on what you need from the paper. Give kids guidelines for the format, but don't make it your primary focus.

Tired of assigning the same old boring PowerPoint presentations again and again? Want to challenge your students a bit more than the traditional tri-fold or poster project? Come learn a whole host of new tools to spice up your students' projects and your

* Getting Started with Google Wave o About Google Wave o Privacy and Security * Your Account o Signing Up and Signing In o Contacts o Getting Around in Your Account * Your Waves o Communicating in Waves o Managing Waves o Using Extensions and Gadgets * Troubleshooting o General Issues and Solutions o Error Messages

Spruce up your surveys: 70 colorful themes Thursday, April 30, 2009 1:50 PM We've just launched 70 themes for forms so you can add a little (or a lot of) color to your surveys and questionnaires. Some themes are basic colors schemes (like Blue, Espresso

How to Use New-Media Tools in Your Classroom In these brief video clips, educators and others from around the country give lessons about specific technology and social-media tools you can use with your students. More to this story.

Improvements to Picasa Web Albums make sharing your summer photos a breeze 6/10/2009 03:54:00 PM Labels: Products Summer's here. Chances are, you're already packing your bags for destinations a bit more scenic and exciting than the lecture-hall circuit

You've done the work . . . . Now Get Credit! We all know what it is to be a teacher -- you are constantly learning and developing your skills to keep up with the changing needs of your classroom. But the existing staff development system has not really m

Well, I have news for you, presenter, Twitter isn't killing your presentation. You are. And I have news for you, conference organizers and meeting planners, if you don't hire the right type of speaker and you don't encourage Web 2.0 participation, you're

Turbo-Charge Your Training With "Multiple Intelligences!" (video) September 2nd, 2009 The research is in on how people learn best and it goes against the grain most of the conventional wisdom! The conventional wisdom espouses such things as:

Google Web Elements Google Web Elements allow you to easily add your favorite Google products onto your own website.

When it comes to transitioning to Google Apps, we've found that it's important to communicate with your users early and often. Here is a suggested timetable that should help make the transition easy and enable your users to get the most out of the applications.

Copy your site, more search options, and better announcements for Google Sites August 26, 2009 We know that many of you create groups of similar sites. To make this easier, we now allow site owners to copy entire sites (Manage site -> General -> Copy site

Save your documents online in Google Docs and access them from any computer. Access your files from any computer with or without Microsoft Office. Manage, create and delete Google docs folders right from within Office applications. Add collaborators as

Have you ever noticed that a lot of the bigger cities in Google Earth have photo-realistic 3D buildings in them? (See Valencia, for example.) Have you ever wondered when someone's going to get around to modeling the world's smaller towns and villages? Today, we're giving you the chance to add your own town to the map.

We will be using this wikispace to collect images or videos, and to discuss the cognitive process shown in the them. Images can be uploaded from your computer easily using the picture uploader tool. If you create an account at youtube you can upload your own videos to youtube and then embed them in the wikispace using the widget tool. Please see the screencast page for directions in case you get stuck.

With tweetbook you can generate a pdf e-book of your latest tweets and favorites. Also share the tweetbook with your friends!

Quick guide to the Motion Chart Gadget Motion Chart is a free gadget in Google Spreadsheet (an online spreadsheet similar to excel). In motion chart you can convert your data-series into a Gapminder-like graph and put it on your web-page or blog. All you

The Zimmer Twins is a fun way to incorporate technology into the classroom. Watch your students expand their vocabulary, practice proper writing habits, and become junior movie producers all at the same time! Take a few minutes to explore the Zimmer Twins and so you are familiar with the site before using it with your students.