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"AUTHOR: ISSIE LAPOWSKY. ISSIE LAPOWSKY DATE OF PUBLICATION: 05.04.15. 05.04.15 TIME OF PUBLICATION: 7:00 AM. 7:00 AM INSIDE THE SCHOOL SILICON VALLEY THINKS WILL SAVE EDUCATION Click to Open Overlay Gallery Students in the youngest class at the Fort Mason AltSchool help their teacher, Jennifer Aguilar, compile a list of what they know and what they want to know about butterflies. CHRISTIE HEMM KLOK/WIRED SO YOU'RE A parent, thinking about sending your 7-year-old to this rogue startup of a school you heard about from your friend's neighbor's sister. It's prospective parent information day, and you make the trek to San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood. You walk up to the second floor of the school, file into a glass-walled conference room overlooking a classroom, and take a seat alongside dozens of other parents who, like you, feel that public schools-with their endless bubble-filled tests, 38-kid classrooms, and antiquated approach to learning-just aren't cutting it. At the same time, you're thinking: this school is kind of weird. On one side of the glass is a cheery little scene, with two teachers leading two different middle school lessons on opposite ends of the room. But on the other side is something altogether unusual: an airy and open office with vaulted ceilings, sunlight streaming onto low-slung couches, and rows of hoodie-wearing employees typing away on their computers while munching on free snacks from the kitchen. And while you can't quite be sure, you think that might be a robot on wheels roaming about. Then there's the guy who's standing at the front of the conference room, the school's founder. Dressed in the San Francisco standard issue t-shirt and jeans, he's unlike any school administrator you've ever met. But the more he talks about how this school uses technology to enhance and individualize education, the more you start to like what he has to say. And so, if you are truly fed up with the school stat

Homepage for Google for Educators. Here are links to many of the tools and applications availbable for educational use.

Chad Kafka's Google Apps in the Classroom resource. Great presentation on use of apps in the classroom, some common myths, and other references.

Great resource for teachers interested in Google Apps. His presentations at WEMTA were standing room only.

Lesson Plans -- Easily incorporate Google Apps into your curriculum with these classroom-ready lesson plans. Select a product, a subject, and a grade level for lesson plans using Google Apps.

Google Apps provides filtered email to individual students in grades 2 and higher (and to classrooms of kindergarten and 1st grade students). Collaboration and other tools that are available that can be used across all subject areas.

Explanations for what an app and an extension are as well as great list of links.

Great list of extensions and apps for use in the classroom

Google Apps in Classrooms and Schools 

Google Apps for Teachers

Liked the ideas on how to incorporate google apps for all to understand.

Nice visual lesson planner that syncs with a student planner, as well. Integrates with Google Drive, Calendar, and Google Classroom. The training video shows how easy it is to use.

Great collection of resources on Google Apps for educators. I've forwarded this to teachers so they can survey a wide variety of topics. Check it out! In addition, I'm going to look at using LiveBinders as a way of organizing different resources to share with others or just as a way or organizing them for quick access.

A live binders collection of google apps

Eric Curts shares a wealth of information on GAFE apps - tutorials, resources, etc. I saw him on Classroom 2.0 Live doing a preso on Google Drawings. It was excellent and I want to check out his other resources.

great ideas for the classroom