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"Search giant Google has revealed its Google Apps software as a service platform has been deployed to some 330,000 students, teachers and administrative staff at Catholic schools across Australia, in one of the largest local known rollouts of the platform so far."

"Google revealed today that a third of UK colleges and universities are using Google Apps for Education. The company's customers include the University of York, the University of Sheffield, the University of St Andrews, Bristol University, Ealing Hammersmith & West London College and Coleg Cambria, to name but a few. "

A really great Google presentation on how to use Google Apps and more including some excellent classroom examples.

This page provides links to forthcoming and archived webinars on topics relevent to using Google Apps for education. For more videos and webinars, visit the Google Apps YouTube channel.

The battle for supremacy in the app store ecosystem between Apple and Google rages on, and we've decided to give you an update on the state of affairs between the two dominant app stores. Keep reading to see where the battles are being fought. Android's proliferation as a platform is widespread news, but has Google Play been able to gain ground on iOS as the main source of commerce for app publishers?

I wonder what the potential is for Google Apps to take Google Apps For Education to the next level? Looks interesting.

Google+ for Schools is a short guide created by Eric Curts, a Google certified teacher. The Google Doc document walks you through a step by step process to learn everything you need in order to start leveraging the power of this social networking platform in schools.

Schools that 'go Google Apps' often use 'free' as the selling point to persuade their administrators or constituents. It is true that organizations are saving thousands to millions of dollars moving their local infrastructure to the cloud

Schools that 'go Google Apps' often use 'free' as the selling point to persuade their administrators or constituents. It is true that organizations are saving thousands to millions of dollars moving their local infrastructure to the cloud

Looking back through the new 2015capabilities in Docs, Sheets, Drive, Calendar, Gmail, and Google Apps for Education, it is amazing to see how innovation has happened over the last 11 months. From automated chart creation to cross-domain collaboration in Google Classroom, it was easy to miss one of the additions if you so much as blinked. List here are many of these updates.

gClassFolders is a free, Google-Spreadsheet-based add-on for Google Apps for EDU that creates class folders for students and teachers to simplify and streamline their experience of using Google's world class productivity and collaboration tools in the classroom.

gClassFolders is a free, Google-Spreadsheet-based add-on for Google Apps for EDU that creates class folders for students and teachers to simplify and streamline their experience of using Google's world class productivity and collaboration tools in the classroom.

Buy Google Cloud Account Introduction A subscription to a number of Google's cloud computing services is known as a Google Cloud account. On Google's infrastructure, customers can deploy and manage apps using these services. What Is a Google Cloud Account? A Google Cloud account is a subscription to a number of Google's cloud computing services. Users can deploy and manage apps on Google's infrastructure using these services. Buy Google Cloud Account Organizations of various sizes use Google Cloud accounts to host websites, store data, and run apps. Users of Google Cloud services only pay for the resources they really utilize because they are pay-as-you-go.

Google Maps is an obvious fit in social studies lessons. But it's not always an obvious fit in science lessons. Last week during one of the New Hampshire Google Apps Bootcamps Alice Barr shared a good collection of Google Maps uses in science. KQED Quest has a collection of six examples of science based Google Maps. The collection includes examples of use in environmental science and geology lessons.

The Easy Portfolio Site Builder makes it a breeze to create a student portfolio using Google Sites. No longer will you need to spend hours adding and curating students portfolio content. This is the timesaver you have been waiting for. Once authorised the script will turn all content located inside of a designated folder on your Google Drive into a new Google Site. The app will monitor your Google Drive for changes and reflect these immediately on the Google Site.

"Google released a new handy Chrome extension for both Mac and Windows users. This new add-on allows you to open files in your Google Drive directly into a compatible application that you have on your computer. Before, you had to download the file and then launch the appropriate app on your computer to open it and edit it and when you re done you had to save the edits and save it back to Google Drive. Now this process becomes pretty seamless using only a couple of clicks."

Buy Google Maps Reviews Introduction It's not surprising that Google Maps is the most popular app on the App Store. It's a really helpful application that enables users to plan road trips as well as navigate a new city or municipality. How can I get Google Maps Reviews for my business? You may receive Google Maps evaluations for your company in a few different methods. You can either strive to make yourself more visible in the search results so that more people are likely to see and click on your listing, or you can actively encourage your customers or clients to submit reviews. Buy Google Maps Reviews Simply asking clients to submit reviews is one method to get their attention. You can do this in person or by asking for a review in an email or other communication you send to a client after they conduct business with you. When someone checks out or picks something up from your physical location, you can also include a reminder to post a review on Google Maps. Finally, you can promote your listing through additional means in an effort to improve your presence in the search results. You might, for instance, put a link to your Google Maps listing in your email signature or on your website. You can advertise to people who are looking for companies like yours or just share your listing on social media. Buy Google Maps Reviews

The Hangouts Capture app will be available worldwide soon within the traditional Hangouts app, alongside YouTube and Effects. The new tool is not intended for taking secret shots. All Hangout attendees will be notified that the app is in use when they join a hangout, and will receive a notification when a photo is taken, as well as access to that photo."

This Google Site from the San Diego County Office of Education has tutorial and help notes on the Google Apps for Education

Mutt Susan from Digital Divide and Conquer has created a great rubric to assist students in understanding and analyzing the apps they find. The Student App Review Rubric has five criteria that students can use when assessing an app. Each of the criteria can be given a numerical number from 0 to 4 with 4 as the top grade. The 5 criteria are: 1. Looks and sound, 2. Engagement and motivation. 3. User friendly directions and instructions. 4. Performance and ease of use. 5. Differentiation in learning.

"When you create a form using Google Forms, the form is public by default meaning it can be filled out by anyone on the Internet as long as they know the web URL of that form. If you are a Google Apps user, you can put the form behind a login screen such that only members of your domain /organization can access and fill out that form but this feature is not available to other users who have regular Google accounts."

"This summer was a relatively slow time for Google Apps updates, especially compared to all the changes centered around I/O '13. But for those of you who were away for the summer (or maybe you just needed a break from technology), you missed a few important updates to Gmail and Google Drive. Here's a recap of our five favorite updates you may have missed over the summer in animated gifs."