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This is a news letter you may want to subscribe to. It is free and chalked with good tech information. I tried to reproduce the news brief I received today which talked about the fallout Apple and Google had over Google's involvement with the Android operating system (Iphone's major competition) and how Apple did not renew its license with Google to include the You Tube app on their phones and IPads. Here is s snippet from this week's most read stories: Apple and Google have played a key role in education over the years. With the news earlier this week that Apple will not pre-install the YouTube app on their latest iOS upgrade, coupled with the news that they will have their own map app, you have to wonder how secure their relationship is. It seems that Apple wasn't too pleased about Google's purchase of the Android operating system, which now runs on half of the world's smartphones. If these are indeed the first steps in severing that relationship, what does this mean to districts that support both Apple iOS devices and Google? My district would fall into this category and I have to say both companies have something in common with end-users: their ease of use. Could this break-up actually make usability worse in the future? If I email a link from my Apple map app to my gmail account, what will open when I click on it? If I post something on YouTube, how will I view it on my iPhone? (for the record Apple says it will support in-browser YouTube) I don't have the answer yet, but let me Google it on my iPad and get back to you. - Carl Hooker, SchoolCIO advisor

"Google Drive: keep everything, share anything Google Drive is your place to keep single up-to-date versions of all of your files online." More and more schools are using this application to store and share documents, photos/images, events, student work and a whole lot more so everything is easily accessible and secure.

Sites is Google's free tool to create custom websites. Similar to a wiki, you can develop the site by yourself or choose to collaborate with others on the creation and content of the pages.

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EDUC 506 Web 2.0 Application Presentation

This is the National Education Association's technology page. They offer many different resources to integrating technology into the classroom.