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This is an example of an ambitious geography project carried out by a team of 7th grade teachers. Students created a class globe/atlas with Google Maps and kept an explorer's blog about their "Amazing Race" circumnavigating the globe. This project integrates a lot of content while also being student-directed and offering some choices. 

This is a basic article overviewing the reasons why schools are turning to Google Apps

Article discussing 10 reasons why it's beneficial to switch to Google Apps for you school.

Great article with numerous ways Google can help you become a better educator. The really beneficial thing about this resource is that it is divided into numerous categories: General, Collaboration, News, Search, Communication, Organization, Maps, Books & Literature, and Images.

More than just a resource. It has real life testimonials, as well as research done with Google Apps. There are tons of studies by major universities that using Google Apps aids in teaching in any classroom. Another great source for us!

This site shows how the use of google apps + higher-level thinking skills in Bloom's Taxonomy = differentiation. It gives a long list of ways you can use G A in areas such as math.

Education blogger Tom Barrett has compiled some great ideas for using Google Maps in the math classroom. Based on the crowd-sourced map, teachers can view activities for students between grades one and 5 (elementary). While this is an elementary map of math activities, the idea could easily be scaled to higher level math classes. 

This is a great resource concerning cloud computing in education. It is a 5 part series that addresses the benefits, risks, and costs of cloud computing in K-12 schools

Tons of information about a lot of different Web 2.0 resources. There are many resources that we have learned in class, including building a PLN, blogs, etc. In addition, there are numerous blogs and posts about adding Google Apps into the classroom that we might find useful!