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This is a more research-heavy link about integrating web 2.0 tools, like Google Apps, into a project-based learning environment. It's a heavy read, but offers a lot of deeper thinking around the concept of PBL and some great bibliographic resources. One of the most intriguing parts of the paper for me was the distinction made between what constitutes a web 2.0 tool versus a web 2.0 activity, which should guide us in the way we implement Google Apps. Should these just be replacements for traditional, 20th century activities (ie: a Google Site becoming a digital poster-board project), or should our decision to implement these tools be something more? This is the quote making said distinction: "From this definition web 2.0 is understood as a set of technologies, but also as a range of activities with certain characteristics. In this way we can distinguish between web 2.0 technologies or resources as e.g. blogs, microblogs and podcasts and then web 2.0 activities or practices such as blogging, podcasting, and micro-blogging. This distinction has been further explored by Dohn (2009) who has defined web 2.0 as a range of activities or practices, rather than technologies, which she characterises in the following way [10]: 1) collaboration and/or distributed authorship, 2) active, open-access, "bottom-up" participation and interactive multi-way communication, 3) continuous production, reproduction, and transformation of material in use and reuse across contexts, 4) openness of content, renunciation of copyright, distributed ownership, 5) lack of finality, "awareness in practice" of the "open-endedness" of the activity, 6) taking place on WWW, or to a large extent utilizing web -mediated resources and activities."

This is a really informative resource page with numerous video testimonials and webinars from administrators and schools that have incorporated Google Apps. There are also videos discussing how Google Apps work.

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.

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!

This is a wonderful resource for sharing Google Apps lesson plans. All you have to do is type your subject and grade level interest in the search box and you have many lessons at your fingertips. You can easily incorporate Google Apps into your curriculum with these classroom-ready lesson plans. It also provides a link to the Google Apps Education Community site where you can find more Google Apps educational resources, including video tutorials, discussion forum, community map, and news.

The Langwitches blog is a great resource for language arts and technology. In this post, the author discusses how to use Google Maps as a digital storytelling tool. Students can use Google Maps to tell personal stories, create scavenger hunts, map the settings of stories being read in class, and more. 

What a fun resource! The Atlas of Fiction is just what its tagline describes - an atlas of real places imagined by great writers. You can check out a world map and see pins of works set in various spots around the globe. This could be a great way to find setting-specific literature for a unit plan. Studying Africa? How about finding a novel to read with students set in Africa? 

Google has made it a point to create resources for educators and curate models of how educators have used their tools to help inspire teachers new to the apps. On this page, Google has created a list of models and ideas for using Google Maps in the classroom, including a getting started guide. Check this page for a few ideas and for ways to submit your models. 

There are a variety of reasons why K-12 schools, colleges & universities, and businesses are switching to Google Apps. This website will be an extremely helpful resource for us to explore and research why Google Apps will be great for teaching. The site actually breaks it down into categories based on the App, so each of us will find this very useful since many of our "guided questions" can be answered using this.

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 is very similar to the above link posted, except this resource is full of videos that show you how to use Google Apps. Again, this site is arranged so that you can select your specific app and learn more about it.