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As more Oregon schools roll out Google's free suite of productivity software this fall, they're also trying to educate parents and ease concerns about privacy. Oregon was the first state to sign up for Google Apps for Education in 2010 and make it available to K-12 school districts. The free software allows students to access their class work from home, the library, or anywhere they have internet access. But the very thing that makes Google Apps so accessible and appealing worries some parents: They don't want Google or anyone outside the district to have access to their children's private information.

Purdue team recreates D-Day battlefield, launches learning environment where information searches for user

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Building a 21st century school now has an easy answer: Google Apps Education Edition Google Message Security, powered by Postini, is included free for K-12 schools who sign-up by July 2010. No hardware to maintain, no software to install, no ads, and no cost for schools.

Collection of 20 webcam activities described as being for EFL/ESL students, but also very applicable to other students. Would work well with Google's video chat!

Looking for Learning in 21st Century Classrooms A leadership guide to supporting and coaching best practice technology use across the curriculum. Administrators are given the charge to foster professional development of teachers through classroom observation, walk-throughs and overall supervision. In recent years, technology has changed significantly and the world has altered alongside that change. Education has begun the process of including technology, but finds variety in teacher expertise and practice. What questions can supervisors ask of their teachers to best promote technology-use to improve learning? Here are some helpful guiding questions.

"Here is another wonderful resource on Google+ for schools which I am adding to the Google Plus section here in Educational Technology and Mobile Learning. The present guide is created by Eric Curts who is both a Google Apps certified trainer and Google certified teacher."

Digital flyer for this event... please pass it on!

A weekend spent learning is always a weekend well spent. Our next Analytics Academy course (the third so far) is fast-approaching. If you're interested in getting better with Analytics, we recommend getting caught up on the first two courses if you haven't taken them yet so you're ready for what's next. You can take the first two courses on-demand, at your own pace on the Academy site here: http://goo.gl/HRUsSH ....and if you're someone who has taken the first two courses, registration is now open for the next (titled: Ecommerce Analytics: From Data to Decisions). We continue to listen to your feedback to improve the content, topics and format so always let us know what we can do to make the Academy better.

"Google Sheets are great for managing students' gradebooks and keeping all sorts of organisational content for school. However, I find them a bit frustrating to use when it comes to checklists. Compared to dealing with checklists in notetaking apps like Evernote or Google Keep, creating and using checklists in Sheets feels rather cumbersome, particularly when you want to use them on a mobile devices such as a tablet or smartphone."

Google Drive for iOS CHEAT SHEET - Shake Up Learning http://t.co/FLV1ThuGu8 #edtech

A list of 10 different ways to teachers use Google docs with some simple examples explained. These could easily be adapted for a variety of different classroom extensions

Google Docs is a user friendly suite of online collaborative tools that come with tremendous potential for use in the classroom. Last year all of the students in our school  received Google Docs accounts and I was kept quite busy getting students and teachers up and running with the new tools, then discovering innovative ways to use them as effective tools for learning. Here are some of the favorites.

This is a good list, but these aren't all Chrome Extensions. Some of them are apps. That's not too big of a deal, but we have a lot of folks confused about what a Chrome app is vs. an Extension. The blog post would be better titled "Chrome Options" for teachers vs. "Chrome Extensions for Teachers."

Ideas and resources for geography teachers

"1. Encourage Teachers to Create an In Box with a Google Form One of the challenges of using Google Docs with a class full of students is in managing all those Google Docs. While it's fairly easy for students to learn to share their work with you, the clutter that ends up in your email box can be overwhelming. Last year I was thrilled to discover an awesome idea from John Miller that utilizes a Google Form as an Assignment Tracker. "

"This is a guest post, authored by my friend and colleague, Cody Holt from Royse City ISD in Royse City, Texas. After 11 years as a high school Language Arts teacher, Cody made the transition to the world of instructional technology and his toughest challenge ever-teaching teachers. As a Digital Learning Specialist for Royse City ISD, Cody gets the privilege to help teachers navigate instruction in a digital age; specifically, how to incorporate digital tools to positively impact learning. Cody is also the Director of C4L Operations and the Chrome Squad Internship (C4L is our district 1-1 initiative). When not neck deep in Chromebooks Cody spends his time with his wonderful wife Jennifer and their three amazing kids: Kollyn, Reese, and Tucker."

Resources and examples of ways to use Google Docs as an efficient tool for learning