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We've heard many ingenious ways that teachers have used Google Docs in the classroom. Here are just a few: * Promote group collaboration and creativity by having your students record their group projects together in a single doc. * Keep track of grades, attendance, or any other data you can think of using an easily accessible, always available spreadsheet. * Facilitate writing as a process by encouraging students to write in a document shared with you. You can check up on their work at any time, provide insight and help using the comments feature, and understand better each students strengths. * Create quizzes and tests using spreadsheets forms, your students' timestamped answers will arrive neatly ordered in a spreadsheet. * Encourage collaborative presentation skills by asking your students to work together on a shared presentation, then present it to the class. * Collaborate on a document with fellow teachers to help you all track the status and success of students you share. * Maintain, update and share lesson plans over time in a single document. * Track and organize cumulative project data in a single spreadsheet, accessible to any collaborator at any time.

Google®/Moodle™ Integration Collaborate and share projects or materials with others using Google® Apps or Moodle™ learning management systems (pilot program only).

Google Tools offer a perfect solution for supporting PBL and CBL in the classroom.  These teaching and learning frameworks focus on a student-driven experience where collaboration is a key component.

We've discovered 50+ great tips for getting the most out of Google Docs as a student, with awesome ideas and tricks for collaboration, sharing, and staying productive.

"What is an e-Portfolio? e-Portfolios are platforms for students, teachers, alumni, and professionals to showcase their work and ideas. They are archives of learning, discovery, progress, achievement and reflection. A few uses of e-Portfolios include assessment, admissions, interactive resumes, student galleries, teacher resource sites, collaborative project portfolios, and research presentations. "

Join Google and Clarkstown Central School District in this webinar to learn how the district created a collaborative curriculum portal for teachers across all their buildings and campuses using Google Apps Education Edition. Hear what factors helped them decide to "Go Google" and the results they've seen with school staff and students since making the switch.

"Google Docs supports effective writing with free online tools for creating, collaborating, revising and publishing - tools that can improve the writing process for students and teachers alike."

Good news for Google Docs users! The powerful integrated research tool made available in the Google Document last spring has made it's way to the Google Presentation at last.

Templates & Ideas for using horizontal navigation tabs in Google Slides.

"From search games to presentations on how to use Docs & Spreadsheets with your students, here you can find real-world examples of innovative ways that teachers and librarians are using Google tools to help students learn"

Woo Hoo! At last we can now control page level permissions in Google sites. This could be a game changer for schools who have been using Google Ed Apps.