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Using Google Docs to Create Digital Kits for Student Projects

Google Blog about Docs "refresh" - particularly helpful is the link at the bottom for "in-product" tour (which is also linked in the pop up "New" box that comes up when you first log in to the new interface)

Resource site for Jeffco Schools Google Apps for Education domain (need log in to access)

Google Docs looks and behaves a little differently now.  This is one resource to help you navigate the changes.

The yearly Horizon Report documents key trends in technology that have an impact on education.  Last year, it highlighted Cloud-based computing and Collaborative environments as the most immediate trends.  This year it focuses on Electronic Books and Mobile Devices. good geeky reading!

Google Notebooks changing the way Astoria High students learn. Quote: All computing on the notebooks is done on the Internet. Documents, applications and settings are stored on "clouds," and can be accessed from any Chrome Notebook.  "You can't download anything, so you will never have a virus," Scott Holmstedt  Astoria High School technology director. "And every time I open it up, it will be as fast as the first time I opened it up."

Look for the tool specific webinars for training purposes.  The "case studies" are interesting, but tend to be more about "why" you should go google.