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Allenwood Stables, owned by my best friend Sarah, is where I work and keep my horses.

This is where I will be all summer!

Wow- the pictures are incredible!! No wonder you want to spend the summer there. It is absolutely beautiful. Sam

This will be very helpful to the self directed learners at LTS.

Transitions are going to be a big challenge for us. Lots of dynamic individuals with much different skill levels. Looks like this is a nice alternative to "hand holding" for those who are a bit more savvy!

Great site Sam, your energy is infectious! Denise Mason has suggested for a few years that I check out ToastMasters. You've just reminded me about it again, thanks!

Susan's ePortfolio site from OCT Spring 2011

This site offers Webinars on Google Apps for Education.

Loved the name. Links to Google webinars.

With this, others started asking how to do this or how to do that, so I thought I'd make a guide.the idea is that this guide will take you from nothing to being setup in a few hours (taken at a leisurely pace with a cup of tea and some biscuits).

Very useful step-by-step guide for new domain managers. Also contains other valuable links.

I read about this in the Huffington Post (thanks Kevin). This seems pretty disruptive to me... Check it out.

It is possible to block gadgets in Sites. This may be useful as students start making their own sites.

This page includes links to Live Webinars, On-Demand Webinars, and Archived Webinars. There is a mix of Google Apps for Education and Google Apps for Business presentations.

For those of us who are trying to "sell" change (more specifically Google Apps)to our administrators and staff -this is a good overview of how it can be used for education.

I just learned you can add audio to a web slide. Ooo I can't wait to try this.. what happens if I publish drawing or Google Docs or Google Sites pages and add audio clips to them using the web slide method... Hmmm?

A short and easy to follow tutorial on the basics of using Google Gadgets.

After watching this vdeo and reading http://edutraining.googleapps.com/Training-Home/module-1/chapter-3/4-1 I realized that managing these groups prior to the school year starting will be an important task to put on the administrators' lists. Groups will be used widely throughout our district and I am sure it will be used by you.

Use these resources to plan, implement, administer, and evaluate your pilot or production deployment of Google Apps.

This is the main page for Google Apps Administrator Help. Lots of good stuff here on setting up and configuring domains.

Moving your writing workshop online

Part of the Google Apps for Education Professional Development webinar series. This is a lengthy tutorial - about one hour Skill level: Beginner Lead by Julia Stilitz, Google Apps for Education This session will demonstrate some of the most powerful ways that teachers can leverage Google Apps tools in their classrooms. From using Google Docs for collaborative lesson planning with grade level colleagues, to using Google Chat to have a virtual guest lecturer in your classroom, to giving your students a formative assessment through Google forms, this session will show you had to get the most out of Google Apps.