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"ducators in the state of Hawai'i currently use the Lotus Notes email host program as a method of communication and collaboration. One public elementary school in Hawai'i, on the island of Maui, is currently in the process of replacing Lotus Notes with Google Apps for Education. More than just an email system, web-based Google Apps for Education offers an easy way to share documents, work together virtually in real-time, and much more. Educators requested assistance on learning the basic necessary skills for Google Apps for Education, in particular on Gmail and Google Docs. To meet that need, an online training module was designed and delivered through a Weebly website that utilized an interactive tour, instructional videos, and step-by-step instructions with screenshots that are printable documents. Participants were asked to complete a challenge at the end of Module 1 & 2 as a way to reinforce and assess what was learned. Survey results indicated that all participants have considered using Gmail and Google Docs as a way to collaborate with their fellow colleague."

"Learn about Google Apps and how to use them for collaboration. Our focus is on the University of Minnesota environment, however, activities and resources found here can be applied to other editions of Google Apps."

Collaboration beyond the school campus can be made possible through technology. Online collaboration tools and the all-encompassing "cloud" have sprouted up as possible solutions to facilitate collaboration. However, Google Apps has emerged as the front runner, because of its unique ability for multiple users to simultaneously collaborate on a single document in real time. Additionally, Google Apps provides numerous tools that not only have collaboration as an inherent feature, but are also specialized to complete numerous tasks.

"Carole Henriot, French Teacher MYP/DP at Istanbul International Community School. In my presentation, I would like to demonstrate through a world language class activity how one can use Google apps in (a language B) classes to encourage students to: work collaboratively on a common goal complete peer-evaluations and give feedback learn from each other and from their mistakes be challenged to reach their highest potential"

"A NJ school district uses Google apps for online collaboration and to prepare for BYOD."

"Creating, Collaborating, Publishing, and Sharing - Using Google Apps for Education in a 7th Grade Science Classroom"

"This paper presents a Simulation-based interactive Virtual ClassRoom web system (SVCR: www.vclasie.com) powered by the state-of-the-art cloud computing technology from Google SVCR integrates popular free open-source math, science and engineering simulations and provides functions such as secure user access control and management of courses, assignments and grading. This system allows customized course and lesson development and supports teacher and student account management. The simulation programs are built into a single database to be indexed for easy browsing and keyword search and can be downloaded and run with Java support from our web site. This system has an intuitive and user-friendly interface to allow a quick and easy transition to this system for most users. Teachers can create five types of popular assessment questions namely true or false, multiple choice, matching, word bank, and free answer questions. The system can be viewed in both English and Spanish. In addition, the system can automatically grade assignments--with the exception of free answer questions--to reduce the teacher's workload. Clouding computing technology driven by the Google App Engine is used to achieve scalability when the system is under high access demand. (Contains 18 figures.)"

"Learn about classroom management apps such as Haiku, Engrade, and LearnBoost from this 2/2 Google Webinar. To find out more go to google.com/appsmarketplace/edu"

"Keynote exploring how Google Apps and iPads have been used to transform collaborative learning at Berkhamsted School."

"Here are 20 collaborative ideas, taken from a presentation I'll do on Feb. 15 at the Google in Education Indiana Summit in Evansville, Ind."