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"Do you want to add a slick animation, slideshow, carousel or slider to a Google Site using a Google Docs Presentation?  These instructions use a custom gadget made be Romain Vialard to embed a Google Docs Presentation into a Google Site.  The custom gadget hides the borders, the buttons and the Google Docs tag line so the presentation seamlessly integrates into your Google Site.  Many thanks to Romain who is a Google Apps Script Top Contributor and has worked very hard on this gadget."

"Google Docs is a powerful word processing tool that many schools have adopted. As it's similar to Microsoft Word and other word processing tools, most of its features are intuitive to use. However, in addition to completing many of the functions of a traditional word processor, Google Docs provides even more capabilities that can be invaluable to educators. Here are ten tricks that can make your life easier with Google Docs:"

"Google Docs to FileMaker Go Example Dashboard"

"Welcome!  Real World Math is a collection of free math activities for Google Earth designed for students and educators. Mathematics is much more than a set  of problems in a textbook.  In the virtual world of Google Earth, concepts and challenges can be presented in a meaningful way that portray the usefulness of the ideas"

Competitive demonstrations of innovative use of Google Technologies

"Using the links below, you will have access to the templates I use for my workshops. Each page contains the most recent information for each application."

Google Doc containing links to various teacher based Edmodo Groups

Google Spreadsheet with useful Australian Edmodo Groups

"Favorite publications, tuned for your tablet and smartphone."

"Online courses Learn how Google apps and other web tools can help you meet your teaching and learning goals. Your educator peers have created a set of self-paced online courses to help you learn when it's convenient for you. Review videos, toolkits, and reflection questions to build your skills and confidence in using the right technology to meet students' needs for today and the future."

"Key Takeaways The Visitors and Residents project seeks to identify and recommend strategies that IT staff and library professionals can adopt to help students and faculty members better discover, access, and evaluate digital information. The project team interviewed participants from four educational stages - from emerging (high school/secondary school seniors and first-year college students) through experiencing (faculty members) - that focus on context and motive rather than age as a determining factor in information-seeking behaviors. In addition to identifying how and why individuals engage with technology to acquire the information, the project offers recommendations on how to build relationships with community members and how to study user behavior to better test and develop library systems."

"blubbr. Play & create video trivia with friends. You can play trivs in different categories, from celebs and music to sport and education. Create trivs about the things you are passionate about. Challenge your friends on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and other social networks."

Create, share, and publish zooming/panning interactive timelines. Timeglider is great for history classes, project planning, genealogy, and more. It's like Google Maps, but for time.

Online activities and classroom application suggestions