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Google just announced that it will gradually phase out Google Notebook and many people are looking for alternatives. Here is a brief side-by-side comparison of Google Notebook and Diigo: 1. Google Notebook is very much similar to Diigo Lists. ...

"This paper explores Google Docs' capabilities and shares insights from educators on the benefits they've seen in their classrooms" (¶1).

Menu of videos showing features of Google Voice

Explains automated optical character recognition as it applies to image files uploaded to Google Docs

"Learn how to use Google documents to organize personal and business documents and spreadsheets ..." (You are viewing an eHow Video Series, ¶1).

This tutorial by Zachary Zawarski explains "how to create a map with custom locations that you can publish on your website" (¶1). "The greatest benefit of this tool is that current entries can be edited and new entries can be added to the map through the Google spreadsheet without having to update the map's code..." (¶2, retrieved 2011.09.07). Thanks to Denise Krebs for pointing it out, and demonstrating how to do it in a recorded RSCON3 session (Elluminate recording entitled: Where in the world? Or, adding a directory map using a spreadsheet to your wiki.  For more info., please see her blog posts: http://mrsdkrebs.edublogs.org/2011/07/28/posting-a-directory-map-at-rscon3/ http://mrsdkrebs.edublogs.org/2011/08/06/mapping-our-connections-my-rscon3-session/

Access point for help and tutorials - Categories include: Getting Started; Organizing your Docs List; Creating and Editing Drawings; Sharing, Collaborating and Publishing; Uploading and Exporting; Fixing a Problem; and More.

Eaton, Sarah. (2011.02.11). Using Google forms [webinar].

Interesting possibilities here for course-based G+ community pages and sites.

10 of Simon Mackiie's favorites (2010.04.02)

Seems to be for fixed displays, rather than auto updating transclusions

Clear and concise introduction to using Present.me for creating and distributing video commentary on uploaded documents (.pdf, .ppt, .pptx, & Google Docs).

"TimelineJS is an open-source tool that enables anyone to build visually rich, interactive timelines. Beginners can create a timeline using nothing more than a Google spreadsheet" (Timeline JS, Overview, 2017.01/11).

The first tool listed lets you also put in text and get a percentage count

"...[I]n most cases, online plagiarism checkers act as better wrappers to deliver the results from a search engine" (Google, ¶1).

"Fortunately Facebook, Ning, Google and Yahoo Groups and many other options for social networking don't work that way. Those communities can continue for as long as the members of the community put in the effort to keep it alive. This can be very useful for students to stay in contact for social, professional and learning opportunities" (Ross, 2008.10.06).

Christina Warren says on Mashable: the Social Media Guide, "Although aimed at teens, the tips are good for anyone using Buzz to keep in mind" (¶3, 2010.04.06).

Article about advances in gmail and google calendar integration. Potential for reminding students of assignments

"As it moves into general use, Wave might be known as a communication medium, a collaboration space, a repository where all of these things are stored and can be retrieved-or something else altogether" (item 6).

"If you'd like to revert to your previous template with all the layout customizations intact, just click "Revert to previous template." Choosing a new template when going back to the traditional look will not preserve the customizations you've made to your layout, so we suggest making a backup of your traditional template by going to Template, and clicking on "Backup/Restore." If you're using the old user interface, you can find this option under Design | Edit HTML."

"Blogger pages let you to publish static information on stand-alone pages linked from your blog. For example, you can use pages to create an About This Blog page that discusses the evolution of your blog, or a Contact Me page that provides directions, a phone number, and a map to your location." (¶1)