Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 08/04/2013
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The Paperless Classroom with Google Docs - Google Drive
A lovely overview by North Canton City Schools about how to go paperless with Google Docs. If you're working towards being as paperless as possible, this is a nice document to get you started. (For some of you out there who don't know this - Google renamed everything "Google Drive" to respond to Dropbox's domination of cloud storage but many of us still call the word processor "Docs".)
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40 Ways to Use Google Apps in the Classroom - Google Drive
A slick presentation about Google apps for education. Becky Evans created and shared this and says you can use it as a presentation to introduce current features to teachers at your school. Take a look as you prepare to give teachers an overview of Google Apps for Education.
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60 Inspiring Examples of Twitter in the Classroom | Fluency21 – Committed Sardine Blog
60 examples of how Twitter is being used in the classroom today. From sharing with parents quick takeaways from the day to empowering class discussions, Twitter is a tool you can use. I'm announcing a hashtag for my class on the first day! ;-)
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Prezi meeting is a tool that students are using in the brainstorming and planning phase of a project. This presentation shares how this works.
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How to Use Google+ Hangouts for Teaching: 8 Steps - wikiHow
Nice examples and instructions if you're wanting to use Google Hangouts for Teaching and flattening your classroom.
