The Google in Education Southern Summit is all weekend at The Lovett School in Atlanta. I'll post a few interesting findings over the next couple of days.
Getting Started with Google Apps- w/ speaker Chris Craft- www.christophercraft.com
We are trying to get Google Apps set up for our students to use in conjunction with Edmodo in our 1:1 iPad initiative.
My main takeaways:
Google Apps for Business= $
Google Apps for Education= FREE
SAME PRODUCT!
You get 30 gig free space w/ Google Apps for Education account (combined mail + docs)- however-- if you create an item in Google is DOES NOT COUNT toward your space!
Use Google Hangouts to archive parent conferences in a private environment on You Tube. The conferences are easier for busy parents to attend, and you have a video record of the discussion.
DOCTOPUS: http://youpd.org/doctopus deploy documents to your students all at once- a spreadsheet is also created with links to each student's document.
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Google Sites for e-portfolios-- purchase domain for each child with their name at the end of senior year so they have a complete personal portfolio to take with them.
http://www.google.com/inputtools/: type in any language with new chrome keyboard add-in on top right
Comments in Docs: File Revision history for writing process, highlight text > insert> comment
