Official Google Blog:
Last week the Google Apps for Education team headed to Denver for EDUCAUSE 2009 where the higher education community meets annually. It was at this conference three years ago that we first unveiled Google Apps for Education. (Read More)
Submitted by jgmize
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George Siemens writes that:“Without going through a painful attempt to deconstruct learning and its systemic origins, I think it’s safe to state the following as the key elements of a weltanschauung that define formal educati (Read More)
Submitted by courane01
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Recently, I presented at a school on an opening day for teachers where the first thing that greeted everyone on the table in the lobby was an 8-page Acceptable Use Policy which staff members were picking up as they filed into (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
Google has given free versions of Apps to colleges and universities for two years now. But as part of the "Going Google" campaign, they've pushed hard seeing educational institutions adopt Apps. Why?Even if the core of Google (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
Wikipedia and Wikia co-founder Jimmy Wales has just joined the advisory board of CK-12 Foundation - a nonprofit organization that provides standards-aligned online textbooks to kindergarten to grade 12 students. One key eleme (Read More)
Official Google Blog:
We use the Internet all the time: at home, at work (especially at Google!), on the move, and, increasingly, at school. We believe that the Internet and cloud-based tools are a key part of a 21st century classroom, helping stu (Read More)
Google Blogoscoped:
Some of Google’s advertisers are offered to base their campaigns to target specific interests of users, as discussed in the previous post. The ad preferences page gives a clue as to which categories those may be (note Google (Read More)
Submitted by catepol
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Edmodo - Free Private Microblogging For Education. From the FAQs:Edmodo is a private microblogging platform that teachers and students can use to send notes, links, files, alerts, assignments, and events to each other. Teache (Read More)
The Official Google Blog:
The holidays are a time for giving, and Googlers across the globe have found some creative ways to give back to their communities this season. From raising money and crafting greeting cards to building gingerbread houses and (Read More)
Submitted by courane01
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Here’s a neat contest for K-12 students - Inspiring Invention. Students can create a motivational/inspiring public service announcement to get others to invent:“Enter to win the Inspiring Invention Contest. Create a public se (Read More)