Google+Apps

toc =Google Apps Education Edition: www.google.com/a/nesd.ca= "Google Apps Education Edition is a free suite of hosted communication and collaboration applications designed for schools and universities. Google Apps includes **Gmail** (webmail services), **Google Calendar** (shared calendaring), **Google Docs** (online document, spreadsheet, presentation, form creation and sharing) Improvements to Google Docs, **Google Video** (secure and private video sharing – 10GB free) and **Google Sites** (team website creation with videos, images, gadgets and documents integration), as well as administrative tools, customer support, and access to APIs to integrate Google Apps with existing IT systems. A 'hosted' solution means that Google provides all the servers and back-end work, but the services all exist within your school domain. For example, all of your email accounts will have your school domain (@myschool.org), not a Google or Gmail domain (@gmail.com)." (edutraining.googleapps.com, 2010).

Introduction to Google Apps Education Edition
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 * Reasons For Use**


 * Easily share and edit documents, spreadsheets & presentations online.
 * Collaborative environment that can be accessed from any computer with internet access.
 * Much more stream-lined for collaboration than email attachments.
 * Upload documents, spreadsheets, and Power Point presentations to edit online.
 * Spreadsheets feature- create forms that can serve as surveys, questionnaires or quizzes. Respondants fill out form and the data is automatically fed into your spreadsheet.

__Ease of use__

 * Very easy with or without a Google Account.
 * Editing features are very similar to Microsoft Word.
 * File folder organizational structure available within Google Docs.

__Resources__

 * __Google Apps Training Center__>


 * LiveBinder - click to open!**

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__Tutorial Slideshows__
http://21ctools.wikispaces.com/Google+Documents

http://21ctools.wikispaces.com/Google+Presenations