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Google Updates and Improves its Learning Center for Teacher Training

Educational Technology Guy

Google has updated and improved its Learning Center for Teacher Training with new use cases and best practices, making it even more useful and easier to learn about Google apps. There are lessons, case studies, examples and best practices, and ways to connect with other educators. Follow me on Twitter and Google+.

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Gaggle for Google: Student Safety in a 1:1 Chromebook District

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Following a switch to a 1:1 technology initiative, Huntley Community School District 158 in Algonquin, IL needed a solution to monitor students’ activity. Huntley has yet to find itself in the position of having to intervene in a serious case involving a student email.

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Turn any exisiting PC or Mac into fully functional Chromebook - for free!

Educational Technology Guy

Neverware, a startup that has developed a software product, CloudReady , in partnership with Google, which turns almost any computer from the last 8 years into a full-fledged Chromebook. Imagine being able to use that old PC or Mac you have lying around as a Chromebook.

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Squid Notes - Take digital handwritten notes for class, work, or fun! Markup PDFs, sign documents, & more

Educational Technology Guy

Squid is an inking app that works on Android (and Chromebooks as an Android app) and allows you to take handwritten notes, create drawings, markup PDF files and more. They have a site dedicated to using Squid in the Classroom with tips, resources and use cases. This post originally appeared on Educational Technology Guy.

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Moving Instructional Technology in the Right, and Safe, Direction

Gaggle Speaks

When moving to Gaggle’s Safe Classroom Learning Management System , Little Rock School District experienced several immediate benefits, including: furthering its instructional technology initiatives; continuing to expand its 1:1 program on Google Chromebooks and iPads; reducing paper consumption; and more.

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Using Google Apps in a Safe 1:1 Learning Environment

Gaggle Speaks

Productivity tools like Google Apps for Education for classroom collaboration make 1:1 initiatives a realistic goal for any size school district. These and other topics were discussed during the last week’s Gaggle webcast, “Using Google Apps to Create a Safe 1:1 Learning Environment.”

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Here's How Single Sign-On Saved One District 2,500 Hours of Instructional Time Per Month

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teachers were stressed out about logging in to the point where some would just give up on using technology and go back to their regular pen and paper process. In his 16 years of working in IT, Tam Nguyen has grown uncomfortably familiar with these types of calls and the resulting reluctance of teachers to adopt new technologies.

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