Useful Google in Education posts this week #64

Eric says, "So you are thinking about taking the exams to become a Google Certified Educator? But you are wondering what topics and skills are covered by the tests. This blog post is here to help you!"

Eric says, "Recently Google has quietly rolled out a new tool that lets you save and organize images and websites to one central collection. How quietly? Well, as far as I can tell the tool doesn’t even have an official name yet, and there have not been many posts or announcements from Google about it. So for now I am just calling it Google Save."

It is summer! A time to celebrate, relax, enjoy the beautiful weather, and keep learning! Summer not only allows teachers a mental break from the day-to-day routine of teaching, but is also an important time for all of us to continue our learning. While attending workshops and conferences are staples for many teachers, for others …

Whether you’ve just gone Google or have been using Google Apps for years, IT departments always have a need to train new users and keep them up to date on the latest technologies. In a perfect world, each employee would have helpful IT staff by their side to guide them every step of the way, but that’s not always possible, nor is it really practical. That’s why we are excited to announce Training for Google Apps, the newest training resource available to all Google Apps organizations.

Google Keep is like a bulletin board you can keep with you wherever you go. It's perfect for organizing ideas or quickly jotting down inspiration.

  Pinterest Google Apps for the iPad and iOS The following is a list of Google Apps for iOS (from Google, Inc.). This list is exhaustive and includes several apps that are not on the infographic Guide to Google Apps for the iPad. Some of these have natural classroom integration, and some are more for personal or …

Here's a short overview of some of the features in the new Google Sites. Currently in early access, this new version of a much loved part of the Google Apps ...

Take a look at the brand new Google Sites. See the amazing new direction that Google is headed with it's website development application. | TeacherCast

Google Classroom list of blog posts by Alice Keeler: Co-Author of the book '50 Things You Can Do With Google Classroom.' Google Classroom tutorials.

Google Docs is a powerful word processing tool that many schools have adopted. As it’s similar to Microsoft Word and other word processing tools, most of its features are intuitive to use. However,…