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Leading Future Learning Live Blog: Google Plus and Hangouts from Greg Kulowiec 

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Using Google Apps for Education to Create Digital Portfolios from Avra Robinson 

This post first appeared on Daily Genius. Google Apps for Education is a wonderful, collaborative program that allows students to create, collect, and curate artifacts of learning. While there is a wide variety of programs that can be used to create digital portfolios, here are four ways that the GAFE suite of programs can facilitate digital portfolio creation. What do we mean by Digital Portfolio? A digital portfolio is a collection of artifacts of learning that demonstrate growth, acquisition of skills or knowledge, and student creativity over time. Too often, the focus lies more on gathering lots of content in…

#ettChat: Collaborative Book Publishing with Slides & Issuu from Greg Kulowiec 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLBCSH5u9mk Each week EdTechTeacher will bring you a new, short video (10-15 minutes) by one of the staff exploring an app, web tool or idea in the world of educational technology centered around a new theme each month.  Continuing February’s theme of collaboration, Greg Kulowiec shows us how to create and publish books using offline resources, Google Slides, & publishing with Issuu. More ePub recommendations: Click the app icon to learn more or select a blue icon to switch devices. Our Collaborations recommendations: Click the app icon to learn more or select a blue icon to switch devices. MORE app recommendations…

10 Google Docs Hacks Every Teacher Should Know – from Jennifer Carey 

This post first appeared on Daily Genius. Google Docs is a popular word processing tool because it allows ready access to your documents and files from any internet connected device. It permits users to readily share documents and easily collaborate on materials. If you are already familiar with Google Docs, try out these 10 hacks to up your Google game! Convert a Word Doc to a Google Doc Microsoft Word is still the most popular word processor in the business, educational, and private world. Even if you have fully jumped on the Google Docs bandwagon, undoubtedly you encounter a Word…

#ettchat: What’s New for 2016? iPad and Google Updates from Greg and Beth 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZGbbNfNdck   We all know there are new updates to our favorite apps and tools released more frequently than we can keep up. However, Beth and Greg took a few minutes over the holidays to recap the most important features of our top tools for iPads, Apps, and Google Tools.