Your Google Apps Learning Plan

In order to provide more on-demand, self-paced learning for all PPS staff around Google Apps for Education, you can now get a Google Apps Learning Plan!

How does it work?
Take 10-15 minutes to fill out the Google Apps Competencies Form. Once it's filled out, you will receive an email with targeted feedback to guide your learning of Google Apps for Education features! You must login with your PPS Google Apps account. The form is embedded below or you can go to http://bit.ly/gappslearningplan.

Please pass this along to colleagues and anyone else who may be interested. Questions? Contact Melissa.

Comparison of Hapara's Teacher Dashboard and Google Classroom

Check out this post for a nice comparison of Teacher Dashboard vs. Google Classroom. It's actually a podcast, but you can see the written transcript as well.

5 Ways School Administrators Can Use Google Apps

Check out this great blog post from @TeacherJenCarey on easy and quick ways for administrators to use Google Apps. Basically, she suggests:

1. Create a shared Google Doc for faculty/staff meetings.
2. Use a Google Form for classroom observations.
3. Use Google Forms for sign-ups.
4. Use Google Calendar's "appointment slots" for meetings.
5. Collect images and videos via a shared folder.

Follow the link above to see more details and resources in the post.

Camp Chromebook 2 and EdcampPDX Express

Show your love for Google and join us on Valentine's Day for another day of Camp Chromebook!
Saturday, Feb. 14, 2015
8:30am-3:30pm
Lewis Elementary
Follow the link above for more information and registration. We are looking for additional workshop session facilitators. Look over the schedule here. If you see a session that you could facilitate or want to recommend your own session, please fill out this form. Lunch will be provided.

EdcampPDX Express

Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015

8:30am-noon

A special express version of EdcampPDX is happening on the Saturday after IntegratED PDX to encourage those attendees to join us and add new voices to the mix. Concordia University is hosting the event at their new Columbia River campus and providing breakfast. Interested folks can also join us for lunch and a photowalk in the afternoon.  Follow the link above for more information and registration.

Google Classroom App is Here!

For Android and iOS.

Here's the full blog post with all the details about what's new in Google Classroom.

Google Chrome | Increase Productivity | The Apps Show

Check out this video for some great tips!

Three Major Updates to Google Drive

Have you noticed these new updates to Google Drive?

1. You can merge cells in Google Docs tables. Finally!
2. You can edit text in tables in the Google Docs iOS app. Yes!
3. You can insert text boxes, shapes, and lines in the Google Slides iOS App. Woohoo!