Google Classroom: From the Teacher’s Perspective
by +Sarah Woods This is the first of a series of blog posts based on a first look at Google Classroom. We know we’re looking at a sneak peek, so it may not have all the features Google intends, but we still thought you’d like to see what there is! Announcements and Assignments: the flow of […]
Coming soon in late 2014: AppsEvents Announce ‘Google Classroom’ Bootcamps
There has been a huge interest in Google Classroom and from what we have seen so far it is going to be a revolutionary tool in further democratising EdTech and moving control to the individual teacher. Our blog post on Google Classroom and the Google Classroom ‘Sneak Preview’ at our California Summit back in May […]
Summits versus Bootcamps versus Cloud Camp
We’ve been asked many times what is the main difference between the various training events that we host and with the addition of Cloud Camp to our list of offerings, let’s take a look at the difference between a Google in Education summit, certification bootcamp, and Google Cloud Camp. A Google in Education Summit is […]
What Teachers Can Expect from Classroom
In honor of Teacher Appreciation Day, Google announced a new feature that promises to make managing classes using their Google Apps for Education suite much more efficient through a new product called Classroom. Since the announcement, everyone in the Google Education world can’t stop talking about it. We know many of you can’t wait to […]
10 Time Saving Chrome Extensions for Teachers
By Jane Vestil At AppsEvents, our browser of choice will always be Chrome not just because we advocate the use of Google Apps and other Google products for education, but largely due to the fact that Chrome offers a wide selection of extensions that you can use so your browser will perform the way you […]
The three phases of Google Apps adoption in schools
It’s interesting having being involved in Google Apps projects at schools since the launch of Google Apps for Education in 2006 to look at the evolving trends as to why schools have adopted Google Apps and Google tools. I had a really interesting chat last week with Jan Zawadski from Hapara in Palo Alto where […]
Changes to the Google Education Certification Programs in 2014
We have had several questions regarding the updated Google Education Certifications so I thought I would write a blog post to look at the new certifications, and also the changes in more detail. Firstly all information about the certification programs is available at the new Google Education page by clicking on the ‘Certification’ link. The […]
Amazing Shortcut for Sharing Google Docs, New Security Tools for Google Apps, and more
Great resource links, tips, news, and updates shared by our Google+ community members from November 23 to 30, 2014. Amazing Shortcut for Sharing Google Docs! – www.shakeuplearning.com Easily share a preview copy of Docs, Sheets and Slides with just a quick edit of the URL. Great tip shared by +Kasey Bell New security tools to help improve online […]
First Italy Summit featuring Google for Education this November
AppsEvents in cooperation with Instituto Massimo brings you the first annual Italy Google in Education Summit happening this November 7 to 8, 2014. It will be a wonderful 2-day professional training event packed with sessions led by some of the world’s leading Google Apps for Education experts. Summits are focused on helping school managers, teachers, […]
All is set for Sweden Google in Education Summit 2014
We can’t wait to have you for the upcoming summit at Xenter Botkyrka this coming October 27 to 28. Time flies so fast and we now have a few weeks to go before the most awaited Google event of the year. We are all very excited (and we know you are too), so here’s a […]