Google+Apps

= = toc = What are Google Apps? = Google docs is a fantastic free tool that allows you to create and collaborate on documents, spreadsheets, and presentations that you can share with colleagues with a simple link rather than a bulky attachment. The collaboration feature is amazing and allows multiple people to contribute and discuss documents in real time. Additionally all edits/revisions are color coded so you can see who is doing what. Additionally, you can view a documents history providing a record of what revisions were made and who made them. A gmail account is not necessary or required, but if you have a gmail account, you automatically have a Google Account, and sharing is instantaneous.
 * Tip:** You must set up a Google Account to use Google Docs.

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media type="custom" key="4358215" = Google Plus = Searching the internet will reveal a whole host of materials, of educational uses of Google Apps and Docs, this sucinct presentation, covers much of the spectrum. You will notice that Google have a number of teachers Academies in the USA, and offer a Google Teacher/Educator status on completion of a training course, unfortunately this is not avaiable outside of the USA, but if you are visiting you are more than welcome to apply. I went to a Google training session in November 2008 at Hong Kong Poly University, presented by Google - I would recommend this whole heartedly it was excellent, came away with so many new and innovative ideas. media type="custom" key="4358241" media type="custom" key="4358243" media type="custom" key="4357271"