Friday, April 1, 2011

Edina is Selected as 1 of 10 featured organizations in Google's "Gone Google" ad campaing


Edina Public Schools was selected as 1 of 10 global winners in an Ad Campaign by Google to be showcased in their Gone Google Campaign. 
 See our story below!

Google's Blog Post about the Campaign Winners


Google's Enterprise Blog Post



Google Apps has been an invaluable learning tool for students and teachers at Edina Public Schools. As a technology integration specialist for Edina Public Schools, I am Google Certified Teacher and a Google Apps for Education Certified Trainer, Over the past year and a half, my team launched Google Apps at Edina Public Schools. Google Apps has transformed our ability to help students and staff engage in learning.

Staff and students have been using Google Docs, Google Sites, Picasa, Blogger, and Google Maps to work efficiently and collaboratively. Teachers rely on Google Apps for theirclassroom web presencestaff development and collaborative projects. Students create state research projects, websites and online portfolios of their work. Google Apps enables them to collaborate, submit and publish their work online, allowing them to communicate with an audience broader than their classroom. Even parents benefit from Google Apps -- using Google Docs to sign up for conferences and volunteer opportunities.

At Edina Public Schools, we are excited not only about what our students learn but about how they are learning. Google Apps for Education allows our students to stay current in the evolving world of technology while engaging deeply with their academic pursuits. Students are now learning without boundaries, any time, anywhere.

I did a Fox 9 News Story about our "Going Google" Campaing award on March 31st.





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