Top 8 from the 8 Blog for 2011

As the year comes to an end, I thought I’d get in the “Tops of 2011″ spirit.  Instead of sharing the top movies or songs of the year as often happens, I decided to share the 8 most viewed posts from the 8 Blog for this calendar year.  2011 was a great year for the [...]

Google Docs introduces stock photos

Google Docs just keeps getting better!  For those of you who have used Google Docs, I’m sure you already appreciate its ability to allow real-time collaboration in online word processing documents, presentations and spreadsheets.  Used in educational settings, Google Docs can be a tremendous tool to help groups of students work together on projects and [...]

Backchanneling with TodaysMeet

As class sizes continue to grow, educators are exploring new ways to connect with students and engage them in classroom discussions.  For instance, “clickers” are becoming more popular as assessment tools in classrooms.  Clickers function like game show response systems and can provide real time data on what students understand and what they are struggling [...]

More communication options with extras in Google Hangouts

Google continues to develop it’s social networking platform (Google+) by adding a bunch of new features to make the tool more social and collaborative.  This week, I thought I’d outline some of the new features and how the features can be used in education.  While some people may be happy to hear that Google has [...]