Gmail & Google Calendar

The Tool: www.gmail.com Activity:  Set up priority inbox and learn to "star" your important email! Create labels to help organize the chaos of your inbox Chat w/ a colleague directly in the Gmail interface  Resources: The Official Gmail Blog or see below for current posts  10 reasons to use Gmail What's new in Gmail Gmail Help Center Unofficial Help Become a Gmail Ninja Gmail Ninja Crib Sheet Gmail Keyboard Shortcuts Gmail Labs Priority Inbox Additional Resources for Gmail: 10 Steps to a Gmail Makeover Main South High School Gmail Resources CEUSB Gmail Resources Sending from multiple addresses in one account Export from Outlook into Gmail Using Canned Responses

The Tool: http://calendar.google.com Activity:  Create your own calendar including events for ISTE! Share the calendar with another colleague (secretary, superintendent, staff) Add a calendar lab to your Calendar  Set up your cell phone to get SMS reminders Google Calendar Crib Sheet Google For Educators: Google Calendar: http://www.google.com/educators/p_calendar.html Google Apps Training Center for Calendar: http://edutraining.googleapps.com/Training-Home/module-3-calendar Lesson Resources: Lesson Plans Using Google Docs Links: Introduction to Google Calendar for the Casual User by Cory Pavicich Using Google Calendar for Lesson Planning by John R Sowash Embed Multiple Google Calendars - Patrick Briscoe Free online calendar publishing, part 2: Google Calendar by Jon Udel Never Miss A School Event Again by Jarrod Robinson Sync Google Calendar with Outlook Sync Google Calendar with iCal Google Resources for Educators: 7 reasons to use Google Calendar Event Publisher Guide -  Let people save an individual event from your site Let people save all of your events from your site With just a click of a button     Add the button basically anywhere you can put HTML code - including Google Maps - more info here.