Google+Apps

=**Google Apps -** Google Products for Educators=


 * Google Docs**: web-based, real-time documents, spreadsheets, and presentations can be created, edited, and stored online.


 * Features of Google Docs:**
 * Collaborative highlighting- see the text that other editors are highlighting as they select it.
 * Import and Export features of documents, spreadsheets and presentations.
 * Setup access permissions: private, shared with contacts, or public.
 * You can have customized themes.
 * Folder organization of documents.
 * Chat feature within the shared document, spreadsheet, or presentation.


 * Google Groups**: Helping people connect with other people, access information and communicate effectively over email and on the web.


 * Features of the Google Groups:**
 * You can have discussions online or via email
 * you can read and post messages online or use your email to read and respond
 * Create and collaborate on shared web-pages hosted within the group
 * Customization of group workspace
 * added a picture/logo
 * change the colors and styles
 * Google Groups currently does not have a calendar feature, but they are working on incorporating a calendar and the features of Google Docs into Groups


 * Other Collaborative Google Tools**
 * **Drawings**: can be used within the Docs, Spreadsheets and Presentations to create your shapes or flow charts, etc.
 * **Knol:** an introductory article about a specific subject.
 * **Calendar:** one place to organize/view/edit your schedule and share events with friends
 * **Sites**: makes creating and sharing a group website easy
 * Single-click page creation
 * Customizable look and feel
 * Settings for access and sharing information
 * **Maps:** basic web mapping service application and technology. Google Maps offers street maps, a route planner and urban business locator around the world.
 * **Earth:** Allows you to explore the world in 3D from anywhere. On your desktop, in your web browser and on your mobile device.
 * **Buzz:** a social networking and messaging tool integrated into Gmail. The users can share links, photos, videos, status messages and comments organized in "conversations" and visible in the user's inbox.
 * Here's link to all of the Google products