Soft Technology

Learn how to use Gmail 3-5 minutes at a time in this series. The fourth installment includes using Labels, Folders, and Labs. Please include any questions in the comments, and I'll get back to you asap. Hope you enjoy it! http://youtu.be/QEWG6r31JTQ

Learn how to use Gmail 3-5 minutes at a time in this series. The thrid installment includes using archive (not delete) and how Conversation View inevitably contributes to a happy, longer life (the claims JUST keep growing). Hope you enjoy it!

Learn how to use Gmail 3-5 minutes at a time in this series. The second installment includes using Google Chat and phone features through Gmail. Hope you enjoy it!

Learn how to use Gmail 3-5 minutes at a time in this series. The first installment includes the philosophy that makes Gmail make sense to me (Inbox Zero) and provides a pitch for using Priority Inbox as well as how to customize it to meet your needs. Hope you enjoy it!

Enjoy this "Get More out of Google" infographic from www.hackcollege.com . Find it in its original form here .

STUDENTS, TEACHERS, PARENTS, and ADMINISTRATORS: This is a CALL TO ACTION If Standardized Testing is frying you (or your children), and you live in Texas, now is the time to SPEAK UP to your Texas legislators. In this article, I'm hoping to provide everything you need to contact your legislators and tell them that reducing the high school EOCs (end of course exams) from 15 to 5 is NOT ENOUGH. They are NOT FINISHED with testing reform this year if they want us to re-elect them. This first week of STAAR testing, I've heard firsthand accounts of each of the following: elementary school children physically ill because of worry over the STAAR test. students threatened "you pass this test" (that we don't know the content of and no one has ever seen before and we don't know when we'll get back) "or you FAIL 5th grade"! (Not exactly true, but a scary threat! parents attempting to "opt out" only to be informed their students cannot move on to th