Top 10 #GAFE that I use since the begining .I recommand to #googlect who joined #bett2015 and #fetc

Dear teachers who joined #bett2015   and #fetc I used many edtools and Google apps for Education, but now I am proud to be selected from 623 teachers in 111 GCT from Romania http://www.jaromania.org/profesori/pagini/training-9 Now I want to write about 10 Google Apps for  Education :  Google Plus, Gmail, Blogger, Google Chrome, Google Calendar, Google Docs, Google Drive, Google Toolbar, Google Sites, Youtube .

 Google launched also a awesome startup Google Classroom who is designed to help teachers create and collect assignments paperlessly, including time-saving features like the ability to automatically make a copy of a Google Document for each student. It also creates Drive folders for each assignment and for each student to help keep everyone organized.Students can keep track of what’s due on the Assignments page and begin working with just a click. Teachers can quickly see who has or hasn't completed the work, and provide direct, real-time feedback and grades right in Classroom.

1.   Google Plus
Google Plus is like Facebook, but was made to build a PLN in XXI Century Education. Share and discover,all across Google
Features :
Profile
Make a great first impression
Show the world a little about who you are and what makes you tick. Your Google+ profile helps you control how you appear within Google+ and all across Google.
Circles
Control who sees what you share
Easily manage those updates you see and choose who you’d like to share with. You can broadcast to the world, or keep your conversations private.
Communities
Get together with just the right people
Talk about the stuff you're into with people who love it too. Join public communities around shared interests, or create private communities to get together with just the right people.
Photos
Share more beautiful moments
Keep your photos safely backed up online, where they’re accessible from any device. Photos are automatically enhanced to look better than ever, and it’s easy to find highlights from your collection to share.
Hangouts
Bring your conversations to life
Hangouts brings conversations to life with photos, emoji, and even group video calls for free. Connect with friends across computers, Android and Apple devices.
Mobile
Take Google+ with you on the go
The Google+ app lets you stay connected and keep up with the conversation on the go. Automatically back up your pictures, video chat directly from your phone, talk about the stuff you're into with Communities, create events, and much more, all from the palm of your hand.

2. Gmail - Email from Google

Inbox space for everything, and no ads
Google Apps offers up to 30GB of storage per user, powerful spam filtering and a 99.9% uptime SLA. All hosted by Google - there’s no cost, and no ads for students, faculty or staff.
Work fast, save time
Gmail is designed to make everyone more productive. Up to 30GB of storage means no need to delete anything, powerful search means everything is in each reach, and labels and filters help your users stay organized. Gmail is securely powered by the web, so students and faculty can be productive at home, on the road, or on their mobile devices.
Connect with people, according to your rules
The inbox isn't just about messages, it's about people too. Text, voice, and video chat means that students and teachers can see who is online and connect instantly. Don’t want your students using chat? Want to limit who can send emails to whom? It’s all in the administrator’s control.

3. Blogger is a free publishing platform, powerful, that gives you all the tools you need to start and grow your blog. It is completely customizable and packed with advanced features such as HTML editing, support gadget, mobile publishing, and much more. Blogger integrates with other Google products, including Google +, Google Analytics, and YouTube. Latest feature: Expand public and view your blog and comments Google+, all in one place. Easily share your blog post on Google every time you post something new. Every time you post on Blogger, you'll see a Google+ sharebox pre-loaded with your post, which makes it easier to connect with the audience and reach new readers. Manage conversations in one place Bring comments to your posts together in one place. Whether people leave a comment on the blog or share something about one of your blog posts on Google+, you can see and respond to it right from your blog ..Find out which of your posts really pop. Use a counter on blogger dashboard to quickly see which of your posts are most popular with readers. You can also see how your messages have shared on Google+ . Turn blog visitors into fans on Google+. Add Google+ concerned gadget to your blog to turn visitors into fans Google+. Will be able to keep up with all the posts on Google+ and share them with their circles, helping you reach more conversations people.Start to mention Google+ . Include Google+ mentioned in your blog posts to attract someone's attention. Mention will send Google+ page or profile, and you can notice when you share your post to Google+ from Gmail .

 4.Google  Chrome Browser

Share web pages as you surf and never miss an important update
Use Hangouts on the web and computer
Send photos or emoji see when people are involved in the hangout and messaging friends anytime, even if they're connected right now. You can also start or join video calls with up to 10 friends at once. Use Hangouts while browsing the web or directly from the desktop, even if you have Chrome open.
See what your friends are sharing
Never miss an important update Google+ Notifications extension. You can check and respond to Google+ notifications right in the Chrome browser, so to keep up with those in your circles is a breeze.
Discover applications and extensions as your friends
Find new ways to enhance the browsing experience in Chrome Web Store. Discover apps and extensions your friends have + 1d in the "From your circles. Then share your favorites with one button. Reply to posts instantly

5.Google Toolbar 

There are lots of things to see and do on-line. Google Toolbar is designed to help you quickly find what you're looking for and to discover new things along the way.
Search with Google over all
Google Toolbar allows you to search Google from anywhere on the web. Start typing the query and see suggestions for what you might be looking for.
Share website
Google+ Google Toolbar facilitate the distribution of interesting things on the web and contact with people you care about.
Find quickly
With Google Toolbar you can easily find exactly what you're looking at any page. Highlight search terms, find a few words and go to the relevant sections of certain pages, using three convenient tools.
Go all over the web
Different languages ​​should not be obstacles to explore web resources. With Google Toolbar, go to a page written in a foreign language, and the toolbar will automatically give its translation.
Personalize Your Browser
I have all the sites that we cherish and reliable shortcut. Google Toolbar gives you easy access to your favorite sites, offering you access to bookmarks, custom buttons and a layout that displays only the tools we use effectively.

6.Google Maps

Easily schedule lessons and meetings
Overlay multiple calendars to see when people are available - a great way to manage staff schedules, for example. Google Calendar sends invitations and manages RSVPs.
Integrated with your school’s email
Google Calendar is integrated into Gmail and interoperable with popular calendar applications.
Share with classes, teams and clubs
Calendars can be shared school-wide or with select colleagues. A range of sharing permission controls help maintain security and privacy.

7. Vault
Add archiving and e-discovery to Google Apps for Education
Vault is optional and adds archiving, e-discovery and information governance capabilities
Google Apps Vault helps protect your school from legal risks.
Search the archive for relevant email and chat messages.
Preserve messages beyond their standard retention periods.
Export messages for further review and analysis.
Retention policies
Define retention policies that are automatically applied to your email and chat messages based on rules you choose.
Email and chat archiving
Your email and chat messages are archived and retained according to your policies, preventing inadvertent deletions.
E-discovery
Be prepared for internal investigations, litigation, and compliance audits with powerful search tools that help you find and retrieve relevant email and chat messages.
Legal hold
Place legal holds on users as needed. Email and chat messages can't be deleted by users when they're placed on hold.
Export
Export specific email and chat messages to standard formats for additional processing and review.
Audits
Run reports on user activity and actions in the archive. Searches, message views, exports and more are shown.

                                   
8.Google Drive
Access your files anywhere
Google Drive on your Mac, PC, Android or iOS device gives you a single place for up-to-date versions of your files from anywhere.
Bring your files to life
Share individual files or whole folders with specific people or your entire team or even contractors, partners and constituents. Create and reply to comments on files to get feedback or add ideas.
Store everything for next to nothing
Get started with up to 30GB of free space for each user. Need more? Starting at $5/user/month for

100GB, your IT team can provide up to 16TB per user.
Google Docs: google.com/docs
Create rich documents with images, tables, equations, drawings, links and more. Gather input and manage feedback with social commenting.
Google Sheets : google.com/sheets
Keep and share lists, track projects, analyze data and track results with our powerful spreadsheet editor. Use tools like advanced formulas, embedded charts, filters and pivot tables to get new perspectives on your data.
Google Slides: google.com/slides
Create beautiful slides with our presentation editor, which supports things like embedded videos, animations and dynamic slide transitions. Publish your presentations on the web so anyone can view them, or share them privately.

All files are all still stored and available in Google Drive, but creating, viewing, editing and documents, spreadsheets, and presentations is now faster and easier using the new home screen.
Home screens will be rolling slowly over the next few weeks. Until I got the update URLs above will continue to take you to a new document, spreadsheet or presentation

9 Google Sites
Workspaces common classes, colleges and clubs
Easy to build
Students can build the project sites without writing a single line of code. It's as easy as writing a document. And to save even more time, you can offer hundreds of pre-built templates.
Security controls system and site level
Administrators can manage sharing permissions school site and the authors can share and revoke file access at any time.

Works across operating systems
Google Sites works in the browser on PC computers, Mac and Linux. Teachers, students and parents do not need to buy or download software.

10. YouTube was acquired by Google and allows billions of people to discover, watch and share originally created videos. YouTube provides a forum for people to connect, inform and inspire others across the globe and acts as a distribution platform for original content creators and advertisers large and small.
Get recommendations from people you trust video

Find new videos to watch based on what people and pages you follow are sharing Google+. It's a channel programmed exclusively by people and brands that you are interested in is not available on your home page YouTube.
Video sharing just the right people

Quickly and easily share videos on YouTube with people you love that you will like also. You can also share, private videos, you load up to 5,000 people, using circles.
Watch along, even when you're not

When you see a video you like, you can watch it live up to 10 friends via Hangouts. Start a video call, invite friends, and open the YouTube Hangout try it.
Help people find your channel

Make it easy for people to find your videos and comments using your name and photo on YouTube. Your public YouTube videos will appear in tab "YouTube" in your Google+ profile.
Reach more viewers to your videos

Whenever you upload a video published on YouTube, you can choose to have it automatically posted to Google+ as well. Share your videos in this way can help you find new fans for your work.
Free live video stream

Use Hangouts to broadcast your message to the world. Your stream will be available on YouTube, Google+, and on its website. You will automatically receive a recording broadcast to redistribute afterwards also.
What GAFE IS YOUR FAVORITE ?