Google Drive and Docs - Google Apps Help
Are you a Google Apps Domain Administrator? If so, bookmark this page immediately as you will need to be in the know soon enough when google turns drive on for Google Apps domains!
http://lifehacker.com/5903974/top-10-clever-tricks-built-right-into-gmail
GMAIL has a ton of features and add-ons that make it the number one email management tool out there. This is a nice synopsis of the tools and features that come straight out of the box.
http://blog.ditoweb.com/2012/03/advanced-google-sites-tip-create.html
Thinking about how this could also populate outside of announcements on a google site through the use of an RSS feed.
Off the top of my head some uses I think would be nice to publish are:
Trying to find the perfect storm for what it "looks" like to be a teacher utilizing a blended learning model. It seems clear to me that this is a good place to start the conversations. For me it's always been about tight feedback loops, leveraged interactions, and student centric drivers. "In a blended learning program, the teacher should be prepared to: assess, analyze and aggregate data use data as an integral part of the planning process for each individual student, groups of students and the whole class use benchmark tests and other assessments to direct instruction at different levels (individual, group, class)"
English: Blended learning methodology graphic (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
http://gettingsmart.com/blog/2012/02/24-articles-getting-smart-about-blended-learning/
24 articles and posts getting smart about blended learning. This is a great place to get started when thinking about blended learning. I also think this is a great summer "reading club" activity idea where a team or school could unpack these and other reading to develop some background info or ideas around what this might look like in their school next fall.