Announced yesterday afternoon on the Gmail Blog, users can now view PowerPoint and TIFF files online, directly in your browser. Using the same viewer that allows users to see PDF files, you no longer have to download files to see them or open a special application. Visit the blog to learn more about this feature. Just another compelling reason to move to Gmail if you haven’t already.

In her April 19th post on The Edurati Review, Kelli Hines reminds us that education is not about the technology. She lists four things that teachers must recognize to impact students in this generation: Teachers must be learners. Learning and Teaching are not the same thing. Technology is useless without good teaching. Be a 21st Century Teacher without the technology. Take a few minutes to read her post. I think it is worth the time. [...]

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At the end of January, Gmail Labs released an experimental feature that allows you to work with Gmail even when you are offline. If you are a Gmail user like me, this might be one to try. I know that I have come to rely more and more on Gmail to aggregate all my email accounts. Basically, it works this way. If you lose your network connection, and we all do at times, Gmail then [...]