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Russell Smith rsmith@ecps.us
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**Setting up a Gaggle Blog**

|| ==Gaggle.net is a course management system that will be made available to all teachers and students in Edgecombe County Public Schools. It will provide each teacher and student==

**with a unique e-mail through the Gaggle network that will enable teachers and students to communicate and collaborate with each other in a safe online environment.**
= = =COLLABORA**TION FEATURES IN GAGGLE**=
 * ===__MyGaggle__: Drag and drop interface allows users to easily customize content and tools. ===
 * ===__Gaggle Email__: Allows safe electronic communication for schools and students. Web-based service for access anywhere with constant filtering and control of student accounts. ===
 * ===__Gaggle Blogs__: Provide a place where students can share their thoughts, ideas, and creativity in a secure environment. Teacher blogs can be shared with parents for easy home-school communication. ===
 * ===__Discussion Boards__: Support curriculum and extend learning with ongoing classroom discussions. Teachers can create boards restricted to specified students and classes, with all of Gaggle's filtering in place. ===
 * ===__Digital Lockers__: Provide online file storage for students and teachers, with the option of sharing documents and files within the school or district. Files are filtered for appropriate content and accessible from school and home. ===


 * ===**__Assignment Drop Boxes__: Provide an organized, paperless alternative for collecting homework assignments. Students can submit assignments anywhere, anytime. **===
 * ===__Chat Rooms__: Offer live communication for discussions during classes, school, or after school. Teachers can create rooms restricted to specified students and classes, with all of Gaggle's filtering in place. ===
 * ===__Gaggle Office__: Filtered online docs and spreadsheets powered by the award-winning Zoho office suite. Zoho features online presentations, spreadsheets and word processing with simultaneous editing and group collaboration. ===
 * ===__Gaggle Integrated Calendar__: Individual and shared calendars integrated with Gaggle's email and assignment drop boxes ===

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**How to create contact lists and personal sub-folders in Gaggle.net** ||