Oregon Schools are Going Google

State Schools Superintendent Susan Castillo announced this week that Oregon is the first state in the nation to sign up for Google Apps for Education in K-12 classrooms. Google Apps For Education are available for free to Oregon public schools on a voluntary basis and are designed to help schools improve digital literacy and reduce IT costs while maintaining the security of school and student data.

Alpine is an Authorized Google Apps reseller.  Call or email to learn more about Google Apps for your business or organization.

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Free Friday Workshops for Tomorrow

• Introduction to WordPress (10 to 11am) - Brian will be covering the basics of small site building and blogging using the world famous WordPress. How is a blog made? Learn about the difference between a post and a page, upload images, and especially, how to write for the web.
   
• Build a Community Site with WordPress (11 to noon) - Want your own member or community site like Facebook or Ning? See how to build one using WordPress. Members, discussion areas, and even single sign-on with other social media sites.
   
• The Fresh Web (12 to 12:15) - This week on the web. The web is an ever-changing, even accelerating, networked environment. Many of these changes affect you as a web author or manager. Morgan will help put these into perspective by presenting a short review of web news for the week ending April 23rd.
   
• Center Stage Review (12:15pm to 1) - Drop in and learn (or re-learn) how to manage your site using Alpine's Content Management System, Center Stage. See the built-in keyword analysis, suggestion, and redirect tools in action and learn how Center Stage makes search engine optimization a breeze. If you haven't been in for a while or have new job responsibilities that include Center Stage, please feel free to stop by.

These classes are free and open to the public. Remember, we have a new location at 790 SW Industrial

About Alpine

Alpine Internet is a web designer and developer based in Bend Oregon. Alpine is best known for their Center Stage content management system and their contributions to open source web applications. Alpine workshops present best practices for beginning and intermediate webmasters and website owners. Basic concepts are explained and technology application discussions are led by Alpine's experienced staff.

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