I hinted at this a couple of weeks ago in a post about summer learning opportunities, but now I am able to officially announce the Google Apps for Education Maine Summit.

The Google Apps for Education Maine Summit will be held on August 16th and 17th in Yarmouth, Maine. This two day event will feature keynotes and workshops presented by Google Certified Teachers, Google Apps for Education Certified Trainers, Google engineers, and representatives from the Google Apps for Education team. The event is open to any educator interested in learning about using Google Apps for Education to support student learning. I will be presenting on  August 16th.

Yarmouth, Maine is located along the coastline just a short drive north of Portland and one town south of Freeport. After your mind is filled-up with new learning during the day, Yarmouth, Freeport, and Portland offer lots of nice vacation activities like golfing, sightseeing, ocean kayaking (LL Bean in Freeport offers great trips for new paddlers), retail outlet shopping, and plenty of places to enjoy a world-famous Maine lobster dinner.

Playing Electric Box 2 could be a good way for students to learn how circuits work without actually playing with electricity. If not every student in your classroom has an Android device, Electric Box 2 can also be played online on Candystand.

Once you have Cloud Print installed and configured you can print documents, your contacts list, and pictures from your Android device. You can also manage print jobs and share printers using the Cloud Print Android app.

If your students are using Android devices that have files that need to be printed, the Cloud Print app could prove useful. For example, if your students were using the PicSay app to create short picture stories that they wanted to print, the Cloud Print app could be a good way to accomplish that task.

Remote Web Desktop has a long list of features and uses. One of the features that stands-out for me is the option to remotely capture a screen image of your Android device without having to root your Android device (rooting a device generally voids its warranty).  Another feature of Remote Web Desktop that I think is quite useful is remote management of the files on your Android device.

The video below provides a visual overview of Remote Web Desktop (the video does not have sound).

Remote Web Desktop has the potential to be a good app for school technology administrators who want to remotely manage the use of school-issued Android devices.

The first thing that you’ll notice about the new look is the homescreen’s new look. The homescreen now puts the most frequently used functions in one place for one-touch access. I primarily use Evernote for bookmarking and tagging websites. For me, having the tags available in one touch on the homescreen is a time-saver. Having the primary functions of Evernote available in one touch is also great for those of us that are prone to “brain freezes” when we want to add something to our Evernote accounts.

Click here to read the complete run-down of the new Evernote for Android features. Or watch the video overview below.

To use IDEAL WebMath students select the type of problem they need help solving. After selecting the type of problem, students enter the numbers that they are working with then press the solve button. Students will get the answer to the problem, but they also get an explanation of how to solve the problem.

CluePoint’s version of The Ant and the Grasshopper allows children to read along with a narrator or read the story on their own. Between each section of the story there is a 3D pop-up activity in which students have to help the ant and the grasshopper gather objects by dragging and dropping them into place. My only complaint is the background music that I found annoying. Fortunately, the background music can be turned off.

Movie Studio is a default app installed on the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and other devices using Honeycomb (Android 3.0+).  (As a point of clarification I have the original model not the newly released version 2). The app allows you to mix together image, video, and sound files to create a short movie on your tablet. There are some basic transitions that you can place between elements. You can also insert some text. As you might guess, the entire  creation process takes place on a timeline in a drag and drop style. Your finished movie can be saved on  your tablet (warning, that will eat up storage quickly), emailed, or uploaded directly to YouTube.

I searched all over Google Play and the Samsung App store, but unfortunately could not find a way to install Movie Studio on other devices. But if you have a tablet running Honeycomb, make sure you don’t overlook Movie Studio. Movie Studio could be a great app for students to create movies on the go.

Important Update: Minutes after I posted this Tammy Lind Tweeted to me that Movie Studio is a part of Android 4.0.

Mobile Drummer is a free Android app for playing the drums to recorded rhythms. You can play along with the default tracks that Mobile Drummer provides or you can play along with music that you have stored on your Android device. Mobile Drummer has a recording option that you can use to hear yourself after you’ve played the drums. Each drum’s and cymbal’s sounds can be adjusted by the user.

Drums HD is a free Android app that offers five virtual drumsets to play. Drums HD has animations that show when each drum is hit. The animations can be turned off for tablets and phones that don’t have enough processing power to handle the animations and sounds at the same time.

Drum Set is free Android app that offers three drumset layouts. Drum Set’s layout options are jazz, big concert, and basic. There are seventeen drums and cymbals that can be played the sets. The video below shows Drum Set in action.

Piano Lesson Tutor is a free app offering video lessons for students. The lessons are designed for beginner to intermediate level piano students. The videos are hosted on YouTube so you could just find them there. Piano Lesson Tutor organizes the videos into lessons for you.

Piano Pro is a free app that puts a virtual piano keyboard on your tablet or phone. The keys are labeled to help beginners. Piano Pro has a series of play-along songs to help you learn to play the piano. The play-along activities are completed by playing the keys above which notes are appearing.

xPiano is a free app that also puts a virtual piano keyboard on your tablet. The keys are not labeled so you do have to know which notes are associated with which keys. xPiano has twelve different instrument sounds with which you can experiment. The app also has a recording option that you can use to save your music and export it to other projects.