Google Apps for Education

Many schools are moving to cloud based computing and using Google Apps for Education. Schools are setting up Google Apps for teachers and students.

With Google Apps for Education you can bring communication and collaboration tools to your entire educational community for free. Google manages all of the behind the scenes technology details so you can focus your time and efforts on teaching your students.

Students, teachers, and staff can share ideas and information more quickly and get things done more efficiently when they are all on the same platform of communication and collaboration tools. With Google Apps you can provide email, sharable online calendars, instant messaging tools, and even a dedicated website to teachers, students, and staff for free. There's no hardware or software to install or maintain since everything is delivered through a standard web browser. For examples of how schools are using Google Apps see Google Apps in Schools.

With Google Apps for Education, you can mix and match your own set of tools that can include: Gmail, Google Talk, Google Calendar, Google Docs, and Google Sites.

There are many reasons to consider using Google Apps for Education at your school. 1) Free your IT department from having to maintain services such as email and a calendaring system. They can focus on the tasks that they are uniquely prepared to do like providing support to classroom uses of technology.2) Another reason it that it is easy to deploy. 3) Save money. 4) You have support from Google and thousands of other educational institutions who are doing the same. 5) Google protects your privacy. 6) Google provides a secure platform. 7) You and your students can collaborate globally.

This page provides resources to help your school implement Google Apps for Education at your school.

Guide to Going Google - K12 Edition

This site contains tools and guidelines to use as a starting point to getting your students, faculty, and alumni ready and excited about what’s coming. It provides six steps for successfully going Google at your school.

Google Apps for Education user Groups

Connect with K12 Google Apps users within your region to learn and share from each other through community discussion forums, shared resources, events and Webinar

Google Apps for Education Online Training Center

Comprehensive step-by-step guides for each of the services in the Google Apps product suite.

Google Apps for Education Archived Webinars

Professional development webinars on different Google Apps products and webinars featuring schools who have gone Google.

Google Apps for Education Case Studies

Stories of other schools that have implemented Google Apps.

Google Apps FAQs

Frequently asked questions and common misconceptions about Google Apps.

Lesson Plans Incorporating Google Apps for Education

Lesson plans incorporating Google Apps, listed with grade, subject, and product information.

Videos about Google Apps for Education

Google Apps for Education Edition Recorded Webinar

Learn about all of the features and benefits of Google Apps Education Edition. In this recorded online seminar, you will:
- Hear why other organizations have made the switch
- Learn how other organizations are using these services
- Watch a demo of Google Apps Education Edition

Also see the pages below for iPad Apps for specific subjects