“Going Google means adopting a culture that extends beyond the classroom: it’s about openness, curiosity, and working together.“ —Jim Sill - Educator & Trainer, Visalia, California google.com/edu Table of Contents Google Apps for Education Overview . 5 Classroom Overview . 7 Chromebooks for Education Overview . 9 Chromebooks for Education Management Console Overview . 10 Android tablets for education . 11 Google Play for Education . 13 Google Apps Case Studies Littleton Public Schools uses Google AppsColorado as a modern learning engine . Colorado . 17 St . Albans City School builds connectionsVermont between students and community using Google for Education . Vermont . .. 19 Fontbonne Hall Academy empowers teachers with Classroom, a new product in Google Apps for Education . New York . 22 Chromebooks Case Studies Edmonton Public Schools improves collaboration and writing skills with Google for Education tools . Canada . 24 Milpitas Unified School District helps students take charge of learning using Google for Education tools . California . 27 Huntsville Independent School District helps close the digital divide with Google Chromebooks and Apps . Texas . 30 Android Tablets Case Studies Challenge to Excellence Charter School students explore the world using Android tablets with Google Play for Education . Colorado . 31 Upper Grand School District turns to Android tablets and Google Play for Education to teach students anytime anywhere . Vermont . .. 34 Mounds View schools boost student preparedness with all-day kindergarten using Android tablets with Google Play for Education . Minnesota . 37 Google Apps for Education Tools that build teamwork and enhance learning Google Apps for Education is a free set of communication and collaboration tools that includes email, calendar, and documents. More than 40 million students, teachers, and administrators in schools around the world use Google Apps for Education. Many students will use these tools in college and in the workforce — 7 of the 8 Ivy League universities and over 5 million businesses use Google Apps. Tools that meet the needs of schools Google Apps for Education are built for schools. They are: Collaborative: Fast, easy collaboration is what makes Google Apps unique. d seamless compatibility – a great platform for teamwork in the 21st century. Customizable: We make it easy for you to set dozens of critical security settings and feature options. Set account permissions to meet your school’s needs. For email classmates. Free ncludes 24x7 online, email & telephone support, an online teacher training center, as well as syncing and migration tools. “At some educators were concerned that Secure: Google Apps for Education users own their data. The data schools and increased technology usage would take away students put in is theirs, and we believe it should stay that way — it even says personal interactions, but we actually found so in our contracts. We have more than 400 full-time engineers working to protect that the majority of students and teachers feel your information. closer to each other and take advantage of the technology to stay connected whenever and Without ads: There are no ads in Google Apps for Education services and Google wherever they choose.” does not use student data in Apps for Education services for advertising purposes. — Todd MacDonald, Technology Integration Specialist, Hillsborough, NJ Usable on any device: Whether your school has laptops, Android tablets, iPads, Macbooks, desktop PCs or any other device, Google Apps will work for you. With Gmail and Docs mean you don’t always need internet access. Powerful with unlimited storage and archiving: Google Apps for Education now includes Drive with unlimited free storage for files, folders, and everything important. Sync all your files, including Microsoft Office files, across all your devices to access your work whenever you need it. You can access files in Drive from any computer, tablet or phone, including your favorite Android or iOS device, whether you’re online or offline. And you can share files up to 5TB with anyone, even if they don’t have a Google account. Drive also includes Vault, our email archiving and e-discovery solution, for free as well. “ Going Google means adopting a culture that extends beyond the classroom walls: it’s about openness, curiosity, and working together.” —Jim Sill, Educator, Visalia, California “ Any bring your own device (BYOD) policy, coupled with free web-based tools like Google Apps for Education, provides a uniform platform for all students and educators to succeed.“ —Eric Sheninger, Principal, New Milford High School 5 Meet the Google Apps Google Apps for Education contains a set of free productivity tools. Google Drive now comes with unlimited storage and archiving with Google Vault for free. Learn more about each of the Google Apps below. Product How schools use the product Save time, improve organization, and enhance communication with students when you create assignments Classroom and give feedback using Classroom and Google Apps for Education. Reach students or faculty members instantly with email, voice calling, and chat. Choose which services you turn Gmail colors, and domain, e.g., [email protected]. Manage all of life’s important events within your online calendar. Plan lessons and book parent/teacher conferences. Calendar Overlay multiple calendars to see when people and resources are available. Sync, store, and preview documents, videos, images, and Drive students, other teachers, or the whole school. use Google Apps for Education. Write, edit, and collaborate wherever you are. Add comments to give feedback to students in real time. Plan a lesson This includes 7 of the 8 Ivy League Docs together with other teachers. View revision history to see universities in the U.S. how student writing has evolved. Teach students the power in data with built-in formulas, pivot tables, and conditional formatting options that Sheets simplify common spreadsheet tasks. Have a whole class capture data from a science experiment. Create lessons that shine with a variety of slide themes and templates. Enhance learning by embedding educational Slides videos—add the animations that grab attention and the transitions that keep it. Display student e-portfolios or make a class website. Teams and clubs can create web pages without writing a single line Sites of code. Students, teams, and clubs save time by selecting one of many pre-built templates. Use forms to gather and analyze information. They’re great Forms for quizzes, tests and surveys. Export results for easy grading. Send surveys to get feedback from families. Google Vault is an app for archiving, e-discovery and Vault information governance. Use text chat or make group video calls with up to 15 Learn more Talk/ New to Google Apps? Hangouts trips, team meetings, and distance learning. Learn more about Google Apps for Education and sign up for free. Visit: google.com/edu/apps Already using Google Apps? Learn more about Classroom, the newest Google Apps tool that helps teachers keep classes organized and improve communication with students. Visit: google.com/edu/classroom © 2015 Google Inc. All rights reserved. Google and the Google logo are trademarks of Google Inc. All other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated. 150126 What is Classroom? Google Classroom is your mission control for class. Create classes, distribute assignments, send feedback and see everything in one place. Instant. Paperless. Easy. A collaborative solution for “I’m not sure I every realized how much time teachers and students I spent photocopying work for students’ not to mention the amount of paper.” Classroom is part of the Google Apps for —Cathy Barton, Math teacher, Education suite. Fontbonne Hall Academy Save your money – Google Classroom is a free service for teachers and students Keep things simple – In just a few minutes, Classroom is set up and ready to go. Instant collaboration – Students and teachers can have immediate conversations around assignments. 7 Simple starts here. 1 Create a Class with just a few clicks. 2 Add your students by sending them a class code or adding them directly. 3 Add your first assignment. A copy of it can be automatically sent to each student. You’ll be able to see who’s completed the assignment, and who’s still working on it. So students can stay organized. 1 Everything in one place. Join the class in one click and then have all of the materials at your fingertips. 2 Start a conversation. Communicate privately with your teacher or ask questions to the whole class. Everything updates in real-time. 3 Submit assignments. Attach anything to your assignments – Google Docs, Drive files or links. You can even take a photo and attach it to your assignment. To sign up, visit: google.com/edu © 2015 Google Inc. All rights reserved. Google and the Google logo are trademarks of Google Inc. Chromebooks for Education Chromebooks for Education give students, teachers, and administrators a simple solution for fast and easy-to-manage computing. Chromebooks provide students with access to the web’s vast education and collaboration resources. agement and a low total cost of ownership. Using Chromebooks, teachers spend more time teaching and less time managing classroom technology. Perfect for the classroom (and beyond) Chromebooks improve teaching and learning by eliminating the distraction of technology challenges. They boot in less than 10 seconds and resume “ Compared to other notebooks there is no instantly – eliminating the typical downtime wasted while traditional software to install, there is no imaging that computers start up and connect to a network. A battery life of over 6 hours needs to be done. The less administrative overhead and burden you have to manage the means Chromebooks last an entire school day. And since it’s easy to connect computers, the more computers you can put a Chromebook anytime and anywhere with built-in Wi-Fi or 3G, students out in the classroom and sustain and maintain can continue learning after school and at home.