If schools decide to give out tablets to each student, Google has now built a service with them in mind. Each student would be given a Google account which the teacher would have access to. Probably the coolest feature of the new service is taht the teacher can load an education related app onto the students tablet for the student to use. Schools will still be responsible for the cost of integrating tablets into their school, but Google is providing a framework for them to work with. Google has also add the option for schools to pay with a pay order instead of a credit card. Here is a pic of schools that already use Google apps in some way or another:
Sadly my school isn’t listed, maybe yours is, and if not hopefully with Google’s new move into education they will be added sooner rather than later.
Tablets weren’t the only thing in the education spotlight. Chromebooks made an appearance, too as can be seen in the picture above. 100,000 Chromebooks have been used by schools world wide to date. This number continues to grow and all of these services to help move that growth forward. Google is making a push into education and it truly looks like they are going full steam at it.
Keep in mind all of this is still in the early stages, but finally the ball is rolling on tech in schools in a productive way. Like all the other great things coming out of I/O we will get more information on this as the event progresses.
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