G00Gle Apps for Education

Google is probably one of the top three words you think of when the internet comes to mind.  "Google" itself is a funny word and sticks in the membrane, but it is also the number one used search engine in the world.  You don't know something?  Google it.  You want to find out why something is?  Google it.  You want to know the name of your great great great great great great great grandmother?   Most likely, you can probably Google it.  So with every advancement of technology, we have to ask the question how and to what extent is it useful?

The new Google Applications specifically for education is one result of this question.  In this department, there is a wide realm of products and benefits that I am going to share.  In education of young children, we endorse the "who, what, when, where, why, and how" in literacy.  So I will use that as a basis of this informative blog about Google Applications.

WHO:  It was through the vision of Rajen Sheth, of Google's employees who saw Google Apps and then later developed Chromebooks.  It was for educators, students, innovators, and movers and shakers.
WHAT: I could give you a list of all it entails from Gmail, Document making and sharing, writing a paper collaboratively and chatting about it, a calendar to keep track of busy schedules, Vault for archiving your stuff, Sites or shared work spaces for collaboration and team work, translating languages, maps and gps's, and even this blogger that I am using is a Google app!
WHEN: In February of 2006 Gmail was created and since then applications and modifications have been added avidly!
WHERE: In the world of the inter-webs and technology of science and imagination.  And at home or in the office at your most convenient computer.  Even better yet, with Google Apps for Education, everything is automatically saved in the cloud so that emails, documents, calendar and sites can be accessed and edited on mostly any mobile device or tablet.
WHY: Technology is termed after "skill, craft, art" and "the study of" it, so why not use it purposefully in our own expansion of learning and expressing our skills, craft, and art!  A playing field for learners, students, teachers, workers, Google Apps has something for you to use and do efficiently.
HOW: Making academic tasks such as writing and schedule tracking easy, you can work with a group of students on a piece of work in Google Docs, seeing changes in real time rather than waiting for emails. AND, Go Green, with sustainable, carbon-neutral IT!  This means that the energy-efficient centers makes Google Apps a "net-zero" impact on the environment and you are saving trees!

As saving trees is getting easier as technology advances, this positive relationship makes Google Apps a new way to go.  Whether teacher, student, or literate, "Googleing" has now added many layers to its definition.  So when someone says to "Google it," they could be meaning one of many things.