What are Google Apps?

Google Apps are a collection of online applications that make communicating and collaborating for schools and departments easier and more efficient. For example, teachers in a PLT can create, share, and edit a lesson plan with Google Drive.  Google Drive allows teachers to simultaneously edit the document from school or home as it is stored in the cloud.

Benefits

Security and Privacy -- Apps allow you control over who you share items with and how you share it. Unlike the consumer version of Google Apps, in Google Apps for Education has no advertisements. Although Google Apps has strong privacy and security protections, NO CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION is ALLOWED.

Stay Connected -- Everything you save in Google Apps for Education is automatically saved in the cloud. This means documents, calendars and sites can be accessed (and edited) on almost any mobile device or tablet, anytime, anywhere.

Bring Students, Teachers, and Teams Together -- Study together and share information. Users can make edits at the same time. Eliminates keeping track of versions via email attachments.  

Familiar Tools -- Many teachers and students already use Google Apps; this means less training will be needed for learning how to use these tools to streamline academic tasks.

Learn more

WCPSS Google Apps  --  Please visit the WCPSS Google Apps page to learn more about using Google Apps in Education: http://google.wcpss.net

What is Google Drive and how can I use it?