Educational Apps
Students are using educational apps on smart phones and tablets as an emerging technology tool. These apps are assisting student’s academic performance in schools. There are many benefits of educational apps sponsored by Google apps' Education Edition. This is a free widespread IT solution that can be used by schools and other educational facilities. Google Educational Apps bring collaboration and communication tools to the classroom and manages your data so you can focus all your energy and time on teaching students.
Google Educational apps allow teachers, students, and other employees to effectively share their ideas through powerful sharing and communication tools. The Education Edition provides email, as well as sharable instant messaging tools, online calendars, and a dedicated website which everyone can use for free. There is no need to install any software or hardware because everything comes from a web browser.
Google Education Edition includes a set of tools that can be customized to enable everyone to work together. The entire school can be connected with powerful search, massive storage, and mobile access. There is no cost involved at all, no advertising required, and no costly maintenance of hardware. Gmail offers 7 gigs of storage and has protection against viruses and spam. It's also got video and voice chat, a built-in IM, POP and IMAP message access, and much more. Teachers will find the online calendar a great feature. They can simply access other teachers' calendars to check that no double-bookings for events are scheduled. You can even access the calendar with your cell phone.
You can easily build shared websites that include documents, gadgets, images, and videos. The video function enables you to share videos which people can rate, tag, and comment on. Every domain gets 10 gigs of video space for free. The talk feature facilitates instant free messaging, file transfers, and voicemail.
Google's Groups allow students and staff to create their own forums. The Apps for Education component provides other tools that enable you to easily open APIs (application programming interfaces) so that you can integrate with other IT systems. Teachers and administration staff can create and share documents like reports and spreadsheets which can be accessed through their computers or mobile phones.
In conclusion, one of the major benefits of Google apps is the ability to connect an entire educational environment easily and effectively. Importantly, all the information and communications are private, secure, and safe. Some apps are ideal for classroom settings while others make for great tutors and educational supplements at home.
Fallin, this was very informative. I know that Google has so many applications, aI just have never explored them all. I have never heard of the Educational Edition, but it sounds like a great way for schools and classrooms to use new Web Tools. There are so many effective ways to use technology, we just have to get out their and explore.
ReplyDeleteIt really is incredible all the tools Google offers. I had never heard of the Education Edition either but it does sound like a good way to keep the school connected with each other. More and more people are dependent on their smart phones and I think this app could become increasingly useful. I love the idea of being able to look at other teachers' calendars. Also, forums would be a great way to keep teachers, students, staff, and the community connected.
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