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It takes a teacher to engage students, bring the classroom alive and turn classroom concepts into lifelong passions. This week at ISTE, we announced four new ways for these everyday heroes to engage their classes using Google tools. One of these announcements was that Expeditions — virtual reality field trips using Cardboard — is now available to everyone. To get started, all teachers need to do is download the <a href="https://www.google.com/edu/expeditions/" target="_blank">Expeditions app</a> onto a set of devices and choose where in the world they want to take their class. The app is available today for Android and will be available for iPhones and iPads soon.<br /> </i> <br /> <br /> Field trips and school outings create opportunities for students to share new experiences and get them excited about learning, but teachers often lack the resources for these out-of-the-classroom adventures.. Teachers at <a href="http://www.d62.org/aboutus/districtprofile.html" target="_blank">Community Consolidated School District 62</a> wouldn’t let a lack of resources stop them from igniting students’ sense of wonder by exploring the world together. Sarah Murphy, a science teacher at Algonquin Middle School; Elizabeth Moravec, an art teacher at Terrace Elementary School and Orchard Place Elementary School; and Matt Peebles, a fourth-grade teacher at Plainfield Elementary School introduced <a href="https://www.google.com/edu/expeditions/" target="_blank">Google Expeditions</a>. Expeditions are collections of virtual reality panoramas — 360° photo spheres and 3D images — annotated with details, points of interest and questions that make them easy to integrate into curriculum already used in schools.<br /> <br /> Many students at CCSD 62 come from low-income families and may have never traveled outside of their community. But with Expeditions, teachers can take these students on trips of a lifetime and make lesson plans more interactive and meaningful. Teachers at CCSD 62 can apply to use the district’s “traveling suitcase” with all the tools and technology to take students on an Expedition. Read how Sarah, Elizabeth and Matt are encouraging students to become curious learners and establish deeper connections with their surroundings.<br /> <br /> <h3> Encouraging students to ask more questions and take charge of their learning </h3> Since Sarah got an Expeditions kit for her classroom, her students have developed a new love of learning about science. In the past it was difficult for students to visualize the concepts they learned, such as how big a geographical landmark is. Now that Expeditions is an integral part of every unit, or themed area of focus, students have been more engaged and are asking more in-depth questions that show a deeper understanding of the topics.<br /> <br /> For example, Sarah first took her students to the Grand Canyon to show them the processes that formed one of the seven wonders of the world when they were studying Earth History. When they put on Google Cardboard, students started becoming curious about new aspects of the landmark and asked questions like “How did it form?” and “What do the stripes mean?”.<br /> <br /> “Students’ faces lit up when they saw the size of the Grand Canyon,” Sarah says. “By virtually traveling there, they better understood that the stripes are different layers of rock. Expeditions encourage students to observe, explore and be curious. For them to be successful in life, they need to be curious and be able to explore on their own.”<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFn8XKoz_rlpFjq7DsGAFgS4FQunJkLBSvoBLfC92RhcdqgXG07dtDriiCOiO2nDWxOTwuTvKS6yzeYzsLG0gHrB4m4wyf9OfG5EVXAnE081mzaex7dvkyt0_SAn5N6U1nhyjNpxxSR1nC/s1600/iste-expeditions-3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFn8XKoz_rlpFjq7DsGAFgS4FQunJkLBSvoBLfC92RhcdqgXG07dtDriiCOiO2nDWxOTwuTvKS6yzeYzsLG0gHrB4m4wyf9OfG5EVXAnE081mzaex7dvkyt0_SAn5N6U1nhyjNpxxSR1nC/s640/iste-expeditions-3.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Students in Sarah's class look through Google Cardboard, engaging with the "Into the stratosphere" Expedition</td></tr> </tbody></table> Sarah also encourages students to discover their passion for learning and science by letting them lead Expeditions. When students lead instead of the teacher, they ask each other different types of questions, sparking meaningful conversations. They’re also sharing their knowledge after exploring diverse ecosystems in small groups. For example, a group of students studying the desert shared what they learned during Expeditions with students focusing on the rainforest, and vice versa. This personalized learning and peer-to-peer sharing encourages students to be active learners and take ownership of their education.<br /> <br /> <h3> Inspiring students to approach art with a new lens</h3> In her art classes, Elizabeth often shows students photos of art, sculptures and monuments to inspire their own creations, but when she had the opportunity to use Google Expeditions, she knew she could provide them with a “larger than life” source of inspiration. Elizabeth chose the Colosseum Expedition, which fit nicely into the current unit about monuments.<br /> <br /> “Expeditions aid in creativity,” Elizabeth says. “Students are thinking about their surroundings and the impact they have on their environment.”<br /> <br /> Since Elizabeth doesn’t have an Expeditions kit permanently in her classroom like Sarah, she’s found creative ways to recreate the virtual reality experience using <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/streetview/" target="_blank">Google Street View</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzuqhhs6NWbgTzMuM09WKDQ" target="_blank">YouTube 360</a> videos. With Elizabeth’s DIY virtual reality, students experienced driving across the Golden Gate Bridge in an Indie 500 car. Others went to the top of the Space Needle and said it felt like they were free birds soaring above the world. After these experiences, which many students couldn’t imagine doing in real life, students added more detail to their drawings, analyzed their work more and made deeper connections when thinking about how objects relate to the world. By using virtual reality-like experiences, Elizabeth is giving students a new source of inspiration for their art and more insights and tools to express their thoughts and reflections.<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy0cKMQCFTlI7TrJgVeZ8GIUuItcykkIoHS7oeti9JVqq1AqPRIUAyWSbZAs-G8MQoWxd43b6bRx13eeNmcguFrUqLF6nGo1TRyV4Qih631gcRkkTTfiE3I3n5xiityQoORi4_a0wk3vai/s1600/iste-expeditions-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy0cKMQCFTlI7TrJgVeZ8GIUuItcykkIoHS7oeti9JVqq1AqPRIUAyWSbZAs-G8MQoWxd43b6bRx13eeNmcguFrUqLF6nGo1TRyV4Qih631gcRkkTTfiE3I3n5xiityQoORi4_a0wk3vai/s640/iste-expeditions-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Artwork students created after "visiting" various locations using Google Street View and YouTube 360 videos</td></tr> </tbody></table> <h3> Applying classroom concepts to real-world situations </h3> Math concepts can be abstract, and while students may see its application to calculating a tip at a restaurant or measuring ingredients in the kitchen, they might not always see the more fun uses. Matt uses Expeditions to explore landmarks and show fourth grade students how math concepts, specifically geometry, can be useful beyond the classrooms. When his students embarked on the Great Wall of China Expedition, he taught them how right angles contribute to the stability and construction of structures. After that visit, the entire unit was more impactful because students connected the math concepts to their Expeditions experience.<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLEp19ffPmcshh-d1RooURrxP6fEVS7gkYmVqg-xsAloPb32y7tHBtIJBpkuFAOZrYbdFQ3Hx_p-uN2JfUScnKoll7kC7UV0XTtRXwZKPjayqDL_w2Gl9oXeQP4Pd7FR1U7fT_uRHQpsDe/s1600/iste-expeditions-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="483" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLEp19ffPmcshh-d1RooURrxP6fEVS7gkYmVqg-xsAloPb32y7tHBtIJBpkuFAOZrYbdFQ3Hx_p-uN2JfUScnKoll7kC7UV0XTtRXwZKPjayqDL_w2Gl9oXeQP4Pd7FR1U7fT_uRHQpsDe/s640/iste-expeditions-1.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Matt's students look through the viewmaster to experience what it's like visiting The Great Wall of China</td></tr> </tbody></table> When they saw how math can help a monumental structure last so long, students began to wonder about the architectural design and math concepts behind other buildings and monuments. Just as Elizabeth does, Matt takes his students on additional virtual reality trips by using Google Street View. His students “walked around” 16th Street Baptist Church and talked about the location’s significance and its role in U.S. history.<br /> <br /> “Incorporating technology and Google Expeditions in the lesson plan creates intrinsic motivation, and students feed off each others’ enthusiasm,” Matt says. “When learning becomes fun, students make new connections and can’t wait to explore the next thing.”<br /> <br /> Sarah, Elizabeth and Matt are creating field trip-like experiences for their students to inspire them to think more creatively, “travel” around the world and find greater meaning for classroom lessons as they pertain to real life. Earlier this week, we <a href="http://googleforeducation.blogspot.com/2016/06/updates-from-iste-4-new-tools-to-help.html" target="_blank">announced</a> that Expeditions is available to everyone. To get started, all teachers need to do is download the <a href="https://www.google.com/edu/expeditions/" target="_blank">Expeditions app</a> onto a set of devices and choose where in the world they want to take their class. The app is available today for Android and will be available for iPhones and iPads soon.</div> </script> <noscript> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Alex Lockwood, Software Engineer, Google Expeditions<br /> </span> <br /> <br /> <i>(Cross-posted on the Google for Education <a href="http://googleforeducation.blogspot.com/2016/06/how-3-teachers-use-expeditions-to.html" target="_blank">Blog</a>.)</i> <br /> <br /> <br /> <i><b>Editor's note:</b> Teachers are uniquely inspiring people. It takes a teacher to engage students, bring the classroom alive and turn classroom concepts into lifelong passions. This week at ISTE, we announced four new ways for these everyday heroes to engage their classes using Google tools. One of these announcements was that Expeditions — virtual reality field trips using Cardboard — is now available to everyone. To get started, all teachers need to do is download the <a href="https://www.google.com/edu/expeditions/" target="_blank">Expeditions app</a> onto a set of devices and choose where in the world they want to take their class. The app is available today for Android and will be available for iPhones and iPads soon.<br /> </i> <br /> <br /> Field trips and school outings create opportunities for students to share new experiences and get them excited about learning, but teachers often lack the resources for these out-of-the-classroom adventures.. Teachers at <a href="http://www.d62.org/aboutus/districtprofile.html" target="_blank">Community Consolidated School District 62</a> wouldn’t let a lack of resources stop them from igniting students’ sense of wonder by exploring the world together. Sarah Murphy, a science teacher at Algonquin Middle School; Elizabeth Moravec, an art teacher at Terrace Elementary School and Orchard Place Elementary School; and Matt Peebles, a fourth-grade teacher at Plainfield Elementary School introduced <a href="https://www.google.com/edu/expeditions/" target="_blank">Google Expeditions</a>. Expeditions are collections of virtual reality panoramas — 360° photo spheres and 3D images — annotated with details, points of interest and questions that make them easy to integrate into curriculum already used in schools.<br /> <br /> Many students at CCSD 62 come from low-income families and may have never traveled outside of their community. But with Expeditions, teachers can take these students on trips of a lifetime and make lesson plans more interactive and meaningful. Teachers at CCSD 62 can apply to use the district’s “traveling suitcase” with all the tools and technology to take students on an Expedition. Read how Sarah, Elizabeth and Matt are encouraging students to become curious learners and establish deeper connections with their surroundings.<br /> <br /> <h3> Encouraging students to ask more questions and take charge of their learning </h3> Since Sarah got an Expeditions kit for her classroom, her students have developed a new love of learning about science. In the past it was difficult for students to visualize the concepts they learned, such as how big a geographical landmark is. Now that Expeditions is an integral part of every unit, or themed area of focus, students have been more engaged and are asking more in-depth questions that show a deeper understanding of the topics.<br /> <br /> For example, Sarah first took her students to the Grand Canyon to show them the processes that formed one of the seven wonders of the world when they were studying Earth History. When they put on Google Cardboard, students started becoming curious about new aspects of the landmark and asked questions like “How did it form?” and “What do the stripes mean?”.<br /> <br /> “Students’ faces lit up when they saw the size of the Grand Canyon,” Sarah says. “By virtually traveling there, they better understood that the stripes are different layers of rock. Expeditions encourage students to observe, explore and be curious. For them to be successful in life, they need to be curious and be able to explore on their own.”<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFn8XKoz_rlpFjq7DsGAFgS4FQunJkLBSvoBLfC92RhcdqgXG07dtDriiCOiO2nDWxOTwuTvKS6yzeYzsLG0gHrB4m4wyf9OfG5EVXAnE081mzaex7dvkyt0_SAn5N6U1nhyjNpxxSR1nC/s1600/iste-expeditions-3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFn8XKoz_rlpFjq7DsGAFgS4FQunJkLBSvoBLfC92RhcdqgXG07dtDriiCOiO2nDWxOTwuTvKS6yzeYzsLG0gHrB4m4wyf9OfG5EVXAnE081mzaex7dvkyt0_SAn5N6U1nhyjNpxxSR1nC/s640/iste-expeditions-3.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Students in Sarah's class look through Google Cardboard, engaging with the "Into the stratosphere" Expedition</td></tr> </tbody></table> Sarah also encourages students to discover their passion for learning and science by letting them lead Expeditions. When students lead instead of the teacher, they ask each other different types of questions, sparking meaningful conversations. They’re also sharing their knowledge after exploring diverse ecosystems in small groups. For example, a group of students studying the desert shared what they learned during Expeditions with students focusing on the rainforest, and vice versa. This personalized learning and peer-to-peer sharing encourages students to be active learners and take ownership of their education.<br /> <br /> <h3> Inspiring students to approach art with a new lens</h3> In her art classes, Elizabeth often shows students photos of art, sculptures and monuments to inspire their own creations, but when she had the opportunity to use Google Expeditions, she knew she could provide them with a “larger than life” source of inspiration. Elizabeth chose the Colosseum Expedition, which fit nicely into the current unit about monuments.<br /> <br /> “Expeditions aid in creativity,” Elizabeth says. “Students are thinking about their surroundings and the impact they have on their environment.”<br /> <br /> Since Elizabeth doesn’t have an Expeditions kit permanently in her classroom like Sarah, she’s found creative ways to recreate the virtual reality experience using <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/streetview/" target="_blank">Google Street View</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzuqhhs6NWbgTzMuM09WKDQ" target="_blank">YouTube 360</a> videos. With Elizabeth’s DIY virtual reality, students experienced driving across the Golden Gate Bridge in an Indie 500 car. Others went to the top of the Space Needle and said it felt like they were free birds soaring above the world. After these experiences, which many students couldn’t imagine doing in real life, students added more detail to their drawings, analyzed their work more and made deeper connections when thinking about how objects relate to the world. By using virtual reality-like experiences, Elizabeth is giving students a new source of inspiration for their art and more insights and tools to express their thoughts and reflections.<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy0cKMQCFTlI7TrJgVeZ8GIUuItcykkIoHS7oeti9JVqq1AqPRIUAyWSbZAs-G8MQoWxd43b6bRx13eeNmcguFrUqLF6nGo1TRyV4Qih631gcRkkTTfiE3I3n5xiityQoORi4_a0wk3vai/s1600/iste-expeditions-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy0cKMQCFTlI7TrJgVeZ8GIUuItcykkIoHS7oeti9JVqq1AqPRIUAyWSbZAs-G8MQoWxd43b6bRx13eeNmcguFrUqLF6nGo1TRyV4Qih631gcRkkTTfiE3I3n5xiityQoORi4_a0wk3vai/s640/iste-expeditions-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Artwork students created after "visiting" various locations using Google Street View and YouTube 360 videos</td></tr> </tbody></table> <h3> Applying classroom concepts to real-world situations </h3> Math concepts can be abstract, and while students may see its application to calculating a tip at a restaurant or measuring ingredients in the kitchen, they might not always see the more fun uses. Matt uses Expeditions to explore landmarks and show fourth grade students how math concepts, specifically geometry, can be useful beyond the classrooms. When his students embarked on the Great Wall of China Expedition, he taught them how right angles contribute to the stability and construction of structures. After that visit, the entire unit was more impactful because students connected the math concepts to their Expeditions experience.<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLEp19ffPmcshh-d1RooURrxP6fEVS7gkYmVqg-xsAloPb32y7tHBtIJBpkuFAOZrYbdFQ3Hx_p-uN2JfUScnKoll7kC7UV0XTtRXwZKPjayqDL_w2Gl9oXeQP4Pd7FR1U7fT_uRHQpsDe/s1600/iste-expeditions-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="483" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLEp19ffPmcshh-d1RooURrxP6fEVS7gkYmVqg-xsAloPb32y7tHBtIJBpkuFAOZrYbdFQ3Hx_p-uN2JfUScnKoll7kC7UV0XTtRXwZKPjayqDL_w2Gl9oXeQP4Pd7FR1U7fT_uRHQpsDe/s640/iste-expeditions-1.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Matt's students look through the viewmaster to experience what it's like visiting The Great Wall of China</td></tr> </tbody></table> When they saw how math can help a monumental structure last so long, students began to wonder about the architectural design and math concepts behind other buildings and monuments. Just as Elizabeth does, Matt takes his students on additional virtual reality trips by using Google Street View. His students “walked around” 16th Street Baptist Church and talked about the location’s significance and its role in U.S. history.<br /> <br /> “Incorporating technology and Google Expeditions in the lesson plan creates intrinsic motivation, and students feed off each others’ enthusiasm,” Matt says. “When learning becomes fun, students make new connections and can’t wait to explore the next thing.”<br /> <br /> Sarah, Elizabeth and Matt are creating field trip-like experiences for their students to inspire them to think more creatively, “travel” around the world and find greater meaning for classroom lessons as they pertain to real life. Earlier this week, we <a href="http://googleforeducation.blogspot.com/2016/06/updates-from-iste-4-new-tools-to-help.html" target="_blank">announced</a> that Expeditions is available to everyone. To get started, all teachers need to do is download the <a href="https://www.google.com/edu/expeditions/" target="_blank">Expeditions app</a> onto a set of devices and choose where in the world they want to take their class. The app is available today for Android and will be available for iPhones and iPads soon.</div> </noscript> </div> </div> <div class='share'> <span class='gplus-share social-wrapper' data-href='https://plus.google.com/share?url=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/how-3-teachers-use-Expeditions-to-enhance-their-students-natural-curiosity.html'> <img alt='Share on Google+' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/branding/google_plus/2x/ic_w_post_gplus_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='twitter-custom social-wrapper' data-href='http://twitter.com/share?text=Official Google Cloud Blog:How 3 teachers use Expeditions to enhance their students’ natural curiosity &url=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/how-3-teachers-use-Expeditions-to-enhance-their-students-natural-curiosity.html&via=gsuite'> <img alt='Share on Twitter' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_twitter_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='fb-custom social-wrapper' data-href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/how-3-teachers-use-Expeditions-to-enhance-their-students-natural-curiosity.html'> <img alt='Share on Facebook' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_facebook_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> </div> <div class='comment-container'> <i class='comment-img material-icons'>  </i> <span class='cmt_count_iframe_holder' data-count='1' data-onclick='' data-post-url='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/how-3-teachers-use-Expeditions-to-enhance-their-students-natural-curiosity.html' data-url='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/how-3-teachers-use-Expeditions-to-enhance-their-students-natural-curiosity.html' style='color: #4184F3;'></span> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='cmt_iframe_holder' data-href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/how-3-teachers-use-Expeditions-to-enhance-their-students-natural-curiosity.html' data-viewtype='FILTERED_POSTMOD'></div> <a href='https://plus.google.com/112374322230920073195' rel='author' style='display:none;'> Google </a> <div class='label-footer'> <span class='labels-caption'> Labels: </span> <span class='labels'> <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Expeditions' rel='tag'> Google Expeditions </a> </span> </div> </div> </div> <div class='post' data-id='2206013791077542906' itemscope='' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <h2 class='title' itemprop='name'> <a href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/teach-and-learn-from-everywhere-in-the-classroom-with-Google-Cast-for-Education.html' itemprop='url' title='Teach and learn from everywhere in the classroom with Google Cast for Education'> Teach and learn from everywhere in the classroom with Google Cast for Education </a> </h2> <div class='post-header'> <div class='published'> <span class='publishdate' itemprop='datePublished'> Thursday, June 30, 2016 </span> </div> </div> <div class='post-body'> <div class='post-content' itemprop='articleBody'> <script type='text/template'> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Max Kirsch, Product Manager, Cast for Education</span><br /> <br /> <i>(Cross-posted on the Google for Education <a href="http://googleforeducation.blogspot.com/2016/06/teach-and-learn-from-everywhere-in.html" target="_blank">Blog</a>.)</i> <br /> <br /> <i><b>Editor's note:</b> This week we <a href="http://googleforeducation.blogspot.com/2016/06/updates-from-iste-4-new-tools-to-help.html" target="_blank">announced</a> four new ways to help teachers engage their classes using Google educational tools. This post dives deeper into one of the those announcements: <a href="//g.co/castforedu" target="_blank">Cast for Education</a>. </i><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdb4LvAQ635CWWE-ATN5VCkx0EfF0mJUpfMbZ5Soz2lml0ZAWzOZgr82hW4Di2NWh878UBL4oIm3zHuw8P0egowKu4DQR9fI-VmU0vgw9q4cvfqLh6tL8o3lbFBKs4pvPfwBBygIlx6_Ff/s1600/image01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdb4LvAQ635CWWE-ATN5VCkx0EfF0mJUpfMbZ5Soz2lml0ZAWzOZgr82hW4Di2NWh878UBL4oIm3zHuw8P0egowKu4DQR9fI-VmU0vgw9q4cvfqLh6tL8o3lbFBKs4pvPfwBBygIlx6_Ff/s640/image01.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="text-align: left;"></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> In his 11 years of teaching at Hillcrest Elementary in the Lake Stevens School district in Washington State, Bob Coleman has witnessed how educational technology can help advance collaboration and engagement in the classroom. So when the 4th grade teacher found his students stuck on a common math problem, he gathered the class in front of the classroom projector. Sitting behind his desk — now in front of his students and not among them — Mr. Coleman realized that the biggest screen in the room was only available to the teacher.</div> <br /> In Mr. Coleman’s classroom — and for millions of students around the world — both education and technology are expected to be collaborative. But today, the classroom projector is most often out of reach for students. Educators are eager to overcome this barrier, so much so that wireless screen sharing for schools was one of the top features requested by teachers in 2015.<br /> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/07KFD5fGq_4" width="640"></iframe><br /> Teachers, we heard you loud and clear. Yesterday we announced Google Cast for Education, a free Chrome app that allows students and teachers to share their screens wirelessly from anywhere in the classroom. Cast for Education carries video and audio across complex school networks, has built-in controls for teachers, and works seamlessly with <a href="//www.google.com/edu/classroom" target="_blank">Google Classroom</a>. And because the app runs on the teacher’s computer that’s connected to the projector, it doesn’t require new hardware. Teachers run the Cast for Education app, and students share their screens through the Cast feature in Chrome.<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTe7Y8o-hvYOmEZP88roIOQDCGyCZgXCuPtTOat4hotMIUGRxag1yj8xiqxFePQo83pU-P_nGvdv-o-Op1Glcvcc6zakpsYH_W4tcBH7Y-fSIuJfHYZ3Q3elkaZ9MusbaYWourpycUsftD/s1600/image00.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTe7Y8o-hvYOmEZP88roIOQDCGyCZgXCuPtTOat4hotMIUGRxag1yj8xiqxFePQo83pU-P_nGvdv-o-Op1Glcvcc6zakpsYH_W4tcBH7Y-fSIuJfHYZ3Q3elkaZ9MusbaYWourpycUsftD/s640/image00.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Teacher view (click image to see larger)</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTcwO_Khr7SCpm1_JJQlBXBgduf8FewYlJee9pf0MIiQO91iOidpT1JDs_-lDHXtuUAUWjiianTOSfTI_fve-WuLPwv7zfLgmIi8Aw86OgmQVwyWjtTut_27eL9ogEQjnNjftASxGd4eQK/s1600/image02.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTcwO_Khr7SCpm1_JJQlBXBgduf8FewYlJee9pf0MIiQO91iOidpT1JDs_-lDHXtuUAUWjiianTOSfTI_fve-WuLPwv7zfLgmIi8Aw86OgmQVwyWjtTut_27eL9ogEQjnNjftASxGd4eQK/s640/image02.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Student view (click image to see larger)</td></tr> </tbody></table> To gather feedback on the product, we had teachers like Mr. Coleman and his colleague Tony Koumaros pilot Cast for Education in their classrooms. Mr. Koumaros knew his students would be excited to share their work with the rest of the class, but he was surprised to discover that they were eager to share even when they didn’t know all of the answers. “Casting makes it fun to ask for help,” he said. “My students enjoyed working through challenges together.”<br /> <br /> Erin Turnbach, a 2nd grade teacher who piloted Cast for Education at Tom’s River Regional School District in New Jersey, found herself “co-teaching with a 2nd grader” during a lesson on animals. When the class got stuck during research time, Ms. Turnbach was able to work one-on-one with a student while another casted to the rest of the class. “We’re always trying to encourage teamwork,” Ms Turnbach says. “The end product is stronger when you collaborate and build off each other’s ideas. With Cast for Education, everyone engages and the students take ownership of their learning.”<br /> <br /> “It’s hard to imagine not using it now that we have it”, Mr. Coleman says. “Sharing student screens was a big need for us, and now Cast for Education is our daily classroom tool.”<br /> <br /> <i>*Note: Visit <a href="//g.co/CastForEDU">g.co/CastForEDU</a> to try Cast for Education today in beta, with full availability for Back to School 2016. Chrome management admins can <a href="//g.co/castforedu" target="_blank">install the new Cast for Education app for all teachers</a>, and the <a href="//g.co/castforedu" target="_blank">Google Cast extension for their entire domain</a>.</i></div> <br /></div> </script> <noscript> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Max Kirsch, Product Manager, Cast for Education</span><br /> <br /> <i>(Cross-posted on the Google for Education <a href="http://googleforeducation.blogspot.com/2016/06/teach-and-learn-from-everywhere-in.html" target="_blank">Blog</a>.)</i> <br /> <br /> <i><b>Editor's note:</b> This week we <a href="http://googleforeducation.blogspot.com/2016/06/updates-from-iste-4-new-tools-to-help.html" target="_blank">announced</a> four new ways to help teachers engage their classes using Google educational tools. This post dives deeper into one of the those announcements: <a href="//g.co/castforedu" target="_blank">Cast for Education</a>. </i><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdb4LvAQ635CWWE-ATN5VCkx0EfF0mJUpfMbZ5Soz2lml0ZAWzOZgr82hW4Di2NWh878UBL4oIm3zHuw8P0egowKu4DQR9fI-VmU0vgw9q4cvfqLh6tL8o3lbFBKs4pvPfwBBygIlx6_Ff/s1600/image01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdb4LvAQ635CWWE-ATN5VCkx0EfF0mJUpfMbZ5Soz2lml0ZAWzOZgr82hW4Di2NWh878UBL4oIm3zHuw8P0egowKu4DQR9fI-VmU0vgw9q4cvfqLh6tL8o3lbFBKs4pvPfwBBygIlx6_Ff/s640/image01.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="text-align: left;"></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> In his 11 years of teaching at Hillcrest Elementary in the Lake Stevens School district in Washington State, Bob Coleman has witnessed how educational technology can help advance collaboration and engagement in the classroom. So when the 4th grade teacher found his students stuck on a common math problem, he gathered the class in front of the classroom projector. Sitting behind his desk — now in front of his students and not among them — Mr. Coleman realized that the biggest screen in the room was only available to the teacher.</div> <br /> In Mr. Coleman’s classroom — and for millions of students around the world — both education and technology are expected to be collaborative. But today, the classroom projector is most often out of reach for students. Educators are eager to overcome this barrier, so much so that wireless screen sharing for schools was one of the top features requested by teachers in 2015.<br /> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/07KFD5fGq_4" width="640"></iframe><br /> Teachers, we heard you loud and clear. Yesterday we announced Google Cast for Education, a free Chrome app that allows students and teachers to share their screens wirelessly from anywhere in the classroom. Cast for Education carries video and audio across complex school networks, has built-in controls for teachers, and works seamlessly with <a href="//www.google.com/edu/classroom" target="_blank">Google Classroom</a>. And because the app runs on the teacher’s computer that’s connected to the projector, it doesn’t require new hardware. Teachers run the Cast for Education app, and students share their screens through the Cast feature in Chrome.<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTe7Y8o-hvYOmEZP88roIOQDCGyCZgXCuPtTOat4hotMIUGRxag1yj8xiqxFePQo83pU-P_nGvdv-o-Op1Glcvcc6zakpsYH_W4tcBH7Y-fSIuJfHYZ3Q3elkaZ9MusbaYWourpycUsftD/s1600/image00.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTe7Y8o-hvYOmEZP88roIOQDCGyCZgXCuPtTOat4hotMIUGRxag1yj8xiqxFePQo83pU-P_nGvdv-o-Op1Glcvcc6zakpsYH_W4tcBH7Y-fSIuJfHYZ3Q3elkaZ9MusbaYWourpycUsftD/s640/image00.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Teacher view (click image to see larger)</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTcwO_Khr7SCpm1_JJQlBXBgduf8FewYlJee9pf0MIiQO91iOidpT1JDs_-lDHXtuUAUWjiianTOSfTI_fve-WuLPwv7zfLgmIi8Aw86OgmQVwyWjtTut_27eL9ogEQjnNjftASxGd4eQK/s1600/image02.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTcwO_Khr7SCpm1_JJQlBXBgduf8FewYlJee9pf0MIiQO91iOidpT1JDs_-lDHXtuUAUWjiianTOSfTI_fve-WuLPwv7zfLgmIi8Aw86OgmQVwyWjtTut_27eL9ogEQjnNjftASxGd4eQK/s640/image02.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Student view (click image to see larger)</td></tr> </tbody></table> To gather feedback on the product, we had teachers like Mr. Coleman and his colleague Tony Koumaros pilot Cast for Education in their classrooms. Mr. Koumaros knew his students would be excited to share their work with the rest of the class, but he was surprised to discover that they were eager to share even when they didn’t know all of the answers. “Casting makes it fun to ask for help,” he said. “My students enjoyed working through challenges together.”<br /> <br /> Erin Turnbach, a 2nd grade teacher who piloted Cast for Education at Tom’s River Regional School District in New Jersey, found herself “co-teaching with a 2nd grader” during a lesson on animals. When the class got stuck during research time, Ms. Turnbach was able to work one-on-one with a student while another casted to the rest of the class. “We’re always trying to encourage teamwork,” Ms Turnbach says. “The end product is stronger when you collaborate and build off each other’s ideas. With Cast for Education, everyone engages and the students take ownership of their learning.”<br /> <br /> “It’s hard to imagine not using it now that we have it”, Mr. Coleman says. “Sharing student screens was a big need for us, and now Cast for Education is our daily classroom tool.”<br /> <br /> <i>*Note: Visit <a href="//g.co/CastForEDU">g.co/CastForEDU</a> to try Cast for Education today in beta, with full availability for Back to School 2016. Chrome management admins can <a href="//g.co/castforedu" target="_blank">install the new Cast for Education app for all teachers</a>, and the <a href="//g.co/castforedu" target="_blank">Google Cast extension for their entire domain</a>.</i></div> <br /></div> </noscript> </div> </div> <div class='share'> <span class='gplus-share social-wrapper' data-href='https://plus.google.com/share?url=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/teach-and-learn-from-everywhere-in-the-classroom-with-Google-Cast-for-Education.html'> <img alt='Share on Google+' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/branding/google_plus/2x/ic_w_post_gplus_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='twitter-custom social-wrapper' data-href='http://twitter.com/share?text=Official Google Cloud Blog:Teach and learn from everywhere in the classroom with Google Cast for Education&url=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/teach-and-learn-from-everywhere-in-the-classroom-with-Google-Cast-for-Education.html&via=gsuite'> <img alt='Share on Twitter' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_twitter_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='fb-custom social-wrapper' data-href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/teach-and-learn-from-everywhere-in-the-classroom-with-Google-Cast-for-Education.html'> <img alt='Share on Facebook' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_facebook_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> </div> <div class='comment-container'> <i class='comment-img material-icons'>  </i> <span class='cmt_count_iframe_holder' data-count='6' data-onclick='' data-post-url='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/teach-and-learn-from-everywhere-in-the-classroom-with-Google-Cast-for-Education.html' data-url='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/teach-and-learn-from-everywhere-in-the-classroom-with-Google-Cast-for-Education.html' style='color: #4184F3;'></span> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='cmt_iframe_holder' data-href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/teach-and-learn-from-everywhere-in-the-classroom-with-Google-Cast-for-Education.html' data-viewtype='FILTERED_POSTMOD'></div> <a href='https://plus.google.com/112374322230920073195' rel='author' style='display:none;'> Google </a> <div class='label-footer'> <span class='labels-caption'> Labels: </span> <span class='labels'> <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20for%20Education' rel='tag'> Google for Education </a> </span> </div> </div> </div> <div class='post' data-id='8587525488574570919' itemscope='' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <h2 class='title' itemprop='name'> <a href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/Azaveas-socially-minded-employees-work-collaboratively-together-using-Chrome-devices.html' itemprop='url' title='Azavea’s socially-minded employees work collaboratively together using Chrome devices'> Azavea’s socially-minded employees work collaboratively together using Chrome devices </a> </h2> <div class='post-header'> <div class='published'> <span class='publishdate' itemprop='datePublished'> Thursday, June 30, 2016 </span> </div> </div> <div class='post-body'> <div class='post-content' itemprop='articleBody'> <script type='text/template'> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Robert Cheetham, Founder and CEO, Azavea <br /> </span> <br /> <br /> <i><b>Editor's note:</b> Today we hear from Robert Cheetham, founder and CEO of Philadelphia-based geospatial web software and analysis firm Azavea. Read about how <a href="http://www.azavea.com/" target="_blank">Azavea</a> has relied on <a href="https://www.google.com/work/" target="_blank">Google for Work</a> tools for more than eight years and recently started using Chromebox for meetings and Chromebooks so employees can work together from anywhere. </i> <br /> <br /> When I founded <a href="http://www.azavea.com/" target="_blank">Azavea</a> in 2000, I dreamed of creating a great work environment focused on driving social impact by applying geospatial technology. We're a certified <a href="http://www.bcorporation.net/what-are-b-corps" target="_blank">B Corporation</a>, and our mission-driven work includes climate change, elections, public safety, transit, water infrastructure and natural resources. Inspired by my first job working for a local government agency in Japan, where cubicles don’t exist, I designed our workspace to have an open layout, long before it became popular in contemporary offices. Today, we rely on <a href="https://apps.google.com/" target="_blank">Google Apps</a>, <a href="https://www.google.com/work/chrome/devices/for-everyday/" target="_blank">Chromebooks</a> and <a href="https://www.google.com/work/chrome/devices/for-meetings/" target="_blank">Chromebox for meetings</a> to support this collaborative environment and help us work closely together on our software and data analytics projects.<br /> <br /> In the early years, when Azavea only had a handful of employees, we installed basic workplace software from a CD-ROM and had limited server space. When we outgrew our email system in 2008, we chose <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/gmail/" target="_blank">Gmail</a>. Our employees quickly started using <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/calendar/" target="_blank">Google Calendar</a>, <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/docs/" target="_blank">Docs</a>, <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/hangouts/" target="_blank">Hangouts</a> and <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/sheets/" target="_blank">Sheets</a> because they integrate so closely with Gmail. These tools helped us work effectively together on projects, so it was a natural next step. <br /> <br /> In 2012, our software developers started asking for supplementary computers to let them work from home, when traveling for client meetings or even in the office kitchen. We looked into tablets, but they were expensive and didn’t have fully functional keyboards. As longtime Google users, our Operations team investigated options from Google. <br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.google.com/work/chrome/devices/for-everyday/" target="_blank">Chromebooks</a> are fast, affordable, secure and remarkably powerful, so we started offering them as supplementary devices for people who wanted more mobility. Our colleagues can easily switch between their main workstations and portable Chromebooks, and the long-lasting battery makes them the perfect companion for frequent travelers, office roamers and remote employees. I typically travel for a week each month myself, so I use my Chromebook on long flights as well as meetings and conferences where there may not be convenient power. It typically lasts more than nine hours, while a laptop only lasts two or three. <br /> <br /> The company now has more than fifty people, and when we moved to a new office a few months ago, we needed a videoconferencing solution for a dozen new meeting rooms, we once again turned to Google and picked <a href="https://www.google.com/work/chrome/devices/for-meetings/" target="_blank">Chromebox for meetings</a>. Like the other Google products we use, Chromebox is affordable, easy to install and integrates with our existing workplace software, like Hangouts and Calendar. Anyone can quickly set up and join a meeting. As a small firm, this ease of use is critical for us — we don’t have a team of dedicated IT staff, so we don’t have capacity to constantly deal with technical difficulties or high-maintenance updates. <br /> <br /> I wanted to start a company that felt like a community and made an impact. Over the past several years, Google has significantly enhanced our company’s operations because their products simply work and easily scale as the company has grown. Our teams are able to work effectively together, no matter where we are. </div> </script> <noscript> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Robert Cheetham, Founder and CEO, Azavea <br /> </span> <br /> <br /> <i><b>Editor's note:</b> Today we hear from Robert Cheetham, founder and CEO of Philadelphia-based geospatial web software and analysis firm Azavea. Read about how <a href="http://www.azavea.com/" target="_blank">Azavea</a> has relied on <a href="https://www.google.com/work/" target="_blank">Google for Work</a> tools for more than eight years and recently started using Chromebox for meetings and Chromebooks so employees can work together from anywhere. </i> <br /> <br /> When I founded <a href="http://www.azavea.com/" target="_blank">Azavea</a> in 2000, I dreamed of creating a great work environment focused on driving social impact by applying geospatial technology. We're a certified <a href="http://www.bcorporation.net/what-are-b-corps" target="_blank">B Corporation</a>, and our mission-driven work includes climate change, elections, public safety, transit, water infrastructure and natural resources. Inspired by my first job working for a local government agency in Japan, where cubicles don’t exist, I designed our workspace to have an open layout, long before it became popular in contemporary offices. Today, we rely on <a href="https://apps.google.com/" target="_blank">Google Apps</a>, <a href="https://www.google.com/work/chrome/devices/for-everyday/" target="_blank">Chromebooks</a> and <a href="https://www.google.com/work/chrome/devices/for-meetings/" target="_blank">Chromebox for meetings</a> to support this collaborative environment and help us work closely together on our software and data analytics projects.<br /> <br /> In the early years, when Azavea only had a handful of employees, we installed basic workplace software from a CD-ROM and had limited server space. When we outgrew our email system in 2008, we chose <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/gmail/" target="_blank">Gmail</a>. Our employees quickly started using <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/calendar/" target="_blank">Google Calendar</a>, <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/docs/" target="_blank">Docs</a>, <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/hangouts/" target="_blank">Hangouts</a> and <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/sheets/" target="_blank">Sheets</a> because they integrate so closely with Gmail. These tools helped us work effectively together on projects, so it was a natural next step. <br /> <br /> In 2012, our software developers started asking for supplementary computers to let them work from home, when traveling for client meetings or even in the office kitchen. We looked into tablets, but they were expensive and didn’t have fully functional keyboards. As longtime Google users, our Operations team investigated options from Google. <br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.google.com/work/chrome/devices/for-everyday/" target="_blank">Chromebooks</a> are fast, affordable, secure and remarkably powerful, so we started offering them as supplementary devices for people who wanted more mobility. Our colleagues can easily switch between their main workstations and portable Chromebooks, and the long-lasting battery makes them the perfect companion for frequent travelers, office roamers and remote employees. I typically travel for a week each month myself, so I use my Chromebook on long flights as well as meetings and conferences where there may not be convenient power. It typically lasts more than nine hours, while a laptop only lasts two or three. <br /> <br /> The company now has more than fifty people, and when we moved to a new office a few months ago, we needed a videoconferencing solution for a dozen new meeting rooms, we once again turned to Google and picked <a href="https://www.google.com/work/chrome/devices/for-meetings/" target="_blank">Chromebox for meetings</a>. Like the other Google products we use, Chromebox is affordable, easy to install and integrates with our existing workplace software, like Hangouts and Calendar. Anyone can quickly set up and join a meeting. As a small firm, this ease of use is critical for us — we don’t have a team of dedicated IT staff, so we don’t have capacity to constantly deal with technical difficulties or high-maintenance updates. <br /> <br /> I wanted to start a company that felt like a community and made an impact. Over the past several years, Google has significantly enhanced our company’s operations because their products simply work and easily scale as the company has grown. 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How do I get there and how will it improve my bottom line?<br /> <br /> The answer could be as simple as trust.<br /> <br /> According to new <a href="https://lp.google-mkto.com/rs/248-TPC-286/images/EIU_Trust_in_Cloud_Technology_FINAL.pdf" target="_blank">research</a> conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) and sponsored by Google, companies with high levels of trust in the cloud report a 9% rise in profitability year on year, compared to 1% for their more skeptical peers. <br /> <br /> The survey of 452 senior executives across 10 countries examined their use of the cloud and their attitudes towards its security, reliability, accessibility and scale. The results show a clear link between an organization’s profitability and their trust in the cloud, suggesting cloud adoption alone is not enough to guarantee a positive business impact.<br /> <br /> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> The benefits of trust go beyond profits</h3> <br /> Companies that actively foster trust in cloud technology report more than just a boost to their bottom line — they believe their trust in cloud technology drives workplace transformation.<br /> <br /> “As organizations expand their use of the cloud, those with higher levels of trust are able to transform their organizations more quickly, and the resulting business benefits can be substantial,” explains EIU Senior Editor Carolyn Whelan.<br /> <br /> Guilherme Cruz, CIO at Brazilian shipping company Wilson Sons, credits trust in the cloud with powerful improvements to business communication, easier access to data on mobile and faster collaboration. “It is a company transformation,” he explains. “It is about the way you are working, about changing behavior and processes.”<br /> <br /> Although cloud adoption has grown rapidly, trust in this technology hasn’t increased at the same pace. The survey found that about 99% of organizations have already shifted some of their information technology (IT) to the cloud yet only 35% have a “very high” level of trust in the new environment. With regard to the degree of trust, 16% say their trust level is “somewhat high,” 29% say they have only a “moderate” level of trust, and 19% say their trust level is “low.”<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyJRg940ivxamUlIyNtLNPr3WzPJNmeQLLvZm7JMiVilijhsh_ZijJxaThsOumFheae1U_-xhlDqN4ExlRQNQwtmqYpE5Z_uQQZtb-Fd8Jk8BGgXxRReUHwd9nIBg3LN3XEijVI5LsXGg/s1600/eui-4.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyJRg940ivxamUlIyNtLNPr3WzPJNmeQLLvZm7JMiVilijhsh_ZijJxaThsOumFheae1U_-xhlDqN4ExlRQNQwtmqYpE5Z_uQQZtb-Fd8Jk8BGgXxRReUHwd9nIBg3LN3XEijVI5LsXGg/s640/eui-4.png" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> How to foster a culture of trust </h3> <br /> Building trust in any organization is an ongoing process that needs to be championed by a company’s leadership team. By encouraging education and experimentation, leaders can help to change how their teams embrace working in the cloud. <br /> <br /> The survey results support the idea that leaders shape a culture of trust. Nearly half (47%) of respondents whose senior executives prioritize cloud trust note an increase in trust levels over the last three years, versus 6% whose leaders don’t. Of the respondents whose companies have low levels of trust in the cloud, nearly half (45%) said that general management is the most common impediment to cloud adoption.<br /> <br /> The greatest benefit of a cloud-enabled world is the potential to fundamentally change the way businesses work, and building trust in the cloud requires everyone, starting with leadership.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2p3-o8ykFNT8BbeAGg7hRX7CVekAJTriAkv7hyJrZlu_Ywtvfi1OBPtxxeuxkexW_KCoPs06ja5S452vvfg3l6THg89To8MhtQ1XV5z7-NMLmx2eBXcF_4y4bqg9Z7Hsu-rauOz0nGJ0/s1600/eui-7.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2p3-o8ykFNT8BbeAGg7hRX7CVekAJTriAkv7hyJrZlu_Ywtvfi1OBPtxxeuxkexW_KCoPs06ja5S452vvfg3l6THg89To8MhtQ1XV5z7-NMLmx2eBXcF_4y4bqg9Z7Hsu-rauOz0nGJ0/s640/eui-7.png" width="640" /></a></div> <span id="goog_1459179734"></span><br /> To learn more about how moving to the cloud can make businesses more secure and successful, <a href="https://lp.google-mkto.com/rs/248-TPC-286/images/EIU_Trust_in_Cloud_Technology_FINAL.pdf" target="_blank">read the EIU report</a> and tune in to <a href="https://atmosphere.withgoogle.com/live/rethinking-security-2016-june-amer" target="_blank">Atmosphere Digital: Rethinking Security in the Cloud</a> on June 28, 2016 at 10 a.m. PT.<br /> <br /></div> </script> <noscript> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Julien Blanchez, security and privacy, Google for Work</span><br /> <br /> For any forward-thinking business, embracing the cloud is no longer a question of why but how. How do I get there and how will it improve my bottom line?<br /> <br /> The answer could be as simple as trust.<br /> <br /> According to new <a href="https://lp.google-mkto.com/rs/248-TPC-286/images/EIU_Trust_in_Cloud_Technology_FINAL.pdf" target="_blank">research</a> conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) and sponsored by Google, companies with high levels of trust in the cloud report a 9% rise in profitability year on year, compared to 1% for their more skeptical peers. <br /> <br /> The survey of 452 senior executives across 10 countries examined their use of the cloud and their attitudes towards its security, reliability, accessibility and scale. The results show a clear link between an organization’s profitability and their trust in the cloud, suggesting cloud adoption alone is not enough to guarantee a positive business impact.<br /> <br /> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> The benefits of trust go beyond profits</h3> <br /> Companies that actively foster trust in cloud technology report more than just a boost to their bottom line — they believe their trust in cloud technology drives workplace transformation.<br /> <br /> “As organizations expand their use of the cloud, those with higher levels of trust are able to transform their organizations more quickly, and the resulting business benefits can be substantial,” explains EIU Senior Editor Carolyn Whelan.<br /> <br /> Guilherme Cruz, CIO at Brazilian shipping company Wilson Sons, credits trust in the cloud with powerful improvements to business communication, easier access to data on mobile and faster collaboration. “It is a company transformation,” he explains. “It is about the way you are working, about changing behavior and processes.”<br /> <br /> Although cloud adoption has grown rapidly, trust in this technology hasn’t increased at the same pace. The survey found that about 99% of organizations have already shifted some of their information technology (IT) to the cloud yet only 35% have a “very high” level of trust in the new environment. With regard to the degree of trust, 16% say their trust level is “somewhat high,” 29% say they have only a “moderate” level of trust, and 19% say their trust level is “low.”<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyJRg940ivxamUlIyNtLNPr3WzPJNmeQLLvZm7JMiVilijhsh_ZijJxaThsOumFheae1U_-xhlDqN4ExlRQNQwtmqYpE5Z_uQQZtb-Fd8Jk8BGgXxRReUHwd9nIBg3LN3XEijVI5LsXGg/s1600/eui-4.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyJRg940ivxamUlIyNtLNPr3WzPJNmeQLLvZm7JMiVilijhsh_ZijJxaThsOumFheae1U_-xhlDqN4ExlRQNQwtmqYpE5Z_uQQZtb-Fd8Jk8BGgXxRReUHwd9nIBg3LN3XEijVI5LsXGg/s640/eui-4.png" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> How to foster a culture of trust </h3> <br /> Building trust in any organization is an ongoing process that needs to be championed by a company’s leadership team. By encouraging education and experimentation, leaders can help to change how their teams embrace working in the cloud. <br /> <br /> The survey results support the idea that leaders shape a culture of trust. Nearly half (47%) of respondents whose senior executives prioritize cloud trust note an increase in trust levels over the last three years, versus 6% whose leaders don’t. Of the respondents whose companies have low levels of trust in the cloud, nearly half (45%) said that general management is the most common impediment to cloud adoption.<br /> <br /> The greatest benefit of a cloud-enabled world is the potential to fundamentally change the way businesses work, and building trust in the cloud requires everyone, starting with leadership.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2p3-o8ykFNT8BbeAGg7hRX7CVekAJTriAkv7hyJrZlu_Ywtvfi1OBPtxxeuxkexW_KCoPs06ja5S452vvfg3l6THg89To8MhtQ1XV5z7-NMLmx2eBXcF_4y4bqg9Z7Hsu-rauOz0nGJ0/s1600/eui-7.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2p3-o8ykFNT8BbeAGg7hRX7CVekAJTriAkv7hyJrZlu_Ywtvfi1OBPtxxeuxkexW_KCoPs06ja5S452vvfg3l6THg89To8MhtQ1XV5z7-NMLmx2eBXcF_4y4bqg9Z7Hsu-rauOz0nGJ0/s640/eui-7.png" width="640" /></a></div> <span id="goog_1459179734"></span><br /> To learn more about how moving to the cloud can make businesses more secure and successful, <a href="https://lp.google-mkto.com/rs/248-TPC-286/images/EIU_Trust_in_Cloud_Technology_FINAL.pdf" target="_blank">read the EIU report</a> and tune in to <a href="https://atmosphere.withgoogle.com/live/rethinking-security-2016-june-amer" target="_blank">Atmosphere Digital: Rethinking Security in the Cloud</a> on June 28, 2016 at 10 a.m. PT.<br /> <br /></div> </noscript> </div> </div> <div class='share'> <span class='gplus-share social-wrapper' data-href='https://plus.google.com/share?url=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/in-the-cloud-have-trust-will-profit.html'> <img alt='Share on Google+' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/branding/google_plus/2x/ic_w_post_gplus_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='twitter-custom social-wrapper' data-href='http://twitter.com/share?text=Official Google Cloud Blog:In the cloud: Have trust, will profit&url=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/in-the-cloud-have-trust-will-profit.html&via=gsuite'> <img alt='Share on Twitter' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_twitter_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='fb-custom social-wrapper' data-href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/in-the-cloud-have-trust-will-profit.html'> <img alt='Share on Facebook' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_facebook_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> </div> <div class='comment-container'> <i class='comment-img material-icons'>  </i> <span class='cmt_count_iframe_holder' data-count='6' data-onclick='' data-post-url='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/in-the-cloud-have-trust-will-profit.html' data-url='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/in-the-cloud-have-trust-will-profit.html' style='color: #4184F3;'></span> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='cmt_iframe_holder' data-href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/in-the-cloud-have-trust-will-profit.html' data-viewtype='FILTERED_POSTMOD'></div> <a href='https://plus.google.com/112374322230920073195' rel='author' style='display:none;'> Google </a> <div class='label-footer'> <span class='labels-caption'> Labels: </span> <span class='labels'> <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20for%20Work' rel='tag'> Google for Work </a> </span> </div> </div> </div> <div class='post' data-id='4987003669678776681' itemscope='' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <h2 class='title' itemprop='name'> <a href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/creative-tools-on-Chromebooks-foster-skills-of-the-future.html' itemprop='url' title='Creative tools on Chromebooks foster skills of the future'> Creative tools on Chromebooks foster skills of the future </a> </h2> <div class='post-header'> <div class='published'> <span class='publishdate' itemprop='datePublished'> Tuesday, June 28, 2016 </span> </div> </div> <div class='post-body'> <div class='post-content' itemprop='articleBody'> <script type='text/template'> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Karen Greenleaf and Jenny Tolan, Chromebooks for Education team</span><br /> <br /> <i>(Cross-posted on the Google for Education <a href="http://googleforeducation.blogspot.com/2016/06/creative-tools-on-chromebooks-foster.html" target="_blank">Blog</a>.)</i> <br /> <br /> <i><b>Editor's note:</b> Earlier today <a href="http://googleforeducation.blogspot.com/2016/06/updates-from-iste-4-new-tools-to-help.html" target="_blank">we announced</a> four new ways to help teachers engage their students using Google tools. This post dives deeper into one of the four announcements: creative apps on Chromebooks. If you’re at ISTE in Denver, visit us at booth #2511 in the expo hall to learn more and demo these apps.</i> <br /> <br /> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <b>Skills of the future </b></h3> In 2015, Google commissioned research from the <a href="http://googleforeducation.blogspot.com/2015/05/how-do-we-prepare-the-students-of-today-to-be-tomorrows-digital-leaders.html" target="_blank">Economist Intelligence Unit</a> to better understand the skills students need to be successful in the future workplace. In addition to literacy and numeracy, the research uncovered a wider range of skills — including problem-solving, teamwork, communication and creativity — that are most sought after by employers.<br /> <br /> “It’s increasingly rare for someone to sit in the office with the door closed and do tasks individually,” says Kaitlyn Manchester, ELA Teacher at Muller Road Middle School in Blythewood, South Carolina. “There’s a need to come together as a team to get something done. If you leave school and you don’t have these skills, it’s difficult to do your job in the modern workplace.” <br /> <br /> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <b>Creative apps on Chromebooks</b></h3> With this inspiration in mind, we’re on a mission to discover Chromebook tools that can be seamlessly integrated into classroom life, while also fostering skills of the future. We reached out to teachers in Chromebook classrooms and collaborated with EdTechTeacher to identify Chromebook apps that nurture these skills. Three creative apps consistently bubbled up as loved by teachers and students alike: <a href="http://explaineverything.com/chromebooks/" target="_blank">Explain Everything</a>, <a href="https://www.soundtrap.com/edu/" target="_blank">Soundtrap</a> and <a href="https://www.wevideo.com/education" target="_blank">WeVideo</a>.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> To see these apps in action in the classroom, we visited Muller Road Middle School in Blythewood, South Carolina: <br /> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ogjDyAYEWL8" width="640"></iframe><br /> <br /> During our visit, students used WeVideo’s collaborative video creation tool in English Language Arts to edit documentaries about a flood that ravaged their town. In Science, they used Soundtrap’s spoken word and music-making platform to create public service announcements about how hand-washing kills germs. And in Math, they used Explain Everything’s interactive whiteboard to animate their thinking about histograms.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAEqLRUyAIKB8aNLhLMMATRaRaPLYg1Nz3EpT09jo7ImvxznhEwYNYoX1YuOK6HQKX_LU7DT5FZYZx1BlUxdqVlAzg7v06vtVWeMFOhhP1O5_p2zTwWq5YQZI9pG6qByH5Vax1z93P3a8V/s1600/image00.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="55" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAEqLRUyAIKB8aNLhLMMATRaRaPLYg1Nz3EpT09jo7ImvxznhEwYNYoX1YuOK6HQKX_LU7DT5FZYZx1BlUxdqVlAzg7v06vtVWeMFOhhP1O5_p2zTwWq5YQZI9pG6qByH5Vax1z93P3a8V/s400/image00.png" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> “With creative apps on Chromebooks, students bring ideas to the table I never thought of,” says Tryphena Cuffy, 6th grade science teacher at Muller Road. “They are not limited; they combine concrete and abstract thought, and that’s when they shine.”<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBSTzQ1MYCQJ2pJm1UTzizgsSkKDDbKYIh8v5dLvvYszRo9f6Sf4FukCks1Bsa6KMqpqJqQVIQw4EP_gn_AN9vE4AUZ5btg1ol-bz9JUoAfoqDZxkImCwZ6jaaCfjw2JZVDCxVKerjXTfW/s1600/image02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBSTzQ1MYCQJ2pJm1UTzizgsSkKDDbKYIh8v5dLvvYszRo9f6Sf4FukCks1Bsa6KMqpqJqQVIQw4EP_gn_AN9vE4AUZ5btg1ol-bz9JUoAfoqDZxkImCwZ6jaaCfjw2JZVDCxVKerjXTfW/s640/image02.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <b>Finding student voice</b></h3> A classroom that nurtures creativity often results in students taking different approaches to interacting with the same curriculum. “There are some students who are happy to express themselves verbally. There are others who prefer to write. There are students who don't like to have their face shown, but they’re more than happy to explain their ideas. With these apps, you can help everyone focus on their strengths,” says Bailey Triplett, Muller Road’s AVID Teacher.<br /> <br /> Tom Cranmer, Chief Technology Officer at Richland Two School District confirms, “Students want to work with digital content. They want to create. They want to pull in multimedia resources that they can use to create their world and create their stories. This helps them take ownership of their learning and keep them engaged throughout.”<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw47L6q_6sBmxf02y80f47rvtNMcVwnELdzWMIECU_9k1v5vXOG67ilZLDwelURlIiZS6sNO8KIzFTnsB4AG6WGlKKrq14bf4WtvhpBU07QkbwrJWEcuNhSoEm2OrO3fbyrbp5j2e8dYwB/s1600/image04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw47L6q_6sBmxf02y80f47rvtNMcVwnELdzWMIECU_9k1v5vXOG67ilZLDwelURlIiZS6sNO8KIzFTnsB4AG6WGlKKrq14bf4WtvhpBU07QkbwrJWEcuNhSoEm2OrO3fbyrbp5j2e8dYwB/s640/image04.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <b>Good things come in threes</b></h3> To make these creative apps on Chromebooks more accessible to a wider range of school districts, we worked closely with our Chromebook partners to create a special price when all three apps are purchased as a bundle. They may be purchased alongside Chromebooks or on their own, and they are available as an annual subscription per license from Chromebook resellers in the US.<br /> <br /> And we’re just getting started. We look forward to working with teachers and partners to bring even more 21st century tools into the classroom.<br /> <br /> To learn more about these apps, visit <a href="//g.co/educhromebookapps">g.co/educhromebookapps</a>, check out the apps’ websites, or contact your school’s Chromebook reseller.<br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPJWDMKNrRCNau6ikY2LluvPM8sFqiV-8ntYLvOThTt3XAS_U3ZXjFHTHcNcBHQke7ea5whfjbUzNvfnD-ZIBuethEmK0nYVF3Y5zA-fUZnDkYE6ccX95hM_cerszVa-ZhoaXfE-Hbhzyw/s1600/image03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPJWDMKNrRCNau6ikY2LluvPM8sFqiV-8ntYLvOThTt3XAS_U3ZXjFHTHcNcBHQke7ea5whfjbUzNvfnD-ZIBuethEmK0nYVF3Y5zA-fUZnDkYE6ccX95hM_cerszVa-ZhoaXfE-Hbhzyw/s640/image03.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /></div> </script> <noscript> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Karen Greenleaf and Jenny Tolan, Chromebooks for Education team</span><br /> <br /> <i>(Cross-posted on the Google for Education <a href="http://googleforeducation.blogspot.com/2016/06/creative-tools-on-chromebooks-foster.html" target="_blank">Blog</a>.)</i> <br /> <br /> <i><b>Editor's note:</b> Earlier today <a href="http://googleforeducation.blogspot.com/2016/06/updates-from-iste-4-new-tools-to-help.html" target="_blank">we announced</a> four new ways to help teachers engage their students using Google tools. This post dives deeper into one of the four announcements: creative apps on Chromebooks. If you’re at ISTE in Denver, visit us at booth #2511 in the expo hall to learn more and demo these apps.</i> <br /> <br /> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <b>Skills of the future </b></h3> In 2015, Google commissioned research from the <a href="http://googleforeducation.blogspot.com/2015/05/how-do-we-prepare-the-students-of-today-to-be-tomorrows-digital-leaders.html" target="_blank">Economist Intelligence Unit</a> to better understand the skills students need to be successful in the future workplace. In addition to literacy and numeracy, the research uncovered a wider range of skills — including problem-solving, teamwork, communication and creativity — that are most sought after by employers.<br /> <br /> “It’s increasingly rare for someone to sit in the office with the door closed and do tasks individually,” says Kaitlyn Manchester, ELA Teacher at Muller Road Middle School in Blythewood, South Carolina. “There’s a need to come together as a team to get something done. If you leave school and you don’t have these skills, it’s difficult to do your job in the modern workplace.” <br /> <br /> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <b>Creative apps on Chromebooks</b></h3> With this inspiration in mind, we’re on a mission to discover Chromebook tools that can be seamlessly integrated into classroom life, while also fostering skills of the future. We reached out to teachers in Chromebook classrooms and collaborated with EdTechTeacher to identify Chromebook apps that nurture these skills. Three creative apps consistently bubbled up as loved by teachers and students alike: <a href="http://explaineverything.com/chromebooks/" target="_blank">Explain Everything</a>, <a href="https://www.soundtrap.com/edu/" target="_blank">Soundtrap</a> and <a href="https://www.wevideo.com/education" target="_blank">WeVideo</a>.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> To see these apps in action in the classroom, we visited Muller Road Middle School in Blythewood, South Carolina: <br /> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ogjDyAYEWL8" width="640"></iframe><br /> <br /> During our visit, students used WeVideo’s collaborative video creation tool in English Language Arts to edit documentaries about a flood that ravaged their town. In Science, they used Soundtrap’s spoken word and music-making platform to create public service announcements about how hand-washing kills germs. And in Math, they used Explain Everything’s interactive whiteboard to animate their thinking about histograms.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAEqLRUyAIKB8aNLhLMMATRaRaPLYg1Nz3EpT09jo7ImvxznhEwYNYoX1YuOK6HQKX_LU7DT5FZYZx1BlUxdqVlAzg7v06vtVWeMFOhhP1O5_p2zTwWq5YQZI9pG6qByH5Vax1z93P3a8V/s1600/image00.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="55" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAEqLRUyAIKB8aNLhLMMATRaRaPLYg1Nz3EpT09jo7ImvxznhEwYNYoX1YuOK6HQKX_LU7DT5FZYZx1BlUxdqVlAzg7v06vtVWeMFOhhP1O5_p2zTwWq5YQZI9pG6qByH5Vax1z93P3a8V/s400/image00.png" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> “With creative apps on Chromebooks, students bring ideas to the table I never thought of,” says Tryphena Cuffy, 6th grade science teacher at Muller Road. “They are not limited; they combine concrete and abstract thought, and that’s when they shine.”<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBSTzQ1MYCQJ2pJm1UTzizgsSkKDDbKYIh8v5dLvvYszRo9f6Sf4FukCks1Bsa6KMqpqJqQVIQw4EP_gn_AN9vE4AUZ5btg1ol-bz9JUoAfoqDZxkImCwZ6jaaCfjw2JZVDCxVKerjXTfW/s1600/image02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBSTzQ1MYCQJ2pJm1UTzizgsSkKDDbKYIh8v5dLvvYszRo9f6Sf4FukCks1Bsa6KMqpqJqQVIQw4EP_gn_AN9vE4AUZ5btg1ol-bz9JUoAfoqDZxkImCwZ6jaaCfjw2JZVDCxVKerjXTfW/s640/image02.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <b>Finding student voice</b></h3> A classroom that nurtures creativity often results in students taking different approaches to interacting with the same curriculum. “There are some students who are happy to express themselves verbally. There are others who prefer to write. There are students who don't like to have their face shown, but they’re more than happy to explain their ideas. With these apps, you can help everyone focus on their strengths,” says Bailey Triplett, Muller Road’s AVID Teacher.<br /> <br /> Tom Cranmer, Chief Technology Officer at Richland Two School District confirms, “Students want to work with digital content. They want to create. They want to pull in multimedia resources that they can use to create their world and create their stories. This helps them take ownership of their learning and keep them engaged throughout.”<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw47L6q_6sBmxf02y80f47rvtNMcVwnELdzWMIECU_9k1v5vXOG67ilZLDwelURlIiZS6sNO8KIzFTnsB4AG6WGlKKrq14bf4WtvhpBU07QkbwrJWEcuNhSoEm2OrO3fbyrbp5j2e8dYwB/s1600/image04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw47L6q_6sBmxf02y80f47rvtNMcVwnELdzWMIECU_9k1v5vXOG67ilZLDwelURlIiZS6sNO8KIzFTnsB4AG6WGlKKrq14bf4WtvhpBU07QkbwrJWEcuNhSoEm2OrO3fbyrbp5j2e8dYwB/s640/image04.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <b>Good things come in threes</b></h3> To make these creative apps on Chromebooks more accessible to a wider range of school districts, we worked closely with our Chromebook partners to create a special price when all three apps are purchased as a bundle. They may be purchased alongside Chromebooks or on their own, and they are available as an annual subscription per license from Chromebook resellers in the US.<br /> <br /> And we’re just getting started. We look forward to working with teachers and partners to bring even more 21st century tools into the classroom.<br /> <br /> To learn more about these apps, visit <a href="//g.co/educhromebookapps">g.co/educhromebookapps</a>, check out the apps’ websites, or contact your school’s Chromebook reseller.<br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPJWDMKNrRCNau6ikY2LluvPM8sFqiV-8ntYLvOThTt3XAS_U3ZXjFHTHcNcBHQke7ea5whfjbUzNvfnD-ZIBuethEmK0nYVF3Y5zA-fUZnDkYE6ccX95hM_cerszVa-ZhoaXfE-Hbhzyw/s1600/image03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPJWDMKNrRCNau6ikY2LluvPM8sFqiV-8ntYLvOThTt3XAS_U3ZXjFHTHcNcBHQke7ea5whfjbUzNvfnD-ZIBuethEmK0nYVF3Y5zA-fUZnDkYE6ccX95hM_cerszVa-ZhoaXfE-Hbhzyw/s640/image03.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /></div> </noscript> </div> </div> <div class='share'> <span class='gplus-share social-wrapper' data-href='https://plus.google.com/share?url=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/creative-tools-on-Chromebooks-foster-skills-of-the-future.html'> <img alt='Share on Google+' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/branding/google_plus/2x/ic_w_post_gplus_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='twitter-custom social-wrapper' data-href='http://twitter.com/share?text=Official Google Cloud Blog:Creative tools on Chromebooks foster skills of the future&url=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/creative-tools-on-Chromebooks-foster-skills-of-the-future.html&via=gsuite'> <img alt='Share on Twitter' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_twitter_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='fb-custom social-wrapper' data-href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/creative-tools-on-Chromebooks-foster-skills-of-the-future.html'> <img alt='Share on Facebook' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_facebook_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> </div> <div class='comment-container'> <i class='comment-img material-icons'>  </i> <span class='cmt_count_iframe_holder' data-count='3' data-onclick='' data-post-url='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/creative-tools-on-Chromebooks-foster-skills-of-the-future.html' data-url='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/creative-tools-on-Chromebooks-foster-skills-of-the-future.html' style='color: #4184F3;'></span> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='cmt_iframe_holder' data-href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/creative-tools-on-Chromebooks-foster-skills-of-the-future.html' data-viewtype='FILTERED_POSTMOD'></div> <a href='https://plus.google.com/112374322230920073195' rel='author' style='display:none;'> Google </a> <div class='label-footer'> <span class='labels-caption'> Labels: </span> <span class='labels'> <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Chromebooks' rel='tag'> Chromebooks </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Chromebooks%20for%20Education' rel='tag'> Chromebooks for Education </a> </span> </div> </div> </div> <div class='post' data-id='4153990466649978347' itemscope='' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <h2 class='title' itemprop='name'> <a href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/Google-Apps-and-gaming-help-Melexis-keep-a-fast-growing-global-team-together.html' itemprop='url' title='Google Apps and gaming help Melexis keep a fast-growing global team together'> Google Apps and gaming help Melexis keep a fast-growing global team together </a> </h2> <div class='post-header'> <div class='published'> <span class='publishdate' itemprop='datePublished'> Monday, June 27, 2016 </span> </div> </div> <div class='post-body'> <div class='post-content' itemprop='articleBody'> <script type='text/template'> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Koen Bosmans, Senior System Administrator/Service Desk Team Lead, Tessenderlo, Belgium</span> <br /> <br /> <i><b>Editor's note:</b> Today we hear from Koen Bosmans, Senior Systems Administrator at <a href="https://www.melexis.com/en" target="_blank">Melexis</a>, a microelectronics supplier based in Tessenderlo, Belgium. One of the world’s top producers of sensors and microchips for the automotive industry, Melexis is expanding into new industries, with great success. Spread across 11 offices in nine countries, read how this truly global company uses Google Apps for Work to build its international team.<br /> </i> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://www.melexis.com/en" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9DjB2T1ODuQ958EG8VwBq2AJhAf4xyr-DSx5i8nXTiN6AWvvy2Wkjo73neG4HS5g8G4LfSjero1im2SZt6yxz2sx6IlJlPJJP3iPqYtu8ofq1I7Pbl_HBmR4xP96SWAfjI-Ayxi0TaSg/s400/melexis-4.png" width="400" /></a></div> There’s a good chance you’ve used one of our products without realising it. The sophisticated microchips we make are in everything from children’s ear thermometers, to airbags, to smartphones, to drones. And as the demand for microelectronics has grown, so has our business: Melexis shares are worth 20 times more now than when I started working here in 1999, and today we employ 1,200 staff worldwide in Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Switzerland, China, Malaysia, the Ukraine and the US. As early as 2010, we could see that this rapid expansion might lead to “silo thinking” that prevents outstanding engineers in different countries from working together effectively in a global team. That’s why Melexis management asked me to research alternatives to the open-source software we were using.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6psay_Fz5ic94t9bS6ttzGK6y8O1WDPcu4_zOa2tNrNItBGnYNyufFALeDhhaf74koMoqq6PWWuh1S6uszDutf_R5ECRE1za1oHG2F_37lGrWr0fq-4aOY7J4-FjKTTkpM1Z22Sx5VuU/s1600/melexis-2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6psay_Fz5ic94t9bS6ttzGK6y8O1WDPcu4_zOa2tNrNItBGnYNyufFALeDhhaf74koMoqq6PWWuh1S6uszDutf_R5ECRE1za1oHG2F_37lGrWr0fq-4aOY7J4-FjKTTkpM1Z22Sx5VuU/s640/melexis-2.png" width="640" /></a></div> I ranked five IT solutions on 25 criteria — including web accessibility, document sharing and OS compatibility — and Google Apps for Work came out on top. We bought 500 accounts and got ready to deploy them over 13 weeks. But after the first fortnight, I realised that Google Apps training was so straightforward I could ask a student working in my department to do it. He travelled the world for three months and trained the entire company.<br /> <br /> Google Apps improves staff satisfaction with their work environment and rewards teamwork. In the first quarter after we switched to <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/gmail/" target="_blank">Gmail</a>, the number of complaints about email dropped by 65%. No more spam or slow webmail, and <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/calendar/" target="_blank">Calendar</a> has ended confusion over meeting room bookings. Expansion is much easier, too; instead of having to install servers and data lines in every new office, all we need is an internet connection. Plus, we can expand without asking engineers to relocate, since as part of a virtual team, they can talk to colleagues anywhere in the world over <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/hangouts/" target="_blank">Hangouts</a> while working together on a shared document in <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/sheets/" target="_blank">Sheets</a>. And wherever we are, <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/drive/" target="_blank">Drive</a> saves time by letting colleagues work simultaneously on single documents — whether it’s our R&D teams collecting test data in Sheets, or the IT team preparing a presentation on <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/slides/" target="_blank">Slides</a> for our monthly meeting.<br /> <br /> Through my experience using Google Apps within our IT team, I understand how something as simple as face-to-face contact through Hangouts can make a team so much stronger. My IT Service Desk team is made up of eight people split over six locations, and we meet every two days on Hangouts to discuss work. I noticed that seeing each other so often created a relaxed and friendly dynamic that made it easier to share advice and help each other. <br /> <br /> At Melexis, we don’t just work hard, we play hard, too. Fun is part of our DNA, and three years ago, we invited everyone to take part in an international computer game LAN party. We’ve been doing it every year since, and it’s always a great opportunity to get to know each other across different locations. <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaswdZ4LxwOUUuzVcr_2yVwNloYcpdn2IqT2qPoB2zugg6xPG3OMZRn2JHB6PjPjmKWSyyop1p0eDBDXXIUwScJogfNXg3F2cF2-78xc7tcwJ6OxQqVT4U7lBd-9Opr_M62_F6DK46i6M/s1600/melexis-5.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaswdZ4LxwOUUuzVcr_2yVwNloYcpdn2IqT2qPoB2zugg6xPG3OMZRn2JHB6PjPjmKWSyyop1p0eDBDXXIUwScJogfNXg3F2cF2-78xc7tcwJ6OxQqVT4U7lBd-9Opr_M62_F6DK46i6M/s640/melexis-5.png" width="640" /></a></div> Google Apps makes these international LAN parties possible. Staff use Forms to sign up for some of the four or five games we’ll be playing in competition, and we organise times and equipment through a community on Google+. Presentations on Slides explain what we’re doing, and we use Sheets to keep score.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIi5xaDPB-M6UrCaOreZmXE0r8JIxqVcOFFqYd9Z1scRrX8XIhIvGbmh-XPa_SWD0WqbcLZPeSGNPw-zXZqJpqLYT6xMlY7FMUKwTINn7PNJilFHz4d4X0zNY-c3pA5FaA45tnF72adVs/s1600/melexis-3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIi5xaDPB-M6UrCaOreZmXE0r8JIxqVcOFFqYd9Z1scRrX8XIhIvGbmh-XPa_SWD0WqbcLZPeSGNPw-zXZqJpqLYT6xMlY7FMUKwTINn7PNJilFHz4d4X0zNY-c3pA5FaA45tnF72adVs/s640/melexis-3.png" width="640" /></a></div> The party starts at 6pm on a Friday. In each office, staff decorate a room, put on fancy dress, and set up a Hangout between all the offices, even our senior leaders get dressed up and take part! Projection screens, microphones and speakers let the offices communicate with each other while the organisers announce gaming fixtures. Our scoreboard is in Sheets, which automatically updates its graphs with all the new information from every match.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuTN8tBqApDHX40tfTmOAESDqukjZ5Vp_4VG3932t8zeFVR2Doz7cvLFHAJu7Eb3VukySdlz83Y1Eu2MTvpI7RJUH4J5jJqsP_X6CXF2mtyeyXsm3IXiHBzL4e2ywQ5fOMIomyuq7vYEQ/s1600/melexis-6.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuTN8tBqApDHX40tfTmOAESDqukjZ5Vp_4VG3932t8zeFVR2Doz7cvLFHAJu7Eb3VukySdlz83Y1Eu2MTvpI7RJUH4J5jJqsP_X6CXF2mtyeyXsm3IXiHBzL4e2ywQ5fOMIomyuq7vYEQ/s640/melexis-6.png" width="640" /></a></div> In the first year, we had 120 participants, and that number’s been going up every year since. We’ve even given out best-dressed awards for themes from Halloween to superheroes.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb9fp0YmqNogWsc4EulBMQb_1BbC4d3XII1_BEJM1LAkYXiditfg1W37dqQqhdiz35uBCj0-4Gpw2bm79A7aT5AAVl3f-oeA5rVA0YlCtuZ0mgivZ7f7yttTUfyQUpXs1QndaZYXpZKNM/s1600/melexis-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb9fp0YmqNogWsc4EulBMQb_1BbC4d3XII1_BEJM1LAkYXiditfg1W37dqQqhdiz35uBCj0-4Gpw2bm79A7aT5AAVl3f-oeA5rVA0YlCtuZ0mgivZ7f7yttTUfyQUpXs1QndaZYXpZKNM/s640/melexis-1.png" width="640" /></a></div> Now, when I travel between our offices in different countries, staff walk up to tell me how good the LAN parties are for the company and morale. But there’s no question that combining our talents and pulling together through technology, wherever we are, lies at the heart of our global success.</div> </script> <noscript> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Koen Bosmans, Senior System Administrator/Service Desk Team Lead, Tessenderlo, Belgium</span> <br /> <br /> <i><b>Editor's note:</b> Today we hear from Koen Bosmans, Senior Systems Administrator at <a href="https://www.melexis.com/en" target="_blank">Melexis</a>, a microelectronics supplier based in Tessenderlo, Belgium. One of the world’s top producers of sensors and microchips for the automotive industry, Melexis is expanding into new industries, with great success. Spread across 11 offices in nine countries, read how this truly global company uses Google Apps for Work to build its international team.<br /> </i> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://www.melexis.com/en" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9DjB2T1ODuQ958EG8VwBq2AJhAf4xyr-DSx5i8nXTiN6AWvvy2Wkjo73neG4HS5g8G4LfSjero1im2SZt6yxz2sx6IlJlPJJP3iPqYtu8ofq1I7Pbl_HBmR4xP96SWAfjI-Ayxi0TaSg/s400/melexis-4.png" width="400" /></a></div> There’s a good chance you’ve used one of our products without realising it. The sophisticated microchips we make are in everything from children’s ear thermometers, to airbags, to smartphones, to drones. And as the demand for microelectronics has grown, so has our business: Melexis shares are worth 20 times more now than when I started working here in 1999, and today we employ 1,200 staff worldwide in Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Switzerland, China, Malaysia, the Ukraine and the US. As early as 2010, we could see that this rapid expansion might lead to “silo thinking” that prevents outstanding engineers in different countries from working together effectively in a global team. That’s why Melexis management asked me to research alternatives to the open-source software we were using.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6psay_Fz5ic94t9bS6ttzGK6y8O1WDPcu4_zOa2tNrNItBGnYNyufFALeDhhaf74koMoqq6PWWuh1S6uszDutf_R5ECRE1za1oHG2F_37lGrWr0fq-4aOY7J4-FjKTTkpM1Z22Sx5VuU/s1600/melexis-2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6psay_Fz5ic94t9bS6ttzGK6y8O1WDPcu4_zOa2tNrNItBGnYNyufFALeDhhaf74koMoqq6PWWuh1S6uszDutf_R5ECRE1za1oHG2F_37lGrWr0fq-4aOY7J4-FjKTTkpM1Z22Sx5VuU/s640/melexis-2.png" width="640" /></a></div> I ranked five IT solutions on 25 criteria — including web accessibility, document sharing and OS compatibility — and Google Apps for Work came out on top. We bought 500 accounts and got ready to deploy them over 13 weeks. But after the first fortnight, I realised that Google Apps training was so straightforward I could ask a student working in my department to do it. He travelled the world for three months and trained the entire company.<br /> <br /> Google Apps improves staff satisfaction with their work environment and rewards teamwork. In the first quarter after we switched to <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/gmail/" target="_blank">Gmail</a>, the number of complaints about email dropped by 65%. No more spam or slow webmail, and <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/calendar/" target="_blank">Calendar</a> has ended confusion over meeting room bookings. Expansion is much easier, too; instead of having to install servers and data lines in every new office, all we need is an internet connection. Plus, we can expand without asking engineers to relocate, since as part of a virtual team, they can talk to colleagues anywhere in the world over <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/hangouts/" target="_blank">Hangouts</a> while working together on a shared document in <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/sheets/" target="_blank">Sheets</a>. And wherever we are, <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/drive/" target="_blank">Drive</a> saves time by letting colleagues work simultaneously on single documents — whether it’s our R&D teams collecting test data in Sheets, or the IT team preparing a presentation on <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/slides/" target="_blank">Slides</a> for our monthly meeting.<br /> <br /> Through my experience using Google Apps within our IT team, I understand how something as simple as face-to-face contact through Hangouts can make a team so much stronger. My IT Service Desk team is made up of eight people split over six locations, and we meet every two days on Hangouts to discuss work. I noticed that seeing each other so often created a relaxed and friendly dynamic that made it easier to share advice and help each other. <br /> <br /> At Melexis, we don’t just work hard, we play hard, too. Fun is part of our DNA, and three years ago, we invited everyone to take part in an international computer game LAN party. We’ve been doing it every year since, and it’s always a great opportunity to get to know each other across different locations. <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaswdZ4LxwOUUuzVcr_2yVwNloYcpdn2IqT2qPoB2zugg6xPG3OMZRn2JHB6PjPjmKWSyyop1p0eDBDXXIUwScJogfNXg3F2cF2-78xc7tcwJ6OxQqVT4U7lBd-9Opr_M62_F6DK46i6M/s1600/melexis-5.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaswdZ4LxwOUUuzVcr_2yVwNloYcpdn2IqT2qPoB2zugg6xPG3OMZRn2JHB6PjPjmKWSyyop1p0eDBDXXIUwScJogfNXg3F2cF2-78xc7tcwJ6OxQqVT4U7lBd-9Opr_M62_F6DK46i6M/s640/melexis-5.png" width="640" /></a></div> Google Apps makes these international LAN parties possible. Staff use Forms to sign up for some of the four or five games we’ll be playing in competition, and we organise times and equipment through a community on Google+. Presentations on Slides explain what we’re doing, and we use Sheets to keep score.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIi5xaDPB-M6UrCaOreZmXE0r8JIxqVcOFFqYd9Z1scRrX8XIhIvGbmh-XPa_SWD0WqbcLZPeSGNPw-zXZqJpqLYT6xMlY7FMUKwTINn7PNJilFHz4d4X0zNY-c3pA5FaA45tnF72adVs/s1600/melexis-3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIi5xaDPB-M6UrCaOreZmXE0r8JIxqVcOFFqYd9Z1scRrX8XIhIvGbmh-XPa_SWD0WqbcLZPeSGNPw-zXZqJpqLYT6xMlY7FMUKwTINn7PNJilFHz4d4X0zNY-c3pA5FaA45tnF72adVs/s640/melexis-3.png" width="640" /></a></div> The party starts at 6pm on a Friday. In each office, staff decorate a room, put on fancy dress, and set up a Hangout between all the offices, even our senior leaders get dressed up and take part! Projection screens, microphones and speakers let the offices communicate with each other while the organisers announce gaming fixtures. Our scoreboard is in Sheets, which automatically updates its graphs with all the new information from every match.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuTN8tBqApDHX40tfTmOAESDqukjZ5Vp_4VG3932t8zeFVR2Doz7cvLFHAJu7Eb3VukySdlz83Y1Eu2MTvpI7RJUH4J5jJqsP_X6CXF2mtyeyXsm3IXiHBzL4e2ywQ5fOMIomyuq7vYEQ/s1600/melexis-6.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuTN8tBqApDHX40tfTmOAESDqukjZ5Vp_4VG3932t8zeFVR2Doz7cvLFHAJu7Eb3VukySdlz83Y1Eu2MTvpI7RJUH4J5jJqsP_X6CXF2mtyeyXsm3IXiHBzL4e2ywQ5fOMIomyuq7vYEQ/s640/melexis-6.png" width="640" /></a></div> In the first year, we had 120 participants, and that number’s been going up every year since. We’ve even given out best-dressed awards for themes from Halloween to superheroes.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb9fp0YmqNogWsc4EulBMQb_1BbC4d3XII1_BEJM1LAkYXiditfg1W37dqQqhdiz35uBCj0-4Gpw2bm79A7aT5AAVl3f-oeA5rVA0YlCtuZ0mgivZ7f7yttTUfyQUpXs1QndaZYXpZKNM/s1600/melexis-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb9fp0YmqNogWsc4EulBMQb_1BbC4d3XII1_BEJM1LAkYXiditfg1W37dqQqhdiz35uBCj0-4Gpw2bm79A7aT5AAVl3f-oeA5rVA0YlCtuZ0mgivZ7f7yttTUfyQUpXs1QndaZYXpZKNM/s640/melexis-1.png" width="640" /></a></div> Now, when I travel between our offices in different countries, staff walk up to tell me how good the LAN parties are for the company and morale. But there’s no question that combining our talents and pulling together through technology, wherever we are, lies at the heart of our global success.</div> </noscript> </div> </div> <div class='share'> <span class='gplus-share social-wrapper' data-href='https://plus.google.com/share?url=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/Google-Apps-and-gaming-help-Melexis-keep-a-fast-growing-global-team-together.html'> <img alt='Share on Google+' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/branding/google_plus/2x/ic_w_post_gplus_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='twitter-custom social-wrapper' data-href='http://twitter.com/share?text=Official Google Cloud Blog:Google Apps and gaming help Melexis keep a fast-growing global team together&url=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/Google-Apps-and-gaming-help-Melexis-keep-a-fast-growing-global-team-together.html&via=gsuite'> <img alt='Share on Twitter' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_twitter_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='fb-custom social-wrapper' data-href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/Google-Apps-and-gaming-help-Melexis-keep-a-fast-growing-global-team-together.html'> <img alt='Share on Facebook' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_facebook_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> </div> <div class='comment-container'> <i class='comment-img material-icons'>  </i> <span class='cmt_count_iframe_holder' data-count='3' data-onclick='' data-post-url='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/Google-Apps-and-gaming-help-Melexis-keep-a-fast-growing-global-team-together.html' data-url='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/Google-Apps-and-gaming-help-Melexis-keep-a-fast-growing-global-team-together.html' style='color: #4184F3;'></span> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='cmt_iframe_holder' data-href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/Google-Apps-and-gaming-help-Melexis-keep-a-fast-growing-global-team-together.html' data-viewtype='FILTERED_POSTMOD'></div> <a href='https://plus.google.com/112374322230920073195' rel='author' style='display:none;'> Google </a> <div class='label-footer'> <span class='labels-caption'> Labels: </span> <span class='labels'> <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/customer%20love' rel='tag'> customer love </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/gmail' rel='tag'> gmail </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Gone%20Google' rel='tag'> Gone Google </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Apps%20for%20Work' rel='tag'> Google Apps for Work </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Calendar' rel='tag'> Google Calendar </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Drive' rel='tag'> Google Drive </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Hangouts' rel='tag'> Google Hangouts </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Slides%20API' rel='tag'> Google Slides API </a> </span> </div> </div> </div> <div class='post' data-id='8823667020873983799' itemscope='' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <h2 class='title' itemprop='name'> <a href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/updates-from-ISTE-4-new-tools-to-help-teachers-do-what-they-do-best.html' itemprop='url' title='Updates from ISTE: 4 new tools to help teachers do what they do best'> Updates from ISTE: 4 new tools to help teachers do what they do best </a> </h2> <div class='post-header'> <div class='published'> <span class='publishdate' itemprop='datePublished'> Monday, June 27, 2016 </span> </div> </div> <div class='post-body'> <div class='post-content' itemprop='articleBody'> <script type='text/template'> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Jonathan Rochelle, Director of Product Management, Google for Education and Cyrus Mistry, Lead Product Manager, Devices and Content, Google for Education</span><br /> <br /> <i>(Cross-posted on the Google for Education <a href="http://googleforeducation.blogspot.com/2016/06/updates-from-iste-4-new-tools-to-help.html" target="_blank">Blog</a>.)</i> <br /> <br /> <br /> <i><b>Editor's note:</b> This week our Google for Education team will be joining thousands of educators at the annual ISTE conference. Follow along here and on <a href="http://twitter.com/googleforedu" target="_blank">Twitter</a> for the latest news and updates.<br /> </i> <br /> <br /> Teachers are great communicators, collaborators, creators and critical thinkers. It takes a teacher to empower students with these skills and create the leaders of our future. As technology becomes an increasingly integral component of our classrooms, the role of teachers becomes even more important.<br /> <br /> Today at ISTE, we’re announcing four more ways for these everyday heroes to engage their classes and empower their students using Google tools. Look out for a deeper dive on each of these launches on the blog throughout this week.<br /> <br /> <b>Bring curriculum to life: introducing the Expeditions app</b><br /> Since we launched the beta Expeditions Pioneer Program in September of 2015, more than <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MQ9yG_QfDA" target="_blank">one million students</a> across 11 countries have taken one of our virtual reality trips. Today, we’re making Expeditions available to everyone. To get started, all teachers need to do is download the Expeditions app onto a set of devices. With more than 200 Expeditions to choose from, students can journey far and wide, learning from immersive new experiences. Our content offering has also grown and now includes Expeditions made by established educational content providers including Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Pearson is beginning work on Expeditions content as well. The app is available today for <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.vr.expeditions" target="_blank">Android</a> and will be available for iPhones and iPads soon.<br /> <br /> While Expeditions can be used with many of the devices schools or students already have — either smartphones with Google Cardboard or tablets in 2D full screen mode — <a href="http://www.bestbuy.com/GoogleExpeditions" target="_blank">Best Buy Education</a> will also be making Expeditions kits available for schools to purchase. These kits will contain everything teachers need to bring their classes on amazing Expeditions: a tablet, virtual reality viewers and a router to connect them all. Kits are available for pre-order and will ship in time for back-to-school. We’ll also publish clear specs for partners interested in working with us to create their own kits.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbch0LbCg-jfTwaW3JU6G90eYK6RODUDYpbbO1klxx3Y_CggV_m9N968JuvVmnOzHTXDeCoWaP2PHJkLWBRzexZyL40wnNoVLF6RwfBz8jKGQqqPTxjDXAu3O-RdKPR8vQ13JSz0SgNwHO/s1600/Expeditions-TeacherView-noCopy.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbch0LbCg-jfTwaW3JU6G90eYK6RODUDYpbbO1klxx3Y_CggV_m9N968JuvVmnOzHTXDeCoWaP2PHJkLWBRzexZyL40wnNoVLF6RwfBz8jKGQqqPTxjDXAu3O-RdKPR8vQ13JSz0SgNwHO/s640/Expeditions-TeacherView-noCopy.gif" width="640" /></a></div> <b>Empower student-driven classrooms: Google Cast for Education </b><br /> Collaboration is key to student success, but in most classrooms today the biggest screen in the room is out of reach for students. If students want to share their screens with the class, they have to physically connect their devices to the classroom projector. When teachers present, they’re tied to the projector at the front of the room. Educators are eager to overcome this barrier, so much so that wireless screen sharing for schools was one of the top features requested by teachers in 2015.<br /> <br /> Today we’re announcing <a href="//g.co/castforedu" target="_blank">Google Cast for Education</a>, a free Chrome app that allows students and teachers to share their screens wirelessly from everywhere in the classroom. Cast for Education carries video and audio across complex school networks, has built-in controls for teachers and works with <a href="//www.google.com/edu/classroom" target="_blank">Google Classroom</a> so it’s easy to invite your students. And because the app runs on the teacher’s existing computer, it doesn’t require new hardware. Teachers run the Cast for Education app, and students can share their screens with the existing Cast feature in Chrome. Check out the <a href="https://youtu.be/07KFD5fGq_4" target="_blank">Cast for Education video</a>.<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjr91Rl3Z93hFt28u2kIUWF84FPaGbWIEGPxd0xRwOUIm3dea8CgNteGVBqzshVCqQh3O5F6kBIXYruuQy_oNWULRH99Ej-BMIyNNEoiStzI17DXJD87-2z2a5CWMb7lUz1SOXvFaAecJM/s1600/image01.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjr91Rl3Z93hFt28u2kIUWF84FPaGbWIEGPxd0xRwOUIm3dea8CgNteGVBqzshVCqQh3O5F6kBIXYruuQy_oNWULRH99Ej-BMIyNNEoiStzI17DXJD87-2z2a5CWMb7lUz1SOXvFaAecJM/s640/image01.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Teacher view (click to enlarge)</i> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwwbQEcOgOg6Cs7DdKagU_ZTJdR3W7Hf8MwTovUxVMYgpoweB5faWLG5OXhTnxEuysJW6C1j0z5heVQVDO1uN2pkE8caD0IZpx1WQ4fj5ccvkAc4z5qhVs7KxtFP_KUKyKkMR83L53YLm7/s1600/image04.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwwbQEcOgOg6Cs7DdKagU_ZTJdR3W7Hf8MwTovUxVMYgpoweB5faWLG5OXhTnxEuysJW6C1j0z5heVQVDO1uN2pkE8caD0IZpx1WQ4fj5ccvkAc4z5qhVs7KxtFP_KUKyKkMR83L53YLm7/s640/image04.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Student view (click to enlarge)</i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <b>Accelerate the feedback loop: Quizzes in Google Forms</b><br /> Getting feedback early helps students learn and teachers teach. Starting today, <a href="https://goo.gl/ZfwK68" target="_blank">Quizzes in Google Forms</a> will allow teachers to auto-grade multiple choice and checkbox questions — so teachers can spend less time grading and more time teaching.<br /> <br /> Teachers can also add review materials in the form of explanations, supplemental websites or review videos — so students can get quick, actionable feedback. Plus, teachers can get instant feedback on student progress, so they know which lessons need more explanation and what to teach next. We’ve also added a common request from educators to disallow students from sending themselves a copy of their responses.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSI-yn-xfWLpGHsFbL8aDtyabDmmo5IV7F3_NVXIWOAMWtMPzilLZXnLsRLeoNqM6m98mXxy9e2YN4prvtxG0JA7KGrpW8BDJ9mCoFJhy3UuOo0OvrI2pM3lDsejCpOEe5ldyBMf30Z2mc/s1600/Forms-StudentView-NoCopy-blog+%25282%2529.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSI-yn-xfWLpGHsFbL8aDtyabDmmo5IV7F3_NVXIWOAMWtMPzilLZXnLsRLeoNqM6m98mXxy9e2YN4prvtxG0JA7KGrpW8BDJ9mCoFJhy3UuOo0OvrI2pM3lDsejCpOEe5ldyBMf30Z2mc/s640/Forms-StudentView-NoCopy-blog+%25282%2529.gif" width="640" /></a></div> <b>Ignite student creativity: creative apps on Chromebooks</b><br /> We’re on a mission to discover Chromebook tools that foster skills of the future, including problem-solving, digital literacy, leadership and creativity. We listened to teachers in Chromebook classrooms and collaborated with <a href="http://edtechteacher.org/" target="_blank">EdTechTeacher</a>, and we’re excited to announce a collection of creative apps on Chromebooks that schools can purchase as a bundle.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://explaineverything.com/chromebooks/" target="_blank">Explain Everything</a>, <a href="https://www.soundtrap.com/edu/" target="_blank">Soundtrap</a> and <a href="https://www.wevideo.com/education" target="_blank">WeVideo</a> are creative apps that help students demonstrate their understanding of curriculum through their own unique voice. We’ve worked closely with our partners to offer these apps to schools at a special price when all three apps are purchased together. They may be purchased alongside Chromebooks or on their own, and they’re available as an annual subscription per license from Chromebook resellers in the US. Contact your school’s reseller to learn more.<br /> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ogjDyAYEWL8" width="640"></iframe><br /> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">Students use creative apps at Muller Road Middle School in South Carolina (<a href="https://youtu.be/ogjDyAYEWL8" target="_blank">watch video here</a>)</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><br /></i></div> <i>Look out for a deeper dive on each of these product updates on the blog throughout this week. If you’re at ISTE in Denver, visit us at booth #2511 in the expo hall to demo these tools. And <a href="https://www.google.com/edu/events/iste2016" target="_blank">check out our sessions</a> — taking place in room #103 — where educators and Googlers will be giving short presentations throughout the conference.<br /> <br /> </i></div> </script> <noscript> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Jonathan Rochelle, Director of Product Management, Google for Education and Cyrus Mistry, Lead Product Manager, Devices and Content, Google for Education</span><br /> <br /> <i>(Cross-posted on the Google for Education <a href="http://googleforeducation.blogspot.com/2016/06/updates-from-iste-4-new-tools-to-help.html" target="_blank">Blog</a>.)</i> <br /> <br /> <br /> <i><b>Editor's note:</b> This week our Google for Education team will be joining thousands of educators at the annual ISTE conference. Follow along here and on <a href="http://twitter.com/googleforedu" target="_blank">Twitter</a> for the latest news and updates.<br /> </i> <br /> <br /> Teachers are great communicators, collaborators, creators and critical thinkers. It takes a teacher to empower students with these skills and create the leaders of our future. As technology becomes an increasingly integral component of our classrooms, the role of teachers becomes even more important.<br /> <br /> Today at ISTE, we’re announcing four more ways for these everyday heroes to engage their classes and empower their students using Google tools. Look out for a deeper dive on each of these launches on the blog throughout this week.<br /> <br /> <b>Bring curriculum to life: introducing the Expeditions app</b><br /> Since we launched the beta Expeditions Pioneer Program in September of 2015, more than <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MQ9yG_QfDA" target="_blank">one million students</a> across 11 countries have taken one of our virtual reality trips. Today, we’re making Expeditions available to everyone. To get started, all teachers need to do is download the Expeditions app onto a set of devices. With more than 200 Expeditions to choose from, students can journey far and wide, learning from immersive new experiences. Our content offering has also grown and now includes Expeditions made by established educational content providers including Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Pearson is beginning work on Expeditions content as well. The app is available today for <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.vr.expeditions" target="_blank">Android</a> and will be available for iPhones and iPads soon.<br /> <br /> While Expeditions can be used with many of the devices schools or students already have — either smartphones with Google Cardboard or tablets in 2D full screen mode — <a href="http://www.bestbuy.com/GoogleExpeditions" target="_blank">Best Buy Education</a> will also be making Expeditions kits available for schools to purchase. These kits will contain everything teachers need to bring their classes on amazing Expeditions: a tablet, virtual reality viewers and a router to connect them all. Kits are available for pre-order and will ship in time for back-to-school. We’ll also publish clear specs for partners interested in working with us to create their own kits.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbch0LbCg-jfTwaW3JU6G90eYK6RODUDYpbbO1klxx3Y_CggV_m9N968JuvVmnOzHTXDeCoWaP2PHJkLWBRzexZyL40wnNoVLF6RwfBz8jKGQqqPTxjDXAu3O-RdKPR8vQ13JSz0SgNwHO/s1600/Expeditions-TeacherView-noCopy.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbch0LbCg-jfTwaW3JU6G90eYK6RODUDYpbbO1klxx3Y_CggV_m9N968JuvVmnOzHTXDeCoWaP2PHJkLWBRzexZyL40wnNoVLF6RwfBz8jKGQqqPTxjDXAu3O-RdKPR8vQ13JSz0SgNwHO/s640/Expeditions-TeacherView-noCopy.gif" width="640" /></a></div> <b>Empower student-driven classrooms: Google Cast for Education </b><br /> Collaboration is key to student success, but in most classrooms today the biggest screen in the room is out of reach for students. If students want to share their screens with the class, they have to physically connect their devices to the classroom projector. When teachers present, they’re tied to the projector at the front of the room. Educators are eager to overcome this barrier, so much so that wireless screen sharing for schools was one of the top features requested by teachers in 2015.<br /> <br /> Today we’re announcing <a href="//g.co/castforedu" target="_blank">Google Cast for Education</a>, a free Chrome app that allows students and teachers to share their screens wirelessly from everywhere in the classroom. Cast for Education carries video and audio across complex school networks, has built-in controls for teachers and works with <a href="//www.google.com/edu/classroom" target="_blank">Google Classroom</a> so it’s easy to invite your students. And because the app runs on the teacher’s existing computer, it doesn’t require new hardware. Teachers run the Cast for Education app, and students can share their screens with the existing Cast feature in Chrome. Check out the <a href="https://youtu.be/07KFD5fGq_4" target="_blank">Cast for Education video</a>.<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjr91Rl3Z93hFt28u2kIUWF84FPaGbWIEGPxd0xRwOUIm3dea8CgNteGVBqzshVCqQh3O5F6kBIXYruuQy_oNWULRH99Ej-BMIyNNEoiStzI17DXJD87-2z2a5CWMb7lUz1SOXvFaAecJM/s1600/image01.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjr91Rl3Z93hFt28u2kIUWF84FPaGbWIEGPxd0xRwOUIm3dea8CgNteGVBqzshVCqQh3O5F6kBIXYruuQy_oNWULRH99Ej-BMIyNNEoiStzI17DXJD87-2z2a5CWMb7lUz1SOXvFaAecJM/s640/image01.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Teacher view (click to enlarge)</i> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwwbQEcOgOg6Cs7DdKagU_ZTJdR3W7Hf8MwTovUxVMYgpoweB5faWLG5OXhTnxEuysJW6C1j0z5heVQVDO1uN2pkE8caD0IZpx1WQ4fj5ccvkAc4z5qhVs7KxtFP_KUKyKkMR83L53YLm7/s1600/image04.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwwbQEcOgOg6Cs7DdKagU_ZTJdR3W7Hf8MwTovUxVMYgpoweB5faWLG5OXhTnxEuysJW6C1j0z5heVQVDO1uN2pkE8caD0IZpx1WQ4fj5ccvkAc4z5qhVs7KxtFP_KUKyKkMR83L53YLm7/s640/image04.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Student view (click to enlarge)</i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <b>Accelerate the feedback loop: Quizzes in Google Forms</b><br /> Getting feedback early helps students learn and teachers teach. Starting today, <a href="https://goo.gl/ZfwK68" target="_blank">Quizzes in Google Forms</a> will allow teachers to auto-grade multiple choice and checkbox questions — so teachers can spend less time grading and more time teaching.<br /> <br /> Teachers can also add review materials in the form of explanations, supplemental websites or review videos — so students can get quick, actionable feedback. Plus, teachers can get instant feedback on student progress, so they know which lessons need more explanation and what to teach next. We’ve also added a common request from educators to disallow students from sending themselves a copy of their responses.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSI-yn-xfWLpGHsFbL8aDtyabDmmo5IV7F3_NVXIWOAMWtMPzilLZXnLsRLeoNqM6m98mXxy9e2YN4prvtxG0JA7KGrpW8BDJ9mCoFJhy3UuOo0OvrI2pM3lDsejCpOEe5ldyBMf30Z2mc/s1600/Forms-StudentView-NoCopy-blog+%25282%2529.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSI-yn-xfWLpGHsFbL8aDtyabDmmo5IV7F3_NVXIWOAMWtMPzilLZXnLsRLeoNqM6m98mXxy9e2YN4prvtxG0JA7KGrpW8BDJ9mCoFJhy3UuOo0OvrI2pM3lDsejCpOEe5ldyBMf30Z2mc/s640/Forms-StudentView-NoCopy-blog+%25282%2529.gif" width="640" /></a></div> <b>Ignite student creativity: creative apps on Chromebooks</b><br /> We’re on a mission to discover Chromebook tools that foster skills of the future, including problem-solving, digital literacy, leadership and creativity. We listened to teachers in Chromebook classrooms and collaborated with <a href="http://edtechteacher.org/" target="_blank">EdTechTeacher</a>, and we’re excited to announce a collection of creative apps on Chromebooks that schools can purchase as a bundle.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://explaineverything.com/chromebooks/" target="_blank">Explain Everything</a>, <a href="https://www.soundtrap.com/edu/" target="_blank">Soundtrap</a> and <a href="https://www.wevideo.com/education" target="_blank">WeVideo</a> are creative apps that help students demonstrate their understanding of curriculum through their own unique voice. We’ve worked closely with our partners to offer these apps to schools at a special price when all three apps are purchased together. They may be purchased alongside Chromebooks or on their own, and they’re available as an annual subscription per license from Chromebook resellers in the US. Contact your school’s reseller to learn more.<br /> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ogjDyAYEWL8" width="640"></iframe><br /> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">Students use creative apps at Muller Road Middle School in South Carolina (<a href="https://youtu.be/ogjDyAYEWL8" target="_blank">watch video here</a>)</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><br /></i></div> <i>Look out for a deeper dive on each of these product updates on the blog throughout this week. If you’re at ISTE in Denver, visit us at booth #2511 in the expo hall to demo these tools. And <a href="https://www.google.com/edu/events/iste2016" target="_blank">check out our sessions</a> — taking place in room #103 — where educators and Googlers will be giving short presentations throughout the conference.<br /> <br /> </i></div> </noscript> </div> </div> <div class='share'> <span class='gplus-share social-wrapper' data-href='https://plus.google.com/share?url=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/updates-from-ISTE-4-new-tools-to-help-teachers-do-what-they-do-best.html'> <img alt='Share on Google+' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/branding/google_plus/2x/ic_w_post_gplus_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='twitter-custom social-wrapper' data-href='http://twitter.com/share?text=Official Google Cloud Blog:Updates from ISTE: 4 new tools to help teachers do what they do best&url=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/updates-from-ISTE-4-new-tools-to-help-teachers-do-what-they-do-best.html&via=gsuite'> <img alt='Share on Twitter' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_twitter_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='fb-custom social-wrapper' data-href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/updates-from-ISTE-4-new-tools-to-help-teachers-do-what-they-do-best.html'> <img alt='Share on Facebook' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_facebook_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> </div> <div class='comment-container'> <i class='comment-img material-icons'>  </i> <span class='cmt_count_iframe_holder' data-count='0' data-onclick='' data-post-url='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/updates-from-ISTE-4-new-tools-to-help-teachers-do-what-they-do-best.html' data-url='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/updates-from-ISTE-4-new-tools-to-help-teachers-do-what-they-do-best.html' style='color: #4184F3;'></span> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='cmt_iframe_holder' data-href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/updates-from-ISTE-4-new-tools-to-help-teachers-do-what-they-do-best.html' data-viewtype='FILTERED_POSTMOD'></div> <a href='https://plus.google.com/112374322230920073195' rel='author' style='display:none;'> Google </a> <div class='label-footer'> <span class='labels-caption'> Labels: </span> <span class='labels'> <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Chromebooks%20for%20Education' rel='tag'> Chromebooks for Education </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Classroom' rel='tag'> Google Classroom </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Expeditions' rel='tag'> Google Expeditions </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Forms' rel='tag'> Google Forms </a> </span> </div> </div> </div> <div class='post' data-id='7692689896339359857' itemscope='' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <h2 class='title' itemprop='name'> <a href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/how-one-teacher-discovered-the-perfect-teaching-tool-a-business.html' itemprop='url' title='How one teacher discovered the perfect teaching tool: a business'> How one teacher discovered the perfect teaching tool: a business </a> </h2> <div class='post-header'> <div class='published'> <span class='publishdate' itemprop='datePublished'> Friday, June 24, 2016 </span> </div> </div> <div class='post-body'> <div class='post-content' itemprop='articleBody'> <script type='text/template'> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> Posted by Melissa Horwitz, Marketing Manager, Google for Education<br /> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <i>(Cross-posted on the Google for Education <a href="http://googleforeducation.blogspot.com/2016/06/how-one-teacher-discovered-the-perfect-teaching-tool-a-business.html" target="_blank">Blog</a>.)</i><br /> <br /> <i><b>Editor's note: </b>Teachers are uniquely inspiring people. It takes a teacher to engage students, bring the classroom alive and turn classroom concepts into lifelong passions. We’re thrilled to celebrate everyday heroes like Matt from High Tech High, whose story is below, at <a href="https://conference.iste.org/2016/" target="_blank">ISTE</a> this year in Denver. If you’ll be at the conference, stop by booth #2511 in the expo hall to demo the latest Google for Education tools. We’ll also be sharing over <a href="https://www.google.com/edu/events/iste2016/" target="_blank">50 presentations</a> from educators and Googlers in room #103. <br /> </i> <br /> <br /> San Diego’s <a href="http://www.hightechhigh.org/" target="_blank">High Tech High</a> encourages its teachers and students to think outside the box. Instead of traditional curricula, the school emphasizes experiential projects and student-teacher equality, like using teachers’ first names in the classroom. These are some of the many reasons why Matt Martin has been teaching chemistry there for 4 years. In keeping with High Tech High’s interdisciplinary approach to learning, Matt’s students aren’t just amateur chemists — they’re entrepreneurs-in-the-making who use knowledge from all of their classes to take on classroom challenges.<br /> <br /> Matt wants his students to learn about the real-world applications of chemistry, not just the contents of their textbooks. Matt and his students work together on projects, like the Mad Scientist program, which gives students the opportunity to design their own experiments. When one student had the idea of making soap with sodium hydroxide, otherwise known as lye, Matt saw the potential to turn a one-time experiment into a full-fledged business. All the students needed was a name. They came up with the <a href="http://shop.meet-ed.org/collections/wicked-soap-company" target="_blank">Wicked Soap Company</a>, an e-commerce business dedicated to handcrafted soaps. With help from some real-world scholars, John Cahalin and Elyse Burden, Wicked Soap Company has grown into a self-sustaining enterprise. While initially only 20 percent of the soap students produced was usable, the class has boosted the number to 80 percent over time.<br /> <br /> Matt’s students love working for Wicked Soap Company. It has encouraged them to take pride in the uniqueness of their education. “The soap project was an amazing experience and was the first time I had ever done anything like it,” said one of Matt’s tenth-grade students. “ I became a business strategist, selling soap to people from all around the world and informing them about something that separates us from all chemistry classes.”<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-qxY6F6YjS9WeFSScfJDPH8irowXh0mSUX4SMoMdVYBFKfMqFBR-MUII0X3yXJtAZnDlO7qeinrrhkPN09bjL6QjKmZd-kz9QC1JjImjKELO3MCsnmrPgP3nrIDeXK461VOxzOmTI-uAU/s1600/wicked-soap-3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="459" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-qxY6F6YjS9WeFSScfJDPH8irowXh0mSUX4SMoMdVYBFKfMqFBR-MUII0X3yXJtAZnDlO7qeinrrhkPN09bjL6QjKmZd-kz9QC1JjImjKELO3MCsnmrPgP3nrIDeXK461VOxzOmTI-uAU/s640/wicked-soap-3.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Matt Martin, chemistry teacher at High Tech High</td></tr> </tbody></table> <h3> A formula for success </h3> Students were so eager to get involved with Wicked Soap Company that Matt decided to extend the project over multiple semesters. Matt’s 50 chemistry students — and dozens more supporting the company — rely on technology like <a href="//www.google.com/chromebook/" target="_blank">Chromebooks</a> and <a href="https://www.google.com/edu/products/productivity-tools/" target="_blank">Google Apps for Education</a> that let everyone participate and learn together. As technology becomes increasingly vital to education, the guidance and instruction teachers like Matt provide has never been more important.<br /> <br /> Many of Matt’s students have also discovered the intersection of their skills and interests. By merging students’ various interests — whether it’s in math or English — Matt created a classroom experience like no other. “I’ve learned so much more than just science, or making soap,” said another tenth-grader, “I’ve also learned about the dynamics of entrepreneurship. There was nothing more satisfying than watching people buy and admire something that I made.” Students haven’t just earned experiences, though — they’ve earned profits.<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEa1_RH2d8W_rli_YxVaSdxPT_D8BLFwiQRg9E-Ig0exh_0cLRnNXnZae-QHdQJjn0U_9Y5dmxq9ZN4fEmoW2UC5LC_GGr_cHjuoY5spQBLjNJHr-CqKw3rmzCjHrbYPhvjDakgqzNQHbY/s1600/wicked-soap-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEa1_RH2d8W_rli_YxVaSdxPT_D8BLFwiQRg9E-Ig0exh_0cLRnNXnZae-QHdQJjn0U_9Y5dmxq9ZN4fEmoW2UC5LC_GGr_cHjuoY5spQBLjNJHr-CqKw3rmzCjHrbYPhvjDakgqzNQHbY/s640/wicked-soap-1.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Student from Matt's class making soap</td></tr> </tbody></table> With Matt’s guidance, students have enthusiastically used Wicked Soap’s profits to give back to their community. They’ve donated over 1,000 bars to local homeless shelters. Students also purchased a motorized wheelchair for a senior student who would attend UC Irvine in the fall. When a community member’s house burned down, students donated all of their income the next day in support. It hasn’t been all work and no play for Wicked Soap’s staff, though. Students have gone on outings they wouldn’t have been able to attend otherwise, like a trip to see the Padres take on the Rockies.<br /> <br /> There’s no doubt Matt takes an unconventional approach to teaching chemistry, and students are more engaged in the subject as a result. “I walked into this class knowing nothing about chemistry,” said one of Matt’s students. “Now I feel like I have learned so much and am more interested in chemistry. I even want to do experiments on my own time now that I have been introduced and shown how to run an experiment.”<br /> <br /> Wicked Soap Company, the fruit of Matt’s Mad Scientist program, shows how it takes a teacher to create engaged, successful students. As a chemistry teacher, Matt didn’t just teach how to make solutions and compounds — he showed his students how to discover their passions.<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3yZTLSThQuuZVvIW2VLSo3m6m4DcTNewms4WAbYcgERnXQfcsGKwcfTlSkEDAdJiZmv8qr8_VUkXVhzV3j6sbvLcuMVOsvCx2mZfpSpD_5K9WFCiCqPd6Vd5QbC54JY9uXaDAeu5KoiHR/s1600/wicked-soap-2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3yZTLSThQuuZVvIW2VLSo3m6m4DcTNewms4WAbYcgERnXQfcsGKwcfTlSkEDAdJiZmv8qr8_VUkXVhzV3j6sbvLcuMVOsvCx2mZfpSpD_5K9WFCiCqPd6Vd5QbC54JY9uXaDAeu5KoiHR/s640/wicked-soap-2.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wicked Soaps, almost ready for sale</td></tr> </tbody></table> <i>If you’ll be at ISTE in Denver, come visit our Booth #2511 in the Expo Hall and our Session Room #103 to hear more stories like this one.<br /> </i></div> <br /></div> </script> <noscript> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> Posted by Melissa Horwitz, Marketing Manager, Google for Education<br /> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <i>(Cross-posted on the Google for Education <a href="http://googleforeducation.blogspot.com/2016/06/how-one-teacher-discovered-the-perfect-teaching-tool-a-business.html" target="_blank">Blog</a>.)</i><br /> <br /> <i><b>Editor's note: </b>Teachers are uniquely inspiring people. It takes a teacher to engage students, bring the classroom alive and turn classroom concepts into lifelong passions. We’re thrilled to celebrate everyday heroes like Matt from High Tech High, whose story is below, at <a href="https://conference.iste.org/2016/" target="_blank">ISTE</a> this year in Denver. If you’ll be at the conference, stop by booth #2511 in the expo hall to demo the latest Google for Education tools. We’ll also be sharing over <a href="https://www.google.com/edu/events/iste2016/" target="_blank">50 presentations</a> from educators and Googlers in room #103. <br /> </i> <br /> <br /> San Diego’s <a href="http://www.hightechhigh.org/" target="_blank">High Tech High</a> encourages its teachers and students to think outside the box. Instead of traditional curricula, the school emphasizes experiential projects and student-teacher equality, like using teachers’ first names in the classroom. These are some of the many reasons why Matt Martin has been teaching chemistry there for 4 years. In keeping with High Tech High’s interdisciplinary approach to learning, Matt’s students aren’t just amateur chemists — they’re entrepreneurs-in-the-making who use knowledge from all of their classes to take on classroom challenges.<br /> <br /> Matt wants his students to learn about the real-world applications of chemistry, not just the contents of their textbooks. Matt and his students work together on projects, like the Mad Scientist program, which gives students the opportunity to design their own experiments. When one student had the idea of making soap with sodium hydroxide, otherwise known as lye, Matt saw the potential to turn a one-time experiment into a full-fledged business. All the students needed was a name. They came up with the <a href="http://shop.meet-ed.org/collections/wicked-soap-company" target="_blank">Wicked Soap Company</a>, an e-commerce business dedicated to handcrafted soaps. With help from some real-world scholars, John Cahalin and Elyse Burden, Wicked Soap Company has grown into a self-sustaining enterprise. While initially only 20 percent of the soap students produced was usable, the class has boosted the number to 80 percent over time.<br /> <br /> Matt’s students love working for Wicked Soap Company. It has encouraged them to take pride in the uniqueness of their education. “The soap project was an amazing experience and was the first time I had ever done anything like it,” said one of Matt’s tenth-grade students. “ I became a business strategist, selling soap to people from all around the world and informing them about something that separates us from all chemistry classes.”<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-qxY6F6YjS9WeFSScfJDPH8irowXh0mSUX4SMoMdVYBFKfMqFBR-MUII0X3yXJtAZnDlO7qeinrrhkPN09bjL6QjKmZd-kz9QC1JjImjKELO3MCsnmrPgP3nrIDeXK461VOxzOmTI-uAU/s1600/wicked-soap-3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="459" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-qxY6F6YjS9WeFSScfJDPH8irowXh0mSUX4SMoMdVYBFKfMqFBR-MUII0X3yXJtAZnDlO7qeinrrhkPN09bjL6QjKmZd-kz9QC1JjImjKELO3MCsnmrPgP3nrIDeXK461VOxzOmTI-uAU/s640/wicked-soap-3.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Matt Martin, chemistry teacher at High Tech High</td></tr> </tbody></table> <h3> A formula for success </h3> Students were so eager to get involved with Wicked Soap Company that Matt decided to extend the project over multiple semesters. Matt’s 50 chemistry students — and dozens more supporting the company — rely on technology like <a href="//www.google.com/chromebook/" target="_blank">Chromebooks</a> and <a href="https://www.google.com/edu/products/productivity-tools/" target="_blank">Google Apps for Education</a> that let everyone participate and learn together. As technology becomes increasingly vital to education, the guidance and instruction teachers like Matt provide has never been more important.<br /> <br /> Many of Matt’s students have also discovered the intersection of their skills and interests. By merging students’ various interests — whether it’s in math or English — Matt created a classroom experience like no other. “I’ve learned so much more than just science, or making soap,” said another tenth-grader, “I’ve also learned about the dynamics of entrepreneurship. There was nothing more satisfying than watching people buy and admire something that I made.” Students haven’t just earned experiences, though — they’ve earned profits.<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEa1_RH2d8W_rli_YxVaSdxPT_D8BLFwiQRg9E-Ig0exh_0cLRnNXnZae-QHdQJjn0U_9Y5dmxq9ZN4fEmoW2UC5LC_GGr_cHjuoY5spQBLjNJHr-CqKw3rmzCjHrbYPhvjDakgqzNQHbY/s1600/wicked-soap-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEa1_RH2d8W_rli_YxVaSdxPT_D8BLFwiQRg9E-Ig0exh_0cLRnNXnZae-QHdQJjn0U_9Y5dmxq9ZN4fEmoW2UC5LC_GGr_cHjuoY5spQBLjNJHr-CqKw3rmzCjHrbYPhvjDakgqzNQHbY/s640/wicked-soap-1.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Student from Matt's class making soap</td></tr> </tbody></table> With Matt’s guidance, students have enthusiastically used Wicked Soap’s profits to give back to their community. They’ve donated over 1,000 bars to local homeless shelters. Students also purchased a motorized wheelchair for a senior student who would attend UC Irvine in the fall. When a community member’s house burned down, students donated all of their income the next day in support. It hasn’t been all work and no play for Wicked Soap’s staff, though. Students have gone on outings they wouldn’t have been able to attend otherwise, like a trip to see the Padres take on the Rockies.<br /> <br /> There’s no doubt Matt takes an unconventional approach to teaching chemistry, and students are more engaged in the subject as a result. “I walked into this class knowing nothing about chemistry,” said one of Matt’s students. “Now I feel like I have learned so much and am more interested in chemistry. I even want to do experiments on my own time now that I have been introduced and shown how to run an experiment.”<br /> <br /> Wicked Soap Company, the fruit of Matt’s Mad Scientist program, shows how it takes a teacher to create engaged, successful students. As a chemistry teacher, Matt didn’t just teach how to make solutions and compounds — he showed his students how to discover their passions.<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3yZTLSThQuuZVvIW2VLSo3m6m4DcTNewms4WAbYcgERnXQfcsGKwcfTlSkEDAdJiZmv8qr8_VUkXVhzV3j6sbvLcuMVOsvCx2mZfpSpD_5K9WFCiCqPd6Vd5QbC54JY9uXaDAeu5KoiHR/s1600/wicked-soap-2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3yZTLSThQuuZVvIW2VLSo3m6m4DcTNewms4WAbYcgERnXQfcsGKwcfTlSkEDAdJiZmv8qr8_VUkXVhzV3j6sbvLcuMVOsvCx2mZfpSpD_5K9WFCiCqPd6Vd5QbC54JY9uXaDAeu5KoiHR/s640/wicked-soap-2.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wicked Soaps, almost ready for sale</td></tr> </tbody></table> <i>If you’ll be at ISTE in Denver, come visit our Booth #2511 in the Expo Hall and our Session Room #103 to hear more stories like this one.<br /> </i></div> <br /></div> </noscript> </div> </div> <div class='share'> <span class='gplus-share social-wrapper' data-href='https://plus.google.com/share?url=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/how-one-teacher-discovered-the-perfect-teaching-tool-a-business.html'> <img alt='Share on Google+' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/branding/google_plus/2x/ic_w_post_gplus_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='twitter-custom social-wrapper' data-href='http://twitter.com/share?text=Official Google Cloud Blog:How one teacher discovered the perfect teaching tool: a business&url=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/how-one-teacher-discovered-the-perfect-teaching-tool-a-business.html&via=gsuite'> <img alt='Share on Twitter' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_twitter_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='fb-custom social-wrapper' data-href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/how-one-teacher-discovered-the-perfect-teaching-tool-a-business.html'> <img alt='Share on Facebook' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_facebook_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> </div> <div class='comment-container'> <i class='comment-img material-icons'>  </i> <span class='cmt_count_iframe_holder' data-count='1' data-onclick='' data-post-url='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/how-one-teacher-discovered-the-perfect-teaching-tool-a-business.html' data-url='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/how-one-teacher-discovered-the-perfect-teaching-tool-a-business.html' style='color: #4184F3;'></span> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='cmt_iframe_holder' data-href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/how-one-teacher-discovered-the-perfect-teaching-tool-a-business.html' data-viewtype='FILTERED_POSTMOD'></div> <a href='https://plus.google.com/112374322230920073195' rel='author' style='display:none;'> Google </a> <div class='label-footer'> <span class='labels-caption'> Labels: </span> <span class='labels'> <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Chromebooks%20for%20Education' rel='tag'> Chromebooks for Education </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/GAFE' rel='tag'> GAFE </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Apps%20for%20Education' rel='tag'> Google Apps for Education </a> </span> </div> </div> </div> <div class='post' data-id='6641492037019237505' itemscope='' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <h2 class='title' itemprop='name'> <a href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/payment-processing-company-Fifth-Manhattan-switches-to-secure-easy-to-use-Chromebox-desktops_23.html' itemprop='url' title='Payment processing company Fifth Manhattan switches to secure, easy-to-use Chromebox desktops'> Payment processing company Fifth Manhattan switches to secure, easy-to-use Chromebox desktops </a> </h2> <div class='post-header'> <div class='published'> <span class='publishdate' itemprop='datePublished'> Thursday, June 23, 2016 </span> </div> </div> <div class='post-body'> <div class='post-content' itemprop='articleBody'> <script type='text/template'> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Adam Garrett, President, Fifth Manhattan</span> <br /> <br /> <i><b>Editor's note:</b> Today we hear from, Adam Garrett, president of Dallas-based <a href="http://www.fmpay.com/" target="_blank">Fifth Manhattan</a>. Learn how Fifth Manhattan switched to <a href="https://www.google.com/work/chrome/devices/device-gallery/" target="_blank">Chromeboxes</a> for a simpler, more affordable desktop computer solution.</i><br /> <i><br /></i> When I joined <a href="http://www.fmpay.com/" target="_blank">Fifth Manhattan</a> as president in 2014, I wanted to expand our customer base. We provide credit card payment processing services for small to medium-sized businesses and help them cut costs, increase revenue and provide a higher level of customer service. Big nationwide retail chains have substantial marketing budgets, but your local Italian restaurant and auto body shop don’t. That’s where we come in. <br /> <br /> One of my first orders of business was to upgrade our aging fleet of desktop computers. The team needed simple, easy to use computers with web access, so we decided to buy one <a href="https://www.google.com/work/chrome/devices/device-gallery/" target="_blank">Chromebox</a> and try it out. We were astonished by how simple it was to set up and deploy. After the pilot, we bought Chromeboxes with <a href="https://www.google.com/work/chrome/management-console/" target="_blank">Chrome device management</a> licenses for each of our 30 employees. Since then, we’ve given a Chromebox to each new hire. <br /> <br /> Because of Chrome, we no longer need a traditional IT help desk. Fifth Manhattan has six full-time IT staff members, but they focus on building and managing our internal CRM platform. Before Chrome, they spent hours every week troubleshooting computer crashes. Today, they spend less time managing Chrome and deploying new devices and more time on their core responsibilities. Since we switched to Chromeboxes, we’ve only had one issue with a device — and it was a hardware malfunction, no fault of Chrome. <br /> <br /> As a payment processing company, we deal with highly sensitive data like bank account information and social security numbers, so security is critical. We’re required to maintain compliance with PCI regulations governing customer data. As part of this, we limit the number of employees who have access to sensitive internal data and monitor all usage carefully to avoid breaches. Chrome makes this easier to do. Administrators can set up different “organizations,” or teams so they can create customized settings for each team to limit which applications they can access. For example, our telesales team only need to use our web-based CRM tool, so we limit their usage to that, while account managers need access to their Chrome web browser and applications like Gmail and an e-signature solution. In addition, we can turn off incognito mode and disable saving to external flash drives. These settings help us control employee access so we can prevent data breaches and leaks. <br /> <br /> Fifth Manhattan employees are now able to work remotely, thanks to <a href="//www.google.com/chromebook/" target="_blank">Chromebooks</a> and <a href="https://apps.google.com/" target="_blank">Google Apps</a>. We have five extra managed Chromebooks for employees to use if they’re unable to come into the office because of travel, parental leave or bad weather. As president, I travel often for customer meetings. My Chromebook lasts for more than eight hours, which comes in handy during cross-country flights and long meetings. I can even access my desktop applications remotely from my Chromebook using <a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chrome-remote-desktop/gbchcmhmhahfdphkhkmpfmihenigjmpp" target="_blank">Chrome remote desktop</a>.<br /> <br /> When I joined Fifth Manhattan, I wanted to grow our payment processing business into a thriving enterprise. Google Chrome has helped me scale the business from 35 employees to 100 in two years and makes it easier for everyone to focus on their work, not IT. </div> </script> <noscript> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Adam Garrett, President, Fifth Manhattan</span> <br /> <br /> <i><b>Editor's note:</b> Today we hear from, Adam Garrett, president of Dallas-based <a href="http://www.fmpay.com/" target="_blank">Fifth Manhattan</a>. Learn how Fifth Manhattan switched to <a href="https://www.google.com/work/chrome/devices/device-gallery/" target="_blank">Chromeboxes</a> for a simpler, more affordable desktop computer solution.</i><br /> <i><br /></i> When I joined <a href="http://www.fmpay.com/" target="_blank">Fifth Manhattan</a> as president in 2014, I wanted to expand our customer base. We provide credit card payment processing services for small to medium-sized businesses and help them cut costs, increase revenue and provide a higher level of customer service. Big nationwide retail chains have substantial marketing budgets, but your local Italian restaurant and auto body shop don’t. That’s where we come in. <br /> <br /> One of my first orders of business was to upgrade our aging fleet of desktop computers. The team needed simple, easy to use computers with web access, so we decided to buy one <a href="https://www.google.com/work/chrome/devices/device-gallery/" target="_blank">Chromebox</a> and try it out. We were astonished by how simple it was to set up and deploy. After the pilot, we bought Chromeboxes with <a href="https://www.google.com/work/chrome/management-console/" target="_blank">Chrome device management</a> licenses for each of our 30 employees. Since then, we’ve given a Chromebox to each new hire. <br /> <br /> Because of Chrome, we no longer need a traditional IT help desk. Fifth Manhattan has six full-time IT staff members, but they focus on building and managing our internal CRM platform. Before Chrome, they spent hours every week troubleshooting computer crashes. Today, they spend less time managing Chrome and deploying new devices and more time on their core responsibilities. Since we switched to Chromeboxes, we’ve only had one issue with a device — and it was a hardware malfunction, no fault of Chrome. <br /> <br /> As a payment processing company, we deal with highly sensitive data like bank account information and social security numbers, so security is critical. We’re required to maintain compliance with PCI regulations governing customer data. As part of this, we limit the number of employees who have access to sensitive internal data and monitor all usage carefully to avoid breaches. Chrome makes this easier to do. Administrators can set up different “organizations,” or teams so they can create customized settings for each team to limit which applications they can access. For example, our telesales team only need to use our web-based CRM tool, so we limit their usage to that, while account managers need access to their Chrome web browser and applications like Gmail and an e-signature solution. In addition, we can turn off incognito mode and disable saving to external flash drives. These settings help us control employee access so we can prevent data breaches and leaks. <br /> <br /> Fifth Manhattan employees are now able to work remotely, thanks to <a href="//www.google.com/chromebook/" target="_blank">Chromebooks</a> and <a href="https://apps.google.com/" target="_blank">Google Apps</a>. We have five extra managed Chromebooks for employees to use if they’re unable to come into the office because of travel, parental leave or bad weather. As president, I travel often for customer meetings. My Chromebook lasts for more than eight hours, which comes in handy during cross-country flights and long meetings. I can even access my desktop applications remotely from my Chromebook using <a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chrome-remote-desktop/gbchcmhmhahfdphkhkmpfmihenigjmpp" target="_blank">Chrome remote desktop</a>.<br /> <br /> When I joined Fifth Manhattan, I wanted to grow our payment processing business into a thriving enterprise. Google Chrome has helped me scale the business from 35 employees to 100 in two years and makes it easier for everyone to focus on their work, not IT. </div> </noscript> </div> </div> <div class='share'> <span class='gplus-share social-wrapper' data-href='https://plus.google.com/share?url=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/payment-processing-company-Fifth-Manhattan-switches-to-secure-easy-to-use-Chromebox-desktops_23.html'> <img alt='Share on Google+' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/branding/google_plus/2x/ic_w_post_gplus_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='twitter-custom social-wrapper' data-href='http://twitter.com/share?text=Official Google Cloud Blog:Payment processing company Fifth Manhattan switches to secure, easy-to-use Chromebox desktops&url=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/payment-processing-company-Fifth-Manhattan-switches-to-secure-easy-to-use-Chromebox-desktops_23.html&via=gsuite'> <img alt='Share on Twitter' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_twitter_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='fb-custom social-wrapper' data-href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/payment-processing-company-Fifth-Manhattan-switches-to-secure-easy-to-use-Chromebox-desktops_23.html'> <img alt='Share on Facebook' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_facebook_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> </div> <div class='comment-container'> <i class='comment-img material-icons'>  </i> <span class='cmt_count_iframe_holder' data-count='1' data-onclick='' data-post-url='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/payment-processing-company-Fifth-Manhattan-switches-to-secure-easy-to-use-Chromebox-desktops_23.html' data-url='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/payment-processing-company-Fifth-Manhattan-switches-to-secure-easy-to-use-Chromebox-desktops_23.html' style='color: #4184F3;'></span> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='cmt_iframe_holder' data-href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/payment-processing-company-Fifth-Manhattan-switches-to-secure-easy-to-use-Chromebox-desktops_23.html' data-viewtype='FILTERED_POSTMOD'></div> <a href='https://plus.google.com/112374322230920073195' rel='author' style='display:none;'> Google </a> <div class='label-footer'> <span class='labels-caption'> Labels: </span> <span class='labels'> <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Chrome%20for%20Work' rel='tag'> Chrome for Work </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Chromebox%20for%20meetings' rel='tag'> Chromebox for meetings </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/customer%20love' rel='tag'> customer love </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Gone%20Google' rel='tag'> Gone Google </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Apps%20for%20Work' rel='tag'> Google Apps for Work </a> </span> </div> </div> </div> <div class='post' data-id='8991947751311296761' itemscope='' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <h2 class='title' itemprop='name'> <a href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/Canberra-Public-Schools-use-Chromebooks-and-Google-Apps-for-Education-to-help-students-to-learn-anywhere.html' itemprop='url' title='Canberra Public Schools use Chromebooks and Google Apps for Education to help students to "Learn, Anywhere"'> Canberra Public Schools use Chromebooks and Google Apps for Education to help students to "Learn, Anywhere" </a> </h2> <div class='post-header'> <div class='published'> <span class='publishdate' itemprop='datePublished'> Wednesday, June 22, 2016 </span> </div> </div> <div class='post-body'> <div class='post-content' itemprop='articleBody'> <script type='text/template'> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Daniel Bray, Program Manager, eLearning, Australian Capital Territory Education Directorate</span> <br /> <span class="byline-author"><br /></span> <i>(Cross-posted on the Google for Education <a href="http://googleforeducation.blogspot.com/2016/06/canberra-public-schools-use-chromebooks.html" target="_blank">Blog</a>.)</i> <br /> <br /> <i><b>Editor's note:</b> Today’s guest author is Daniel Bray, Program Manager, eLearning, for the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Education Directorate. A former teacher, Bray initiated a districtwide digital program, which brought <a href="https://www.google.com.au/edu/products/devices/" target="_blank">Chromebooks</a> and <a href="https://www.google.com.au/edu/products/productivity-tools/" target="_blank">Google Apps for Education</a> into all Canberra public schools. The “Learn, Anywhere” program has since been recognised at the federal government level as a finalist for the national eGovernment Excellence awards for Project and Program Management. You can read full the full ACT case study <a href="https://www.google.com.au/edu/case-studies/canberra-public-schools/" target="_blank">here</a>.<br /> </i> <br /> <br /> I work for the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Education Directorate, which serves 45,000 students from preschool through year 12 in the 87 schools comprising the Canberra Public School system. In 2013, the Directorate launched a district wide digital transformation program with the goal of empowering students to "Learn, Anywhere.”<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia2oYSC_eC92PSlVCDziDi6bMioyPZ5ZeggIYBpkHbs43OKRoOS_bWNUJKnoVCLNtw36126TRx_pmZzXeJFKjjksSrmoxx59B_qA_tCj_1He73iwtIJkW_52dLZB6-hwaFcgDUjcB9J6Je/s1600/image02.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia2oYSC_eC92PSlVCDziDi6bMioyPZ5ZeggIYBpkHbs43OKRoOS_bWNUJKnoVCLNtw36126TRx_pmZzXeJFKjjksSrmoxx59B_qA_tCj_1He73iwtIJkW_52dLZB6-hwaFcgDUjcB9J6Je/s640/image02.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Students at Amaroo School, a 'super' school in the Canberra district, that has classes from Kindergarten to Year 12</i></td></tr> </tbody></table> While we were thrilled at the prospect of helping students learn both inside and outside of the classroom, making this goal a reality came with it’s own unique set of challenges. Our first step was to bring all of Canberra Public Schools into a single, centralised network. We soon realised that our learning management system didn’t scale, and that many schools’ laptops were beyond obsolete. A group of our students, frustrated with computer log-in times, sent our CIO an assignment that recorded log-in times of up to 7 minutes on multiple laptops. That was one of our 'a-ha' moments, and since then, we've taken every effort to use student feedback to inform our overall program strategy.<br /> <br /> When we realized that we needed to overhaul the district’s entire technology infrastructure, Chromebooks and Google Apps for Education (including Google Classroom) stood out as a clear choice for us.<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5qv4sjuZpH-ez_eYiTEKqoN7aUn5_gYweOmcFZGhHa8eXqpF0Zr35TI8IuwaRDObtRQem-uAAzm41F7E5rMZ64WEAH78yku6zSJSaOKV4JjxGkfRtVmJoEKEZ0We1gyshdYe1EfNBnEgB/s1600/image00.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5qv4sjuZpH-ez_eYiTEKqoN7aUn5_gYweOmcFZGhHa8eXqpF0Zr35TI8IuwaRDObtRQem-uAAzm41F7E5rMZ64WEAH78yku6zSJSaOKV4JjxGkfRtVmJoEKEZ0We1gyshdYe1EfNBnEgB/s640/image00.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Primary students at Amaroo School collaborating on a class project</i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <a href="https://www.google.com.au/edu/products/devices/" target="_blank">Chromebooks</a> were affordable and intuitive; <a href="https://www.google.com.au/edu/products/productivity-tools/" target="_blank">Google Apps</a> would let students work from anywhere, on any device; and <a href="https://www.google.com.au/edu/products/productivity-tools/classroom/index.html" target="_blank">Google Classroom</a> would let teachers share assignments, track student progress and grade papers — all without printing a single piece of paper. <br /> <br /> In 2014, we ran a pilot test with 208 Chromebooks and Google Apps in four primary and secondary schools. During the pilot, the students using Chromebooks and Google Apps experienced super quick logon times and went from 2GB of network storage to enjoying unlimited Google Drive storage. As a Directorate, we couldn’t have been happier with the results: the pilot was a huge success for students, parents and teachers. Most importantly, Google was the choice selected by the schools. Not me. Not the CIO. The schools.<br /> <br /> Based on that pilot, in 2015 we decided to roll out Google Apps accounts for all teachers and 32,000 students across the Canberra Public Schools. We also purchased 4,500 Chromebooks (and counting) for schools across the district. <br /> <br /> Today, we equip students and teachers with a “Digital Backpack” that comes with Google Classroom and Google Apps, all available in one dashboard. Students get a single login and password for their Google accounts, which stays with them from primary through secondary school. <br /> <br /> It’s amazing to watch student learning portfolios grow from year to year. Families can track student development and celebrate achievements, and teachers have a richer, more holistic view of student progress.<br /> <br /> By adopting Chromebooks and Google Apps districtwide, we’ve greatly improved the way our students share ideas, give peer feedback and collaborate with each other, in real time. These intuitive and helpful technologies have helped us achieve and exceed our “Learn, Anywhere” vision.<br /> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8EQxYmCBXP0" width="640"></iframe><br /> <br /> <span style="font-style: italic;">You can read full the full ACT case study </span><a href="https://www.google.com.au/edu/case-studies/canberra-public-schools/" style="font-style: italic;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="font-style: italic;">.</span></div> </script> <noscript> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Daniel Bray, Program Manager, eLearning, Australian Capital Territory Education Directorate</span> <br /> <span class="byline-author"><br /></span> <i>(Cross-posted on the Google for Education <a href="http://googleforeducation.blogspot.com/2016/06/canberra-public-schools-use-chromebooks.html" target="_blank">Blog</a>.)</i> <br /> <br /> <i><b>Editor's note:</b> Today’s guest author is Daniel Bray, Program Manager, eLearning, for the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Education Directorate. A former teacher, Bray initiated a districtwide digital program, which brought <a href="https://www.google.com.au/edu/products/devices/" target="_blank">Chromebooks</a> and <a href="https://www.google.com.au/edu/products/productivity-tools/" target="_blank">Google Apps for Education</a> into all Canberra public schools. The “Learn, Anywhere” program has since been recognised at the federal government level as a finalist for the national eGovernment Excellence awards for Project and Program Management. You can read full the full ACT case study <a href="https://www.google.com.au/edu/case-studies/canberra-public-schools/" target="_blank">here</a>.<br /> </i> <br /> <br /> I work for the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Education Directorate, which serves 45,000 students from preschool through year 12 in the 87 schools comprising the Canberra Public School system. In 2013, the Directorate launched a district wide digital transformation program with the goal of empowering students to "Learn, Anywhere.”<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia2oYSC_eC92PSlVCDziDi6bMioyPZ5ZeggIYBpkHbs43OKRoOS_bWNUJKnoVCLNtw36126TRx_pmZzXeJFKjjksSrmoxx59B_qA_tCj_1He73iwtIJkW_52dLZB6-hwaFcgDUjcB9J6Je/s1600/image02.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia2oYSC_eC92PSlVCDziDi6bMioyPZ5ZeggIYBpkHbs43OKRoOS_bWNUJKnoVCLNtw36126TRx_pmZzXeJFKjjksSrmoxx59B_qA_tCj_1He73iwtIJkW_52dLZB6-hwaFcgDUjcB9J6Je/s640/image02.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Students at Amaroo School, a 'super' school in the Canberra district, that has classes from Kindergarten to Year 12</i></td></tr> </tbody></table> While we were thrilled at the prospect of helping students learn both inside and outside of the classroom, making this goal a reality came with it’s own unique set of challenges. Our first step was to bring all of Canberra Public Schools into a single, centralised network. We soon realised that our learning management system didn’t scale, and that many schools’ laptops were beyond obsolete. A group of our students, frustrated with computer log-in times, sent our CIO an assignment that recorded log-in times of up to 7 minutes on multiple laptops. That was one of our 'a-ha' moments, and since then, we've taken every effort to use student feedback to inform our overall program strategy.<br /> <br /> When we realized that we needed to overhaul the district’s entire technology infrastructure, Chromebooks and Google Apps for Education (including Google Classroom) stood out as a clear choice for us.<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5qv4sjuZpH-ez_eYiTEKqoN7aUn5_gYweOmcFZGhHa8eXqpF0Zr35TI8IuwaRDObtRQem-uAAzm41F7E5rMZ64WEAH78yku6zSJSaOKV4JjxGkfRtVmJoEKEZ0We1gyshdYe1EfNBnEgB/s1600/image00.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5qv4sjuZpH-ez_eYiTEKqoN7aUn5_gYweOmcFZGhHa8eXqpF0Zr35TI8IuwaRDObtRQem-uAAzm41F7E5rMZ64WEAH78yku6zSJSaOKV4JjxGkfRtVmJoEKEZ0We1gyshdYe1EfNBnEgB/s640/image00.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Primary students at Amaroo School collaborating on a class project</i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <a href="https://www.google.com.au/edu/products/devices/" target="_blank">Chromebooks</a> were affordable and intuitive; <a href="https://www.google.com.au/edu/products/productivity-tools/" target="_blank">Google Apps</a> would let students work from anywhere, on any device; and <a href="https://www.google.com.au/edu/products/productivity-tools/classroom/index.html" target="_blank">Google Classroom</a> would let teachers share assignments, track student progress and grade papers — all without printing a single piece of paper. <br /> <br /> In 2014, we ran a pilot test with 208 Chromebooks and Google Apps in four primary and secondary schools. During the pilot, the students using Chromebooks and Google Apps experienced super quick logon times and went from 2GB of network storage to enjoying unlimited Google Drive storage. As a Directorate, we couldn’t have been happier with the results: the pilot was a huge success for students, parents and teachers. Most importantly, Google was the choice selected by the schools. Not me. Not the CIO. The schools.<br /> <br /> Based on that pilot, in 2015 we decided to roll out Google Apps accounts for all teachers and 32,000 students across the Canberra Public Schools. We also purchased 4,500 Chromebooks (and counting) for schools across the district. <br /> <br /> Today, we equip students and teachers with a “Digital Backpack” that comes with Google Classroom and Google Apps, all available in one dashboard. Students get a single login and password for their Google accounts, which stays with them from primary through secondary school. <br /> <br /> It’s amazing to watch student learning portfolios grow from year to year. Families can track student development and celebrate achievements, and teachers have a richer, more holistic view of student progress.<br /> <br /> By adopting Chromebooks and Google Apps districtwide, we’ve greatly improved the way our students share ideas, give peer feedback and collaborate with each other, in real time. These intuitive and helpful technologies have helped us achieve and exceed our “Learn, Anywhere” vision.<br /> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8EQxYmCBXP0" width="640"></iframe><br /> <br /> <span style="font-style: italic;">You can read full the full ACT case study </span><a href="https://www.google.com.au/edu/case-studies/canberra-public-schools/" style="font-style: italic;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="font-style: italic;">.</span></div> </noscript> </div> </div> <div class='share'> <span class='gplus-share social-wrapper' data-href='https://plus.google.com/share?url=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/Canberra-Public-Schools-use-Chromebooks-and-Google-Apps-for-Education-to-help-students-to-learn-anywhere.html'> <img alt='Share on Google+' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/branding/google_plus/2x/ic_w_post_gplus_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='twitter-custom social-wrapper' data-href='http://twitter.com/share?text=Official Google Cloud Blog:Canberra Public Schools use Chromebooks and Google Apps for Education to help students to "Learn, Anywhere"&url=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/Canberra-Public-Schools-use-Chromebooks-and-Google-Apps-for-Education-to-help-students-to-learn-anywhere.html&via=gsuite'> <img alt='Share on Twitter' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_twitter_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='fb-custom social-wrapper' data-href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/Canberra-Public-Schools-use-Chromebooks-and-Google-Apps-for-Education-to-help-students-to-learn-anywhere.html'> <img alt='Share on Facebook' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_facebook_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> </div> <div class='comment-container'> <i class='comment-img material-icons'>  </i> <span class='cmt_count_iframe_holder' data-count='7' data-onclick='' data-post-url='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/Canberra-Public-Schools-use-Chromebooks-and-Google-Apps-for-Education-to-help-students-to-learn-anywhere.html' data-url='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/Canberra-Public-Schools-use-Chromebooks-and-Google-Apps-for-Education-to-help-students-to-learn-anywhere.html' style='color: #4184F3;'></span> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='cmt_iframe_holder' data-href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/Canberra-Public-Schools-use-Chromebooks-and-Google-Apps-for-Education-to-help-students-to-learn-anywhere.html' data-viewtype='FILTERED_POSTMOD'></div> <a href='https://plus.google.com/112374322230920073195' rel='author' style='display:none;'> Google </a> <div class='label-footer'> <span class='labels-caption'> Labels: </span> <span class='labels'> <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Chromebooks%20for%20Education' rel='tag'> Chromebooks for Education </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Apps%20for%20Education' rel='tag'> Google Apps for Education </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Classroom' rel='tag'> Google Classroom </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20for%20Education' rel='tag'> Google for Education </a> </span> </div> </div> </div> <div class='post' data-id='4866355674739657334' itemscope='' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <h2 class='title' itemprop='name'> <a href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/Redfin-helps-people-find-the-right-house-at-the-right-price-using-Google-Maps-APIs.html' itemprop='url' title='Redfin helps people find the right house at the right price, using Google Maps APIs'> Redfin helps people find the right house at the right price, using Google Maps APIs </a> </h2> <div class='post-header'> <div class='published'> <span class='publishdate' itemprop='datePublished'> Wednesday, June 22, 2016 </span> </div> </div> <div class='post-body'> <div class='post-content' itemprop='articleBody'> <script type='text/template'> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Curtis Howell, Redfin Senior Product Manager for Customer Engagement</span><br /> <br /> <i><b>Editor's note:</b> Today’s guest blogger is Curtis Howell, Redfin senior product manager for customer engagement. Read how Redfin makes it easier for buyers to find their ideal homes.<br /> </i> <br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.redfin.com/" target="_blank">Redfin</a> launched in 2006 with the mission to change the way people buy and sell homes. Unlike traditional real estate brokerages, Redfin real estate agents are paid based on customer satisfaction, not just commission, so the agent’s and client’s interests are aligned. Redfin uses technology to improve the customer experience at every step, from the initial home search to the closing table.<br /> <br /> We used the <a href="https://developers.google.com/maps/?hl=en" target="_blank">Google Maps Javascript API</a> to build the web interface for Redfin.com and the<a href="https://developers.google.com/maps/?hl=en" target="_blank"> Google Maps Android API</a> for the Redfin Android app. People are familiar with the Google Maps interface so they intuitively know how to navigate and search when they come to our site or use our Android app.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWILAxGiBd-4o15g8SdLSlhDgFm3wfOCPV_gl3qKB_wXFO_vzRQAvccWy_XtJoSdUx76DBoNbUg6XnlI4TtzrG9UsQ9ESQJuo8vbrbVH_njnAEWNCx_aFqatJcliQeU1WOC7FCa-CR6d8/s1600/redfin.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWILAxGiBd-4o15g8SdLSlhDgFm3wfOCPV_gl3qKB_wXFO_vzRQAvccWy_XtJoSdUx76DBoNbUg6XnlI4TtzrG9UsQ9ESQJuo8vbrbVH_njnAEWNCx_aFqatJcliQeU1WOC7FCa-CR6d8/s640/redfin.png" width="640" /></a></div> People often want to search for houses based on places-of-interest, such as a park or a landmark, and the <a href="https://developers.google.com/places/?hl=en" target="_blank">Google Places API</a> allows them to do just that. They can also find houses for sale in specific neighborhoods by drawing a polygon on a map and then searching within that area.<br /> <br /> Finding houses for sale on a map is only the beginning of the homebuying process. The next step is touring homes in-person with a Redfin agent. Our customers often schedule multiple tours in one day, so Redfin uses the <a href="https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/distance-matrix/intro?hl=en" target="_blank">Google Maps Distance Matrix API</a> to estimate the time it takes to drive between homes. <br /> <br /> Google’s location-based search increased the rate of completed searches performed on our site by 4 percent. Data shows that faster searches leads to more satisfied and loyal website users, which ultimately leads to more clients for Redfin.<br /> <br /> Map-based search is one aspect of our technology that makes our agents more efficient and able to deliver great service to Redfin customers. Because Redfin is more efficient than traditional brokerages, we’re able to provide full service and still save our customers money.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /></div> </script> <noscript> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Curtis Howell, Redfin Senior Product Manager for Customer Engagement</span><br /> <br /> <i><b>Editor's note:</b> Today’s guest blogger is Curtis Howell, Redfin senior product manager for customer engagement. Read how Redfin makes it easier for buyers to find their ideal homes.<br /> </i> <br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.redfin.com/" target="_blank">Redfin</a> launched in 2006 with the mission to change the way people buy and sell homes. Unlike traditional real estate brokerages, Redfin real estate agents are paid based on customer satisfaction, not just commission, so the agent’s and client’s interests are aligned. Redfin uses technology to improve the customer experience at every step, from the initial home search to the closing table.<br /> <br /> We used the <a href="https://developers.google.com/maps/?hl=en" target="_blank">Google Maps Javascript API</a> to build the web interface for Redfin.com and the<a href="https://developers.google.com/maps/?hl=en" target="_blank"> Google Maps Android API</a> for the Redfin Android app. People are familiar with the Google Maps interface so they intuitively know how to navigate and search when they come to our site or use our Android app.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWILAxGiBd-4o15g8SdLSlhDgFm3wfOCPV_gl3qKB_wXFO_vzRQAvccWy_XtJoSdUx76DBoNbUg6XnlI4TtzrG9UsQ9ESQJuo8vbrbVH_njnAEWNCx_aFqatJcliQeU1WOC7FCa-CR6d8/s1600/redfin.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWILAxGiBd-4o15g8SdLSlhDgFm3wfOCPV_gl3qKB_wXFO_vzRQAvccWy_XtJoSdUx76DBoNbUg6XnlI4TtzrG9UsQ9ESQJuo8vbrbVH_njnAEWNCx_aFqatJcliQeU1WOC7FCa-CR6d8/s640/redfin.png" width="640" /></a></div> People often want to search for houses based on places-of-interest, such as a park or a landmark, and the <a href="https://developers.google.com/places/?hl=en" target="_blank">Google Places API</a> allows them to do just that. They can also find houses for sale in specific neighborhoods by drawing a polygon on a map and then searching within that area.<br /> <br /> Finding houses for sale on a map is only the beginning of the homebuying process. The next step is touring homes in-person with a Redfin agent. Our customers often schedule multiple tours in one day, so Redfin uses the <a href="https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/distance-matrix/intro?hl=en" target="_blank">Google Maps Distance Matrix API</a> to estimate the time it takes to drive between homes. <br /> <br /> Google’s location-based search increased the rate of completed searches performed on our site by 4 percent. Data shows that faster searches leads to more satisfied and loyal website users, which ultimately leads to more clients for Redfin.<br /> <br /> Map-based search is one aspect of our technology that makes our agents more efficient and able to deliver great service to Redfin customers. Because Redfin is more efficient than traditional brokerages, we’re able to provide full service and still save our customers money.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /></div> </noscript> </div> </div> <div class='share'> <span class='gplus-share social-wrapper' data-href='https://plus.google.com/share?url=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/Redfin-helps-people-find-the-right-house-at-the-right-price-using-Google-Maps-APIs.html'> <img alt='Share on Google+' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/branding/google_plus/2x/ic_w_post_gplus_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='twitter-custom social-wrapper' data-href='http://twitter.com/share?text=Official Google Cloud Blog:Redfin helps people find the right house at the right price, using Google Maps APIs&url=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/Redfin-helps-people-find-the-right-house-at-the-right-price-using-Google-Maps-APIs.html&via=gsuite'> <img alt='Share on Twitter' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_twitter_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='fb-custom social-wrapper' data-href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/Redfin-helps-people-find-the-right-house-at-the-right-price-using-Google-Maps-APIs.html'> <img alt='Share on Facebook' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_facebook_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> </div> <div class='comment-container'> <i class='comment-img material-icons'>  </i> <span class='cmt_count_iframe_holder' data-count='8' data-onclick='' data-post-url='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/Redfin-helps-people-find-the-right-house-at-the-right-price-using-Google-Maps-APIs.html' data-url='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/Redfin-helps-people-find-the-right-house-at-the-right-price-using-Google-Maps-APIs.html' style='color: #4184F3;'></span> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='cmt_iframe_holder' data-href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/Redfin-helps-people-find-the-right-house-at-the-right-price-using-Google-Maps-APIs.html' data-viewtype='FILTERED_POSTMOD'></div> <a href='https://plus.google.com/112374322230920073195' rel='author' style='display:none;'> Google </a> <div class='label-footer'> <span class='labels-caption'> Labels: </span> <span class='labels'> <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/customer%20love' rel='tag'> customer love </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Gone%20Google' rel='tag'> Gone Google </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20for%20Work' rel='tag'> Google for Work </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Maps%20APIs' rel='tag'> Google Maps APIs </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Maps%20for%20Work' rel='tag'> Google Maps for Work </a> </span> </div> </div> </div> <div class='post' data-id='3734838543283193337' itemscope='' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <h2 class='title' itemprop='name'> <a href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/announcing-Google-Cloud-Platform-Education-Grants-for-computer-science.html' itemprop='url' title='Announcing Google Cloud Platform Education Grants for computer science'> Announcing Google Cloud Platform Education Grants for computer science </a> </h2> <div class='post-header'> <div class='published'> <span class='publishdate' itemprop='datePublished'> Tuesday, June 21, 2016 </span> </div> </div> <div class='post-body'> <div class='post-content' itemprop='articleBody'> <script type='text/template'> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Bram Bout, Director, Google for Education</span> <br /> <br /> <i>(Cross-posted on the Google for Education <a href="http://googleforeducation.blogspot.com/2016/06/announcing-google-cloud-platform.html" target="_blank">Blog</a>.)</i><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> While university students are on their summer holidays, internships or jobs, their professors are already hard at work planning for fall courses. These course maps will be at the center of student learning, research and academic growth. Google was founded on the basis of the work that Larry and Sergey did as computer science students at Stanford, and we understand the critical role that teachers play in fostering and inspiring the innovation we see today and will see in the years to come. That’s why we’re excited to offer <a href="//google.com/edu/products/cloud-platform?utm_source=edublog&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=2016-edu-gcp-na-grants-orgsocial-other-crossreg-cs_edu_social&utm_content" target="_blank">Google Cloud Platform Education Grants for computer science</a>. <br /> <br /> Starting today, university faculty in the United States who teach courses in computer science or related subjects can <a href="https://lp.google-mkto.com/CloudEduGrants?utm_source=edublog&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=2016-edu-gcp-na-grants-orgsocial-other-crossreg-cs_edu_social&utm_content=" target="_blank">apply</a> for free credits for their students to use across the full suite of <a href="http://cloud.google.com/products" target="_blank">Google Cloud Platform tools</a>, like <a href="https://cloud.google.com/appengine/" target="_blank">App Engine</a> and the <a href="https://cloud.google.com/ml/" target="_blank">Cloud Machine Learning platform</a>. These credits can be used any time during the 2016-17 academic year and give students access to the same tools and infrastructure used by Google engineers.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxDjQCUqywo5iiY3faVcCCk2vONg9v3hzcJ8LQa-jKUGaLs_j1CUpowlCMmem5w_lEeRQ8GZXvknfm0WnSvvMJHOMV1eir2c0tzzh5sFFM32N4UgHxhZpRX0ckawGJGJn2W28lrN-sgfg/s1600/GCP_logo_vertical_rgb+copy.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxDjQCUqywo5iiY3faVcCCk2vONg9v3hzcJ8LQa-jKUGaLs_j1CUpowlCMmem5w_lEeRQ8GZXvknfm0WnSvvMJHOMV1eir2c0tzzh5sFFM32N4UgHxhZpRX0ckawGJGJn2W28lrN-sgfg/s400/GCP_logo_vertical_rgb+copy.png" width="400" /></a></div> Students like Duke University undergrad Brittany Wenger are already taking advantage of cloud computing. After watching several women in her family suffer from breast cancer, Brittany used her knowledge of artificial intelligence to create <a href="https://sites.google.com/a/googlesciencefair.com/science-fair-2012-project-64a91af142a459cfb486ed5cb05f803b2eb41354-1333130785-87/home" target="_blank">Cloud4Cancer</a>, an artificial neural network built on top of Google App Engine. By analyzing uploaded scans of benign and malignant breast cancer tumors, Cloud4Cancer has learned to distinguish between healthy and unhealthy tissue. It’s providing health care professionals with a powerful diagnostic tool in the fight against cancer.<br /> <br /> <a href="https://cloud.google.com/" target="_blank">Google Cloud Platform</a> offers a range of tools and services that are unique among cloud providers. The tool that Brittany used <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">—</span> <a href="https://cloud.google.com/appengine/" target="_blank">Google App Engine</a> <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">—</span> lets you simply build and run an application without having to configure custom infrastructure. Our <a href="https://cloud.google.com/products/machine-learning/" target="_blank">Machine Learning platform</a> allows you to build models for any type of data, at any size, and TensorFlow provides access to an open-source public software library (tinker with that extensive data <a href="http://playground.tensorflow.org/#activation=tanh&batchSize=10&dataset=circle&regDataset=reg-plane&learningRate=0.03&regularizationRate=0&noise=0&networkShape=4,2&seed=0.97551&showTestData=false&discretize=false&percTrainData=50&x=true&y=true&xTimesY=false&xSquared=false&ySquared=false&cosX=false&sinX=false&cosY=false&sinY=false&collectStats=false&problem=classification&initZero=false" target="_blank">here</a>). Students will also be able to get their hands on one of Cloud Platform’s most popular new innovations: the <a href="https://cloud.google.com/vision/" target="_blank">Cloud Vision API</a>, which allows you to incorporate Google’s state-of-the-art image recognition capabilities into the most basic web or mobile app.<br /> <br /> We look forward to seeing the creative ways that computer science students will use their Google Cloud Platform Education Grants, and will share stories along the way on this blog.<br /> <br /> Computer science faculty in the United States can <a href="https://lp.google-mkto.com/CloudEduGrants?utm_source=edublog&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=2016-edu-gcp-na-grants-orgsocial-other-crossreg-cs_edu_social&utm_content=" target="_blank">apply here</a> for Education Grants. Students and others interested in Cloud Platform for Higher Education, should complete <a href="https://lp.google-mkto.com/CloudEduGrants?utm_source=edublog&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=2016-edu-gcp-na-grants-orgsocial-other-crossreg-cs_edu_social&utm_content=" target="_blank">this form</a> to register and stay up to date with the latest from Cloud Platform. For more information on Cloud Platform and its uses for higher education, visit our <a href="//google.com/edu/products/cloud-platform?utm_source=edublog&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=2016-edu-gcp-na-grants-orgsocial-other-crossreg-cs_edu_social&utm_content" target="_blank">Google Cloud Platform for Higher Education site</a>.</div> </script> <noscript> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Bram Bout, Director, Google for Education</span> <br /> <br /> <i>(Cross-posted on the Google for Education <a href="http://googleforeducation.blogspot.com/2016/06/announcing-google-cloud-platform.html" target="_blank">Blog</a>.)</i><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> While university students are on their summer holidays, internships or jobs, their professors are already hard at work planning for fall courses. These course maps will be at the center of student learning, research and academic growth. Google was founded on the basis of the work that Larry and Sergey did as computer science students at Stanford, and we understand the critical role that teachers play in fostering and inspiring the innovation we see today and will see in the years to come. That’s why we’re excited to offer <a href="//google.com/edu/products/cloud-platform?utm_source=edublog&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=2016-edu-gcp-na-grants-orgsocial-other-crossreg-cs_edu_social&utm_content" target="_blank">Google Cloud Platform Education Grants for computer science</a>. <br /> <br /> Starting today, university faculty in the United States who teach courses in computer science or related subjects can <a href="https://lp.google-mkto.com/CloudEduGrants?utm_source=edublog&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=2016-edu-gcp-na-grants-orgsocial-other-crossreg-cs_edu_social&utm_content=" target="_blank">apply</a> for free credits for their students to use across the full suite of <a href="http://cloud.google.com/products" target="_blank">Google Cloud Platform tools</a>, like <a href="https://cloud.google.com/appengine/" target="_blank">App Engine</a> and the <a href="https://cloud.google.com/ml/" target="_blank">Cloud Machine Learning platform</a>. These credits can be used any time during the 2016-17 academic year and give students access to the same tools and infrastructure used by Google engineers.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxDjQCUqywo5iiY3faVcCCk2vONg9v3hzcJ8LQa-jKUGaLs_j1CUpowlCMmem5w_lEeRQ8GZXvknfm0WnSvvMJHOMV1eir2c0tzzh5sFFM32N4UgHxhZpRX0ckawGJGJn2W28lrN-sgfg/s1600/GCP_logo_vertical_rgb+copy.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxDjQCUqywo5iiY3faVcCCk2vONg9v3hzcJ8LQa-jKUGaLs_j1CUpowlCMmem5w_lEeRQ8GZXvknfm0WnSvvMJHOMV1eir2c0tzzh5sFFM32N4UgHxhZpRX0ckawGJGJn2W28lrN-sgfg/s400/GCP_logo_vertical_rgb+copy.png" width="400" /></a></div> Students like Duke University undergrad Brittany Wenger are already taking advantage of cloud computing. After watching several women in her family suffer from breast cancer, Brittany used her knowledge of artificial intelligence to create <a href="https://sites.google.com/a/googlesciencefair.com/science-fair-2012-project-64a91af142a459cfb486ed5cb05f803b2eb41354-1333130785-87/home" target="_blank">Cloud4Cancer</a>, an artificial neural network built on top of Google App Engine. By analyzing uploaded scans of benign and malignant breast cancer tumors, Cloud4Cancer has learned to distinguish between healthy and unhealthy tissue. It’s providing health care professionals with a powerful diagnostic tool in the fight against cancer.<br /> <br /> <a href="https://cloud.google.com/" target="_blank">Google Cloud Platform</a> offers a range of tools and services that are unique among cloud providers. The tool that Brittany used <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">—</span> <a href="https://cloud.google.com/appengine/" target="_blank">Google App Engine</a> <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">—</span> lets you simply build and run an application without having to configure custom infrastructure. Our <a href="https://cloud.google.com/products/machine-learning/" target="_blank">Machine Learning platform</a> allows you to build models for any type of data, at any size, and TensorFlow provides access to an open-source public software library (tinker with that extensive data <a href="http://playground.tensorflow.org/#activation=tanh&batchSize=10&dataset=circle&regDataset=reg-plane&learningRate=0.03&regularizationRate=0&noise=0&networkShape=4,2&seed=0.97551&showTestData=false&discretize=false&percTrainData=50&x=true&y=true&xTimesY=false&xSquared=false&ySquared=false&cosX=false&sinX=false&cosY=false&sinY=false&collectStats=false&problem=classification&initZero=false" target="_blank">here</a>). Students will also be able to get their hands on one of Cloud Platform’s most popular new innovations: the <a href="https://cloud.google.com/vision/" target="_blank">Cloud Vision API</a>, which allows you to incorporate Google’s state-of-the-art image recognition capabilities into the most basic web or mobile app.<br /> <br /> We look forward to seeing the creative ways that computer science students will use their Google Cloud Platform Education Grants, and will share stories along the way on this blog.<br /> <br /> Computer science faculty in the United States can <a href="https://lp.google-mkto.com/CloudEduGrants?utm_source=edublog&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=2016-edu-gcp-na-grants-orgsocial-other-crossreg-cs_edu_social&utm_content=" target="_blank">apply here</a> for Education Grants. Students and others interested in Cloud Platform for Higher Education, should complete <a href="https://lp.google-mkto.com/CloudEduGrants?utm_source=edublog&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=2016-edu-gcp-na-grants-orgsocial-other-crossreg-cs_edu_social&utm_content=" target="_blank">this form</a> to register and stay up to date with the latest from Cloud Platform. 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Penney, Creative Director & CEO, BlackDog Advertising<br /> </span> <br /> <br /> <i><b>Editor's note:</b> Today we hear from John W. Penney, creative director and CEO of Miami-based <a href="http://www.blackdogadvertising.com/" target="_blank">BlackDog Advertising</a>. Read how the company used <a href="https://www.google.com/work/chrome/devices/for-kiosks/" target="_blank">Chrome</a> devices to build engaging hotel kiosks for a major hotel chain.<br /> </i> <br /> <br /> I’d always wanted to start a business that used technology in creative ways — so I founded BlackDog Advertising in 1989. Since then, design has been at the center of our culture.<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzS5h4-ER-MoAtSFANb_2Y9JLASzR6g_XW0vDm37xrRRLNlQKlixee2z1KqOb_l2fZJs4WJOqbcCDvml5AM0F-wSTu302JI563xDPQylNVrf7kAd2FXp8G8jA0Wn6SCxq3Rt6zhQ-shxI/s1600/blackdog-advertising-2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzS5h4-ER-MoAtSFANb_2Y9JLASzR6g_XW0vDm37xrRRLNlQKlixee2z1KqOb_l2fZJs4WJOqbcCDvml5AM0F-wSTu302JI563xDPQylNVrf7kAd2FXp8G8jA0Wn6SCxq3Rt6zhQ-shxI/s640/blackdog-advertising-2.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Members of the Blackdog Advertising team (from left to right): Jason Carbonell, interactive director, John Penney, founder and creative director and Humberto Abeja, art director</td></tr> </tbody></table> We sell to businesses that use technology to engage customers, so our solutions need to be eye-grabbing and intuitive, elegant and approachable. Devices like the <a href="https://www.google.com/work/chrome/devices/chromebit/" target="_blank">Chromebit</a> and <a href="https://www.google.com/work/chrome/devices/for-kiosks/" target="_blank">Chromebox</a> align perfectly with our design-first approach and provide both cost-effective and dynamic solutions to expensive static light boxes and point-of-sale ads.<br /> <br /> Our team became well-acquainted with the efficiencies of Google productivity tools like Hangouts and Gmail when we switched to <a href="https://apps.google.com/" target="_blank">Google Apps for Work</a> from Microsoft Office about five years ago. This led us to give <a href="https://www.google.com/work/chrome/" target="_blank">Chrome for Work</a> a try, and we saw even greater benefits for collaboration, ease of use and cost. That’s how we discovered that Chrome devices could work really well for our clients in the hotel and tourism industries.<br /> <br /> We tested whether we could use a combination of devices and monitors to create compelling interactive signs and quickly realized that we could centrally manage a constant stream of images and video with the <a href="https://www.google.com/work/chrome/management-console/" target="_blank">Chrome device management console</a>, for pennies on the dollar. The decision to build personalized apps on the <a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/category/apps" target="_blank">Chrome Web Store</a> that could be instantly updated across all of our clients’ kiosks was a no-brainer.<br /> <br /> Our client, a major hotel group, posed a challenge that pushed this line of thinking even further. They asked us to build something that would replace the three-ring binders their concierge professionals have used for decades to show hotel guests activities and restaurants they might enjoy. We knew the use of tablets, which they suggested, would be expensive to implement over the long run and instead urged them to explore Chrome devices and touchscreen monitors. The Chromebit and monitor together cost less than a single tablet, but offered the added features of easy content deployment and theft protection. Hotels may carry up to 20 pitch books on hand, costing about $75 each. Our Chromebit kiosks, which can each replace all of a hotel's pitch books, cost no more than $400 — a savings of over $1000 for some hotels. <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUOOAe4PbK7_ICPYAVo_4bMNj31P-tPiE_jB3kJe_J5sP3jTJjJXk3enpVdWKqPPVYWOXiGzRP2I8DPk3RKp8YBR4qhSUKLpK8G_-BcbM3CadcN8XY9BhlgfPnSOGspC6iH-QP1pGMfhs/s1600/blackdog-advertising-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUOOAe4PbK7_ICPYAVo_4bMNj31P-tPiE_jB3kJe_J5sP3jTJjJXk3enpVdWKqPPVYWOXiGzRP2I8DPk3RKp8YBR4qhSUKLpK8G_-BcbM3CadcN8XY9BhlgfPnSOGspC6iH-QP1pGMfhs/s640/blackdog-advertising-1.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chromebit kiosk showcasing area events, activities and attractions for hotel guests</td></tr> </tbody></table> Blending vivid imagery, video and interactive features, Chrome kiosks provide a modern alternative to the three-ring binders concierge professionals used to use when showcasing area events, activities and attractions. And hotel guests can interact with the kiosks on their own to plan or add to their itineraries, even after normal work hours, when the concierge desk is closed. <br /> <br /> We can use Chrome to design, test and introduce new solutions that our clients love. It’s reliability, ease of use and affordability make it an attractive option to replace all kinds of signage — not just concierge kiosks. Our clients have requested Chrome for other uses, such as ticket sale kiosks — all possibilities we’re eager to explore. Chrome’s marriage of approachable design and robust technology has created a new revenue stream for us, and we couldn’t be more thrilled to uncover where else Chrome will take us.<br /> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Tc_MfgG2css" width="640"></iframe><br /></div> </script> <noscript> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="byline-author">Posted by John W. Penney, Creative Director & CEO, BlackDog Advertising<br /> </span> <br /> <br /> <i><b>Editor's note:</b> Today we hear from John W. Penney, creative director and CEO of Miami-based <a href="http://www.blackdogadvertising.com/" target="_blank">BlackDog Advertising</a>. Read how the company used <a href="https://www.google.com/work/chrome/devices/for-kiosks/" target="_blank">Chrome</a> devices to build engaging hotel kiosks for a major hotel chain.<br /> </i> <br /> <br /> I’d always wanted to start a business that used technology in creative ways — so I founded BlackDog Advertising in 1989. Since then, design has been at the center of our culture.<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzS5h4-ER-MoAtSFANb_2Y9JLASzR6g_XW0vDm37xrRRLNlQKlixee2z1KqOb_l2fZJs4WJOqbcCDvml5AM0F-wSTu302JI563xDPQylNVrf7kAd2FXp8G8jA0Wn6SCxq3Rt6zhQ-shxI/s1600/blackdog-advertising-2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzS5h4-ER-MoAtSFANb_2Y9JLASzR6g_XW0vDm37xrRRLNlQKlixee2z1KqOb_l2fZJs4WJOqbcCDvml5AM0F-wSTu302JI563xDPQylNVrf7kAd2FXp8G8jA0Wn6SCxq3Rt6zhQ-shxI/s640/blackdog-advertising-2.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Members of the Blackdog Advertising team (from left to right): Jason Carbonell, interactive director, John Penney, founder and creative director and Humberto Abeja, art director</td></tr> </tbody></table> We sell to businesses that use technology to engage customers, so our solutions need to be eye-grabbing and intuitive, elegant and approachable. Devices like the <a href="https://www.google.com/work/chrome/devices/chromebit/" target="_blank">Chromebit</a> and <a href="https://www.google.com/work/chrome/devices/for-kiosks/" target="_blank">Chromebox</a> align perfectly with our design-first approach and provide both cost-effective and dynamic solutions to expensive static light boxes and point-of-sale ads.<br /> <br /> Our team became well-acquainted with the efficiencies of Google productivity tools like Hangouts and Gmail when we switched to <a href="https://apps.google.com/" target="_blank">Google Apps for Work</a> from Microsoft Office about five years ago. This led us to give <a href="https://www.google.com/work/chrome/" target="_blank">Chrome for Work</a> a try, and we saw even greater benefits for collaboration, ease of use and cost. That’s how we discovered that Chrome devices could work really well for our clients in the hotel and tourism industries.<br /> <br /> We tested whether we could use a combination of devices and monitors to create compelling interactive signs and quickly realized that we could centrally manage a constant stream of images and video with the <a href="https://www.google.com/work/chrome/management-console/" target="_blank">Chrome device management console</a>, for pennies on the dollar. The decision to build personalized apps on the <a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/category/apps" target="_blank">Chrome Web Store</a> that could be instantly updated across all of our clients’ kiosks was a no-brainer.<br /> <br /> Our client, a major hotel group, posed a challenge that pushed this line of thinking even further. They asked us to build something that would replace the three-ring binders their concierge professionals have used for decades to show hotel guests activities and restaurants they might enjoy. We knew the use of tablets, which they suggested, would be expensive to implement over the long run and instead urged them to explore Chrome devices and touchscreen monitors. The Chromebit and monitor together cost less than a single tablet, but offered the added features of easy content deployment and theft protection. Hotels may carry up to 20 pitch books on hand, costing about $75 each. Our Chromebit kiosks, which can each replace all of a hotel's pitch books, cost no more than $400 — a savings of over $1000 for some hotels. <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUOOAe4PbK7_ICPYAVo_4bMNj31P-tPiE_jB3kJe_J5sP3jTJjJXk3enpVdWKqPPVYWOXiGzRP2I8DPk3RKp8YBR4qhSUKLpK8G_-BcbM3CadcN8XY9BhlgfPnSOGspC6iH-QP1pGMfhs/s1600/blackdog-advertising-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUOOAe4PbK7_ICPYAVo_4bMNj31P-tPiE_jB3kJe_J5sP3jTJjJXk3enpVdWKqPPVYWOXiGzRP2I8DPk3RKp8YBR4qhSUKLpK8G_-BcbM3CadcN8XY9BhlgfPnSOGspC6iH-QP1pGMfhs/s640/blackdog-advertising-1.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chromebit kiosk showcasing area events, activities and attractions for hotel guests</td></tr> </tbody></table> Blending vivid imagery, video and interactive features, Chrome kiosks provide a modern alternative to the three-ring binders concierge professionals used to use when showcasing area events, activities and attractions. And hotel guests can interact with the kiosks on their own to plan or add to their itineraries, even after normal work hours, when the concierge desk is closed. <br /> <br /> We can use Chrome to design, test and introduce new solutions that our clients love. It’s reliability, ease of use and affordability make it an attractive option to replace all kinds of signage — not just concierge kiosks. Our clients have requested Chrome for other uses, such as ticket sale kiosks — all possibilities we’re eager to explore. Chrome’s marriage of approachable design and robust technology has created a new revenue stream for us, and we couldn’t be more thrilled to uncover where else Chrome will take us.<br /> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Tc_MfgG2css" width="640"></iframe><br /></div> </noscript> </div> </div> <div class='share'> <span class='gplus-share social-wrapper' data-href='https://plus.google.com/share?url=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/how-BlackDog-Advertising-marries-technology-and-design-with-Chrome.html'> <img alt='Share on Google+' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/branding/google_plus/2x/ic_w_post_gplus_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='twitter-custom social-wrapper' data-href='http://twitter.com/share?text=Official Google Cloud Blog:How BlackDog Advertising marries technology and design with Chrome&url=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/how-BlackDog-Advertising-marries-technology-and-design-with-Chrome.html&via=gsuite'> <img alt='Share on Twitter' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_twitter_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='fb-custom social-wrapper' data-href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/how-BlackDog-Advertising-marries-technology-and-design-with-Chrome.html'> <img alt='Share on Facebook' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_facebook_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> </div> <div class='comment-container'> <i class='comment-img material-icons'>  </i> <span class='cmt_count_iframe_holder' data-count='7' data-onclick='' data-post-url='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/how-BlackDog-Advertising-marries-technology-and-design-with-Chrome.html' data-url='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/how-BlackDog-Advertising-marries-technology-and-design-with-Chrome.html' style='color: #4184F3;'></span> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='cmt_iframe_holder' data-href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/how-BlackDog-Advertising-marries-technology-and-design-with-Chrome.html' data-viewtype='FILTERED_POSTMOD'></div> <a href='https://plus.google.com/112374322230920073195' rel='author' style='display:none;'> Google </a> <div class='label-footer'> <span class='labels-caption'> Labels: </span> <span class='labels'> <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Chrome%20for%20Work' rel='tag'> Chrome for Work </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/customer%20love' rel='tag'> customer love </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Gone%20Google' rel='tag'> Gone Google </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Apps%20for%20Work' rel='tag'> Google Apps for Work </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20for%20Work' rel='tag'> Google for Work </a> </span> </div> </div> </div> <div class='post' data-id='8128168347015162736' itemscope='' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <h2 class='title' itemprop='name'> <a href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/technology-fast-tracks-success-for-students-with-language-based-disabilities.html' itemprop='url' title='Technology fast-tracks success for students with language-based disabilities '> Technology fast-tracks success for students with language-based disabilities </a> </h2> <div class='post-header'> <div class='published'> <span class='publishdate' itemprop='datePublished'> Thursday, June 16, 2016 </span> </div> </div> <div class='post-body'> <div class='post-content' itemprop='articleBody'> <script type='text/template'> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Margaret Kuzmicz, director of technology at Carroll School</span> <br /> <br /> <i>(Cross-posted on the Google for Education <a href="http://googleforeducation.blogspot.com/2016/06/technology-fast-tracks-success-for.html" target="_blank">Blog</a>.)</i> <br /> <br /> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <i><b>Editor's note: </b>Small schools are seeing great success with Google for Education tools. We spoke with educators and administrators from smaller districts across the United States to better understand how technology has helped them innovate, create more efficient processes, and make a positive impact on their students. This is the third in a series of posts where we explore the impact small schools are making on their students. To learn more about using Google for Education tools, <a href="https://lp.google-mkto.com/edu-school-type.html" target="_blank">visit us here</a>. </i> <br /> <br /> All over the country, innovations in technology are showing us that it’s possible to provide more access to information than ever before. At <a href="http://www.carrollschool.org/" target="_blank">Carroll School</a>, located in Lincoln, Massachusetts, we rely on these innovations to bridge the divide for our students with language-based disabilities by alleviating their challenges with reading, writing and organization skills. <br /> <br /> Students with language-based disabilities, like dyslexia, are extremely bright, curious and creative. But they oftentimes struggle in regular classrooms to build the core skills they need to excel in school. This is why Dr. Edwin Cole, a neurologist, and a small group of passionate individuals were inspired to found the Carroll School in 1967 and dedicate it to helping children with language-based learning disabilities.<br /> <br /> Our faculty and staff at the Carroll School meet the individual needs of students by creating small, supportive classroom environments They use innovative approaches like cognitive intervention, founded in emerging scientific research. We’re also a very technologically progressive school, and our cloud technology, <a href="https://www.google.com/edu/" target="_blank">Google Apps for Education</a>, allows us to create interactive experiences for our students. To our delight, incorporating technology has made a big difference for our students, who say that it’s made it easier for them to learn how to write, stay organized and get feedback from teachers <br /> <br /> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <b>Students can overcome writing challenges</b></h3> <br /> Students with language-based disabilities have to overcome an extra set of challenges while learning to write, specifically with spelling. Many of our students use Voice-to-text, a feature in <a href="https://www.google.com/docs/about/" target="_blank">Google Docs </a>that uses voice recognition technology to dictate essays, stories and other writing projects.<br /> <br /> “When I’m writing, <a href="https://support.google.com/docs/answer/4492226?hl=en" target="_blank">Voice-to-text</a> in Docs helps me concentrate on just talking about the subject, rather than worrying about how things are being spelled. I think it's even better than Siri on my phone,” says one eighth grade student at Carroll School. With Voice-to-text, students can share their unique perspectives and opinions, without getting mired by their challenges with writing.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTroNOYBotbdfZBGr5DrukeO0VsJz33E2vZE-7krnNc73i13hUUJ84Ua88U9ruVFsUFlSUEdK9HCJl11J2u5iy_Onphg2ptzVmWrfxgjmmmkdoltSgz9BDOum5MmGRlPvo6D3Q2pc3DP9b/s1600/image00.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="475" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTroNOYBotbdfZBGr5DrukeO0VsJz33E2vZE-7krnNc73i13hUUJ84Ua88U9ruVFsUFlSUEdK9HCJl11J2u5iy_Onphg2ptzVmWrfxgjmmmkdoltSgz9BDOum5MmGRlPvo6D3Q2pc3DP9b/s640/image00.png" width="640" /></a></div> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <b>Teachers can give instant, personalized feedback</b></h3> <br /> Our students each have different needs and learning styles; we keep our class sizes small so teachers can provide individualized help. The cloud has made getting personalized attention faster and easier. Now, teachers share assignments through Google Docs and can then give students instant feedback on their work. <br /> <br /> “I have difficulty with writing, but it’s easier when I can get help from my teacher. Before using Docs, I’d have to wait a few days or weeks after turning in an assignment to see my teacher’s edits. In Docs, [my teacher] can suggest the edits to me and I can make them myself before turning in the assignment,” says one fourth-grader at Carroll School. <br /> <br /> This ongoing feedback and interaction also helps our students stay engaged and on-task. When students see their teacher in a shared homework assignment, responding to their work in real-time, it motivates them to stay on top of their work.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Z_qNNnusl8_SuFQyMKBnS0SuLErGjvHoGrpQBvnDx1yaRjguR2d4P4xeDdhLTHiNEDho__2XaXc2HdCipdVYqR7nYpLJLUpJ1JMIR-buKOEYvSYcnshnQSBEO04i6MgDUi4w3jYJjSLM/s1600/image02.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Z_qNNnusl8_SuFQyMKBnS0SuLErGjvHoGrpQBvnDx1yaRjguR2d4P4xeDdhLTHiNEDho__2XaXc2HdCipdVYqR7nYpLJLUpJ1JMIR-buKOEYvSYcnshnQSBEO04i6MgDUi4w3jYJjSLM/s640/image02.png" width="640" /></a></div> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <b>Organization is now a given</b></h3> <br /> Kids of every age — and many adults too — struggle to stay organized, especially when keeping track of multiple assignments, papers and resources. Organization is important for students to succeed in the classroom. By using the cloud to store their work, our students’ now complete and turn in more assignments in an organized way, and stay on top of their tasks. <br /> <br /> Students can access their schoolwork easily in class or at home. Says one ninth-grader, “I find myself printing way less. Last year, I had to print out almost all of my homework, but now I can just turn it in with <a href="https://classroom.google.com/u/0/ineligible" target="_blank">Google Classroom</a>.” Additionally, students say they feel more prepared for class. “With Classroom I have all of my classes in one place, so I don’t have to run around to each teacher to check on stuff,” says a ninth-grader at the school. <br /> <br /> Technology is making a visible impact. It’s helping our students succeed in the classroom. Now, both students and teachers say that more assignments are turned in on time and students are more confident. There’s one downside, says one fourth-grader at the school, “Unfortunately, this means we can’t use not knowing the assignment as an excuse for not doing our homework anymore!” Though I think that’s one downside we can live with. </div> </div> </script> <noscript> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Margaret Kuzmicz, director of technology at Carroll School</span> <br /> <br /> <i>(Cross-posted on the Google for Education <a href="http://googleforeducation.blogspot.com/2016/06/technology-fast-tracks-success-for.html" target="_blank">Blog</a>.)</i> <br /> <br /> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <i><b>Editor's note: </b>Small schools are seeing great success with Google for Education tools. We spoke with educators and administrators from smaller districts across the United States to better understand how technology has helped them innovate, create more efficient processes, and make a positive impact on their students. This is the third in a series of posts where we explore the impact small schools are making on their students. To learn more about using Google for Education tools, <a href="https://lp.google-mkto.com/edu-school-type.html" target="_blank">visit us here</a>. </i> <br /> <br /> All over the country, innovations in technology are showing us that it’s possible to provide more access to information than ever before. At <a href="http://www.carrollschool.org/" target="_blank">Carroll School</a>, located in Lincoln, Massachusetts, we rely on these innovations to bridge the divide for our students with language-based disabilities by alleviating their challenges with reading, writing and organization skills. <br /> <br /> Students with language-based disabilities, like dyslexia, are extremely bright, curious and creative. But they oftentimes struggle in regular classrooms to build the core skills they need to excel in school. This is why Dr. Edwin Cole, a neurologist, and a small group of passionate individuals were inspired to found the Carroll School in 1967 and dedicate it to helping children with language-based learning disabilities.<br /> <br /> Our faculty and staff at the Carroll School meet the individual needs of students by creating small, supportive classroom environments They use innovative approaches like cognitive intervention, founded in emerging scientific research. We’re also a very technologically progressive school, and our cloud technology, <a href="https://www.google.com/edu/" target="_blank">Google Apps for Education</a>, allows us to create interactive experiences for our students. To our delight, incorporating technology has made a big difference for our students, who say that it’s made it easier for them to learn how to write, stay organized and get feedback from teachers <br /> <br /> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <b>Students can overcome writing challenges</b></h3> <br /> Students with language-based disabilities have to overcome an extra set of challenges while learning to write, specifically with spelling. Many of our students use Voice-to-text, a feature in <a href="https://www.google.com/docs/about/" target="_blank">Google Docs </a>that uses voice recognition technology to dictate essays, stories and other writing projects.<br /> <br /> “When I’m writing, <a href="https://support.google.com/docs/answer/4492226?hl=en" target="_blank">Voice-to-text</a> in Docs helps me concentrate on just talking about the subject, rather than worrying about how things are being spelled. I think it's even better than Siri on my phone,” says one eighth grade student at Carroll School. With Voice-to-text, students can share their unique perspectives and opinions, without getting mired by their challenges with writing.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTroNOYBotbdfZBGr5DrukeO0VsJz33E2vZE-7krnNc73i13hUUJ84Ua88U9ruVFsUFlSUEdK9HCJl11J2u5iy_Onphg2ptzVmWrfxgjmmmkdoltSgz9BDOum5MmGRlPvo6D3Q2pc3DP9b/s1600/image00.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="475" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTroNOYBotbdfZBGr5DrukeO0VsJz33E2vZE-7krnNc73i13hUUJ84Ua88U9ruVFsUFlSUEdK9HCJl11J2u5iy_Onphg2ptzVmWrfxgjmmmkdoltSgz9BDOum5MmGRlPvo6D3Q2pc3DP9b/s640/image00.png" width="640" /></a></div> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <b>Teachers can give instant, personalized feedback</b></h3> <br /> Our students each have different needs and learning styles; we keep our class sizes small so teachers can provide individualized help. The cloud has made getting personalized attention faster and easier. Now, teachers share assignments through Google Docs and can then give students instant feedback on their work. <br /> <br /> “I have difficulty with writing, but it’s easier when I can get help from my teacher. Before using Docs, I’d have to wait a few days or weeks after turning in an assignment to see my teacher’s edits. In Docs, [my teacher] can suggest the edits to me and I can make them myself before turning in the assignment,” says one fourth-grader at Carroll School. <br /> <br /> This ongoing feedback and interaction also helps our students stay engaged and on-task. When students see their teacher in a shared homework assignment, responding to their work in real-time, it motivates them to stay on top of their work.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Z_qNNnusl8_SuFQyMKBnS0SuLErGjvHoGrpQBvnDx1yaRjguR2d4P4xeDdhLTHiNEDho__2XaXc2HdCipdVYqR7nYpLJLUpJ1JMIR-buKOEYvSYcnshnQSBEO04i6MgDUi4w3jYJjSLM/s1600/image02.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Z_qNNnusl8_SuFQyMKBnS0SuLErGjvHoGrpQBvnDx1yaRjguR2d4P4xeDdhLTHiNEDho__2XaXc2HdCipdVYqR7nYpLJLUpJ1JMIR-buKOEYvSYcnshnQSBEO04i6MgDUi4w3jYJjSLM/s640/image02.png" width="640" /></a></div> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <b>Organization is now a given</b></h3> <br /> Kids of every age — and many adults too — struggle to stay organized, especially when keeping track of multiple assignments, papers and resources. Organization is important for students to succeed in the classroom. By using the cloud to store their work, our students’ now complete and turn in more assignments in an organized way, and stay on top of their tasks. <br /> <br /> Students can access their schoolwork easily in class or at home. Says one ninth-grader, “I find myself printing way less. Last year, I had to print out almost all of my homework, but now I can just turn it in with <a href="https://classroom.google.com/u/0/ineligible" target="_blank">Google Classroom</a>.” Additionally, students say they feel more prepared for class. “With Classroom I have all of my classes in one place, so I don’t have to run around to each teacher to check on stuff,” says a ninth-grader at the school. <br /> <br /> Technology is making a visible impact. It’s helping our students succeed in the classroom. Now, both students and teachers say that more assignments are turned in on time and students are more confident. There’s one downside, says one fourth-grader at the school, “Unfortunately, this means we can’t use not knowing the assignment as an excuse for not doing our homework anymore!” Though I think that’s one downside we can live with. </div> </div> </noscript> </div> </div> <div class='share'> <span class='gplus-share social-wrapper' data-href='https://plus.google.com/share?url=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/technology-fast-tracks-success-for-students-with-language-based-disabilities.html'> <img alt='Share on Google+' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/branding/google_plus/2x/ic_w_post_gplus_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='twitter-custom social-wrapper' data-href='http://twitter.com/share?text=Official Google Cloud Blog:Technology fast-tracks success for students with language-based disabilities &url=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/technology-fast-tracks-success-for-students-with-language-based-disabilities.html&via=gsuite'> <img alt='Share on Twitter' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_twitter_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='fb-custom social-wrapper' data-href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/technology-fast-tracks-success-for-students-with-language-based-disabilities.html'> <img alt='Share on Facebook' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_facebook_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> </div> <div class='comment-container'> <i class='comment-img material-icons'>  </i> <span class='cmt_count_iframe_holder' data-count='0' data-onclick='' data-post-url='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/technology-fast-tracks-success-for-students-with-language-based-disabilities.html' data-url='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/technology-fast-tracks-success-for-students-with-language-based-disabilities.html' style='color: #4184F3;'></span> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='cmt_iframe_holder' data-href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/technology-fast-tracks-success-for-students-with-language-based-disabilities.html' data-viewtype='FILTERED_POSTMOD'></div> <a href='https://plus.google.com/112374322230920073195' rel='author' style='display:none;'> Google </a> <div class='label-footer'> <span class='labels-caption'> Labels: </span> <span class='labels'> <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Classroom' rel='tag'> Classroom </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Docs' rel='tag'> Docs </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/GAFE' rel='tag'> GAFE </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Classroom' rel='tag'> Google Classroom </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Docs' rel='tag'> Google Docs </a> </span> </div> </div> </div> <div class='post' data-id='9042654483763174278' itemscope='' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <h2 class='title' itemprop='name'> <a href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/Disney-and-Spitfire-Studio-bring-Winnie-the-Poohs-Hundred-Acre-Wood-to-life-in-new-ways-with-Google-Maps-APIs.html' itemprop='url' title='Disney and Spitfire Studio bring Winnie-the-Pooh’s Hundred Acre Wood to life in new ways with Google Maps APIs'> Disney and Spitfire Studio bring Winnie-the-Pooh’s Hundred Acre Wood to life in new ways with Google Maps APIs </a> </h2> <div class='post-header'> <div class='published'> <span class='publishdate' itemprop='datePublished'> Wednesday, June 15, 2016 </span> </div> </div> <div class='post-body'> <div class='post-content' itemprop='articleBody'> <script type='text/template'> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <i><b>Editor's note:</b> Today Jac de Haan, Developer Marketing for Google Maps for Work, speaks with Anna Hill, Chief Marketing Officer of The Walt Disney Company, UK & Ireland, and Spitfire Studio Client Services Director Tim George. They give us insight into how Disney and Spitfire Studio used Google Maps APIs and Google Street View. The immersive experience brings together more than 1,000 Winnie-the-Pooh assets, including videos, images, stories, downloadable content and games while also providing helpful guides, hints and tips for new mums. Fans navigate the 3-dimensional site and explore different character locations, including Pooh’s house, all through 360° photospheres. <br /> </i><br /> <br /> <b>Jac de Haan</b>:<b> </b>Anna, the first question’s for you. The new Hundred Acre Wood site is both modern in its immersive and interactive nature and historic, paying homage to Hundred Acre Wood, the home of Winnie-the-Pooh that we all know and love. What was Disney’s goal in building the website, and why did Disney choose Google Maps for it?<br /> <b><br /> </b> <b>Anna Hill</b>: 2016 marks 90 years since families were introduced to the characters from the Hundred Acre Wood, when A.A. Milne’s first story was published. Winnie-the-Pooh and friends have stood the test of time with their heart-warming stories that continue to inspire children and adults alike.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.disney.co.uk/disney-baby/winnie-the-pooh/" target="_blank">Disney</a> wanted to create the world of Winnie-the-Pooh for parents and children to easily interact with the classic characters and inspire their play time. Google was the perfect partner for delivering the platform—research shows that mothers are very actively searching the Internet for advice, tools and new content. So, we partnered with <a href="http://wearespitfire.com/" target="_blank">Spitfire Studio</a> to design and develop the site, which we wanted to be optimised for tablets as well as traditional desktop computers. We anticipated that the <a href="http://www.disney.co.uk/disney-baby/winnie-the-pooh/" target="_blank">site</a> would continue to evolve, so it was intentionally designed to make adding new map locations and content within existing areas over time incredibly easy and seamless. We want to continue building on the experience as we see how children and parents engage with the site and content.<br /> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ynQmexO-5SQ" width="640"></iframe><br /> <b>Jac de Haan</b>: Tim, tell us about how you used Google Maps APIs to develop the site.<br /> <br /> <b>Tim George</b>: The site’s main interface is a map of the Hundred Acre Wood, which includes graphics of characters — Pooh, Rabbit, Eeyore, Piglet and others — and their houses. It’s built using the <a href="https://developers.google.com/maps/?utm_source=gfwblog&utm_medium=website&utm_campaign=2016-geo-na-website-gmedia-blogs-us-blogPost&utm_content=disney" target="_blank">Google Maps Javascript API</a>, so you can navigate, with zoom and panning, just like any other Google map. We provided our own graphics, so you really feel like you’re in the world of Winnie-the-Pooh. <br /> <br /> Places on the map like Pooh’s House and Eeyore’s field are marked with customized pins. Click on a character, and the <a href="https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/streetview?utm_source=gfwblog&utm_medium=website&utm_campaign=2016-geo-na-website-gmedia-blogs-us-blogPost&utm_content=disney" target="_blank">Google Maps Street View Service</a> launches you into a Street View of that location — you can find yourself right inside Pooh’s House or out in Eeyore’s field. You can pan and look around, just like you can in Street View. We did this using our own creative assets. Once you’re there, you can click objects and access games, advice, videos and more.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAypQumLuMXmAwnZQCHUkrCrj_8KuDjluyipr6bSGz_wzxIi63lH8KfnfnKbFp-ZmXAMh8fC8UCAyH7Bv_70btdwb02NEO0hXEaI_RN52uWciXA-VSgYj4JP4WO6WrFtBYdIs14goGT5o/s1600/disney-maps.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAypQumLuMXmAwnZQCHUkrCrj_8KuDjluyipr6bSGz_wzxIi63lH8KfnfnKbFp-ZmXAMh8fC8UCAyH7Bv_70btdwb02NEO0hXEaI_RN52uWciXA-VSgYj4JP4WO6WrFtBYdIs14goGT5o/s640/disney-maps.png" width="640" /></a></div> We wanted to personalize the experience, so we used the Geolocation capability of the <a href="https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/examples/map-geolocation?utm_source=gfwblog&utm_medium=website&utm_campaign=2016-geo-na-website-gmedia-blogs-us-blogPost&utm_content=disney" target="_blank">Google Maps JavaScript API</a> along with a <a href="http://www.worldweatheronline.com/" target="_blank">Weather API</a> to reflect the weather in your location. The site will suggest play ideas best suited to your local weather, such as rainy-day activities during a stormy afternoon.<br /> <br /> <b>Jac de Haan</b>: Anna, how does this Google Maps API integration empower your developers and benefit Winnie the Pooh fans?<br /> <br /> <b>Anna Hill</b>: Google Maps APIs are great to have in your creative toolkit, and they let you think and work in unexpected ways. Integrating Google Maps by detecting the locations of website visitors lets us create a more well-rounded experience for both parents and children. In partnership with Spitfire, we’ve created something we’re immensely proud of, and Google Maps play a big part in that. We look forward to seeing how families interact with the Hundred Acre Wood experience and hope that they have a lot of fun engaging with our characters — just as they have for the last 90 years, but now in a thoroughly modern way.<br /> <br /></div> </script> <noscript> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <i><b>Editor's note:</b> Today Jac de Haan, Developer Marketing for Google Maps for Work, speaks with Anna Hill, Chief Marketing Officer of The Walt Disney Company, UK & Ireland, and Spitfire Studio Client Services Director Tim George. They give us insight into how Disney and Spitfire Studio used Google Maps APIs and Google Street View. The immersive experience brings together more than 1,000 Winnie-the-Pooh assets, including videos, images, stories, downloadable content and games while also providing helpful guides, hints and tips for new mums. Fans navigate the 3-dimensional site and explore different character locations, including Pooh’s house, all through 360° photospheres. <br /> </i><br /> <br /> <b>Jac de Haan</b>:<b> </b>Anna, the first question’s for you. The new Hundred Acre Wood site is both modern in its immersive and interactive nature and historic, paying homage to Hundred Acre Wood, the home of Winnie-the-Pooh that we all know and love. What was Disney’s goal in building the website, and why did Disney choose Google Maps for it?<br /> <b><br /> </b> <b>Anna Hill</b>: 2016 marks 90 years since families were introduced to the characters from the Hundred Acre Wood, when A.A. Milne’s first story was published. Winnie-the-Pooh and friends have stood the test of time with their heart-warming stories that continue to inspire children and adults alike.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.disney.co.uk/disney-baby/winnie-the-pooh/" target="_blank">Disney</a> wanted to create the world of Winnie-the-Pooh for parents and children to easily interact with the classic characters and inspire their play time. Google was the perfect partner for delivering the platform—research shows that mothers are very actively searching the Internet for advice, tools and new content. So, we partnered with <a href="http://wearespitfire.com/" target="_blank">Spitfire Studio</a> to design and develop the site, which we wanted to be optimised for tablets as well as traditional desktop computers. We anticipated that the <a href="http://www.disney.co.uk/disney-baby/winnie-the-pooh/" target="_blank">site</a> would continue to evolve, so it was intentionally designed to make adding new map locations and content within existing areas over time incredibly easy and seamless. We want to continue building on the experience as we see how children and parents engage with the site and content.<br /> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ynQmexO-5SQ" width="640"></iframe><br /> <b>Jac de Haan</b>: Tim, tell us about how you used Google Maps APIs to develop the site.<br /> <br /> <b>Tim George</b>: The site’s main interface is a map of the Hundred Acre Wood, which includes graphics of characters — Pooh, Rabbit, Eeyore, Piglet and others — and their houses. It’s built using the <a href="https://developers.google.com/maps/?utm_source=gfwblog&utm_medium=website&utm_campaign=2016-geo-na-website-gmedia-blogs-us-blogPost&utm_content=disney" target="_blank">Google Maps Javascript API</a>, so you can navigate, with zoom and panning, just like any other Google map. We provided our own graphics, so you really feel like you’re in the world of Winnie-the-Pooh. <br /> <br /> Places on the map like Pooh’s House and Eeyore’s field are marked with customized pins. Click on a character, and the <a href="https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/streetview?utm_source=gfwblog&utm_medium=website&utm_campaign=2016-geo-na-website-gmedia-blogs-us-blogPost&utm_content=disney" target="_blank">Google Maps Street View Service</a> launches you into a Street View of that location — you can find yourself right inside Pooh’s House or out in Eeyore’s field. You can pan and look around, just like you can in Street View. We did this using our own creative assets. Once you’re there, you can click objects and access games, advice, videos and more.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAypQumLuMXmAwnZQCHUkrCrj_8KuDjluyipr6bSGz_wzxIi63lH8KfnfnKbFp-ZmXAMh8fC8UCAyH7Bv_70btdwb02NEO0hXEaI_RN52uWciXA-VSgYj4JP4WO6WrFtBYdIs14goGT5o/s1600/disney-maps.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAypQumLuMXmAwnZQCHUkrCrj_8KuDjluyipr6bSGz_wzxIi63lH8KfnfnKbFp-ZmXAMh8fC8UCAyH7Bv_70btdwb02NEO0hXEaI_RN52uWciXA-VSgYj4JP4WO6WrFtBYdIs14goGT5o/s640/disney-maps.png" width="640" /></a></div> We wanted to personalize the experience, so we used the Geolocation capability of the <a href="https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/examples/map-geolocation?utm_source=gfwblog&utm_medium=website&utm_campaign=2016-geo-na-website-gmedia-blogs-us-blogPost&utm_content=disney" target="_blank">Google Maps JavaScript API</a> along with a <a href="http://www.worldweatheronline.com/" target="_blank">Weather API</a> to reflect the weather in your location. The site will suggest play ideas best suited to your local weather, such as rainy-day activities during a stormy afternoon.<br /> <br /> <b>Jac de Haan</b>: Anna, how does this Google Maps API integration empower your developers and benefit Winnie the Pooh fans?<br /> <br /> <b>Anna Hill</b>: Google Maps APIs are great to have in your creative toolkit, and they let you think and work in unexpected ways. Integrating Google Maps by detecting the locations of website visitors lets us create a more well-rounded experience for both parents and children. In partnership with Spitfire, we’ve created something we’re immensely proud of, and Google Maps play a big part in that. 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