Google Apps for Education

Google Apps brings together essential services to help your school communicate and collaborate more effectively. Administrators can choose to deploy a mix of the communication and collaboration products listed below.

Collaboration

• Google Docs — Students and faculty can share documents, spreadsheets and presentations online without the inconvenience of attachments Video tutorial
• Google Sites — Student groups, classes or teams can create websites quickly to share documents, videos, calendars, charts and other information all in one place Video tutorial
  
• Google Video — Securely share videos of recorded classes, lectures, school events, and more Demo Video  (As of March 31st, Google Video for education offers 10GB free of charge to all Education Edition customers)

Communication

• Gmail — 6.5 gigs of email storage, excellent spam protection, and mobile access Video tutorial
  
• Google Talk — Instant messaging and voice calling for free Video tutorial
  
• Google Calendar — Share personal, class schedules calendars Video tutorial

• What schools who have registered for their own domain have done is to create their own AUP consent form, sent home to parents, and returned to indicate they accept (or not) their child (under 13) using Google Apps.
• Sample AUP
  
• Custom start page
  

Google Tools and Products

Search

Alerts Get email updates on the topics of your choice

Blog Search Find blogs on your favorite topics

Book Search Search the full text of books

Checkout Complete online purchases more quickly and securely

Google ChromeNew! A browser built for speed, stability and security

Custom SearchNew! Create a customized search experience for your community

Desktop Search and personalize your computer

Earth Explore the world from your computer

Finance Business info, news, and interactive charts

GOOG-411 Find and connect with businesses from your phone, for free

Google HealthNew! Organize your medical records online

iGoogle Add news, games and more to the Google homepage

Images Search for images on the web

Maps View maps and directions

News - now with archive search Search thousands of news stories

Notebook Clip and collect information as you surf the web

Patent Search Search the full text of US Patents

Product Search Search for stuff to buy

Scholar Search scholarly papers

Special Searches Search within specific topics

Toolbar Add a search box to your browser

Video Search for videos on Google Video and YouTube

Web Search Search over billions of web pages

Web Search Features Find movies, music, stocks, books, and more

Explore and innovate

Code Download APIs and open source code

Labs Explore Google's technology playground

Communicate, show & share

Blogger Share your life online with a blog -- it's fast, easy, and free

Calendar Organize your schedule and share events with friends

Docs Create and share your online documents, presentations, and spreadsheets

Gmail Fast, searchable email with less spam

Groups Create mailing lists and discussion groups

Knol Share what you know

Orkut Meet new people and stay in touch with friends

Picasa Find, edit and share your photos

Reader Get all your blogs and news feeds fast

Sites Create websites and secure group wikis

SketchUp Build 3D models quickly and easily

Talk IM and call your friends through your computer

Translate View web pages in other languages

YouTube Watch, upload and share videos

Go mobile

Maps for mobile View maps and get directions on your phone

Mobile Use Google on your mobile phone

SMS Use text messaging for quick info

Make your computer work better

Pack A free collection of essential software