Apps for Education
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Oregon Department of Education
40,000 teachers, 25,000 professional staff members, serving 561,000 students
The state saves money by not having to house and manage an email solution, but the savings are truly felt when the full Google Apps suite is used by a district.
– Steve Nelson, Chief IT Strategist, Oregon Department of Education
Iowa Area Education Agencies
Regional service agencies that serve 550,000 students and educators
As a former teacher, I can see how these tools will engage students, make the classroom a more vibrant place and allow teachers to work together more collaboratively.
– Brent Siegrist, Director of Iowa Area Education Agencies Services
Rhode Island Society of Technology Educators
Supports 32 public school districts, private-independent K-12 schools and religious K-12 schools.
Google Apps also integrates very well with a wide variety of handheld and portable devices making it a perfect fit with the ways that teachers and students are now accessing technology.
– Paul Barrette, RISTE Executive Board Member
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Missouri Research and Education Network
A unit of the University of Missouri System, MOREnet serves Missouri's K-12 schools, colleges and universities, public libraries, state government, teaching hospitals and clinics and other affiliates.
It’s more than just a fiscal decision. Google Apps provides communication and collaboration tools that enhance learning across the curriculum not only in reading and writing, but also in areas like math and science.
– John Gillispie, MOREnet Executive Director
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State University of New York System
The largest comprehensive system of universities, colleges, and community colleges in the world, with a total enrollment of 465,000 students, plus 1.1 million adult education students spanning 64 campuses across the state.
We didn’t switch to Gmail because of the cost. It just seems like a much more complete package.
– Mark Reed, Associate Vice President of ITS, State University of New York System
Read more about the State University of New York System's switch »
A Terms Of Service that can meet your terms
A blanket agreement empowers your schools to adopt Google Apps, while streamlining setup and avoiding redundant (and costly) legal reviews.
Here are some more state and university systems who have already worked with Google to deliver Google Apps for Education to their students, faculty, and staff.
New York Institute of Technology
Supporting 697 school districts across the state of New York
Google Apps not only has the core tool sets used by schools, but they are natively built to encourage collaboration and interaction between teachers and students in schools and across districts.
– Stanley Silverman, Director of Technology Based Learning Systems, NYIT
Colorado Statewide Internet Portal Authority
By leveraging the Internet, educators are able to bring new ways of learning to the classroom and connect with students in exciting and challenging ways.
– Bill Ritter, Governor of Colorado
Maryland Education Enterprise Consortium
University System of Maryland, Maryland Higher Education Commission and Maryland Department of Education
Students were overwhelmingly in favor of Google and vocal about their preference when it came to email since it works exceptionally well with their mobile lifestyle.
– Mike Carlin, Assistant Vice President of IT at UMBC
University of North Carolina
The University of North Carolina is multi-campus university composed of all 16 of North Carolina's public institutions serving more than 200,000 students
Google Apps has allowed us to get out of providing these commodity type services - such as maintaining an email and calendaring system - and focus on the things that we are uniquely equipped to do, like providing more resources to be able to better support teaching, learning and research.
– Todd Sutton, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Application Services
