Google has just unveiled some new statistics on the uptake of its popular Google Apps In Education platform. Princeton has signed on which means 7 of the 8 Ivy League schools use Google Apps.
According to Google, 72 of this year’s top 100 U.S. Universities (as determined by 2013 U.S. News and World Report’s ranking) have gone Google. Here are the 14 most recent:
New Google Schools
- Bates College
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Georgetown University
- Princeton University
- Rice University
- Smith College
- Stony Brook University
- University of California, Berkeley
- University of Colorado, Boulder
- University of Dayton
- University of Mississippi
- University of Pennsylvania, School of Arts and Sciences
- Vassar College
- Virginia Tech
So what does ‘going Google’ actually mean? Typically, it means schools and districts will start using Gmail, Google Drive, Google Calendar, and Google Sites. Each classroom will typically set up a Google Site for collaboration purposes, an account can help turn in homework via Google Drive, and of course Gmail goes without saying. While it’s not cheap, the ability to migrate all of this kind of work to Google’s cloud services could mean a lot less stress over your IT infrastructure (both financial and otherwise).
Learn More
Do you have a Google school? Want to know more about how it works? We have a feature on what it takes to be a Google school in the latest issue of the Edudemic Magazine. You’ll learn about the apps, services, and more.
