Google Apps in Education
Zach Tan, tze@google.com

1 Some Trends

Who are your users?

Who are your users?

Who are your users?

Who are your users?

What do your users want?

Consumer driven innovation will set the pace

2 Collaboration 1.0

Version
1.0

John
Bob
Version
1.0
Sally
Rachel

John
Version 1.1
Bob
Version 1.2
Version
1.0
Sally
Version 1.3
Rachel

John
Version 1.1
Bob
Version 1.2
Version Version
1.0 2.0
Sally
Version 1.3
Rachel

John
John
Version 1.1
Bob
Bob
Version 1.2
Version Version
1.0 2.0
Sally
Sally
Version 1.3
Rachel

John
John
Version 1.1
Version 2.1
Bob
Bob
Version 1.2
Version 2.2
Version Version
1.0 2.0
Sally
Sally
Version 1.3
Version 2.3
Rachel

John
John
Version 1.1
Version 2.1
Bob
Bob
Version 1.2
Version 2.2
Version Version
1.0 2.0
Sally
Sally
Version 1.3
Version 2.3
Rachel
Version 1.4

John
John
Version 1.1
Version 2.1
Bob
Bob
Version 1.2
Version 2.2
Version Version Version
1.0 2.0 ???
Sally
Sally
Version 1.3
Version 2.3
Rachel
Version 1.4

Collaborating like its 1999...

3
Collaboration 2.0

Google Apps

Barriers to adoption are falling away…
Connectivity
Security
User
Experience
Offline Access
Reliability Google Confidential and
Proprietary

Closing Thoughts
= New Challenges
= Pain
= Solution