All Iowa educators have opportunity to be trained in Google Apps for Education

Iowa’s Area Education Agencies (AEAs) announced today that they have entered into an exciting agreement with Google to provide all K-12 schools in Iowa with free access to Google Apps for Education. 550,000 students and educators will have the opportunity to be connected to a common e-mail, chat and calendar system (Gmail, Google Talk and Google Calendar), cloud collaboration tools (Google Docs, Google Sites, & Groups) and multimedia tools (Google Sites & Video) that will enable them to work together and learn more effectively.

“Iowa’s AEAs are proud to work with Google to bring these innovative tools to our classrooms,” Brent Siegrist, Director of Iowa AEA Services, said. “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.”

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