As a parent
of three kids, I have the same aspirations as many other parents and
educators—to provide them with the best opportunities to learn and discover
their passions. For many students, the web has become an incredible resource
for the classroom, offering tools to work collaboratively, share and research.
School systems of all sizes—from a single primary school to an entire country
such as the Philippines—have “Gone Google” in their schools and embraced the
web to transform education.
Today the
country of Malaysia is going a step further by adopting Google Apps for 10
million students, teachers and parents. As part of this initiative they are
also deploying Chromebooks to primary and secondary schools nationwide. These
efforts to integrate the web are a central part of a national plan (PDF) to
reform its educational system.
To deploy
technology across a nationwide school system, computers need to be simple,
manageable and secure. Chromebooks are ideal for learning and sharing in the
classroom—there’s nothing complicated to learn, they boot up in seconds and
have virus protection built in. They also offer easy setup and deployment,
which means they’re ready to go the moment a student opens the lid and logs in.
And with reduced overhead costs, Chromebooks are a cost-efficient option* to
deploy technology at scale.
To date,
more than 3,000 schools worldwide, from Edina, Minnesota to Point England, New
Zealand, have deployed Chromebooks to improve attendance and graduation rates,
make learning more fun and enable students to take more ownership for their learning.
The web
gives our children and students new opportunities to access the world’s
information and work collaboratively. We look forward to working with national and regional leaders to make the most of the web with Google Apps and
Chromebooks and help them provide the best opportunities to every student.
Posted by
Felix Lin, Director of Product Management
*In
research sponsored by Google, research firm IDC found that Chromebooks yield
three-year cost of ownership savings of $1,135 per device compared to
traditional PCs or tablets, require 69% fewer hours to deploy and 92% fewer
hours to manage. Learn more.
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