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Schools get the "App"titude across the globe
March 12, 2009
Since the launch of
Google Apps Education Edition
in October 2006, millions of people at thousands of schools in more than 100 countries have been using our free email and collaboration tools. We love hearing from newly deployed schools like
Loyola Marymount University
,
Westmont College
,
New Jersey Institute of Technology
,
Kenai Peninsula Borough School District
,
Chapman University
,
Saint Ignatius High School
, and
California State University, Chico
(to name a few) about how they're now able to use Apps in teaching, learning, and researching on campus, while also saving time and money.
While we continue to see more and more U.S. schools moving to Google Apps, we find it especially exciting to see that the trend of outsourcing online communication and collaboration needs is catching on in other parts of the world. In Australia, for example, the New South Wales Department of Education
recently migrated
1.5 million students to Google Apps. The University of Adelaide also just
announced
that it is offering to its 16,000 students email services and other online tools as part of the Apps suite, at no cost to the university. Many other schools and colleges in this region have also recently deployed Google Apps, including
Hsin Sheng College of Medical Care and Management
in Taoyuan County Taiwan,
Air University
in Islamabad Pakistan,
Univesitas Pelita Harapan
in Indonesia, the
International College of Management
in Sydney, and schools across New Zealand like
Fendalton School
.
To help spread the word about Apps, the team in India came up with the
Got the "App"titude Challenge
, which encouraged students, faculty members and alumni from all engineering and management schools throughout India to move their institutions to Google Apps. The challenge created quite a stir, and after launching in August, we received almost 6,000 sign-ups. Each college team consisted of students, alumni and faculty who worked closely with IT staff to identify challenges in their existing email and collaboration solutions. Working with a Googler, the teams then demonstrated ways Google Apps could be used to address these challenges. The performance of each team was evaluated by measuring product usage after their deployment.
We'd like to extend our congratulations to the XL CONNECT team from
Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI), Jamshedpur
, who won the challenge by demonstrating the highest usage of Google Apps products.
As a result of the challenge, more than 100 colleges across India are now in the process of implementing Apps in their institutions. And we look forward to seeing more and more schools all over the world adopt Google Apps.
Countries shaded in blue represent active Apps users in that area.
Posted by Amarpreet Singh, Online Sales and Operations Manager, and Andrew Mitchell, Senior Strategist
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