Google Apps for Education is the fastest growing educational suite of tools and is free for districts and schools. These tools are being used by more than 40 million students and teachers to improve online collaboration and productivity. Schools need to prepare students for the 21st century which means teaching them the digital skills necessary to become successful and Google Apps can help support this goal.
By signing this petition, you are pledging your support for creating a district-wide Google Apps for Education environment in Baltimore City Schools. You are acknowledging that teachers and schools should be able to use the free tools necessary to prepare and teach their students and that you believe Google Apps provides a suite of these free tools.
Google Apps are an integral part of the way that everyone does business these days. The online platform provides accessibility from any location and any device which is essential for getting work and business done in the year 2017. Staff and youth would greatly benefit from increased access to tools that allow them to write papers, create presentations, prepare spreadsheets, and store files on a cloud based system. I have been a technologist for nearly 20 years and access to Google Apps is an essential skill and resource needed to succeed in today's digital world.