Google Apps is a powerful set of branded communication and collaboration tools that use your own custom domain, helping them to stay connected and work together more effectively. Small Business, Enterprise or Educational versions
| Website: | www.google.com/a/ |
| Cost: | Commercial – 30 day trial |
| Availability: | 0nline |
| Top 100 Tools 2012: | 55 |
| Top 100 Tools 2011: | 35 |
| Top 100 Tools 2010: | 34 |
| Top 100 Tools 2009: | 38= |
| Top 100 Tools 2008: | 68= |
| Top 100 Tools 2007: | - |
Comments from those that selected Google Apps as one of their Top Tools
- “Google Apps provides many features all in the one place. A customisable start page. Generous 6MB of space in provided in the gmail account. Files can easily be backed up to the email account – very useful for students uploading work. Shared calendar feature with text messaging provided. Use your own domain name to provide domain specific email addresses. We use our google apps home page as the portal to all our college eLearning facilities” Patricia Donaghy
- “All things google and I really think they “get it”, the future that IS. It isn’t about content but ease of sharing, sending, moving, and accessing information among groups and communities. Whether calendars, email, documents, presentations, they GET IT. FREE!” David Deubelbeiss
- “the most powerful educational tool is one that provides access to the collection of services provided through the Google Apps suite… especially now with the addition of Google Sites” Mark Arnold
A Practical Guide to the Top 100 Tools for Learning
Find out how to use the Top 100 Tools for personal learning and productivity, for professional development, in educational and training and for workforce collaboration
The Guide provides essential information about each of the tools and includes curated links to other excellent and useful resources. Find out more here.
