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For Malaysia: Bringing Google Apps and Chromebooks to the classroom
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
[cross-posted from the
Official Google Blog
]
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.
Primary students collaborate on a project together in SK Sri Petaling school in Malaysia
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.
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