In January 2013, RRISD opened up Google Apps for Education accounts for all high school students. Over the summer, the district extended that to include all students in grades 2-12. Now, students have the ability to install specialized educational software - at not cost - through the Chrome Web Store. Additionally, teachers like Mr. Johnson have utilized Google Apps Scripts to automatically create and deploy document templates to his students so he can oversee their work and they can have access to their work anywhere in the world.
Stay tuned for more posts as we chronicle a Google Year at Westwood.
