1. Google Apps works on all devices. There is nothing more frustrating than writing a document in Apple pages only to find it won't open on your smartphone or PC. How about creating a power point, only to find you don't own the latest version? Google apps lives on the cloud, not on your device. It works through the chrome browser and works on all computer and any device that can open a browser, download android or OS apps. For schools with a multitude of devices running different software and operating systems this is a huge benefit.
2. No more updates! With Google apps for education you do not need to buy updated versions of software or operating systems ever. Google is constantly updating Google docs and the chrome browser so that you do not have to.
3. Free storage. Never forget anything and Save everything. With Google Apps for you education each user receives 30 GB of cloud storage. Your cloud storage on Drive allows you to store almost any file: Ms Word documents, PDFs, image files, audio files and video files. You can download the drive app for your smartphone and have all of your file on the go. You can also down a syncable drive folder on all of the computer you own as an easy way to store and sync all of your documents up to the cloud. Use Google Keep and you have most of the feature of Evernote with your notes stored on Google drive. Also Google automatically saves everything so you don't have to worry about losing your work.
4. Create, Share and Collaborate in real time. This is the most powerful feature of Google Apps. Multiple people can work on the same document, spreadsheet or presentation at the same time on different computers. The old days of emailing documents, or using a jump drive are over. Sharing digital student work requires only a few mouse clicks and be been seen on smartboard or another student's of teacher's computer.
5. Google Apps is more than just Documents. There are hundreds of other features schools can use which can be added on the school Google accounts such as YouTube, Google Voice, Calendar, Sites, Blogger, and Hangouts (Video Conferencing). Google Forms is revolutionizing how many educators share and collect work. Many teachers even opt to go paperless and use Google forms to distribute and collect student assignments and work
