Plan
The Education Edition is free for schools including staff, students and faculty. After you've done some research on Google Apps Education Edition and viewed the features of Google Apps, it's time to meet with your IT Department to formulate a plan on transitioning to Google Apps. This is a six week process devised by Google and leaves nothing left to chance.
Deploy
After your team has decided on Google Apps, it's time customize your domain. There are plenty of examples of schools acquiring Google Apps. There are also many different ways to make your version unique. After e-mails have been migrated and new accounts have been established, it becomes important to train your staff on the many tools they now have.
Thrive
Now that Google Apps Education Edition is up and running, you can immediately feel the difference in your performance. The upkeep time spent on your old system can now be spent on your students and your students can now collaborate on assignments and view class schedules and school postings from any computer with internet access.
