Celebrating
teachers who
make a
difference with Google
For most of us, there’s at least one teacher whose name we will never forget—that favorite teacher who made a
difference in our education, whether they were our first grade art teacher or a professor in college. For me, that teacher was Ms. Taylor, my 8th grade science teacher. Ms. Taylor didn't just foster my love of science—she understood that 8th grade can be a tough time for students as they try to navigate social cliques and prepare for the pressure of high school. Ms. Taylor knew that taking the time to ask us if we were feeling okay was just as important as teaching us about geological formations. She didn’t just care about
teaching us—she genuinely cared about us as people.
This Friday is World Teachers' Day, and we want to ho**r the
teachers like Ms. Taylor who helped
make us the people we are today. We’ve long supported education through tech**logy, offering free tools like
YouTube Edu and
Google Apps for Education, and by developing
cost-efficient devices like Chromebooks. But it’s the
teachers who really
make the
difference by creatively incorporating that tech**logy into their classrooms. As tech**logy usage in schools increases, we hear even more amazing stories about how
teachers and students are using our products to foster collaborative learning.
And that usage is growing quickly. As of today, more than 20 million students, faculty and staff worldwide use
Google Apps for Education. In addition, in the last year we an**unced that:
As a tribute to the educators who are putting these tools to work, this week we’ll be highlighting a few amazing
teachers on our
Google in Education page on Google+. To kick off the ******, we want to celebrate Ms. Kor**wski—a science teacher at Kettle-Moraine High School in Wales, WI, who is using
Google Forms to bring her students together.
To all the Ms. Taylors and Ms. Kor**wskis out there—thank you, both for the positive impact you have on your students and for letting
Google be a part of that experience.
Posted by Cristin Frodella, Google in Education
