{"id":21342,"date":"2014-05-15T16:22:45","date_gmt":"2014-05-15T21:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcitement.com\/?p=21342"},"modified":"2014-05-15T16:22:45","modified_gmt":"2014-05-15T21:22:45","slug":"google-for-the-classroom-learns-a-valuable-lesson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techcitement.com\/internet-2\/webapps\/google-for-the-classroom-learns-a-valuable-lesson\/","title":{"rendered":"Google For The Classroom Learns A Valuable Lesson"},"content":{"rendered":"

Education is a growing market in the world of the internet. Globally, it\u2019s worth $4.4 trillion. The U.S. makes up a quarter of that, with the K — 12 market being worth $7.5 Billion alone. A lot of people in Start-Up Land want a slice of that pie. With any luck, the Texas State Board of Education<\/a>, which has a large and bias-based influence over America\u2019s school text-books, will wither up and die.<\/p>\n

\"Google-Apps-for-Education\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Google has been attempting to get a toe-hold into this market. Previously, the company has tried with Apps For Education<\/a>, a suite of free, web-based education tools that have some 30 million users worldwide and Google For Education<\/a>, Google\u2019s Chromebook creeping into schools with over 19 percent of that aspect of the market. Now, Google has extended that with Classroom, which seeks to engage parents, teachers, and students alike.<\/p>\n