Technology Initiatives: Google can help the students in learning. Google have many programs in the Philippines like "Schools Gone Google", "Google Cloud Camp", and "Google Teacher Academy".

1. Technology Initiatives in Education

2. • Specializing in internet-related services
• Google became a reliable source of
information
• Google remains the most used search
engine in the world (Sullivan, D. 2013)

4. • Able to connect to common email, use
chat and calendar, and collaboration
tools(DepEd)
• Editing reports and sharing teaching
materials
• Students can upload papers

5. Programs

6. • Google Cloud Camp
covers the following:
1. How to build your own Google Site and
student portfolios sites
2. The Core Google Apps Suite - Google
Drive 101
3. Automate your Classroom Assessments
with Google Scripts
4. The Power of Google Forms For
Teachers

7. • Google Teacher Academy
-free professional development
experience
-two-day event (October 2-3, 2014)
- participants get hands-on experience
with Google tools
-learn about innovative instructional
strategies
-receive resources to share with
colleagues
-immerse themselves in a supportive
community of educators making impact

8. Softwares
Google has a range of tools for teaching and
learning. This collection of lessons
introduces what they are and how to apply
them.

9. References
• Online newspaper
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/280178/deped-goes-google
http://www.philstar.com/campus/featured-
articles/2012/09/21/851430/deped-taps-google-apps-
education
• Blog Posts
http://www.academia.edu/420105/Empowering_Teacher
s_to_Meet_the_Digital_Native_Learners
• Online Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfnG59PA418

10. • Websites
http://www.phsummit.org/
http://lowendmac.com/2013/the-rise-of-google-beating-
yahoo-at-its-own-game/
http://searchengineland.com/google-worlds-most-
popular-search-engine-148089
https://www.google.com/edu/training/get-
trained/?utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.co
m.ph%2F
http://www.google.com/edu/resources/programs/google-
teacher-academy/