Google Wants to Save Our Schools–And Hook a New Generation of Users

The old "dog ate my homework excuse" is about to become a thing of the past. And kids will have Google to thank.

The search giant has just released Classroom, a free tool that allows teachers to do everything from assigning projects to collecting and grading assignments, all online. Classroom uses Google’s own products such as Docs and Drive to manage and organize the often chaotic classroom workflow.

By Issie Lapowsky

Full Story: http://www.wired.com/2014/08/google-classrooms/