I got started with the kubectl command line function as it was packaged with Google Cloud SDK. Then experimented with Minikube locally. I think what you really

I got started with the kubectl command line function as it was packaged with Google Cloud SDK. Then experimented with Minikube locally. I think what you really want is something like a "Minikube in the Cloud" learning environment. Where you walk students through building an actual service. But if they make mistakes, nothing catches fire ;) Another recommendation is a gentle intro to serverless deployments such as Fission and Kubeless, since that is maybe where everyone's headed in the near future. Also a great way to introduce design thinking, architecture, distributed systems, fault tolerance, decentralization, etc. http://fission.io/ http://fission.io/