I think this is a brilliant move by Google. I think it's hardly about the teachers, and more about the students. Three things come to my mind watching this vide

I think this is a brilliant move by Google. I think it's hardly about the teachers, and more about the students. Three things come to my mind watching this video: 1. Adobe software like Photoshop being easy to pirate made it easy for design students to use it exclusively, helping it become the de facto software used in industry 2. A while ago Microsoft was able to have Word/PowerPoint become part of the computing educational curriculum, helping them become the de facto document/presentation software. 3. Every one of those kids in the video had Chromebooks sitting on their desk. A Chromebook makes sense for a student because it's cheaper, but is no longer viable if students are required to use Word/PowerPoint. The point of 1 & 2 is that people use what people know. I think this is a great long term thinking move that could help both Chromebook and Google Apps in a very big way. Relevant: http://www.zdnet.com/office-is-the-only-thing-that-can-kill-a-chromebook-7000026494/ http://www.zdnet.com/office-is-the-only-thing-that-can-kill-... * Unfortunately I couldn't find a reference for #2, but I remember reading about how that was one of Microsoft's smartest moves