Teachers

Start teaching practical digital skills

Use our creative, video-based lessons in the classroom or remotely to prepare students for the jobs of today and tomorrow

Start now

Why Applied Digital Skills works

Free of charge, flexible and ready-to-use

Adapt our video-based lessons for remote or in-classroom teaching, free of charge

Project-based curriculum

Students leave with a useful project, like a presentation, a resume or a research plan

Skills for school, work and life

Teach the 4 C's: communication, collaboration, creativity, and critical thinking

Connect with Google Classroom

Connect Applied Digital Skills with Google Classroom to import your roster and more

Check out our most popular lessons

  • Make Art with Google Sheets

    Create a pixel art project using conditional formatting in a spreadsheet.

    • Skills taught:
    • Advanced formulas
    • Conditional formulas
    • Data visualization
    • Using:
    • Sheets

    Organize Files in Drive

    Learn how to store, access, and share documents, presentations, forms, and photos in the cloud.

    • Skills taught:
    • Digital collaboration
    • File sharing
    • File organization
    • Using:
    • Docs
    • Drive

    Write an If-Then Adventure Story

    Collaborate with classmates to create an interactive story using Google Slides.

    • Skills taught:
    • Digital collaboration
    • Slide hyperlinks
    • Presentation formatting
    • Using:
    • Docs
    • Slides

    View our teacher resources

    Check out resources like our Get Started Guide and our Help Center for more info

    View teacher resources

  • Send Professional Emails

    Learn how to write professional emails for specific workplace situations.

    • Skills taught:
    • Effective communication
    • Gmail features
    • Writing strategies
    • Using:
    • Gmail
    • Search

    Use Digital Tools for Everyday Tasks

    Learn to communicate more efficiently through emails, internet search, and digital documents.

    • Skills taught:
    • Account creation
    • Effective communication
    • Gmail features
    • Using:
    • Docs
    • Drive
    • Gmail
    • Search

    Use Google Drive to Organize Files and Folders

    Organize your files by creating folders in Google Drive.

    • Skills taught:
    • Digital collaboration
    • File organization
    • File sharing
    • Using:
    • Drive

    View our teacher resources

    Check out resources like our Get Started Guide and our Help Center for more info

    View teacher resources

  • Plan and Promote an Event

    Promote an event by creating to-do lists and assigning tasks to others.

    • Skills taught:
    • Digital publishing
    • Document formatting
    • Effective communication
    • Using:
    • Gmail
    • Docs
    • Drawings
    • Sheets
    • Sites

    Create a Budget in Google Sheets

    Learn to make good financial decisions by researching and comparing costs in a spreadsheet.

    • Skills taught:
    • Data analysis
    • Conditional formulas
    • Organizing data
    • Using:
    • Sheets
    • Maps
    • Search

    Create a Resume in Google Docs

    Design, write, and format a professional resume that stands out.

    • Skills taught:
    • Digital collaboration
    • Document formatting
    • Effective communication
    • Using:
    • Docs
    • Gmail
    • Search

    View our teacher resources

    Check out resources like our Get Started Guide and our Help Center for more info

    View teacher resources

  • Create a Study Schedule to Meet Your Goals

    Organize and track your goals, and improve your study skills using a spreadsheet.

    • Skills taught:
    • Conditional formulas
    • Digital collaboration
    • Spreadsheet organization
    • Using:
    • Sheets

    Design an Infographic in Google Drawings

    Summarize and communicate information visually by creating an infographic in Google Drawings.

    • Skills taught:
    • Data analysis
    • Data visualization
    • Source evaluation
    • Using:
    • Drawings
    • Search

    Start or Join a Video Conference with Google Meet

    Schedule new meetings, work with audio and video settings, add captions, and record meetings.

    • Skills taught:
    • Communication
    • Digital collaboration
    • File sharing
    • Sharing research
    • Video conferencing
    • Using:
    • Meet

    View our teacher resources

    Check out resources like our Get Started Guide and our Help Center for more info

    View teacher resources

Get started in just a few steps

  • Sign in to create an account

    Sign in to fill out your profile and view your teacher dashboard

  • Create a class and add your students

    Share the class code with your students or import your roster from Google Classroom

  • Find a lesson

    Filter lessons by grade, digital tool or topic, or search by keywords

  • Prepare to teach

    Use resources like lesson plans and rubrics to tailor your teaching to meet student needs

"I like that the skills my students learn as part of the Applied Digital Skills curriculum are real-life skills that people in the workforce use every day."

Kay Vanzant-Bradney

Middle School Teacher


Read more stories

Start teaching digital skills

For teachers who also teach computer science

Google also offers CS First — a free of charge introductory computer science curriculum for elementary and middle school students that makes coding easy to teach and fun to learn. Students develop critical thinking and learn core computer science concepts as they create their own projects. Educators lead the way, utilizing lesson plans, tutorials, activities, and other resources.

Get started with CS First