Why Google? Google Apps in Education offered the services we needed for our staff: web sites, email, online collaboration with google docs -- all free for education. We were able to create a public presence about the school for the community and a private community for students. The only cost is for Postini security backup for email as required by law; schools receive a 66% discount, but it is still expensive. However, that archiving price must be paid for no matter what system we use. The low maintenance, free services offered by Google help us create a collaborative community for the school and our school community. Thank you, Google! Here's help to learn more about Google Apps in Education: From Google: http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/edu/index.html Basic information http://groups.google.com/a/help/intl/en/edu/sell.html 10 Reasons 16 minute video by Jill Galloway http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/edu/privacy.html White Paper <--Click http://www.google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?answer=60762&src=top5&lev=index http://www.google.com/corporate/security.html Security and Privacy http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/edu/customers.html Education Users Google Online Training: http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/edu/certification_index.html Other Training: http://www.cue.org/cuetoyou/google Sheri's Diigo Google Help Bookmarks: http://www.diigo.com/list/sheri42/googlehelp From Kathy Schrok http://sites.google.com/a/nausetschools.org/googlegoodies/ Staff Google Help Site http://blog.kathyschrock.net/2009/06/google-apps-for-education-overview.html Google Apps Blog with information A Teacher Google Site with Google Info http://sites.google.com/site/usingappsatschool/ by Karen McMillan Articles: PC World (read comments too) |
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