Comments on: Google Apps for Education http://www.teach42.com/2006/09/01/google-apps-for-education/ Education and Technology by Steve Dembo Tue, 07 Oct 2008 01:48:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Greg Malone http://www.teach42.com/2006/09/01/google-apps-for-education/#comment-56788 Greg Malone Sun, 21 Jan 2007 16:05:20 +0000 http://www.teach42.com/2006/09/01/google-apps-for-education/#comment-56788 I've been closely evaluating GAFE (Google Apps for Ed), have done initial setup and lots of experimentation to see what it is capable of. Frankly, as of this moment, January 21, 2007, this service does not seem ready for prime time. The interfaces are clumsy. Stunning feature omissions abound. The domain email and the calendars are about the only useful features for a school organization. And, for the life of me, I can't see why they even call it "for Education" -- what, exactly, is "education" about it? It's not a comprehensive tool yet, and it's glaring feature and usability omissions make me pause before going forward. I'd sure love to see a list of links to other sites using it! I’ve been closely evaluating GAFE (Google Apps for Ed), have done initial setup and lots of experimentation to see what it is capable of. Frankly, as of this moment, January 21, 2007, this service does not seem ready for prime time. The interfaces are clumsy. Stunning feature omissions abound. The domain email and the calendars are about the only useful features for a school organization. And, for the life of me, I can’t see why they even call it “for Education” — what, exactly, is “education” about it? It’s not a comprehensive tool yet, and it’s glaring feature and usability omissions make me pause before going forward.

I’d sure love to see a list of links to other sites using it!

]]> By: Educational Technology and Life » Blog Archive » Google Apps for Education http://www.teach42.com/2006/09/01/google-apps-for-education/#comment-50379 Educational Technology and Life » Blog Archive » Google Apps for Education Sat, 09 Sep 2006 21:56:47 +0000 http://www.teach42.com/2006/09/01/google-apps-for-education/#comment-50379 [...] Google Apps for Education (Via Teach42.) Here is Steve Dembo noting the new Google Apps in Education service. From the Google page: Sharing information and ideas is vital to learning. So imagine how valuable it would be if your entire campus community shared a set of powerful, easy-to-use and integrated communication and collaboration services. With Google Apps for Education, you can offer all of your students innovative email, instant messaging, and calendaring, all for free.* You can select any combination of our available services (see below), and customize them with your school’s logo, color scheme and content. You can manage your users through an easy web-based console or use our available APIs to integrate the services into your existing systems — and it’s all hosted by Google, so there’s no hardware or software for you to install or maintain. [...] […] Google Apps for Education (Via Teach42.) Here is Steve Dembo noting the new Google Apps in Education service. From the Google page: Sharing information and ideas is vital to learning. So imagine how valuable it would be if your entire campus community shared a set of powerful, easy-to-use and integrated communication and collaboration services. With Google Apps for Education, you can offer all of your students innovative email, instant messaging, and calendaring, all for free.* You can select any combination of our available services (see below), and customize them with your school’s logo, color scheme and content. You can manage your users through an easy web-based console or use our available APIs to integrate the services into your existing systems — and it’s all hosted by Google, so there’s no hardware or software for you to install or maintain. […]

]]> By: Chris Craft http://www.teach42.com/2006/09/01/google-apps-for-education/#comment-49765 Chris Craft Fri, 01 Sep 2006 18:45:48 +0000 http://www.teach42.com/2006/09/01/google-apps-for-education/#comment-49765 I can vouch for it. We use Hosted Gmail which turned into Google Apps for your Domain, although I have not switched to the education version (not sure how I would). I can say that from an admin side the interface is amazing, and I was able to add a lot of email addresses one by one in relatively little time. It also allows for an uploaded list via .csv file. We do not use the calendar yet, as my classes are so short, and the talk client is tragically blocked. Nonetheless, it is nice to see all of this for education. I can vouch for it. We use Hosted Gmail which turned into Google Apps for your Domain, although I have not switched to the education version (not sure how I would). I can say that from an admin side the interface is amazing, and I was able to add a lot of email addresses one by one in relatively little time. It also allows for an uploaded list via .csv file. We do not use the calendar yet, as my classes are so short, and the talk client is tragically blocked. Nonetheless, it is nice to see all of this for education.

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