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class=764515703-16102009>I have just been playing with Google docs as a way of
managing something in my real life.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=764515703-16102009>Sharing documents between committee members of a
club.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=764515703-16102009></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=764515703-16102009>I am very impressed</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=764515703-16102009>Yes it works well on iPhone ..except that neither it
nor safari on a Mac can display a Google doc .. we get server
errors.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=764515703-16102009>All other documents seem to be
fine.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=764515703-16102009>It displays pdf's correctly wear as IE seven doesn't
</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=764515703-16102009>all in all well worth it as a way of the
future</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> elearning-bounces@edulists.com.au
[mailto:elearning-bounces@edulists.com.au] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Ros
Meadows<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, 16 October 2009 10:32 AM<BR><B>To:</B> elearning
Teachers' Mailing List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [elearning] Google comes to
Monash<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV><FONT face=Calibri>Hi all... not sure if it has already been
mentioned in this thread or not, but Monash is also moving to moodle (and
leaving BlackBoard behind). At the moment they have both moodle and Blackboard
operating but lecturers are being encouraged to move their courses to moodle,
and eventualy BlackBoard will be removed. My son is just finishing his BBIS
degree at Clayton and all but one of his lecturers this semester has used moodle
rather than BB. His comment? moodle is "pretty cool" and beats BB in every
respect! "Especially cos it is free too" He also said the old email they had was
very basic and pretty useless and as he is already a gmail user for his personal
email he said the move to google mail will be great for students. Strange that
we had this conversation last week and then this thread came
along...<BR><BR>Cheers<BR>Ros Meadows<BR><A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated
href="mailto:roslynmeadows@gmail.com">roslynmeadows@gmail.com</A><BR>0412 614
062<BR></FONT>
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<FONT face=Calibri><BR></FONT>Roland Gesthuizen wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE cite=mid:8c788a890910151557m446bbbces8397e9b60ab0422d@mail.gmail.com
type="cite">yes, you get these tools as a Google Administrator<BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>2009/10/16 Robert Ruzbacky <SPAN dir=ltr><<A
href="mailto:ruzbackyr@aloysius.vic.edu.au"
moz-do-not-send="true">ruzbackyr@aloysius.vic.edu.au</A>></SPAN><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote
style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">What
about student monitoring - ie. does Gmail have a logging and /
or<BR>filtering ability? Can you see student's emails if they
behave<BR>inappropriately?<BR><BR><BR>Regards,<BR><BR>Robert<BR>St Aloysius
College<BR>
<DIV>
<DIV class=h5><BR><BR><BR>><BR>> Similar story for us - does not seem
to have any significant impact on<BR>> bandwidth and accounts can easily
be disabled if a student behaves<BR>> inappropriately.<BR>><BR>>
Russell<BR>><BR>><BR>> --------------------------<BR>> Russell
Curr<BR>> Avila College<BR>> Ph:
9831-9645<BR>><BR>><BR>>>>> Roland Gesthuizen <<A
href="mailto:rgesthuizen@gmail.com"
moz-do-not-send="true">rgesthuizen@gmail.com</A>> 10/15/2009 11:45 AM
>>><BR>> Cameron .. next year Feb all Vic State schools get
'free' internet. In<BR>> relation to Bandwidth, it hasn't been an problem
here and I know from my<BR>> rather slow home connection that the Google
Apps overheads are not that<BR>> much of an issue. They seem to have
built it nicely for speed.<BR>><BR>> Say, has anybody use it with a
Netbook or handheld such as an iPhone?<BR>><BR>> Regards
Roland<BR>><BR>><BR>> 2009/10/15 Cameron Bell <<A
href="mailto:bell.cameron.p@edumail.vic.gov.au"
moz-do-not-send="true">bell.cameron.p@edumail.vic.gov.au</A>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>>
Just wondering how is it impacting on your Internet cost and
bandwidth?<BR>><BR>> How do you monitor abusive/inappropriate
communications?<BR>><BR>> Cheers<BR>><BR>>
Cameron<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> On 15/10/2009, at 7:48 AM,
Russell Curr wrote:<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> We
placed our student emails with Google late last year and its been
quite<BR>> a successful move. Students like the system, they have about 7
gig of<BR>> storage (far more than we can provide) and some have used the
Google docs<BR>> to complete school tasks, finishing off at home what
they cant complete at<BR>> school. Account management is simple, setting
up groups is easy if a<BR>> little tedious and our student email server
is now managed by Google<BR>> somewhere and it does not cost us
anything.<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> Russell<BR>><BR>><BR>>
--------------------------<BR>> Russell Curr<BR>> Avila
College<BR>> Ph: 9831-9645<BR>><BR>><BR>>>>> "Robert
Ruzbacky" <<A href="mailto:ruzbackyr@aloysius.vic.edu.au"
moz-do-not-send="true">ruzbackyr@aloysius.vic.edu.au</A>> 10/14/2009 5:03
PM<BR>>>>> >>><BR>> Interesting reading. Our school
was contemplating the same move with<BR>> emails by using Gmail (as well
as using the other Google apps available).<BR></DIV></DIV>> Still in
intial discussion stages at the moment.<BR>
<DIV class=im>><BR>> Google offers some education pricing for this if
you want more control in<BR>> setting addresses up with your domain. Not
sure about monitoring though as<BR>> sometimes we get requests from
co-ordinators to view student emails if<BR>> there is a problem such as
bullying, etc.<BR>><BR>> Robert<BR>> E-Learning
Co-ordinator<BR>> St Aloysius College<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>>>
Fascinating tor read this. Note what they are offering Alum! ni.
Rumors<BR>>> about<BR>>> that others are moving this way too.
Monash where just the first cab off<BR>>> the<BR>>> rank. Of
course, NSW was the first state school system to offer this to<BR>>>
staff and students.<BR>>><BR>>> <A
href="http://www.monash.edu.au/news/newsline/story/1525" target=_blank
moz-do-not-send="true">http://www.monash.edu.au/news/newsline/story/1525</A><BR>>><BR>>>
Australia's largest university is going Google with Monash
University<BR>>> set<BR>>>> to offer customised Google Apps
for Education to all of its students.<BR>>>>
Monash<BR></DIV>>>> University Vice-Chancellor Professor Edward
Byrne said the University's<BR>
<DIV class=im>>>> 58,000 students would be given sign-up details
for their opt-in Monash<BR>>>> gmails next month, along with
information about how they could use<BR>>>> other<BR>>>>
online tools available through Google
Applications.<BR>>>><BR>>><BR>>> --<BR>>> Roland
Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator ! - Westall Secondary College<BR></DIV>>>
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