[elearning] Google comes to Monash

[Cameron Bell]

Just wondering how is it impacting on your Internet cost and bandwidth?
How do you monitor abusive/inappropriate communications?
Cheers
Cameron

On 15/10/2009, at 7:48 AM, Russell Curr wrote:

> We placed our student emails with Google late last year and its been  
> quite a successful move.  Students like the system, they have about  
> 7 gig of storage (far more than we can provide) and some have used  
> the Google docs to complete school tasks, finishing off at home what  
> they cant complete at school.  Account management is simple, setting  
> up groups is easy if a little tedious and our student email server  
> is now managed by Google somewhere and it does not cost us anything.
>
> Russell
>
>
> --------------------------
> Russell Curr
> Avila College
> Ph: 9831-9645
>
>
> >>> "Robert Ruzbacky" <ruzbackyr at aloysius.vic.edu.au> 10/14/2009  
> 5:03 PM >>>
> Interesting reading. Our school was contemplating the same move with
> emails by using Gmail (as well as using the other Google apps  
> available).
> Still in intial discussion stages at the moment.
>
> Google offers some education pricing for this if you want more  
> control in
> setting addresses up with your domain. Not sure about monitoring  
> though as
> sometimes we get requests from co-ordinators to view student emails if
> there is a problem such as bullying, etc.
>
> Robert
> E-Learning Co-ordinator
> St Aloysius College
>
>
>
> >  Fascinating tor read this. Note what they are offering Alum! ni.  
> Rumors
> > about
> > that others are moving this way too. Monash where just the first  
> cab off
> > the
> > rank. Of course, NSW was the first state school system to offer  
> this to
> > staff and students.
> >
> > http://www.monash.edu.au/news/newsline/story/1525
> >
> >    Australia's largest university is going Google with Monash  
> University
> > set
> >> to offer customised Google Apps for Education to all of its  
> students.
> >> Monash
> >> University Vice-Chancellor Professor Edward Byrne said the  
> University's
> >> 58,000 students would be given sign-up details for their opt-in  
> Monash
> >> gmails next month, along with information about how they could  
> use other
> >> online tools available through Google Applications.
> >>
> >
> > --
> > Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator ! - Westall Secondary College
> > http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au
> >
> > "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens  
> can
> > change
> > the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret  
> Mead
> >
>
>
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