[elearning] Google comes to Monash

Fri Oct 16 08:57:30 EST 2009

yes, you get these tools as a Google Administrator

2009/10/16 Robert Ruzbacky <ruzbackyr at aloysius.vic.edu.au>

> What about student monitoring - ie. does Gmail have a logging and / or
> filtering ability? Can you see student's emails if they behave
> inappropriately?
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Robert
> St Aloysius College
>
>
>
> >
> > Similar story for us - does not seem to have any significant impact on
> > bandwidth and accounts can easily be disabled if a student behaves
> > inappropriately.
> >
> > Russell
> >
> >
> > --------------------------
> > Russell Curr
> > Avila College
> > Ph: 9831-9645
> >
> >
> >>>> Roland Gesthuizen <rgesthuizen at gmail.com> 10/15/2009 11:45 AM >>>
> > Cameron .. next year Feb all Vic State schools get 'free' internet. In
> > relation to Bandwidth, it hasn't been an problem here and I know from my
> > rather slow home connection that the Google Apps overheads are not that
> > much of an issue. They seem to have built it nicely for speed.
> >
> > Say, has anybody use it with a Netbook or handheld such as an iPhone?
> >
> > Regards Roland
> >
> >
> > 2009/10/15 Cameron Bell <bell.cameron.p at edumail.vic.gov.au>
> >
> >
> >
> > 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 ( http://www.westallsc.vic.%0Aedu.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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> > --
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> >
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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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