[Year 12 IT Apps] NSW schools Gmail(etc)?

[Meadows, Roslyn M]

Hi Stephen, I investigated this with Gmail at the beginning of last
year, but when your school limits students' internet access to educache
(and therefore even www.google.com.au is banned) it was a somewhat
futile effort.

But personally I thought it was an amazing idea - I set it up for myself
to see how it works and yes, you can run email, intranet, docs etc,
fantastic, but totally useless when google is banned in the school.

Cheers
Ros

Roslyn Meadows
Head of ICT Implementation
Head of Assessment and Reporting
Bentleigh Secondary College 
| 9579 1044 | 0412 614 062 |

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Subject: [Year 12 IT Apps] NSW schools Gmail(etc)?

> From: Dr Jim Mullaney <drjim at futurepd.org>
> To:  <oz-teachers at rite.ed.qut.edu.au> 
> Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:15:27 +0800 
> Subject:[Oz-teachers] NSW DET drops outlook/exchange in favour of
Gmail?

Interesting story here ....

http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,23910997-15306,00.html

Quote ...

"Google partner SMS Management and Technology has emerged as the leading

bidder to supply the NSW Department of Education with 1.5 million
student 
email services using a customised version of the search giant's Gmail 
service, Acting NSW Minister for Education and Training John
Hatzistergos 
said."

Mike Leishman and I were discussing this very idea at the last Echalk 
Unconference. We went a little further and wondered when a school or 
system would move over to the Google platform completely for students - 
Gmail, Google Docs, the works. This certainly is a start.

Hmmmmm.....

Jim

Dr Jim Mullaney
Learning Technologies Consultant
FuturePD - www.futurepd.org
Web 2.0 Workshops for Connected Teachers
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Cheers Jim :)
Stephen Loosley
Member, Victorian
Institute of Teaching
sometime CRT & Lions member
 


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