[Yr11 Information Technology] Google Docs in action

[Mike Brookes]

Thanks Roland. Will have to look into this version and see how it 
compares to Ultranet

Mike Brookes

On 16/06/2010 11:06 PM, Roland Gesthuizen wrote:
> These terms and conditions do not apply for Google Apps Education, a 
> different kettle of fish.
>
> Speaking of terms and conditions, check this rather verbose list on a 
> website:
> http://www.crashpadder.com/terms-and-conditions/
>
> Regards Roland
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> On 15 June 2010 17:49, Mike Brookes <mikebr at tpg.com.au 
> <mailto:mikebr at tpg.com.au>> wrote:
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>     Hi people,
>     How do you get round the legal issues of using Google Docs with
>     students under 18? - section 2.3 below
>     Or haven't people read the terms and conditions?
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>     http://www.google.com/accounts/TOS?hl=en
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>     Mike Brookes
>     chief cook and bottlewasher Copperfield College
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>
>
>     On 13/06/2010 4:08 PM, Roland Gesthuizen wrote:
>>     I agree with Mark, less eye candy means more concentrating on the
>>     content. I am equally surprised how well my groups took to using
>>     the chat function to swap links and dictate who is working on
>>     what section of the presentation. Another side benefit is that
>>     nobody pleads "XYZ has the USB key with the file and is away sick"
>>
>>     A GoogleDocs update has improved the update speed. Happens much
>>     faster now although if a group is well organised, they just split
>>     the task up between themselves. We did the same when we used this
>>     to build virtual websites.
>>
>>     Regards Roland
>
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