I'm sitting here currently participating in a new Google Apps User group for Teachers and Administrators at Attea Middle School in Glenview, IL. The discussion is interesting, there are about 50 teachers/administrators here. Seems like about 90% of the group has some set or subset of Google Apps for EDU set up, but there is a huge gulf of Google experience between all the participants.
I just talked a bit about participating in the Teacher's Summit last year and how interesting it was to hear directly from some of the Google product managers.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Getting Users used to the Cloud
The cloud is coming for our school email. We have around 1,200 Groupwise users, all staff have an email address. For me that means teachers, administrators, maintenance staff, supervisory staff, etc, quite a diverse group. We have had Groupwise for years and years and now are getting ready to move to our next step, Google Mail in the Google Apps for EDU.
My boss (Hank Thiele) and I attended a Google Teacher summit at the Googleplex earlier this year (he was a panelist) and one of my favorite parts was hearing the actual project managers from Google talk about the best practice for use of their products. One major takeaway regarding Google mail was the idea that folders (used heavily in our environment) was something to be replaced, more directly by using tags, but in the end, it might be even better to simply archive EVERYTHING that comes in, relying on the Google search features to find your communications. We'll see how that flies at District 207.
My boss (Hank Thiele) and I attended a Google Teacher summit at the Googleplex earlier this year (he was a panelist) and one of my favorite parts was hearing the actual project managers from Google talk about the best practice for use of their products. One major takeaway regarding Google mail was the idea that folders (used heavily in our environment) was something to be replaced, more directly by using tags, but in the end, it might be even better to simply archive EVERYTHING that comes in, relying on the Google search features to find your communications. We'll see how that flies at District 207.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Securing at 1-to-1 student computer
What is the best way to secure a 1-to-1 student computer, one that will be used at home and also at school?
Looking now at Citrix
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Google Apps Deployment Site
Google has just posted a new site for Deployment of Google Apps enterprise level. Does this also include the Google Apps for Education? Is it all the same "Enterprise" level?
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
How to export Groupwise database
How can a user export the Groupwise data into a format that is more transportable?
Archive-to-Go
Also, I just helped one of our building tech people set up 2001's Entourage for Mac to IMAP to Groupwise to pull the mail down. You just need to make sure the user understands what happens when IMAP is used on the Groupwise account.
Archive-to-Go
Also, I just helped one of our building tech people set up 2001's Entourage for Mac to IMAP to Groupwise to pull the mail down. You just need to make sure the user understands what happens when IMAP is used on the Groupwise account.
Friday, June 5, 2009
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