Comments on: Google Apps for Education, good for all ages? http://www.crucialthought.com/2007/05/18/google-apps-for-education-good-for-all-ages/ Sun, 30 Oct 2011 16:31:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Marion Bates http://www.crucialthought.com/2007/05/18/google-apps-for-education-good-for-all-ages/comment-page-1/#comment-40337 Marion Bates Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:14:56 +0000 http://www.crucialthought.com/2007/05/18/google-apps-for-education-good-for-all-ages/#comment-40337 Sheila -- how do you do that? Our scenario is, Google Apps Education for all staff and most students, under one domain; now one of our schools wants to know if we can create and designate certain accounts, for 6th graders, such that they can do Docs/Sites but NOT email; or, email but only within the Apps domain. Without setting up a separate domain and a 2nd instance of Google Apps, can this be accomplished, and if so, how? Thanks, -- MB Sheila — how do you do that? Our scenario is, Google Apps Education for all staff and most students, under one domain; now one of our schools wants to know if we can create and designate certain accounts, for 6th graders, such that they can do Docs/Sites but NOT email; or, email but only within the Apps domain. Without setting up a separate domain and a 2nd instance of Google Apps, can this be accomplished, and if so, how? Thanks, — MB

]]> By: Sheila Beck http://www.crucialthought.com/2007/05/18/google-apps-for-education-good-for-all-ages/comment-page-1/#comment-39943 Sheila Beck Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:09:07 +0000 http://www.crucialthought.com/2007/05/18/google-apps-for-education-good-for-all-ages/#comment-39943 If you use the Google Education Edition you can set the students up with an account, but disable email. That is what I did and it works great! They can still share, access docs and sites using an account name that looks like an email, but it is disabled. If you use the Google Education Edition you can set the students up with an account, but disable email.

That is what I did and it works great!

They can still share, access docs and sites using an account name that looks like an email, but it is disabled.

]]> By: Melinda Miller http://www.crucialthought.com/2007/05/18/google-apps-for-education-good-for-all-ages/comment-page-1/#comment-23999 Melinda Miller Fri, 03 Aug 2007 20:55:51 +0000 http://www.crucialthought.com/2007/05/18/google-apps-for-education-good-for-all-ages/#comment-23999 Chris, Did you ever try Google gears and work offline? I tried to go back through your posts to find where I read about this and I can't find it. I didn't figure out how to "star" my posts in google reader until after I read your post:):):):) Tell me what your thoughts are about google gears. Melinda Chris,
Did you ever try Google gears and work offline? I tried to go back through your posts to find where I read about this and I can’t find it. I didn’t figure out how to “star” my posts in google reader until after I read your post:):):):) Tell me what your thoughts are about google gears.
Melinda

]]> By: Chris http://www.crucialthought.com/2007/05/18/google-apps-for-education-good-for-all-ages/comment-page-1/#comment-19510 Chris Sat, 19 May 2007 19:57:00 +0000 http://www.crucialthought.com/2007/05/18/google-apps-for-education-good-for-all-ages/#comment-19510 It looks like there is at least one company that is offering additional CIPA protection to Google Apps. Learn more here: http://gaggle.net/googleaps.html It looks like there is at least one company that is offering additional CIPA protection to Google Apps. Learn more here: http://gaggle.net/googleaps.html

]]> By: Chris http://www.crucialthought.com/2007/05/18/google-apps-for-education-good-for-all-ages/comment-page-1/#comment-19509 Chris Sat, 19 May 2007 19:54:19 +0000 http://www.crucialthought.com/2007/05/18/google-apps-for-education-good-for-all-ages/#comment-19509 <a href="http://gaggle.net/googleaps.html" title="Add CIPA Protection to Google Apps with Gaggle" rel="nofollow">

]]> By: Cathy N http://www.crucialthought.com/2007/05/18/google-apps-for-education-good-for-all-ages/comment-page-1/#comment-19508 Cathy N Sat, 19 May 2007 19:50:52 +0000 http://www.crucialthought.com/2007/05/18/google-apps-for-education-good-for-all-ages/#comment-19508 Could this work?? If you have a gmail account you can use your email to add multiple students under your email by generating and assigning a separate email address for each student. To do this, just add a + sign and the students first name after your gmail address. (youraddress+student1@gmail.com) Each student’s username and password will be emailed to you. This from the forums of EduBlogs, but I am wondering if it would work with this...afterall it is gmail. Could this work??
If you have a gmail account you can use your email to add multiple students under your email by generating and assigning a separate email address for each student. To do this, just add a + sign and the students first name after your gmail address. (youraddress+student1@gmail.com) Each student’s username and password will be emailed to you. This from the forums of EduBlogs, but I am wondering if it would work with this…afterall it is gmail.

]]> By: Larry Ferlazzo http://www.crucialthought.com/2007/05/18/google-apps-for-education-good-for-all-ages/comment-page-1/#comment-19434 Larry Ferlazzo Fri, 18 May 2007 12:32:58 +0000 http://www.crucialthought.com/2007/05/18/google-apps-for-education-good-for-all-ages/#comment-19434 I don't have a clue about the legal questions, but I've recently blogged about a different way of dealing with similar problems. My students obtain temporary email addresses: http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2007/05/18/temporary-student-email-addresses/ I don’t have a clue about the legal questions, but I’ve recently blogged about a different way of dealing with similar problems. My students obtain temporary email addresses:

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2007/05/18/temporary-student-email-addresses/

]]> By: Aaron Smith http://www.crucialthought.com/2007/05/18/google-apps-for-education-good-for-all-ages/comment-page-1/#comment-19430 Aaron Smith Fri, 18 May 2007 12:11:13 +0000 http://www.crucialthought.com/2007/05/18/google-apps-for-education-good-for-all-ages/#comment-19430 There is a law... sort of. Many parts of COPA have been struck down by the courts in the past couple of years, but it's still a good idea to follow it just in case. The key thing here is not that kids under 13 aren't allowed to use the tools under COPA - they're just not allowed to use them without parental consent. If you collected signed permission slips from the students ("Kids, we're going on a field trip to the information superhighway!" "Yay, when?" "Any time you want!") that said the parents were OK with it, you would be following the letter of the law. Most businesses don't want the hassle of managing written parental consent forms, though, which is why so many businesses added disclaimers saying kids under 13 weren't allowed in the pool. At least ... that's my understanding. I'm waiting for a legal wiz to correct me. There is a law… sort of. Many parts of COPA have been struck down by the courts in the past couple of years, but it’s still a good idea to follow it just in case.

The key thing here is not that kids under 13 aren’t allowed to use the tools under COPA – they’re just not allowed to use them without parental consent. If you collected signed permission slips from the students (“Kids, we’re going on a field trip to the information superhighway!” “Yay, when?” “Any time you want!”) that said the parents were OK with it, you would be following the letter of the law.

Most businesses don’t want the hassle of managing written parental consent forms, though, which is why so many businesses added disclaimers saying kids under 13 weren’t allowed in the pool.

At least … that’s my understanding. I’m waiting for a legal wiz to correct me.

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