feature for curriculum maps? Currently we use Atlas Rubicon maps which
offer a lot of rich features, but the kind and amount of use we're giving
our curriculum maps doesn't require these features or justify the cost.
If we were to adopt Google email and Google Apps I envision each teacher
sharing their course curriculum documents with an all faculty group. It
looks like the course curriculum documents could be organized into folders
by grade level, department, or division and it would be possible to search
any folder for key terms. I think our school could meet its curriculum
mapping objectives successfully using Google Apps. The transition could
involve a lot of tedious cutting and pasting and granting of permissions,
but in theory this could work, right?
Greg Stevens
MICDS
St. Louis, MO
A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> writes:
>On Tue, 8 Apr 2008 10:33:24 -0400, Johnson, Jason P Mr WRAMC_Wash DC
><Jason.Johnson3@amedd.army.mil> wrote:
>
>>Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
>>Caveats: NONE
>>
>>I wondered if anyone has a good web browser-based, hosted email
>>recommendation with the following caveats:
>>--My initial recommendation was Google's education solution but it is
>>currently out of the running due to negative experiences with the gmail
>>service when administrators used it for personal email.
>>--We have a host that can provide web based access to mail using
>>Squirrel mail but no one likes the overall interface.
>>--We are not considering a hosted Microsoft Exchange solution at this
>>time, mostly due to its comparatively high cost and the differences in
>>functionality when used on different platforms.
>>
>
>
>IMHO Google Apps is THE solution for those looking for a web-based email
>solution. We have been looking at Google Apps since Fall 2006, are
>currently
>running a pilot with about 40 users, and will be switching over the
>summer.
>
>With all due respect to your administrators, I hardly think their personal
>experiences with Gmail should be anything beyond one factor among many.
>Perhaps you administrators might like the price...free! Furthermore, no
>matter what you switch to some will like it and some won't. It doesn't
>make
>sense for the personal preference of a few to outweigh all other
>considerations.
>
>Don't forget Google Calendar, Google Start, Google Docs, and Google Sites.
>While you probably won't be jumping into these on day one, all of them
>show
>a lot of promise for education use. Also, Google Apps is very well
>positioned as ubiquitous broadband becomes a reality and more and more
>users
>have Internet connected phones/mobile devices.
>
>Sorry I didn't have time for more specifics...
>
>--
>Tom Phelan
>Director of Technology
>Peddie School
>tphelan@peddie.org
>Voice: 609.944.7625
>Fax: 609.944.7913
>http://www.peddie.org
>
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