I know there is going to be some loss, Iand that Groups is not part of the
Apps for Ed suite, but I think and hope it will be worth it given the other
benefits of Google Apps.
-Liz
Belmont Hill school
On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 2:42 PM, Tom Phelan <tphelan@peddie.org> wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Mar 2009 12:21:52 -0400, Elizabeth Davis <lizbdavis@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >Thanks Ellen,
> >How did you manage the transition from FirstClass conferences? We use
> these
> >a lot. I was thinking that GoogleGroups might work.
> >-Liz
>
> If you use FirstClass conferences extensively you're not currently going to
> find a good replacement for them with Google Apps for Education. Note that
> Google Groups are NOT currently part of the Google Apps for Education suite
> of apps.
>
> I'm a big proponent of Google Apps, but having worked with FirstClass and
> seen how some schools use conferences very effectively I'm familiar with
> what it would take to duplicate this functionality. While Google Apps has a
> lot to offer, it would be a major communications paradigm shift for your
> school which might/probably not be worth it unless you have some very
> compelling reason(s) to move away from FirstClass.
>
> FWIW, I've been lobbying Google to add some features leveraging RSS and
> probably Google Groups to create FirstClass conference-like functionality,
> but I have seen no sign that anything like this is on the horizon.
>
> --
> Tom Phelan
> Director of Technology
> Peddie School
> http://www.peddie.org
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