Google Apps in EducationWorkshop Presentation

August 2010 

Agenda for Today

• Welcome• What is Cloud Computing?• Why use Cloud Computing?• Why use Google Apps?• Google Docs• Google Chat • Google Sites• Google Calendar• Google Video• Google Mail• Q&A

What is Cloud Computing?

• Applications traditionally run on PCs, now available on any device with Internet (mobile phone, netbook, PC, etc)

• "Web-based services"• "Online applications"• "Hosted services"

Why use Cloud Computing?

• Applications and data available any time, anywhere by anyone - even on your mobile!

• Tremendous opportunity for collaborative work online in real-time

• Minimal upfront costs• Save money by using cheap "netbooks"

instead of PCs• Latest version always available!• Backups handled by someone else

Why use Google Apps?

• Free! * (for schools and homes)• Already used by many schools in NZ and

around the world• Google is by far the leader in online

applications .... and will use its huge development resources to remain so!

• Google Gears for offline access      

What is Google Apps?

            Mail (free)                        Docs (free)

            Sites (free to 100gb)            Calendar (free)

             Contacts (free)                Postini (free) 

                                Video (free to 10gb)           Chat (free)

Google Docs

• Brilliant suite of office applications - word processing, spreadsheet, online forms and presentations

• Emphasis on collaboration - multiple users working simultaneously!

• Easy to learn, easy to use!• Ideal for students and most staff• Store your files online in any format • Internet down?  Google Gears!

Sharing......and collaborating

" This is so cool, usually I sit and look at my book and am not sure if it is right, with this I can check out others and add bits or change things until I am happy" a somewhat reluctant year 6 writer after first experience using docs to share some writing...

Forms / SpreadsheetsEasy to create, chilren to fill in, look at data gained and easily turn it into graphs etc to interpret.  Quick, easy and real!

Google Sites• Exciting online web development tool• Simple for students to create their own "point and

click" websites ....• right up to heavy duty HTML!• Include video, gadgets, calendars, images, .....•  

Google Calendar• Great time and resource management tool• Share amongst principal, staff, BoT, ...• Integrate work calendar with personal calendar• Maintain privacy as required• Forget the old diary - use your mobile phone

instead!

Google Video

• Worried about kids being exposed to inappropriate material on YouTube?

• "Ring fenced" video library - download approved videos from YouTube, etc and add your own school's videos

• Complete control over content• Reduce time wastage and demand on

school Internet• 10GB per schools for free

Google Mail

• Free hosting and filtering of school mail• Unlimited number of users, each with

massive mailbox (>7GB)• Use Gmail or your own mail client eg MS

Outlook• Keep your school domain or create another• Save cost on mail servers!

Q&A

Thank You!