Google Apps Guidance Needed - Classroom 2.02024-03-29T00:38:35Zhttps://www.classroom20.com/forum/topics/google-apps-guidance-needed?commentId=649749%3AComment%3A372849&feed=yes&xn_auth=noI just turned the Start Page…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-08-14:649749:Comment:3728492009-08-14T02:35:14.813ZMikehttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/Mike78
I just turned the Start Page feature off for our students. It was sort of nice, but I found it to be more of a distraction/time waster. I haven't tried regulating the gadgets yet, mostly because I haven't had time.
I just turned the Start Page feature off for our students. It was sort of nice, but I found it to be more of a distraction/time waster. I haven't tried regulating the gadgets yet, mostly because I haven't had time. How did you get the "Add stuf…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-08-13:649749:Comment:3728232009-08-13T23:33:09.672ZAndrea McBethhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/AndreaMcBeth
How did you get the "Add stuff" to not show all of the gadgets?<br />
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Thanks
How did you get the "Add stuff" to not show all of the gadgets?<br />
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Thanks Depends on the age groups, bu…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-08-06:649749:Comment:3707932009-08-06T19:35:14.835ZAnthony VonBankhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/AnthonyVonBank
Depends on the age groups, but I let the kids do iGoogle pages, but they need to show them to me at any time (I take addresses down if I need to) and just stay over their shoulder about it. Now, that's 12th graders. I think your idea will be fine, but it seems like a lot of work. How about Blogger? It has feeds, widgets, what have you, but the center of it is all you.<br />
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You can see mine at:<br />
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bpglobaltech.blogger.com<br />
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and also, I am blogging about instituting Google Applications in the…
Depends on the age groups, but I let the kids do iGoogle pages, but they need to show them to me at any time (I take addresses down if I need to) and just stay over their shoulder about it. Now, that's 12th graders. I think your idea will be fine, but it seems like a lot of work. How about Blogger? It has feeds, widgets, what have you, but the center of it is all you.<br />
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You can see mine at:<br />
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bpglobaltech.blogger.com<br />
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and also, I am blogging about instituting Google Applications in the classroom:<br />
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teachingwithgoogledocs.blogspot.com<br />
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Hope that helps.... @Melissa,
As from December 3…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-08-03:649749:Comment:3698562009-08-03T21:13:25.121Zsvinkshttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/svinks
@Melissa,<br />
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As from December 3rd 2008, the Start Page is no longer included for new organizations that sign up for Google Apps. Personally I have upgraded our Google Apps Standard edition (which was created before that Start Page cut off date) to the Education edition and requested the limited gadget feature. Now none of our Google Apps users can add inappropriate gadgets. Users are restricted to the gadgets that I as an administrator allow and provide (by URL). For now I have only allowed the…
@Melissa,<br />
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As from December 3rd 2008, the Start Page is no longer included for new organizations that sign up for Google Apps. Personally I have upgraded our Google Apps Standard edition (which was created before that Start Page cut off date) to the Education edition and requested the limited gadget feature. Now none of our Google Apps users can add inappropriate gadgets. Users are restricted to the gadgets that I as an administrator allow and provide (by URL). For now I have only allowed the Google Apps gadgets. If users don't delete the default gadgets such as notes, weather, news and some more that I don't remember, they will continue to have access to these gadgets.<br />
About email, I still have to convince my administration to set up student accounts, but with Postini recently offering a free service to the education edition, which allows administrators to control message rules for user groups, it should not be much of a problem. Here the announcement with further info <a href="http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2009/07/todays-day-signups-open-for-free-google.html">http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2009/07/todays-day-signups-open-for-free-google.html</a> I used Google Apps with my th…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-08-03:649749:Comment:3696242009-08-03T03:06:19.611ZDave Gaborhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/DaveGabor
I used Google Apps with my third grade class this year. I installed the standard edition on my own hosted server and turned off gmail (you have some monitoring capabilities, but it's still too wide open in my opinion) and some other options to keep it as a Microsoft word alternative. My kids are lucky to have a computer with access at home let alone word and powerpoint. It was a huge success and we will be using it this year.
I used Google Apps with my third grade class this year. I installed the standard edition on my own hosted server and turned off gmail (you have some monitoring capabilities, but it's still too wide open in my opinion) and some other options to keep it as a Microsoft word alternative. My kids are lucky to have a computer with access at home let alone word and powerpoint. It was a huge success and we will be using it this year. I created the start page, tha…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-08-03:649749:Comment:3696142009-08-03T02:05:02.159ZDavid Kapulerhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/dkapuler
I created the start page, that each student sees. They can alter it if they want, but they can't get those inappropriate gadgets such as: babe of the month or Hooter Girls.<br />
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We have gMail filtered because while you can monitor things it doesn't prevent the students from actually swearing or bullying. If you have filtered through Gaggle it filters all mail, so if a bad word is typed or sent to a student it comes to the admin/teacher. Gaggle also has filtered chats, blogging, and discussion…
I created the start page, that each student sees. They can alter it if they want, but they can't get those inappropriate gadgets such as: babe of the month or Hooter Girls.<br />
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We have gMail filtered because while you can monitor things it doesn't prevent the students from actually swearing or bullying. If you have filtered through Gaggle it filters all mail, so if a bad word is typed or sent to a student it comes to the admin/teacher. Gaggle also has filtered chats, blogging, and discussion boards. This is what my district uses and I set it up.<br />
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This is the start page I created...<br />
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<a href="http://partnerpage.google.com/mail.greendale.k12.wi.us">http://partnerpage.google.com/mail.greendale.k12.wi.us</a><br />
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As to your question about creating more then one start page, the answer is no. You create a basic one for your district, if you have the EDU version. All users will see that. When we first purchased it, we had it for 250 users. We piloted it w/ our 7th graders/teachers and now are pushing it out to all of the Middle School, so more licenses must be purchased.<br />
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I hope this helps. I have looked at this start p…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-08-03:649749:Comment:3695962009-08-03T00:33:02.754ZMelissa Smithhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/MelissaSmith
I have looked at this start page thing and I think that I am lost with it. Does that mean that I create a page for each of the teachers and students with what I want on it in regards to widgets? Wasn't there a big turn off inappropriate widgets one click thing in the admin tools?
I have looked at this start page thing and I think that I am lost with it. Does that mean that I create a page for each of the teachers and students with what I want on it in regards to widgets? Wasn't there a big turn off inappropriate widgets one click thing in the admin tools? Why didn't you use the gmail…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-08-03:649749:Comment:3695952009-08-03T00:31:06.375ZMelissa Smithhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/MelissaSmith
Why didn't you use the gmail account for the students? The teachers can monitor the students' emails.
Why didn't you use the gmail account for the students? The teachers can monitor the students' emails. Thanks for the link! I will b…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-08-03:649749:Comment:3695942009-08-03T00:29:54.006ZMelissa Smithhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/MelissaSmith
Thanks for the link! I will be going through this site tonight!
Thanks for the link! I will be going through this site tonight! That's actually kinda funny b…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-08-03:649749:Comment:3695932009-08-03T00:29:22.724ZMelissa Smithhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/MelissaSmith
That's actually kinda funny b/c when I read it I never saw the word not. But now that I am reading it, HA HA HA!
That's actually kinda funny b/c when I read it I never saw the word not. But now that I am reading it, HA HA HA!