Going+Google+Apps

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 * [|Going Google: Oregon School District's Journey to Google Apps]**
 * Getting Started with Google Apps**

Relevant links
[|Overcoming reservations to using Google Apps]- a great answer to common myths and rumors [|Google Apps for K-12 Education] [|Cost savings calculator] Whitepaper: [|Measuring to Total Economic Impact of Google Apps (PDF)] [|Postini email management services] (owned by Google) New migration features in Postini How to restrict students to sending email to only certain domains. Email address for Google Education Sales: education-solutions@google.com [|Google Voice now allows you to use a non-Google number]. Chad Kafka's Google Apps in the Classroom presentation

FAQ
A: Not to my knowledge. This wasn't a big deal for my district, because we never had a product with this capability before. If you need to monitor student email, you should check out [|Gaggle.net] or [|ePals SchoolMail] products instead. [|ePals SchoolMail] is free. Gaggle charges a per-account annual fee. Gaggle can be used in conjunction with Google Apps.
 * Q: Does Google Apps allow you to monitor student email?**

A: Yes. You can set up lots of domains. Also, you can now set up sub-domains within your domain. Capability is limited, but growing.
 * Q: Can you set up separate domains for students and staff?**

A: Create a domain (it's free and easy) and start playing around.
 * Q: What's the best way to get started?**

A: I recommend two great educators, Naomi Harm ([]) and Chad Kafka (@http://www.chadkafka.com/) They are great for training teachers. I can do it, too, but they are probably better than I am at teacher training, while I focus on the technical implementation issues.
 * Q: Where can I get more training on Google Apps?**

A: There is a good discussion of this at []
 * Q: What about FERPA?**

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