"Thanks Derrick for this reply- great information. I have also felt that as educators we simply can't continue to pay the high price for Microsoft when there are alternatives that are free. We also are giving our students life long digital…"
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Live@edu vs. Google Apps for Education
Started this discussion. Last reply by Dodie Ainslie Jan 21. 60 Replies 0 Likes
Our district is currently looking at going to a free email hosted solution with the capability for online storage and document creation. We are looking at these two. I am finding that Microsoft has…Continue
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Roger Grant replied to cpstechcoach's discussion Live@edu vs. Google Apps for Education"Here's a better link to the discussion on Google http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Docs/thread?tid=63222afb1f6f2143&hl=en&fid=63222afb1f6f21430004a3a5e49db8bd"
Roger Grant replied to cpstechcoach's discussion Live@edu vs. Google Apps for Education"Google apps has some issues with connecting from schools. My students often get the message "trying to reach google". See the discussion here. http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google%20Docs/thread?tid=0bfb861a047a7baf&hl=en"
Jim Siegl replied to cpstechcoach's discussion Live@edu vs. Google Apps for Education"365 will replace live--It seems that all of the services that are offered as part of live, and most of the 365 services will be free for students, with a charge for faculty/staff and for some of the higher end features for students. The services for…"
"If you carefully read the article you link above, it's an agreement with one institution, NYIT, and no mention of the state Dept. of Ed. involvement in any way. There was no RFP that was awarded. Dig deeper, and see who signed this. Someone at…"
Brian McLane replied to cpstechcoach's discussion Live@edu vs. Google Apps for Education"I recently read that Microsoft is replacing its Office Live apps with Office 365, which will be a subscription-based service. I don't know if they will still offer Office LIve for free, and I don't have the link to the article.
Our school…"
Jim Siegl replied to cpstechcoach's discussion Live@edu vs. Google Apps for Education"Sadly no ink, shapes, audio or tag as far as I can tell."
Jim Siegl replied to cpstechcoach's discussion Live@edu vs. Google Apps for Education"I've been using a competing product (www.offisync.com) and find it works much better"
Bill Campbell replied to cpstechcoach's discussion Live@edu vs. Google Apps for Education"Google Apps for Educations space limits are a little more confusing that that. A Google mailbox has a quote of 7/5 GB currently. Docs is 1 GB but Google Docs formats (Docs, Spreadsheet, Presentation, and Drawing) don't count toward…"
"http://www.eschoolnews.com/2010/07/14/nyc-schools-to-deploy-free-email-collaboration-tools/
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/education/epals-microsoft-liveedu-k-12-game-changer/3840
Have you looked at this alternative to the two you mention? Choice of New…"
Jim Siegl replied to cpstechcoach's discussion Live@edu vs. Google Apps for Education"True, that is a good option if you only have 2 groups (all open and restricted).http://www.google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?answer=177482&hl=en
I have not check the new Google option to see if it is smart enough to allow the…"
Jim Siegl replied to cpstechcoach's discussion Live@edu vs. Google Apps for Education"(short answer, your best approach would be 2 seperate domains, but NOT the google multiple domain feature)
long answer....
good news: You have the ability to put users into groups and turn on tools at the group level.
bad news: thats…"
Kimberly Allison replied to cpstechcoach's discussion Live@edu vs. Google Apps for Education"With Google, do you know whether or not you can turn some items on for some users and not others? For instance, can I turn on sites for grades 6-12, but not younger? Can I allow older students and staff to share Google docs and sites outside…"
cpstechcoach replied to cpstechcoach's discussion Live@edu vs. Google Apps for Education"Thank you for all of your replies. They have been very very helpful for me. I like the "on the one hand" answers because they are more real.
I will check out the GAM. Our district has Active Directory,…"
Jim Siegl replied to cpstechcoach's discussion Live@edu vs. Google Apps for Education"I would say that they are similar in terms of the amount support that they require, but that there are more resources available in the internet community to find peer support for Google issues that are k12 specific that with Live and 365 is an…"
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