That is great, Scott, thank you.
I have shared this information with our school, whether they go anywhere
with it or not, I cannot guess.
We are a Charter school, so we are not eligible for any tax dollars that
go to our District schools, we must (mostly) fund ourselves, and do not
have the same access to certain things that our District schools do.
There are pros and cons to this.
I appreciate your offer of more information, if I have more questions, I
will definitely contact you off list.
Candace
On 10/7/14, 11:29 AM, Scott Gomez wrote:
You're welcome, Candace. If I can be of further assistance, just email me
off-list and I'll do what I can. Given that the services from Google are
free, and that even the advertising usually served up by Google can be
turned off, I don't know why most all schools haven't gone this route. The
savings over a District-hosted solution can be enormous.
My personal favorite feature (assuming District personnel turn on access
for those who are not District installation members) is the ability for
anyone with a Google account to be able to collaborate with a student on
documents in Drive, at the student's discretion. We used that feature a lot
to help our grandson with homework, even though at the time we were living
some 50 miles apart. He shared the document and then my wife or I could
connect to help. Collaboration can be real time; all participants (it's not
limited to only 2) seeing all changes as they occur, or asynchronous, with
notes and changes available at next log in.
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