ASBO Annual Conference Ocean City May 2016
WiFi Username: asbo WiFi Password: asbo2016
Hugh Jessell Regional Technology Coordinator Prince George’s County Public Schools
What is Google Apps for Education (GAFE)? Why use Google Apps? Reliability and Security Google Apps Challenges Apps Details (Gmail, Calendar, Google Documents, Spreadsheets, Presentations, Forms, Sites) Today’s Agenda
Who am I?
Sergei Brin Eleanor Roosevelt High School Class of 1990
A large suite of powerful applications and services All web-based (nothing to install, accessible anywhere through the web) Provided by Google (the same programs they use to run their business) Applications and data hosted by Google (cloud computing)
Why Google Apps for Education?
Source: com /uploads/suretech/images/IT%20Costs.png TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) Maintenance of Server Structure
Why Google Apps for Education?
Provides spam and virus protection Provides inbound and outbound content rules -Who users can send to and receive from -Bad word filters Provides attachment filtering
Most Major Universities Using Google Apps for Education
●Anytime, Anywhere Access ●Collaboration ●Control Sharing Privileges ●Autosave/Revision History
Google Drive Storage ( Unlimited )
Automatically Sync files between all of your devices* Files MUST be in My Drive in order to sync.
No advertisements You maintain total ownership of all your data. Google does not own your data. Google does not share, reveal, or sell your data to third parties. Google employees can not look at your data without your permission. Google Apps has satisfactorily completed a SAS 70 Type II audit. Google promises 99.9% uptime. Your data is backed up multiple times. Reliability and Security
You need a reliable Internet connection. (Google is adding more and more offline capabilities.) You need to use a modern web browser. We use and recommend Google Chrome. Google Apps does lack some features of Microsoft Office (columns, easy mail merge, desktop publishing option) Change can always be a challenge.
Google Apps for Education Adopted by PGCPS in 2008
In PGCPS... All Students (grades 3 -12) have PGCPS accounts
In PGCPS -- 1:2 Initiative Chromebooks are being delivered to all schools
Let’s get your info!!
Questions, Comments, Complaints?