Transcript Google Apps and Education

Google Apps and
Education
Jack Nieporte
St James of the Valley
[email protected]
Google Apps and
Education
• Imagine how valuable it would be if
your entire campus community —
students, faculty, and staff — could
share information and ideas more
easily. With Google Apps Education
Edition’s free communication,
collaboration and publishing tools, you
can start bringing that vision to life.
Google Apps and
Education
• Google Apps Education Edition is really, truly
free
You don't have to buy anything to use Google Apps
Education Edition -- no hardware, no software, no
consulting.
• Open standards
Services work across multiple platforms -- PCs,
Macs, even Linux computers! -- and it gives each
user the flexibility to use the internet browsers
that they prefer.
These are the Google
Apps
• Google Page Creator
– With Google Page Creator, you can create web
pages right in your browser and publish them
to the web with one click, without doing any
programming whatsoever. There's no software
to download and no web designer to hire but
your pages can still look creative, unique and
professional. The pages are hosted on Google
servers and are available from your domain for
the world to see. Page hosting is free, just like
all the other Google Apps services.
Google Docs &
Spreadsheets
• Google Docs & Spreadsheets is a free
web-based word processing and
spreadsheet program that keeps
documents current and lets the
people you choose update files from
their own computers. You can, for
example, coordinate your student
group's homework assignments
Google Calendar
• With Google Calendar, sharing events and meetings with
others is simple. You can coordinate schedules with people
in several ways:
• Send out meeting and event invitations, and track people's
responses whether or not they use Google Calendar.
• Share your calendar (or just some of your agenda
information) with people you know.
• Create a shared calendar for your organization, team or
group that everyone can view and edit.
• Create a public calendar that anyone can subscribe to.
• Display your calendar on your internal or external website
The Google Pack
Other Apps from Google
Google Earth
• Zoom from space to street level — tour the world
• Google Earth combines the power of Google
Search with satellite imagery, maps, terrain and
3D buildings to put the world's geographic
information at your fingertips.
• Includes Google Sky- allows viewer to see the
Constellations and stars.
Norton Security Scan
• Detects and eliminates viruses and
internet worms
• Free detection updates and
scheduled scanning
Mozilla Firefox with
Google Toolbar
• Browse the web quickly and securely
• Switch between pages quickly with
tabbed browsing
• Some say it is more stable than
Internet Explorer
Spyware Doctor –
Starter Edition
• Detects and removes spyware,
adware, trojans and keyloggers
• Includes Smart Updates and
scheduling to protect your PC
Picasa
• Find, edit, and share your photos in
seconds
• Easily remove red eye and fix photos
• Easy and fun to use
Star Office Suite
• StarOffice software is an affordable
alternative in office productivity suites
that runs on multiple operating systems,
including Solaris Operating Environment,
Microsoft Windows, and Linux. The office
suite has a simple, easy-to-use interface
and contains full-featured applications
including word processing, spreadsheet,
presentation, graphics and database
capabilities
Real Player
• Play popular media formats, organize
music and videos
• Transfer music to iPod and other
portable media players
Google Desktop
• Find all your email, files, web history,
and more
• Get all your personalized info in one
place with Sidebar