Google Apps 
for Education
Overview of Cloud Computing
A SHIFT--->>>
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... from working individually...
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... To a more team-based approach
Group projects
presentations
PLCs
Academic teams
Tech solutions are
complex.  Deployment
takes time & $$ and 
can be disruptive to users
Break. Patch. Repeat.
Anytime, Anywhere Access

What is Google Apps
for Education?
Google Apps Education Edition is a free suite of hosted communication & collaboration applications designed for schools and universities. It includes...
http://www.google.com/a/edu
Why Google Apps?
Hear it from the source:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRYRbPCHTck
Offers:
Free for all your users
No ads for faculty, staff, and students
7GB+ email storage
your domain (user@school.edu)
24/7 admin support via email/phone
advanced integration capabilities
YOUR DATA
Google does not own your data
Google does not share your data
Google lets you keep your data as long as you want
Google removes it when you ask
Google enables you to take your data elsewhere
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Leverage infrastructure.  
Massive data centers built on scalability, security, and efficiency.  
How reliable?  Many people use google.com to test if the internet is working.  
This becomes your IT environment
Collaboration.  
Moving data into the cloud enables you to have a new kind of collaboration.
Real-time edits
21st Century work environment
Upgrades and updates.
Automatically have the latest & greatest.  
Over 300 features last year.
Who is using it?
Thousands of schools in over 100 countries are using Google Apps.  
Over 1 million registered users
Public, private; big & small
Case Studies
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/edu/customers.html
Maine Township School District
Q&A Session
http://docs.google.com/View?id=ddv49vkt_34c7tr86fj
Deploying
Learn More
Educators talk about Google Docs
http://tinyurl.com/5k4esj
Google Docs in Plain English
http://tinyurl.com/339cv4
Apps student story: Google Calendar
http://tinyurl.com/ydpnetb
Apps student story: Google Docs and forms
http://tinyurl.com/yb7c46b
Why IT belongs in the Cloud
http://tinyurl.com/7kvc2g
How long does it take to deploy?
On average, it takes 6 weeks to deploy Google Apps. For a general outline of project timeline, please go here: 
http://www.google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?answer=67777
Email Migration
http://www.google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=57920
Single Sign On
http://code.google.com/apis/apps/sso/saml_reference_implementation.html
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