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.
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...
Why Google Apps?
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
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 25 million registered users
Public, private; big & small
Maine Township School District
Q&A Session
http://docs.google.com/View?id=ddv49vkt_34c7tr86fj
Deploying
Learn More
Educators talk about Google Docs
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Google Docs in Plain English
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Apps student story: Google Calendar
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Apps student story: Google Docs and forms
http://tinyurl.com/yb7c46b
Why IT belongs in the Cloud
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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://tiny.cc/z6buf
Email Migration http://tiny.cc/obx62
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Georgia Southern University
The 19th National Survey of Computing and IT in Higher Education is now public, and this year, 59% of 4-year universities and colleges using hosted email named Google as their provider.
Daniel Rivera
drivera@georgiasouthern.edu
Initiated by Student Government
Moved from Groupwise to Google
Moved 20,000 students over last year
Migrating @2,000 faculty & staff this year
Saved over $200,000 annually
Support Site:
http://my.georgiasouthern.edu/myapps
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