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<font size="2" face="Lucida Grande">We placed our student emails with Google late last year and its been quite a successful move. Students like the system, they have about 7 gig of storage (far more than we can provide) and some have used the Google docs to complete school tasks, finishing off at home what they cant complete at school. Account management is simple, setting up groups is easy if a little tedious and our student email server is now managed by Google somewhere and it does not cost us anything.</font> </p>
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<font size="2" face="Lucida Grande">Russell</font><br><br><font face="Lucida Grande" STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><br>-------------------------- <BR>Russell Curr <BR>Avila College <BR>Ph: 9831-9645 <BR><br><br></font>>>> "Robert Ruzbacky" <ruzbackyr@aloysius.vic.edu.au> 10/14/2009 5:03 PM >>><br>Interesting reading. Our school was contemplating the same move with<br>emails by using Gmail (as well as using the other Google apps available).<br>Still in intial discussion stages at the moment.<br><br>Google offers some education pricing for this if you want more control in<br>setting addresses up with your domain. Not sure about monitoring though as<br>sometimes we get requests from co-ordinators to view student emails if<br>there is a problem such as bullying, etc.<br><br>Robert<br>E-Learning Co-ordinator<br>St Aloysius College<br><br><br><br>>  Fascinating tor read this. Note what they are offering Alumni. Rumors<br>> about<br>> that others are moving this way too. Monash where just the first cab off<br>> the<br>> rank. Of course, NSW was the first state school system to offer this to<br>> staff and students.<br>><br>> <a href="http://www.monash.edu.au/news/newsline/story/1525">http://www.monash.edu.au/news/newsline/story/1525</a><br>><br>>    Australia's largest university is going Google with Monash University<br>> set<br>>> to offer customised Google Apps for Education to all of its students.<br>>> Monash<br>>> University Vice-Chancellor Professor Edward Byrne said the University's<br>>> 58,000 students would be given sign-up details for their opt-in Monash<br>>> gmails next month, along with information about how they could use other<br>>> online tools available through Google Applications.<br>>><br>><br>> --<br>> Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College<br>> <a href="http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au">http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au</a><br>><br>> "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can<br>> change<br>> the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead<br>><br><br><br><br>Important - This email and any attachments may be confidential. If<br>received in error, please contact us and delete all copies. Before opening<br>or using attachments check them for viruses and defects. Regardless of any<br>loss, damage or consequence, whether caused by the negligence of the<br>sender or not, resulting directly or indirectly from the use of any<br>attached files our liability is limited to resupplying any affected<br>attachments. Any representations or opinions expressed are those of the<br>individual sender, and not necessarily those of St. Aloysius College.<br><br>St. Aloysius College<br>31 Curran Street, North Melbourne, Australia<br>P.O. Box 2072, Hotham Hill,<br>North Melbourne, Vic. 3051<br>Telephone: 03 9329 0411<br>Facsimile: 03 9328 2801<br><a href="http://www.aloysius.vic.edu.au">http://www.aloysius.vic.edu.au</a><br>_______________________________________________<br><a href="http://www.edulists.com.au">http://www.edulists.com.au</a> - FAQ, resources, subscribe, unsubscribe<br>eLearning Mailing List kindly supported by<br><a href="http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au">http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au</a> - Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority and<br><a href="http://www.vitta.org.au">http://www.vitta.org.au</a>  - VITTA Victorian Information Technology Teachers Association Inc<br><br>This email was Anti Virus checked by Astaro Security Gateway. <a href="http://www.astaro.com">http://www.astaro.com</a><br><br>
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