cloud learning with google apps

Cloud Learning with Google AppsRoss Mahon 

Education EvangelistGoogle Enterprise

Martin HamiltonHead of Internet ServicesLoughborough University 

Mark AllenEd in the Clouds

Learning Outcomes

Through attending the workshop, delegates will develop a deeper understanding of:• Institutional considerations that may apply where cloud

services are concerned

• Educational applications of the Google Apps suite ranging from schools to Universities

• Areas where Google Apps offers a radically different proposition to conventional institutional IT systems

• Working with Google.....

Timetable

Prior to the event: delegates encouraged to submit and vote on topics for discussion

• Introduction (Ross Mahon) [5m]• A Primary Learning Continuum (Mark Allen) [5m] • Google Apps in Higher Education / guug11 event report

(Martin Hamilton) [5m]• Discussion segment [40m]• Round up and conclusions [5m] 

Discussion

Google Moderator topics and voting: http://goo.gl/bdxPO

Google Docs scratchpad: http://goo.gl/a6kLc

Google Apps: The Best Tools for Education

Gmail  Huge inbox with search: keep and find everything.

Talk  Business class IM and VC as easy as email.

Groups  Let users easily create and work in teams.

Calendar  Make sharing calendars and schedules easy.

Docs  Makes collaborating as easy as creating

Sites  Allow users to manage their own sites.

Video  Unlock the power of video within your business.

Postini  Security and compliance solutions.

Marketplace  Extend the functionality of Google Apps

Google's enterprise vision

Constant stream of innovation

2010 2011

Priority Inbox

218 feature releases 95 so far…

60+ new Apps  

Docs Mobile Editing

Chrome forBusiness 

Cloud Connect 4

Office

Chromebooks

Discussionsin Docs

Apps for  Apps

Chrome Browser

Easily Extensible

Google Confidential and Proprietary 

Easily Extensible

Google Confidential and Proprietary 

Easily Extensible

Google Confidential and Proprietary

Mark AllenPrimary school governorCloud Tech consultant

twitter: @EdintheCloudsweb: www.edintheclouds.comemail: http://scr.im/eitc

A Primary Learning Continuum

How one small rural primary school is using cloud-based technology to embed ICT across the curriculum.

Martin HamiltonHead of Internet ServicesLoughborough University

@martin_hamiltonhttp://martinh.net 

guug11 event:• Could Google Apps be your next VLE?

o That depends...• Manish Malik's Examopedia (& see Edublend)• Manish & Steve Wheeler on PLEs, PLNs etc • Niall Sclater on migration/helpdesk workload• Zoe Ross & Mark Allen on Apps in schools• Mashup examples from Hawksey & Hirst• Extending Apps with APIs, Marketplace 

Article for ALT Newsletter: http://goo.gl/HW6qP

Going Google at Loughborough: 

Hassle free transition with only around 100 Service Desk cases for 17,000 users

£250K saving on server hardware, cooling and powerEnabling new services - 95% uptake of Google

Calendar and 70% uptake of Google DocsRetention of the student's digital identity on graduation

(already used by over 5,000 students)Broader and deeper engagement between IT and the

student bodyEngagement with Google

(Nascent staff domain)

Discussion

Google Moderator topics and voting: http://goo.gl/bdxPO

Google Docs scratchpad: http://goo.gl/a6kLc

Conclusions

[To be updated in real time during the workshop!]