Google Apps for EDU

[charliegalliher at gmail.com (charlie galliher)]

I use it in my schools as a cost effective means to outsource a process that
is by nature insecure. Since migrating our accounts over, our spam has
decreased ten-fold.  I'm more concerned about folk's habits & judgement than
the security of google's email system.... Plus it frees me up to do other
stuff like integrate other technology into the curriculum... It's been a
good (not great) solution for us.

Anyway, that's my two cents...

On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 10:29 AM, Shawn Bernard
<shawn at networksunlimited.com>wrote:

> In the not-for-nothing category  ... depending on the school not having
> _the school_ have " direct control who has access to the data or is able
> to protect my son's information" is probably a bonus ;) not to
> disrespect the hard working admins that run school networks some of the
> schools I have worked with have top of the line network security and
> others have bottom of the barrel. Without knowing specifics on the
> school in question and what their IT budget looks like after the next
> round of budget cuts it may not be as bad a security proposition as you
> fear.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pauldotcom-bounces at mail.pauldotcom.com
> [mailto:pauldotcom-bounces at mail.pauldotcom.com] On Behalf Of Cody Dumont
> Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 7:42 AM
> To: pauldotcom at mail.pauldotcom.com
> Subject: [Pauldotcom] Google Apps for EDU
>
> Greetings All,
>
> I am curious to get your opinion on Google Apps For EDU.  My son's
> school is moving to Google Apps for EDU.  While the cloud computing
> concept is great idea, the cloud is not secure, mostly because the
> school does not have direct control who has access to the data or is
> able to protect my son's information.  For example the recent hotmail
> account issues and the various phishing attacks which comprises the
> google and yahoo accounts all the time.  I am preparing to write a
> letter to school district explaining my reservations about using these
> apps.  I am curious though to here what the pauldotcom community has
> to say about this.  I am looking over the policies and such, which
> Google Apps has posted for some legal loop holes and I will post the
> information if Ifind any.
>
> thanks to All
>
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