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(Blue Sky) Attending Classes in Google Earth?

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:00:38 -0000

Hello All,

I'm a noob to Diigo and this group, so I thought I would post an idea that I'm interested in and try to get the noob thing over with asap.

I use Google Earth, SketchUp, and YouTube to pre-vis my dissertation topic (Media Display Prisms) and after playing around with these tools as a pre-vis technique, I thought...wow, what if Google Earth could actually DO something like this?

http://tjrogers.wordpress.com/2008/04/25/blue-sky-attending-purdue-classes-in-real-time-in-google-earth/

Hence my first topic question: What if students and instructors could either/or/and attend campus classes by "flying" to them in Google Earth? I don't think we are "there" yet to make this happen, but what about in 5-10 yrs? A sort of Metaverse Roadmap Offramp along the way in the "mirror worlds" category?

tjr
post by transparopticon on 2008-04-25

Start sharing your favorite Google links!

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:02:30 -0000

education |google | post by elemenous on 2008-03-27

Hey Everyone -

Go to your bookmarks page, sort your links by your Google oriented tags, select the ones you want to share with the group, and them send them to this group! Let's get an awesome collection of everything related to using Google stuff in the classroom going!

Thanks,

Lucy
post by elemenous on 2008-03-27
Thanks, Lucy, for starting this group. What a terrific idea! I've already found some gems in the shared bookmarks that I didn't know about. I think I'm quickly becoming a Diigo fan/addict.
Thanks,
Janice

Lucy Gray wrote:
> Hey Everyone -
>
> Go to your bookmarks page, sort your links by your Google oriented tags, select the ones you want to share with the group, and them send them to this group! Let's get an awesome collection of everything related to using Google stuff in the classroom going!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Lucy
post by jstearns on 2008-04-03
I have been using iGoogle and bookmarks with my students. However, Google Gadgets are becoming increasingly inappropriate for students. I am not sure how long our filtering device on our district servers and their content sniffers are going to allow Google Gadgets to be accessed.
John

Lucy Gray wrote:
> Hey Everyone -
>
> Go to your bookmarks page, sort your links by your Google oriented tags, select the ones you want to share with the group, and them send them to this group! Let's get an awesome collection of everything related to using Google stuff in the classroom going!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Lucy
post by blakej on 2008-04-23

E-Mail suggestions for elementary/middle schools using Google Apps

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 11:54:43 -0000

e-mail |google | post by lthumann on 2008-04-12

Hi all,

I've been asked for suggestions on how to create e-mail addresses for students so that they can use Google Docs and other Google apps. The only thing is that the schools don't want their stundents really using the e-mail accounts for personal communications because they don't want to take on the liability issue.

Do any of you have any suggestions? I would really appreciate any help you can provide. I am also going to post this question in the GCT group.

Thanks!
Lisa Thumann
post by lthumann on 2008-04-12
Hi guys,

The 'disposable' email solution may not be necessary. We use Google Docs without student email at all. Here's how.

We signed up for 'Google Apps Team Edition.' This is a slightly different offering that is aimed at businesses. To use it, all the participants need to have an email address at the same domain. (Or DO they...?) This is a problem for schools that don't provide student email. We don't.

To get around this, I used my school blog domain NCS-Tech.org (which I own personally) to create email redirects so that a student's account could be validated at signup. I essentially created 140 email ailiases (for our entire 8th grade) which were routed to me. When I created the accounts, the activation emails were sent to me, I activated them, and then deleted the email alias.

The result of this was a working Google Apps account that did NOT have a functioning email address attached to it - GMail or otherwise. To access their stuff, they go here to log in:

https://www.google.com/a/cpanel/ncs-tech.org/

Now, granted, they are missing a big chunk of the power of the tool - everything having to do with email collaboration - but, it's a small price to pay to enable us to use Google Apps at all.

Here's the best part: recent changes to how Google Apps Team Edition works means that verification emails are no longer sent. When you create the first account, as the administrator for the site, you will get a captcha code when creating new user accounts. Enter that and the account is activated. Done!

There are some differences between Team Edition and the others - most notably, the user account management functionality is greatly reduced - but this was the PERFECT solution for us. Google Apps and no messy email!

I'd write more but am running to catch a flight. Talk to you all soon!

-kj-

Lisa Thumann wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've been asked for suggestions on how to create e-mail addresses for students so that they can use Google Docs and other Google apps. The only thing is that the schools don't want their stundents really using the e-mail accounts for personal communications because they don't want to take on the liability issue.
>
> Do any of you have any suggestions? I would really appreciate any help you can provide. I am also going to post this question in the GCT group.
>
> Thanks!
> Lisa Thumann
post by kjarrett on 2008-04-13
Kevin,

Sorry it has taken me so long to thank you for that explanation. I appreciate you sharing with us.

You always find a create way to make things work!

Lisa
post by lthumann on 2008-04-17