Google+vs.+Gaggle


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I like google. It is universally recognized by a lot of sites plus our teachers and students are familiar with it and it is FREE. I noticed either you or Tim referred to a google apps account and I think Jen brought up that we want to make sure we get a google account and not an apps account? Gaggle is nice but it is not $12,000 nice...just my opinion. I have used some of the Zoho applications and they are free so I am assuming if students/teachers wanted to use those applications they would still be free?

You probably already know this but the Palms had documents to go so I looked to see if there was a documents to go for the ipods and there was. It was not free, I think it was around $10 but I bought it and told Charlotte Polk (our secretary) about it and she has been using it and loves it. I have not used it much for the ipods but know with the palms it was a hit. The nice thing is you can view and edit files in google docs and drop box. I know with the ipods sets in the middle school this is nice beacuse it looks exactly like Word. Another reason to use google docs instead of gaggle???

To add to what Becky stated. There are tons of free apps on the iPod Touches that are easily transmitted via google mail. It is one of the email choices and is easily compatible with the devices. Having google mail would make it much easier for the student to email work from the iPods to the teacher and then you don't have to worry about pulling off each assignment one by one. There are also free document apps that recognize google docs. They are very simple and easy to use. I have been playing with Documents Free and have pulled things from my own Google Docs to work with. So yes, I think the compatibility with iPod Touches is a valid argument for Google Mail over Gaggle. ~ Chanda ~