[info-tech] Student Email Accounts

2010-09-16 Thread Sarah Freking
I'm interested in what other districts are doing about student email. We've never had a solution here, and it's turning into a real problem for us as we try to do more and more with wikis and blogging and so forth. Do you have email addresses for your students? What grades? Do you get parental

re: [info-tech] Student Email Accounts

2010-09-16 Thread Tim Limbert
We are using SmarterMail hosted through the AEA for grades 5-12 at the moment. Have you looked into Google Apps for Education, and getting all students set up with Gmail? --- Timothy A. Limbert Technology Coordinator Newell-Fonda CSD 712.272.3324 --- http://newell-fondatech.blogspot.com

Re: [info-tech] Student Email Accounts

2010-09-16 Thread Kruse, Jon
We just gave grades 6-12 email accounts last week. We did not get parental permission though. We are using the AEA's Smarter Mail solution for staff and students now so they are both in one local spot. -- Jon Kruse Technology Coordinator Laurens-Marathon CSD On Sep 16, 2010, at 8:13 AM, Sarah

Re: [info-tech] Student Email Accounts

2010-09-16 Thread Brad Kruse
MNW - Google Apps Domain - grades 7-12 student email accts On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 8:13 AM, Sarah Freking sfrek...@slcsd.org wrote: I'm interested in what other districts are doing about student email. We've never had a solution here, and it's turning into a real problem for us as we try to

Re: [info-tech] Student Email Accounts

2010-09-16 Thread Karl Hehr
We use Google Apps for grades 5-12. No parent permission, we just do it. Karl H. Hehr Technology/Curriculum Director South Hamilton CSD www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us 515.827.5418 (W) 515.209.9767 (C) 515.827.5368 (F) Luddite by Degrees 1) Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and

Re: [info-tech] Student Email Accounts

2010-09-16 Thread Jackie Fonley
we allow students to use their email accounts for any of the google apps they are using, wikis/blogging, etc. -- it's a per classroom basis. I think most have their own google account . . . for students who do not have email, I have given them a school email account (I think I have only

Re: [info-tech] Student Email Accounts

2010-09-16 Thread Mitch Mueller
We have google apps for edu grades k12 and they are suppose to use them for all their school related items. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Sarah Freking sfrek...@slcsd.org Sender: info-tech-ow...@aea8.k12.ia.us Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 08:13:52 To:

RE: [info-tech] Student Email Accounts

2010-09-16 Thread Koenck, Chris
Right now we use an in-house solution hMail Server. http://www.hmailserver.com/ - best part about it is that it is free. Not very robust, but does the job. We use it mostly for the purpose that you are needing. Chris Koenck Director of Technology Okoboji Community Schools Milford, IA 51351

Re: [info-tech] Student Email Accounts

2010-09-16 Thread Lance Lennon
No school e-mail for kids here. Looking into google apps (free and hey, everyone else is doing it) On Sep 16, 2010, at 8:23 AM, Kruse, Jon wrote: We just gave grades 6-12 email accounts last week. We did not get parental permission though. We are using the AEA's Smarter Mail solution for

RE: [info-tech] Student Email Accounts

2010-09-16 Thread Johnson, Vicki
We don't have email accounts here for students, but are looking into Google apps. Vicki Johnson Computer Tech Coordinator Prairie Valley Comm School 1005 Riddle Street Box 49 Gowrie, IA 50543 515-352-5540 Office 515-351-9274 Cell johns...@gowrie.k12.ia.us From: