Don’t Google withoutGaggle!

Presented ByTom Petit

Gaggle

• 12 years of experience• Over 15,000 schools and over 2.8 Million Students• Solely focused on K-12 productivity, social learning

and collaborative and communication tools• Over 4 years experience in Filtering and archiving

Google apps with over 150 Districts and over 100K students

• Highest Level of CIPA compliance available• https://

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There are tremendous benefits to using Google Apps

• Student/Staff Familiarity which leads to engagement• Collaborative learning/new modes of inquiry• Preparation for outside world• 24/7 access• Its free!

There are some disadvantages• Administration is manual• Limited ability to truly monitor• Access controls are limited• Difficulty in tracking version within Google docs• Not specifically a K-12 solution• Not as safe as one might have believed

Is Google CIPA Compliant?

Google Integration

Google Integration (Don’t Google without Gaggle)• Gaggle offers Districts several options to customize your

Google Apps for Education environment. Google-Gaggle integration options enables you to elevate Google into a full-featured learning platform designed specifically for the unique requirements of K-12 or simply enhance the CIPA compliance of your Google environment. e solution.

With Gaggle, Google can truly be a safe online learning environment for students.

Google Integration

• The Google-Gaggle integration is very flexible. – Students can log in to either Google or Gaggle, and it doesn’t matter. – You can choose to have the same files and email exist in both places

and Gaggle’s filtering works in both systems. • Middle school students can log in from Gaggle, and your high school students can

log in to Google, if that is what works best for your districts.

Your customized solution can include:– Google Mail– Google Drive– Google Docs & Spreadsheets– Google Calendars

Google IntegrationBenefits of Gaggle Google integration can include:• A Full Learning Platform

– Google Apps is a powerful tool in K-12 education, but from a learning perspective more features are needed such as Assignment Drop Boxes, Homework Grading, Filtered YouTube Access and Class Pages. Gaggle solves these problems and more.

• Safety– All of Gaggle’s unparalleled safety features apply, including our extensive text

monitoring, Anti-Pornography Scanner, 24/7 Human Monitoring Service, and transparent access to all student activities in both systems.

• Account Provisioning and Management– Gaggle’s automated systems make provisioning and managing user accounts easy.

Gaggle can automatically organize users by schools, grade levels, class rosters, clubs and Professional Learning Communities

Google Integration

• Your customized solution can include:– Google Mail– Google Drive– Google Docs & Spreadsheets– Google Calendars

• Chromebooks– Gaggle also fully integrates with Google Chromebooks.

When students power up their Chromebook they are immediately logged into the integrated Google-Gaggle solution.

Advantages of Gaggle Integration The ability monitor blocked content

Advantages of Gaggle Integration The ability to easily monitor blocked content

Advantages of Gaggle integration True filtration of Images and URLS

Advantages of Gaggle Integration

Filtration of Google docs, Calendar

Human Monitoring Service • Specially trained individuals to review and administer content• 24/7 (except Christmas)• Registered with National Center for Missing & Exploited Children

(NCMEC)• 2012-13 Statistics

– 289 Self harm incident detected– 1966 bullying and threats of harm incidents intercepted– 810 indications of drug or alcohol use intervened– 377 sexual content situations blocked

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Advantages of Gaggle Integration

• Live Customer Service is included

Google Drive Integration– Enables a District to leverage the K-12 Gaggle specific

solution and tools and still use Google Docs– The Gaggle platform provides

• Active account Provisioning• Class Pages• Assignment Dropboxes and Mark it Up• Gaggle Tube (filtered YouTube)• SMS Texting• Blogs, Message boards, Chat

Archiving Can serve many purposes

• Legal Discovery– Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP)• eDiscovery

– Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) email and electronic documents are covered under MI law

• Restoration of lost/deleted messages or documents including version history

Benefits of Gaggle archivingGoogle Apps

• Ability to archive docs and calendars• User friendly, K-12 centric interface• Ability to have multiple retention policies• Special pricing for the archiving of students• More cost effective than GMD/Vault/Postini• Live customer support included via phone, live

chat, and email

Benefits of Gaggle archivingGoogle Apps

• Full search capabilities with the ability to easily deliver information for Sunshine Law requests in addition to e-discovery requirements

• Litigation holds• Ability to allow each individual access to their

own personal archive with tiered access levels• Full access log and search logs• Redundancy and Disaster Recoveryhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1DZpCdPXMM&feature=player_detailpage

Thank you

Gaggle.netPatrick O’Neal800-288-7750 ext 860patrickoneal@gaggle.netBooth # 400

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