Google Apps: Peninsula School District's First Steps and Successes

 District Profile:
15 Schools, 9,000 students and 550 teachers
8 elementary, 4 middle schools, 2 high schools, one alternative high school

Tech:
100% wireless public and private
Every classroom has a computer, doc camera, projector
2,000 aging student computers

Steps to success:
Board policy has to change
Can do this with CIPA, COPPA, and FERPA and still be ok
Staff Development does not need to be part of the equation
Always expect change

Implementation-Involve Tech Services

• DNS setup necessary (use your primary domain)

• Initial account generation

• Synchronization with existing directory services, ie. Active Directory, LDAP - Includes Group synchronization for use in Google Groups

• Single Sign-On - CAS Central Authentication Service - http://www.jasig.org/cas
• Monitoring of usage with Posting Security Services & Google Analytics
• Custom Setups available through API's provided by Google
• Don't let email kill the conversation when dealing with Tech Services

I hope our district can find a way to do this.  It makes so much sense.