The rule is available. If there is a UK school who would like to actually go for
.W.b: Well, I found out about that school. They can apply for a Google App Edu edition. All they need to do is file a 504(c)55.3-Edu with the Department of Education and thus able to apply for the Google App Edu :-) (02:20:40) d.W.b: A little loophole... due to student exchange programs :-P (02:21:06) d.W.b: The filing fee is free (02:21:29) PhillW: I do so love it when a plan comes together. Thank uou ever so much for finding that out (02:21:38) d.W.b: You have Jay to think for this... he was using the laptop when he discovered the loophole (02:21:43) d.W.b: thank* (02:22:03) PhillW: I'll thank him, but he is not rooting me for it :P (02:23:23) d.W.b: We were both talking about it and he brought up that a lot of colleges in other nations are able to get the .edu TLD. I asked how it was possible as .mil .gov and .edu are for US only. He told me if it's US-based-registered they can bypass it (02:24:00) d.W.b: Thus he discovered the school could also apply for US status since we accept Austrians as student exchange (02:24:41) PhillW: that boi is way too clever :) (02:25:38) d.W.b: He knows more than I do which scares me but we must remember this is a boy who thought we had a prime minister rather a president ;-) (02:29:12) PhillW: He he, the lad is a bit of an unruly dingo, but he has certainly got a good brain on him. (02:30:18) d.W.b: I'm right now sorting through education.gov to find the application On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 12:04 PM, alan c <aecl...@candt.waitrose.com> wrote: > On 11/07/11 11:31, Matthew Daubney wrote: > > On 11 July 2011 03:34, Phill Whiteside <phi...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > >> hiyas, > >> sorry I have not been to active of late, life is a little hectic. but I > do > >> recall a discussion about the software schools use. > >> In america or canada they can > >> use http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/edu/index.html which is a pretty > >> awesome suite of apps. The only problem being it is not available to UK. > >> Well, after much digging, it may well be :) > > > > Hi Phil, > > > > I believe the OU use this suite of applications. The wording from > > their website ( > > http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/course/tu100.htm -> "This > > includes some features in the Google Apps for Education package used > > to meet some of the learning outcomes." ) suggests it to be true. > > The kahn academy is awesome, (even though it is partly funded by > smelly money) > http://www.khanacademy.org > Well worth a look > > -- > alan cocks > Ubuntu user > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > -- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw
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