I have unofficially taken surveys with the students in 3 of 5 of the classes. The majority of the students have not even used email. I am inputting the results on an Excel spreadsheet which will be posted to my TIP website. I am having a terrible time creating the teachers initial survey. I attempted on zoomerang, then on another site, to still not have the online survey completed.
I demonstrated how to change the Gaggle color scheme and suggested the students complete their profile. In one class I was also able to demonstrate the digital locker. I had my class of 4th/5th graders upload an essay they had previously written. As I walked around the room, one student read another student's essay and was writing an email to the other student. It was a wonderful comment, the student was telling the essay writer how much she enjoyed the essay with specifics on the particulars! WOW! Thought provoking and considerate without being assigned. Their teacher was so excited, her statement to me was "just like taking a class online!" Everyone was thrilled with being able to look at each others' work.
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I'm really interested to see how a CMS works on an elementary level. I have a 4th grade teacher who will started using Moodle soon, but she has some concerns as to how easily her students will interact with it. It sounds like it's going well for you so far.
I know how you feel about getting people to use Gaggle. I've only been able to find 4, though I guess I'm also at a smaller school. My hope is that this will grow in the future, but we'll see.
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