Teachers Get Your Heads in the Cloud Todd Jorns Illinois Community College Board
Feb 18, 2016
Teachers Get Your Heads in the Cloud
Todd JornsIllinois Community College Board
Cloud Computing
The practice of using a network of remote servers hosted on the Internet to store, manage, and process data, ratherthan a local server or a personal computerStoring regularly used computer data on multiple servers that can be accessed through the InternetCloud = Internet
Cloud Technologies
Dropbox
Evernote
Google Docs
Dropboxwww.dropbox.com
Dropbox: What is it?
File Hosting ServiceDocuments, pictures and musicFiles can be shared with other
people/devicesFounded in 2007November, 2012 – 100 million usersFree Version – 2 GB of storage
Examples & Resources
What is Dropbox?Dropbox TourDropbox for TeachersDropbox In The Classroom: 4 Gre
at UsesDropbox: A Superb Classroom To
olDropbox: A Multi-Tool for Educat
ors
Discussion
Personal Uses
Professional Uses
Classroom Uses
Evernote:www.evernote.com
Evernote: What is it?
Suite of software & services designed for note taking and archiving
Text, webpage, photograph, voice memo or handwritten notes
Can have attachments & sorted into folders
Notes can be tagged, edited & searched
Founded in 2008 July 2011 – 11 million users
Examples & Resources
Getting Started with EvernoteEvernote
: A Great Tool for Organizing Teachers & Students
Evernote for EducatorsUsing Evernote10 Tips on how to use Evernote
to its Fullest
Discussion
Personal Uses
Professional Uses
Classroom Uses
Google Docswww.docs.google.com
Google Docs: What is it?
Freeware web-based office suiteWord processor, spreadsheet &
presentationUsers can create & edit
documents onlineDocuments can be shared,
opened, and edited by multiple users simultaneously
Launched in 20061 GB of free space
Examples & Resources
Google Docs in EducationEasy Google Docs TricksThe Best 10 Google Docs Tips Fo
r Teachers As They Go Back To School
Practical Google Docs Tips for Teachers
Discussion
Personal Uses
Professional Uses
Classroom Uses
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Todd W. JornsSenior Director for Education TechnologyIllinois Community College Board
[email protected]://flip4u.org