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Teachers Get Your Heads in the Cloud

Todd Jorns Illinois Community College Board. Teachers Get Your Heads in the Cloud. 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 computer.

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Teachers Get Your Heads in the Cloud

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  1. Todd Jorns Illinois Community College Board Teachers Get Your Heads in the Cloud

  2. 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 computer Storing regularly used computer data on multiple servers that can be accessed through the Internet Cloud = Internet

  3. Cloud Technologies • Dropbox • Evernote • Google Docs

  4. Dropbox www.dropbox.com

  5. Dropbox: What is it? • File Hosting Service • Documents, pictures and music • Files can be shared with other people/devices • Founded in 2007 • November, 2012 – 100 million users • Free Version – 2 GB of storage

  6. Examples & Resources • What is Dropbox? • Dropbox Tour • Dropbox for Teachers • Dropbox In The Classroom: 4 Great Uses • Dropbox: A Superb Classroom Tool • Dropbox: A Multi-Tool for Educators

  7. Discussion • Personal Uses • Professional Uses • Classroom Uses

  8. Evernote: www.evernote.com

  9. 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

  10. Examples & Resources • Getting Started with Evernote • Evernote: A Great Tool for Organizing Teachers & Students • Evernote for Educators • Using Evernote • 10 Tips on how to use Evernote to its Fullest

  11. Discussion • Personal Uses • Professional Uses • Classroom Uses

  12. Google Docs www.docs.google.com

  13. Google Docs: What is it? • Freeware web-based office suite • Word processor, spreadsheet & presentation • Users can create & edit documents online • Documents can be shared, opened, and edited by multiple users simultaneously • Launched in 2006 • 1 GB of free space

  14. Examples & Resources • Google Docs in Education • Easy Google Docs Tricks • The Best 10 Google Docs Tips For Teachers As They Go Back To School • Practical Google Docs Tips for Teachers

  15. Discussion • Personal Uses • Professional Uses • Classroom Uses

  16. Contact Info www.flip4u.org Todd W. Jorns Senior Director for Education Technology Illinois Community College Board 217-785-0144 todd.jorns@illinois.gov http://flip4u.org

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