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LIVING IN A DIGITAL WORLD Cloud computing: Useful tools and resources
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LIVING IN A DIGITAL WORLDCloud computing: Useful tools and resources
What is “the cloud”? Collection of software tools available on the Internet
Replaces “old” model of installing software on a computer and being able to only use that software on that computer
Instead, the software and files are securely accessed through the Internet…anytime and anywhere.
What is available in “the cloud”? Information Means of communication Productivity tools Tools for collaboration Social networking Photo editing Electronic scrapbooking and photo books Video editing and sharing And more…
Information
Blogs (“Web-log”) sharing your ideas with the world Wordpress Blogger Tumblr (very easy!)
Communication
Communication Hosted e-mail
Gmail [email protected] Hotmail [email protected] Yahoo [email protected]
Communication
Google sites Create your own Website
Productivity tools
Google docs Wordprocessing
documents Spreadsheets Presentations Drawings Forms
FREE. Accessible with a gmail e-mail account. Facilitates collaboration and document sharing
Break activity
Take a minute to go to www.gmail.com and access the e-mail account you created during our first session. Send me an e-mail message at [email protected].
Then, while you’re logged into gmail, click the link to access Google docs. Share your document with me. My gmail e-mail address is [email protected].
Productivity tools
Zoho Writer
Wordprocessing documents Facilitates collaboration and document sharing
Calendar Planner Spreadsheet Presenter
Collaboration
Wikipedia Internet encyclopaedias go head to head Nature (12/2005)
Counter showing number of edits on WikiProjectshttp://toolserver.org/~emijrp/wikimediacounter/
Collaboration - WikiProjects
Image editing
Picknik free online photo editor similar to Photoshop facilitates creating photo books
Image editing
Pixlr free online photo editor similar to Photoshop Pixlr tutorials at ictpublish.com
Photo books and electronic scrapbooks
mixbook.com (video clip)
Break activity
Talk about how you or your family might use electronic scrapbooking or photo books to share with each other. Weddings? Graduations? Holidays?
If you have access to a computer, go to either Picnik.com or Mixbook.com and set up an account.
Other tools…
Music iNudge.net Pandora.com
Math Online graphing calculator
And MANY more… Go2Web20.net
Conclusion
The Internet provides a multitude of opportunities to learn, create, and share…
Send me an e-mail message at either [email protected] or [email protected] and tell me about how you might use resources in the cloud.
Sources
Bloggingwww.wordpress.comwww.blogger.comwww.tumblr.com
Social Bookmarkingwww.delicious.com
E-mailwww.gmail.comwww.hotmail.comwww.yahoo.com
Website Hostingsites.google.com
Productivity Toolsdocs.google.com www.zoho.com
Collaborationwww.wikipedia.orgwikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Our_projects www.facebook.com
Photo editingwww.picnik.com www.pixlr.com
Electronic Scrapbooking and Photo Bookswww.mixbook.com
Video Editing and Hostingwww.animoto.comwww.youtube.comwww.vimeo.com
Musicwww.inudge.netwww.pandora.com
