Transcript Teachers Get Your Heads in the Cloud

Todd Jorns
Illinois Community College Board
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
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Dropbox
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Evernote
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Google Docs
www.dropbox.com
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File Hosting Service
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Documents, pictures and music
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Files can be shared with other people/devices
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Founded in 2007
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November, 2012 – 100 million users
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Free Version – 2 GB of storage
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What is Dropbox?
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Dropbox Tour
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Dropbox for Teachers
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Dropbox In The Classroom: 4 Great Uses
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Dropbox: A Superb Classroom Tool
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Dropbox: A Multi-Tool for Educators
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Personal Uses
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Professional Uses
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Classroom Uses
www.evernote.com
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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
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Getting Started with Evernote
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Evernote: A Great Tool for Organizing
Teachers & Students
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Evernote for Educators
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Using Evernote
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10 Tips on how to use Evernote to its Fullest
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Personal Uses
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Professional Uses
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Classroom Uses
www.docs.google.com
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Freeware web-based office suite
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Word processor, spreadsheet & presentation
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Users can create & edit documents online
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Documents can be shared, opened, and
edited by multiple users simultaneously
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Launched in 2006
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1 GB of free space
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Google Docs in Education
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Easy Google Docs Tricks
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The Best 10 Google Docs Tips For Teachers
As They Go Back To School
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Practical Google Docs Tips for Teachers
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Personal Uses
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Professional Uses
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Classroom Uses
www.flip4u.org
Todd W. Jorns
Senior Director for Education Technology
Illinois Community College Board
217-785-0144
[email protected]
http://flip4u.org