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Ed in the Cloud A snapshot of cloud-based tools and how they can be used to improve efficiency and communication within education

Terese BirdLearning Technologist & SCORE Research FellowFor Colleges-University of Leicester Network 29 Nov 2012

Photo by Okinawa Soba on Flickr

What shall we talk about?

• What is ‘the cloud’?

• What the risks?

• Example tools

Photo by paigebuilt on Flickr

What is ‘the cloud’?

Risks

‘Cloud Computing and the Law’

Storage

• Get your files anywhere

• Desktop application

• Web access

Dropbox

Google Drive

Microsoft and Apple

• Skydrive – free

• Sharepoint – not free, very handy

• Office 360

• iCloud – share stuff across devices right into the applications

Video

• YouTube

• iTunes U

• Vimeo

Have you ever made a YouTube video?

If you’re shy, keep it unlisted ---- know the facts!

Vimeo

Sound

• Audioboo

• SoundCloud

• Voxopop

• iTunes U

Photos and images

• Flickr

• Pinterest

Presentations

• Prezi

• Slideshare