Rajiv Malkan Lone Star College – Montgomery Conroe, Texas The Forecast is Cloudy: Cloud Computing and its Application for Collaborative Learning Rajiv Malkan Lone Star College – Montgomery Conroe, Texas
Agenda Introduction What is Cloud Computing? Why Cloud? Cloud Computing Issues Collaborative Learning Cloud Applications – Classroom Demo- How to use cloud applications Questions
Introduction Audience – what you would like to learn today? Is forecast really cloudy? Globalization – its impact on teaching and learning
What is Cloud Computing? IBM TV – Cloud Ad http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QB2hJPAQY-k
What is Cloud Computing? Salesforce – Video Http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae_DKNwK_ms
What is Cloud Computing? In a nutshell Software as a Service (Saas) Hardware as a Service (HaaS) Infrastructure hosted elsewhere Pay as you go Low upfront cost Scalable - Elastic No installation – No equipment Access – via a browser
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Do you know… Acrobat.com
Why Cloud Computing? Browser based Data/Application resides in a cloud – not locally Any place, any time – 24/7 around the globe Free or Low cost of entry Build scalable applications Collaborate – any place, any time
Cloud Computing Issues? Privacy Data Access Control of Data
Learning Distance – asynchronous learning Collaboration Real world work in teams - globally Teams learn from each other Team members share ideas Critical thinking skills Develops interpersonal skills Fosters responsibility towards learning
Collaborative Learning Using Cloud Computing Concepts Question – How? Tried Chats Podcasts There is no money Start collaborating - using cloud computing software
Collaborative Learning How do I get started? Audio Tools to share files or screens
Collaborative Learning How do I get started? Audio www.freeconferencecall.com Applications Web Conference www.acrobat.com www.dimdim.com www.webhuddle.com
Collaborative Learning How do I get started? Applications Share Documents Google Docs - www.docs.google.com Buzzword – www.acrobat.com Share Slides www.slideshare.com www.sliderocket.com
Collaborative Learning How do I get started? Applications Share Calendar Google calendar - www.google.com Share Life Facebook – www.facebook.com MySpace – www.myspace.com Share Photos Flickr – www.flickr.com
Collaborative Learning How do I get started? Applications Wikis Blogs Podcasts
Demo How can you use cloud applications?
Questions
Contact Rajiv Malkan, Ph.D Professor, CIT Lone Star College – Montgomery 3200 College Park Dr. Conroe, TX 77384 Rajiv.malkan@lonestar.edu 936-273-7344 (Office) Skype, IM, Twitter, - rmalkan