1. The Google Cloud EDTEC 572

2. History & Overview Cloud Computing Grid Computing Parallel Computing Distributed Computing Ubiquitous Computing Mobil phon e Web 2.0- enabled PCs, TVs, etc. Busines ses, from startups to enterpri ses PDAPDA 2

3. Key Features Reliability Multi-tenancy Agility Security Scalability Cost & Device Electronic Recycling Application Programming Interface 3

4. Cloud Learning »A shared pool of learning courses, digital assets and resources are provided to learners and instructors, via computers and other devices on-demand, similar to a public utility - you can plug into it from anywhere 4

5. CL: Characteristics Storage & Share Universal Accessibility Collaborative Interaction Learner Centered 5

6. Watch a Video of Cloud Learning 6

7. Cases & Samples IBM Amazon Google Microsoft Blue Cloud: 15 Nov 2007, IBM wants some of that Web 2.0 mojo. That is what is behind its announcement today of Blue Cloud, a set of “cloud computing” offerings that will be available to its corporate customers in the first quarter of 2008. EC2: Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud EC2 allows users to rent virtual computers on which to run their own computer applications.computer applications App Engine: Offers users the ability to build and host web applications on Google's infrastructure. Windows Azure : The Windows Azure platform is a flexible cloud computing pleatform that lets you focus on solving business problems and addressing customer needs. 7

8. Google Cloud User Centric  Data stored in the “Cloud”  Data follows you & your devices  Data accessible anywhere  Data can be shared with others music preferences maps news contacts messages mailing lists photo e-mails calendar phone numbers investments 8

9. Why Google? Easy to use Extensive tools –Google Drive –Blogger for sharing –GoogleDocs for collaboration –GoogleSites for easy web authoring and publishing sites –Google Forms for research –Google Hangout for online meetings

10. Expand Your Own Knowledge with RSS Feeds RSS feeds link to blog sites –News, Sports, Cooking, Edtec, Education, etc. Some popular education feeds: –http://edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/comet572/feeds.phphttp://edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/comet572/feeds.php Explore and add to your page Organize your feeds under tabs to locate topics quickly

11. Explore Google Drive Drive.google.com

12. A 572 Project that teaches Google Docs http://callawayinstructpack.googlepages.com/ usinggoogledocspart2 A video on Google Docs: –http://masterschase.blogspot.com/http://masterschase.blogspot.com/ The online video showing how to manage files and foldersonline video showing how to manage files and folders –http://www.screencast.com/users/callawayk/folder s/Jing/media/6b84e59a-d522-4268-9f72- 07b066fa39e5

13. More Videos Opening up Google Docs: http://screencast.com/t/4Re8yRAKX http://screencast.com/t/4Re8yRAKX Google Docs interface: http://screencast.com/t/J67luePBQk http://screencast.com/t/J67luePBQk Managing files and folders: http://screencast.com/t/qY6mp1Cv6 http://screencast.com/t/qY6mp1Cv6 Uploading to Google Docs: http://screencast.com/t/hLKMp4y7nvX http://screencast.com/t/hLKMp4y7nvX Creating Google Docs: http://screencast.com/t/CqMvqU0fwQ2 http://screencast.com/t/CqMvqU0fwQ2 Sharing Google Docs: http://screencast.com/t/VnLzh0Xhwt http://screencast.com/t/VnLzh0Xhwt Accessing a shared Google Doc: http://screencast.com/t/4QNZ5u0D http://screencast.com/t/4QNZ5u0D Collaborating/Commenting on a Google Doc: http://screencast.com/t/Kgq5dN9FvR http://screencast.com/t/Kgq5dN9FvR

14. Google Forms For Research…  Create a survey using Google forms  Collect data  Google forms will analyze the results for you  Preliminary analysis of course  Digital landscape survey: Digital landscape survey  http://surveyofmyspace.wordpress.com Secret word: will be given in class

15. This is how…  Create a new "Form" from Google Form  Email it, or post it to a website to have people take it.  When people answer the form (survey), it automatically fills out the answers on the Googledocs spreadsheet for you.  You can edit, analyze, and administer the form through the "form" menu in Googledocs.

17. Comparison Chart of various online communication tools

18. Finally, Tip or Trick of the Week Each week, look for something fun or interesting in this section! Bookr is an online book creator that uses Flickr photos. It’s part of the Flickr toys division. http://www.pimpampum.net/bookr/ Some examples: –http://www.pimpampum.net/bookr/?id=930http://www.pimpampum.net/bookr/?id=930 –http://www.pimpampum.net/bookr/index.php?id=1 080http://www.pimpampum.net/bookr/index.php?id=1 080