Presentation for the KCTCS New Horizon Conference

1. What’s New in Web 2.0 and Gadgets Vince DiNoto Dean of College and Systemic Initiatives Vince.dinoto@kctcs.edu

2. What is this Cloud Computing? Institutional Applications Virtual Desktops Virtual Applications Adobe Suite ArcGIS AutoCAD Open Applications Live Sync Google Docs, etc. Services Cloud Computing 5/18/2010 2

3. The process of taking code from one site and imbedding at another location such as a blog Using a Google map to show geocaching points Adding a picture to a document with the picture stored on another server Adding multiple services/objects to a single application Mash-up 5/18/2010 3

4. Mash-up examples 5/18/2010 4

5. Mash-up examples Services from ESRI and National GeoTech Center (JCTC) 5/18/2010 5

6. WolframAlphahttp://wolframalpha.com Open Office http://openoffice.org Zohohttp://zoho.com Giffyhttp://giffy.com Think Free http://www.thinkfree.com Flickrhttp://flickr.com Picasa http://picasa.google.com Jing http://jingproject.com http://Analytics.google.com Free Applications 5/18/2010 6

7. A Math Tool More than a Math Tool Run as a widget Run as a full application from web Put on your IE Task Bar WolframAlpha 5/18/2010 7

8. 5/18/2010 8 WolframAlpha

9. Free office product Most operating systems Quick Download less than 2 minutes in my office, installed in less than 5 minutes Open Office 5/18/2010 9

10. 5/18/2010 10 Open Office: Text Document

11. 5/18/2010 11 Open Office: Spreadsheet

12. 5/18/2010 12 Picture Storage

13. 5/18/2010 13 Google Analytics

14. IE FireFox Google Chrome Safari 5/18/2010 14 Browsers

15. Using a webpage to accumulate service from multiple sites Content is pushed to the user instead of the user needing to go out and search for the information (RSS) Widgets Accumulators 5/18/2010 15

16. A quick, simple way to publish information Blogs 5/18/2010 16

17. Creating quick impact web surveys http://surveymonkey.com Using iGoogle widgets – live Surveying 5/18/2010 17

18. http://Eventbrite.com Free if you don’t charge an admission 5/18/2010 18 Event Registration

19. Three Accounts Business/School Personal Junk 5/18/2010 19 eMail

20. Applications which allow the users to communicate status and information Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter 5/18/2010 20

21. Location you can post slides No animations Open for anyone to use Today's presentation is posted here Vince123 5/18/2010 21 Slideshare http://www.slideshare.com

22. Single and bi-directional information sharing in a live environment Video Own TV Channel (Internet) http://ustream.tv Skype Vince123 Live Streaming 5/18/2010 22

23. Connects with Communicator and with Exchange USB Phone 5/18/2010 23

24. Netbook Computers Screen size Battery Life Cost Function/Purpose Email, word processing, spreadsheet, surfing the net External Keyboard, monitor and Camera 5/18/2010 24

25. Mini Desktops No keyboard, monitor, mouse Hooks to TV Basic same function as a Netbook CD/DVD player Larger Hard Drive Not a portable device 5/18/2010 25

26. Video Camera Tape Hard Drive Flash Memory Internal External HD Still Camera Tripod 5/18/2010 26

27. Still Camera Point and Shoot DSLR Function of DSLR Depth of field High power flash Zoom Image quality Shutter Speed Leave it in Automatic mode 5/18/2010 27

28. External Computer Devices External Hard Drive USB/Firewire eSATA Camera Built in microphone Use Wireless Keyboard IR Bluetooth 5/18/2010 28

29. GPS Purpose Resolution WAAS Fixed Dedicated Car With a Computer Voice Commands Cost for Services Portable Map quality Waypoints Geocaches Downloadable information USB 5/18/2010 29

30. MP3 Player Purpose Size of device Storage Flash Hard drive Camera Operating System Video Other functions 5/18/2010 30