From a meeting of Colleges--University of Leicester Network on 29 November, 2012

1. Ed in the Cloud
A snapshot of cloud-based tools and how they can be used
to improve efficiency and communication within education
Photo by Okinawa Soba on Flickr
Terese Bird
Learning Technologist & SCORE Research Fellow
For Colleges-University of Leicester Network 29 Nov 2012
www.le.ac.uk

2. What shall we talk about?
• What is ‘the cloud’? Photo by paigebuilt on Flickr
• What the risks?
• Example tools

3. What is ‘the cloud’?

4. Risks
‘Cloud Computing and the Law’

5. Storage
• Get your files anywhere
• Desktop application
• Web access

6. Dropbox

7. Google Drive

8. Microsoft and Apple
• Skydrive – free
• Sharepoint – not free, very handy
• Office 360
• iCloud – share stuff across devices right into the
applications

9. Video
• YouTube
• iTunes U
• Vimeo

10. Have you ever made a YouTube video?
If you’re shy, keep it unlisted ---- know the facts!

12. Vimeo

13. Sound
• Audioboo
• SoundCloud
• Voxopop
• iTunes U

16. Photos and images
• Flickr
• Pinterest

17. Presentations
• Prezi
• Slideshare