Cloud+Computing

=Cloud Computing -- Presentation given to Faculty Learning Days (4 January, 2012)= =Mark Ott & Steve Tuckey=

Full handout available here: **@http://bit.ly/cloudjcc**

Notes/Observations:

 * Defining "The Cloud"**


 * What do we use it for in our personal/professional lives?**
 * Schedules & calendars
 * Back up
 * Student-created content
 * Document distribution
 * Discussion
 * Pandora - music over the internet
 * Carbonite - access to backed up materials across devices
 * Drop Box
 * Shutterfly - share/store picture
 * Online tutoring
 * Banking/telephone/service management
 * Social media (facebook, LinkedIn, Google+)
 * eBay & shopping
 * Amazon (streaming media)
 * Netflix
 * YouTube (TED lectures)


 * How well do these work?**
 * Like all things, so-so sometimes
 * Downsides -- security (abdicating security responsibility); anonymity gone; learning curve for us //and// students; shift in stance from complete expert to recursive learner (always changing); organization and structure of online content (and the paths to get to it)


 * What other perennial problems could it address?**
 * security of information


 * Tips, Tricks, Strategies, Heuristics**