Cloud+computing

"Cloud computing refers to the use of a shared computer resource, provided as a service, accessed via the internet, used to manage the needs of many in a scalable way." Robert Flavell, Director of ICT Trinity Grammar School, //Independence, The Journal of the Association of Heads of Independent Schools// Vol 34 No 1 Like turning on the light switch, you don 't need to own the generator. Sean Tierney Microsoft. Need seamless vision across your life. Need secure hosting. Office web apps is a good thing to investigate. Live@edu is free cloud collaboration from Microsoft. The cloud is like a train; some jobs you will need a car for! Some useful sites for developing activities in class are: Online video [|editing] Photoshop express, online image [|editing] Google applications (share editing of documents [|etc)] Online mind [|mapping] Office [|applications] Online planner/[|calendar] Computer synchronisation/cloud [|storage]