EdTech Webinar | Cloud Based Tools
January 26th, 2012
Cet événement fait partie du calendrier d’activités anglophone
Cloud Based Tools in the Classroom: Reaching up to the Clouds
Cloud-computing, the newest paradigm of the ever-changing web. Really? It is little known that this concept was already implied in the possibilities of the web 2.0 at its creation. Still, with the multiplication of cloud based tools, web based apps, and other software claiming having their «roots in the cloud», one can be easily lost among the many possibilities. This first edition will address this issue, as well as providing background and a demonstration of a cloud-based tool.
Related questions and issues
- What strategies can we use to incorporate cloud based tools in learning? And firstly, what must be taken into account before selecting one?
- What part cloud computing can play in active learning? How can it promote collaboration, teamwork and information sharing?
- Other than in the classroom, how could this new concept affect other dimensions for collegial institutions?
References suggested by the
Vitrine Technologie-Éducation
- Campus Technology, Teaching with the Cloud
Posted online, July 26, 2011 - CloudTweaks, How Can Cloud Computing Help in Education? Posted online, February 23, 2011
- The Guardian, How Global Laws Protect your Data Published online, October 17, 2011
