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1.
Google Apps & Cloud
Computing
By: Roger Nevin
This presentation is posted at
schoolinfo.ca/cloud

2. Presentation Agenda
• Successes with Web 2.0 Tools
• Challenges for students using
traditional school computers
• Paridigm of quot;cloud computingquot;
• Google Apps - Education Edition
o benefits
o challenges
• quot;cloud computingquot; and portability
•Q & A

4. Important Concepts
• Do not use technology for technology
sake – does it improve learning ?

5. Important Concepts
• A great way to learn a technology
or new skill is on-line videos

6. Important Concepts
• Educators do not have to know how
to use any of the technology they
assign to students
• They just need to know what the
technology can produce and how long
it will take to complete the finished
project

7. Teacher Comments

8. Student Reactions to Web 2.0 Tools
• I like moving around
• this is a way to meet other students in the class
• I enjoy using my hands
• I get tired of writing all the time so podcasting is
a fun change
• I work harder on these assignments because all
my friends in the class will see them
• I enjoy creating assignments that look
professional
• I like having the opportunity of showing my work
to a wider audience

9. However......
Despite the successes we experienced
using Web 2.0 tools in the classroom, there
were still technological challenges in the
school.

10. What do you do if.....
Jason arrives to school with his World Issues
ISU essay on a USB key. He tries to open it at
school but is unable to because his word
processor at home is incompatible with the
school's word processor. His ISU essay is due
in 20 minutes and Jason can't get home...
WHAT DO YOU DO?

11. What do you do if.....
Maria creates a presentation for her Law
class on a Macintosh computer at home.
Unfortunately all the computers at the school
are PCs and she is unable to show her
presentation.
WHAT DO YOU DO?

12. What do you do if.....
You have assigned a group presentation in your ENG
4U1 class. In one group, three students have part-time
jobs, two students are on the Rugby team and one
student is trying to earn their 40 community hours. They
are unable to get together after school to work on the
group project due to their incompatible calendars.
WHAT DO YOU DO?

13. What do you do if.....
You are teaching a grade 12 History course
and the final June essays are due. One of your
students comes to you and says that his
computer crashed and he lost all his work. He's
not sure when he will be able to submit the
paper.
WHAT DO YOU DO?

14. What do you do if.....
You have asked your Grade 10 Science class
to do their class presentations using Power
Point. Three students in your class tell you they
are unable to do this assignment because they
do not have this program on their home
computers and there is a limited number of
school computers with Power Point due to the
licensing fees?
WHAT DO YOU DO?

15. Challenges
• These challenges often require the
TCT or Teacher-Librarian to leave
their regular work.... and may require
substantial time to resolve.

16. Challenges for the Teacher
• passwords have to be distributed every year
• students' work is erased every year
• not enough disk space to support Web 2.0
tools
• limited ability for students to communicate with
each other electronically
• teachers and students have different software
programs

17. Challenges for IT
• must maintain servers
• backup
• virus and spam protection
• re-imaging of computers
• purchase and upgrade software licences
• limited ability to take advantage of students
using their own PDAs

18. Challenges - environment
•printing

19.
Solution???

20. Cloud Computing
Could be the Answer
to your Problems

21. Cloud Computing
• You are already using cloud
computing
• Data is held on Internet servers
• Programs which run the email service
are on Internet servers

22. Cloud Computing
Which means........
• you only need a browser to access both
programs and data
Data, Programs,
Communication Tools
.... all in the cloud

23. Cloud Computing
Data, Programs,
Communication Tools
.... all in the cloud

24. Cloud Computing
Accessed by any
computer or PDA
through an Internet
connection

25. Cloud Computing
Programs now include:
• word processor
• spreadsheet
• presentation software
• the ability to share documents
• calendars
• communication services including video
• software to create webpages/wikis

26. Cloud Computing Quotes
Obama’s new Chief Technology Officer
Vivek Kundra
quot;I’m all about the cloud computingquot;
Discussion on why the city of Washington DC
changed to Google Apps
“were able to solve that problem for half a
million dollars what would have cost ... $4
millionquot;

27. Cloud Computing Quotes
quot;Frantic troubleshooting by an overworked staff
versus someone else fixing problems smoothly. A
sliver of server space per person versus a five-
gigabyte chunk. Half a million dollars versus free.
That's what colleges are faced with as they
decide whether to continue running their own e-
mail services or outsource them to a professional
service like Google Apps Education Editionquot;
Chronicle of Higher Education, 1/11/2008

28. Cloud Computing Quotes
quot;We can provide IT resources less expensively by
thinking differently about the way we use the
Internet. Providing access to computing
resources by using the Internet is called
computing in the cloudquot;
quot;Cloud resources provide additional ways in
which we can think differently in these difficult
financial times. It is crucial to use these
technologies as we look to the future.quot; David
Smallen , vice president Information technology-
Hamilton College

29. Cloud Computing Quotes
quot;The school dumped its own e-mail program in
exchange for Google Apps in 2007 .. it freed us up to
concentrate on classroom applicationsquot; Kevin Roberts,
chief information officer Abilene Christian University

30. Cloud Computing Quotes

32. Google Apps
used in thousands of schools by millions of students
New South Wales Department of Education (1.3 M Students)
d
New York City Intermediate School 339
Lutheran High School
Columbia Secondary School
University of Southern California
Arizona State University
Vanderbilt University
George Washington University
Trinity College Dublin
Besant Hill School
Lakehead University
Northwestern University
University of North Carolina
Cornell University

33. Cloud Computing - Google Apps
• E-mail, chat, talk
• Images
• calendar
• Word processor
• Spreadsheet
• Presentation Software
• Wiki / Web Page
• Video
• UNDER ONE PLATFORM

34. Cloud Computing - Google
Apps
• Works on any computer
• PCs, Macs, Linux
• Requires no hard drive space
• Works on many PDAs

35. Cloud Computing
• “Our technology and information systems are a
huge selling point for parents (who) may
otherwise have doubts (of sending students to
our school) ” Assistant Principal, Andrew
Stillman

36. Cloud Computing
• Allows schools to easily communicate with
parents
• Gives students software they can use at
home without purchasing it (e.g.
spreadsheets, PowerPoint)
• “Our veteran staff, almost without
exception, asserts that this is the best
classroom software they’ve ever
encountered. ” Watershed School

37. Cloud Computing
• Provides each user with 7GB of space which is
enough space for students to save podcast and video
assignments
• Has no ads
• Spam / Virus Checkers
• Is a paperless solution... GREEN !
• Saves printing costs

38. Student's Opinion of Google Apps

39. Cloud Computing - Google
Apps
• Documents are never lost – saves
automatically
• Do not have to worry about not having the
software or the correct version
• Can both upload and download
documents off your hard drive
• Quick to set up
• Easy to administrate

40. Cloud Computing - Google
Apps
• Ability to share Assignments, documents
o Student–student
o Student–teacher-student
• Communicate using documents to
parents
• Prevents plagiarism
• Improves learning

41. Cloud Computing - Google
Apps
• Can disable services
• Have precise control of who has
access to what
• Student login can last for their
entire school career and further

43. Google Apps - Challenges
• Need Internet access
• Can save documents off line as MS Word,
PPT, RTF,Open Office
• PDAs can access most features but
currently you cannot edit documents

44. Google Apps - Challenges
• Free version has limited audit features
• Once an email is deleted from trash there
is no way to retrieve it

45. Google Apps - Challenges
• Your data is stored in another country
• Patriot Act allows US government to
access your data
• However....there is no documented case
where any government tapped into
students or faculity google apps
documents or emails

46. Google Apps- Quote
quot;Everyone saw the benefits of sharing
notes, lesson plans, meeting minutes, and
updates on kids more easily than ever
before. We became unified as a team even
before we moved the functionality into our
classrooms.quot;
Jason Levy, Principal, New York City Intermediate School
339

47. Google Apps - Implementation
Step 1
• you need to own a web domain that is
tied with your school
• (can be purchased for about $12 per
year)

48. Google Apps - Implementation
Step 2
• Go to the Google Apps - Education
• Edition and register your school with the
domain name
• - Google will contact you in and have it
set up in 1 - 6 weeks

49. Google Apps - Implementation
Step 3
• Setup mapping on Internet Server to
provide email addresses off the domain
name
• (easy)

50. Google Apps - Implementation
Step 4
• Get a text file of students and teachers
which include first name, last name, login
and password
• You could use the text file of students
from Markbook.
• An initial can be substituted for
the last name

51. Google Apps - Implementation
Step 5
• Get a students to sign (with parents)code
of contact agreement click here
Step 6
• Get teachers who are interested in
implementing Google Apps - Create a
simple assignment which students share
with their teacher

52. Google Apps - Implementation
Step 7
• Give a 15 minute lesson to the class
Step 8
• 1st assignment is for students to email all
students in the class and say hi
• 2nd assignment is to compete a shared
assignment with the teacher

54. Portability & Cloud Computing
NetBooks (just like a laptop with no DVD)
• mini laptops
o about 8 to 10 inch screen
o weight about 1 Kg
o XP or Linux
o Flash Drive or Hard Drive
o $ 250-500

55. Portability & Cloud Computing

56. Portability & Cloud Computing