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Cloud Computing in the Classroom  Tools and Lesson Plans

By researching the different cloud based educational technologies and providing examples of how they are used, our collective pages aim to answer the question:

**How is "the cloud" changing the way teachers use technology in the classroom?**
Cloud Applications, such as Dropbox and Google Docs, allow new realms of file sharing between and among students and educators. - Rachel Wetzel Cloud computing provides unprecedented opportunities for students and educators to create, save, share, and interact with data (documents, images, videos, voice, etc.) through multiple internet-connected devices. Evernote, offering teachers a place in the cloud to organize their lessons and classroom resources! -Jeffrey Hight Google Apps for Education allows students and teachers to have free access to calendars, word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, file storage, and so much more, all in the cloud, and accessible from any computer. Collaborating and sharing have never been easier! -Kelly Longrich Valuable instructional videos like those found on TeacherTube can be saved on an educator's iCloud account for later retrieval. Voicethread allows teachers and students to create and comment on and publish multimedia projects stored in the cloud. Students can interact with educators and peers anywhere from their own classroom to around the world. -Zoey Cronin

**Contributors:** Ally Adams Eric Carter Casey Chatwell Zoey Cronin Jeffrey Hight Kelly Longrich Natalie Ward Rachel Wetzel