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What the article basically talked about was the use of the cloud such as Google docs or wiki's to do work and not worry about storage devices. This could really help school districts because all documents presentations and grade programs could be kept online and could be accessed from anywhere as long as you have internet capabilities. I also liked how the author gave real life experiences and seeing the positives of using this technology in the classroom. He also mentioned that most of the cloud sites are free and only charge if you would like to upgrade your saving capabilities. Overall this was a great article that really informed me about the technology that is out their and I have always had this problem when I was in college. I would type a paper and have to save it on a floppy A drive and sometimes you would forget it or lose it and wow this was just allot of trouble. I could also see the negative aspect for young middle school students using this technology because of privacy issues. He also mentions that Googledocs does and will not read and use the information that is sent to this locations. Overall just a very informative article about what the cloud could do in the future of our Schools and our students learning abilities.
What are some of the issues that can arise if you use this in the middle school in terms of them having to have an email account?
Currently I am working in a private school and I know how hard it is for parents to allow students to have their own email account. A teacher can only filter and watch what is being sent to the website but what about other spam mail that our young minds are exposed to. For this reason many of our students are not allowed to use their own email account everything is sent to them through a parents filtered email address that allows parents to view first. I believe the cloud could work if you had a websites like wikis to create and post and students would not have to submit an email account in order to be invited. I believe as an educator we already have to much to worry about and I sure don't want to regulate email accounts and what kind of spam mail most students are looking at.
Can the cloud revolutionize learning with students?
As an educator I can see the positives of using the cloud after taking this course I can see the potential of using Wiki's space in terms of what a better way to show parents a polished product of their student’s progression. It does not use paper so the cost of printing and material are drastically dropped it leaves a record that students can be proud of and at anytime they can take anyone their. I believe when students are able to present their wikis learning will be taken to a whole new level. I have just seen what students can do in Wiki's and wow I can not wait to have assignments created and presented to the class. Just think all those students that have test anxiety and those with different learning abilities able to make an online creation or assessment that is permanently their for all to see.
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