Classroom in the Cloud

The sky’s not the limit anymore—get your head in the cloud!

Making the most of the digital age in education just got easier. With cloud computing, students can connect with teachers, educators can connect with colleagues, and opportunities for meaningful collaboration can grow exponentially.

In this easy-to-use primer, the author of bestseller Going Google teams up with Twitter’s The Nerdy Teacher to demonstrate what cloud-based instruction can mean for teachers and students—and how it can work for your school. The book includes

• Practical tools for integrating cloud computing into the curriculum
• Student and teacher testimonies detailing examples of cloud-based instruction in action
• Chapters on storing, communicating, sharing, and creating
• Strategies for ensuring safety and security for students and information

“It’s more important today than ever before for educators to look beyond the walls of classrooms and connect with other colleagues in their buildings and across the globe. This book will equip all educators with the tools necessary to find the best tools to enhance and improve their teaching practices.”
Steven Anderson, Author, The Relevant Educator and Content Curation, @web20classroom

• The book focuses on practical integration of cloud based technology and tools into the classroom and curriculum
• Solid case studies profiling innovative teachers from around the world who implement cloud-based tools with their students. These diverse examples offer teachers a variety of how-to’s on which to base their own action plan, and offer them a host of additional resources for further follow-up information gathering.
• The authors’ expertise in social media and their practical experience implementing cloud-based classroom tools into instruction.
• The authors’ share research-based ideas that demonstrate the need to implement 21st century tools as part of classroom instruction.
• The book covers the four key concerns in cloud computing: Storing, Communicating, Sharing, and Creating in the Cloud. Communicating, Sharing, and Creating are perfect matches for the common core curriculum and for college and career readiness. These chapters will offer useful tips on how both students and teachers can work safely and securely in the cloud.
• The book includes classroom activities teachers can use immediately with their students. These activities provide step-by-step instructions for teachers to follow as they implement the lessons. Project ideas cover a variety of subjects (English, Math, Science, Social Studies, etc.) and span different grade levels. The classroom activities will be linked to Common Core State Standards, NETS, and 21st Century learning objectives.