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Self-grading multiple-choice tests with Google Docs
I don’t have much love for multiple-choice tests — either for administering them or for taking them — but as a teacher, the format was sometimes required by my administration, and was sometimes useful for simple prove-that-you-read-it quizzes. Google Docs
Open Cloud Initiative | To define and protect 'Open Cloud'
The Open Cloud Initiative (OCI) is an community based organisation founded in April 2009.
Its mission is simply "To Define and Protect 'Open Cloud'".
Cloud computing users can now rest assured that offerings bearing the "Open Cloud" brand are indeed "op
CloudStandards
The goal of this wiki is to document the activities of the various SDOs working on Cloud standards.
Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) Cloud Storage TWG
The SNIA is participating in a new group, announced today, that will coordinate cloud standards across Standards Development Organizations (SDOs). SNIA has existing relationships with DMTF and OGF that have recently been expanded to include cloud standard
Screenjelly
Screenjelly records your screen activity with your voice so you can spread it as a video via Twitter or email.
Use it to quickly share cool apps or software tips, report a bug, or just show stuff you like.
To start recording, click on the red button. No
Expono: Flickr, Picasa and the Kitchen Sink
You can't swing a stick on the Web these days without hitting a photo or media sharing service. Some of the most popular ones like Flickr and Photobucket have become an indispensable part of our online lives. Among the most recent services to enter the ga
The Architecture Issue - Data Center Overload - NYTimes.com
“There” is nowadays likely to be increasingly large, powerful, energy-intensive, always-on and essentially out-of-sight data centers. These centers run enormously scaled software applications with millions of users. To appreciate the scope of this phenome
The End in Mind » PLNs, Portfolios, and a Loosely-Coupled Gradebook
I recently provided an overview of BYU’s loosely-coupled gradebook strategy at TTIX 2009. (We are currently building a standalone gradebook in partnership with Orem, Utah based startup Agilix.) As part of my presentation at TTIX, I also described our plan
Half an Hour: The Cloud and Collaboration
Paper written as a contribution to the Ars Electronica symposium on Cloud Intelligence.
Let's take as a starting point the discussion of 'cloud intelligence' on the conference website:
In the cloud of connections, we each become social neurons, mimi
Cloud Computing Adoption – 3 conferences in 1! – Virtual Event
Experts agree that cloud computing is on the verge of changing business forever, it promises to provide IT services at a much lower cost with much more agility, but it does present risks and business and operational uncertainty.
VIBevents are delighte
G.ho.st® (ghost) - Cloud computing - online storage, Virtual Computer (VC), Web OS (WebOS, Webtop)
Your free G.ho.st® ("ghost") Virtual Computer (VC) includes a desktop, file storage and applications. Your VC lives securely in the internet cloud and is accessible from any computer or mobile phone! Your VC requires no installation, anti-virus or backup.
Introduction to "Cloud Computing"
This class explores three different aspects of cloud computing: distributed data crunching with MapReduce, interactive Web-based applications with Ajax, and renting computing cycles. How are these threads all related? Click here to find out! This course u
AWS in Education
WS in Education provides a set of programs that enable the worldwide academic community to easily leverage the benefits of Amazon Web Services for teaching and research. With AWS in Education, educators, academic researchers, and students can apply to obt
cloudkick
cloud server management- easy & completely free
If you have servers on EC2 or Slicehost, Cloudkick is a FREE & EASY way to manage your infrastructure.
Rough Type: Nicholas Carr's Blog: The big company and the cloud
In an analysis released today, and covered by Forbes and the New York Times, the consulting firm McKinsey & Company provides a useful, if flawed, counterweight to some of the more excited hype about cloud computing. While granting that "clouds are very co
Open Cloud Manifesto.org
The Open Cloud Manifesto establishes a core set of principles to
ensure that organizations will have freedom of choice, flexibility, and
openness as they take advantage of cloud computing. While cloud
computing has the potential to have a positive impact
Weblogg-ed " Is My Head (and My Life) in the Clouds?
if you took this computer (pointing to my still somewhat shiny MacBookPro) and threw it in the river, it really wouldn’t mess up my life much. There’s almost nothing on here of any importance that isn’t out there on the Web somewhere
HowTo: EC2 for Poets
The goal is to make cloud computing less mysterious by helping people through the process of setting up a server on Amazon EC2. The title derives from a class that was offered at the University of Wisconsin, when I was a grad student there, called Compute
Free Technology for Teachers: Free Technology For Teachers: Cloud Computing is Universal
Cloud computing offers some great benefits for education. Cloud computing saves schools money. Google's and Zoho's productivity suites are free for students and teachers to use. Paying for the number of licensing agreements a school district needs to use
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