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Cloud Computing
Lynn McCormickLTI Session October 28
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Today’s Agenda
• A little perspective•What is cloud computing?•Impact on education•Hands - on activities
A little perspective
In September 1956 IBM launched the 305 RAMAC, the first computer with a hard disk drive (HDD). The HDD weighed over a ton and stored 5MB of
data....
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1960’s
IBM 1311 disk storage drive
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1970’s
IBM 3310 direct access storage (64 MB per unit)
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1980’s
Things in 1985 looked a little better.
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1990’s +
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Present Time
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What is Cloud Computing?
•Cloud computing is still an evolving paradigm.
•Its definitions, use cases, underlying technologies, issues, risks, and benefits will be refined in a spirited debate by the public and private sectors.
Credit: http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/SNS/cloud-computing/
Cloud Computing: a definitionCloud computing is a model for enabling
convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (e.g., networks, servers, storage, applications, and services) that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction. (National Institute for Standards & Technology)
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Service Layers of Cloud Computing• Top Layer: Software as a Service (SaaS) - Google
Apps• Middle Layer: Platform as a Service (PaaS) –Web Server and the programming environment.• Lowest Layer: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
– Means of delivering basic storage an computing capabilities as standardized services. The pooling of servers, storage systems, switches, and routers.
Credit: https://slx.sun.com/files/Cloud_Computing_Brochure_2009.pdf
Inside a Cloud
Virtualized CPUs and Storage
Physical Servers across the Globe
Software Platform
The Cloud Platform
Software as a Service (SaaS)
Platform as aService (PaaS)
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
Virtual Servers
Virtual Storage
Network Routers
Java Runtime
Web 2.0 Runtime
LAMP / WAMP
Corporate Email
Business Processes
CRM, ERP, HR
Physical Servers
http://www.slideshare.net/toryharis/cloud-computing-integration-introduction?from=email&type=share_slideshow&subtype=slideshow
Benefits
Why do it?
Lynn McCormickLTI Session October 28
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It’s all about the Benjamins
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• Easier for application vendors to reach new customers.
• Delivering & supporting applications is easier and cost effective.
• Using commodity server & storage hardware costs less.
• Driving down data center operational costs saves money.
Water Powered Computers
Data centers need electricity. The U.S. EPA estimates that U.S. servers and data centers were responsible for a total of 1.5 percent of America's electricity consumption in 2006 (about 61 billion kilowatt-hours), at a cost of $4.5 billion, and that their consumption will double by 2011.
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Water Powered Computers
Cheap electricity can be found in hydroelectric dams that dot the Rockies and the Northwest.
Washington and Oregon, America's top two hydroelectric producing states, have electricity costs 20 to 30 percent lower than the national average.
http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/22610/?a=f
Google Server Farm
In Oregon – The size of two football fieldsImage credit: http://blog.ted.com/images/googlefarminoregon.jpg
Google’s Servers to go
Shipping containersGoogle’s data centers are composed of standard 1AAA shipping containers packed with 1,160 servers each, with many containers in each data center. Credit: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10209580-92.html
What could possibly go wrong?•downtime•data breaches•court-ordered shutdown as a result of patent infringement
• liability for copyright-infringing or other illegal material
• liability for sending spam
Pew Internet & American Life Project
Overall, 69% of online users have done at least one of these six activities
Credit: http://pewresearch.org/pubs/948/cloud-computing-gains-in-currency
Pew Internet & American Life ProjectReasons for using the cloud
• 51% say a major reason is that it is easy and convenient.
• 41% say they like being able to access their data from whatever computer they are using.
• 39% cite the ease of sharing information.
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Pew Internet & American Life ProjectReasons for Concern
• 90% of cloud application users say they would be very concerned if their data were to be sold to another party.
• 80% say they would be very concerned if companies used their photos or other data in marketing campaigns.
• 68% of users of at least one of the six cloud applications say they would be very concerned if companies who provided these services analyzed their information and then displayed ads to them based on their actions.
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http://momento24.com/en/2009/06/11/us-family-turned-into-advertising/
Horizon Report• Produced by the New Media Consortium
(NMC) and Educause.
• This report centers on the applications of emerging technologies to teaching, learning, research, or creative expression.
The Horizon Report –Extensive Report on applications to education
• Math applications- students can turn their I-phones into graphing calculators
• Science applications- virtual labs • Language applications- peer review
documents • Productivity applications- platform free• Music- instrument simulators
http://www.nmc.org/pdf/2009-Horizon-Report.pdf
Evolution of the Online Ecosystem
http://batesmedia.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/online-evolution-099-web.pdf
• Google docs• Office Live• Lovelycharts.com• Mindomo
• Zamzar• Trailfire• Slideshare• DimDim
Tools for Teaching and Learning in the Cloud
Office Live – The Empire Strikes Back
Keeping up with the new apps
• GO2Web20 http://www.go2web20.net/• Usefultools http://www.usefultools.com/
Tools for keeping it all together-when you're “out there”.
• Second Brain• Igoogle• Dropbox
What questions do you have?
Google Apps for Education: ePortfolio and Formative Assessment Workflow
http://electronicportfolios.org/google/
Your traveling companion
Help to propel each other along the way.
The Google account: Your keys to the cloud kingdom
Go to: www.gmail.com and create your account
Check availability of your login nameWrite down your username & password
Show me my account
Click on Documents
Click on “Create new” then “Document”
Create and share a document1. Find a recipe (chili?)2. Cut and paste it into your document.3. Save 4. Select Share – publish as a webpage.
View as webpage
Exploring Further1. Go back into your original document.2. Use the toolbar to change font size,
italicize, and highlight text selections.3. Look under File – Revision history.4. Rename your file: File – Rename.5. Save your file.6. Download into MSWord: File –
Download – Word.
How many ways can we apply Google Docs to the
educational environment?
Create and test a form/ spreadsheet
1. Create – New - Form. 2. Select and apply theme.3. Add items.4. Email to your partner.5. Open your partner’s form in your
email & complete.6. Go back to your Gdocs and look at
your responses.
Create a presentation
1.Create New – Presentation
2. Format – Presentation Settings – Change Theme
3. Download as powerpoint
Create your I-Google page
1.From Gdocs page select – web
2. Select Igoogle
3. Change theme
4. Add stuff (gadgets)
Bon Voyage on your journey into the clouds
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Contact me for Google apps support: Lynn McCormick
Email [email protected] 7362