Cloud Computing in Education

Cloud Computing in Education

1. What is it?

   • Cloud computing is the use of the internet in accessing and storing information as opposed to direct connection to a server. No hard drive or local storage device is required.
     • iCloud
     • Google Drive
     • Dropbox
     • OneDrive
     • Amazon Drive

2. Benefits

   • Easily able to sync data with other devices
   • Cost effective and no worry of hard drive damage over time
   • Data can be accessed from various sources
   • No purchase of licensing required when changing to different settings
   • Enables E-Learning
   • Storage of large amounts of data

3. Risks

   • Pricing could possibly change over time
   • Information is stored online, therefore there could be a risk of privacy and security breaching
   • Data is stored online and therefore there can be issues with how reliable and well it performs