Frankly, I'm a history teacher. Some might argue that I'm actually an English teacher and those who are really nit-picking will choose to call me and ESL teacher. Yep. OK. But I actually liked teaching history. It was interesting. Which is odd beause, despite the fact that my U.S. history teacher was a very nice man (and my homeroom teacher) I thought that history class was boring. U.S. History was probably better than World Studies. Boy, that guy was NOT good. I still have no idea what we did in either class. I remember reading the book and answerie cng questions...but on to my topic.
Where I'm from a cloud is a white fluffy thing OR an angry thunderhead. So now, we have "the cloud." I like sunshine, but now, I head out to embrace the google cloud. Why google? Well, it's free. Well, it's easy. Seriously. I will probably attenpt certification. I'll let you know how that goes. How hard can it be (unless they're crap test writers--c'mon we all know bad test writers...)
Why go to the cloud? Well, since I'm not really sure why I want to do it myself, I'll just say, "money." Money is often a good reason to choose a technology. Really. Especially if there have already been people who've tried out the technology and like it. I'm sure that there are other ways to do what I want to do (get the students' docs, etc off of our servers) but this is the cheapest, least labor intensive, and, as previously noted, known working quantity.
I am already thinking of how the cloud can truly expand our curriculum. How can we take our teaching to the next level. I know how to do it. Now, how do I force my vision in a way that others' think that it's their idea...
BTW: I passed the first Google Certification Exam. I was a little disappointed at the large number of questions on a non-free part of the Apps that not everyone in Google Education uses. Oh Well. It's their test.
Where I'm from a cloud is a white fluffy thing OR an angry thunderhead. So now, we have "the cloud." I like sunshine, but now, I head out to embrace the google cloud. Why google? Well, it's free. Well, it's easy. Seriously. I will probably attenpt certification. I'll let you know how that goes. How hard can it be (unless they're crap test writers--c'mon we all know bad test writers...)
Why go to the cloud? Well, since I'm not really sure why I want to do it myself, I'll just say, "money." Money is often a good reason to choose a technology. Really. Especially if there have already been people who've tried out the technology and like it. I'm sure that there are other ways to do what I want to do (get the students' docs, etc off of our servers) but this is the cheapest, least labor intensive, and, as previously noted, known working quantity.
I am already thinking of how the cloud can truly expand our curriculum. How can we take our teaching to the next level. I know how to do it. Now, how do I force my vision in a way that others' think that it's their idea...
BTW: I passed the first Google Certification Exam. I was a little disappointed at the large number of questions on a non-free part of the Apps that not everyone in Google Education uses. Oh Well. It's their test.
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