Cloud Computing

I love cloud computing.  I use them in my personal life and professional life.

Google Drive

Let's just say I believe that Google is going to take over the world. :)  I use Google Drive with my students so that if we are working on an essay I can see exactly what they are doing and give them suggestions on how to improve as we are working on it.  I also use it for university.  One of the major benefits is the ability to collaborate with each other.  I have used it on many projects to brainstorm and create projects.  I also like to use it when I need to have a document accessible anywhere.  I can create the document and work on it from anywhere and any device.  We use Google Drive at our school for the staff to stay up to date and have all the documents that are needed.  For example staff meeting minutes are shared with each other on Google Drive.

Google Calendar
I use Google Calendar to keep up to date with University, school, appointments, and birthdays.  It is convenient because it allows me to check on any device what is going on and when.  I'm not stuck running to my phone to see if I have an appointment.  I can check on my computer, tablet or anyone elses device.

Google has so many cloud options to explore and they are each just as useful.

Dropbox

I have been using Dropbox for a long time.  So many times you have issues sending documents that are large... they are too big to send be email, message, or any other way.  Dropbox has been my solution to this.  It is also fantastic because you can access any of your documents there.  Dropbox also has options to back up your camera roll which is nice because then you don't have to worry about your phone being erased or wrecked and losing all of your photos.  I can then access those photos from anywhere as a result.  I use Dropbox with students to upload their videos that they create so that I can look at them.  I made a school account that each of the students can access their own folder and so can I.  I can view them whenever I have time.