We are always looking for unique ways that people explain cloud computing.
So, this example caught our attention this week. The instructor used a pizzas a a metaphor for how to make a mashup of cloud-based learning tool.
Stephen Best made the presentation at the Teaching and Learning in the Cloud Conference in Holland, Michigan this past week.
We will not go through the full list of tools Best suggested. You can see the sites here.
But for the fun of it at the end of a good week, let’ see how he uses a pizza to describe what cloud-based tools people can use.
Publishing tools form the crust:
For Best, the crust could be a variety, depending on the tastes of the insructor. Potential tools included:
http://www.wikispaces.com/
http://edu.glogster.com/
http://edublogs.org/
http://blogger.com
https://sites.google.com/
http://wordpress.com
http://moodle.com
Best then explored what tools could be as the sauce and toppings for the learning mashup.
He showed presentation tools such as Slidehare and Slide Rocket. He discussed video sharing, recommending tools such as Vimeo and Kaltura. He showed photo sharing services such as Flickr.
Other categories included document sharing and concept mapping.
This seems like a clever way to draw in perspectives about the tools teachers can use.
What do you think? Do you use similar methods to explain cloud computing?
