Cloud Computing
The Cloud is influencing everything we do – but what exactly is “The Cloud”?
The Cloud is influencing everything we do – but what exactly is “The Cloud”?
The move into more Cloud services has taken hold for both business and consumer markets. The convenience of Cloud Storage for back-ups has grown into an entire Infrastructure solution with Storage, Compute, Networking, Development, Infrastructure, Platform, and Software as a Service. While I could write pages and pages on any of these areas of Cloud…
The promise of VR and AR in education has been a long-time coming. Besides the obvious technical barriers and cost of acquisition for devices, the real issue I’ve always considered limiting is the availability of content and the ability to create content. Well – there is good news all-around. The Oculus headsets are, relatively speaking,…
There are very few images that bring up the concept of education as the picture of a chalkboard. The idea of teaching without this tool (or it’s contemporary equivalent – the dry-erase board) seems impossible. We’ve been using a board at the front of a room to teach for a very long time. There are…
Developed by Dr. Ruben Puentedura, the SAMR is a valuable tool when thinking about technology. It’s a simple, but effective way to put a lens against technology to contextualize what it is being used for: Enhancement or Transformation. When approaching technical skills, I have long believed that it’s critical to provide a deeper context for…
This past week was a busy one for me on my YouTube channel (Learning and Technology with Frank). One of the topics I cover on the channel is Microsoft Whiteboard and this week we saw the new version come to the desktop – along with updates to the Web and Microsoft Teams versions. As a…
Here are a couple of resources around Azure Data Factory and Azure Cloud Analytics. We are absolutely moving to a Cloud-only world with less and less on-premise. At this point, we can still benefit from some on-premise material to teach concepts, but I would like to know how many people are still using those tools…