Thing+2+Cloud+Computing

media type="custom" key="20933264" Link to video || 8th Grade Page 21 Things page What you need on your page ||
 * What is Cloud Computing?
 * Social Bookmarking in Plain English

6. Save between 6-10 sites that are interesting,
> == Find school appropriate websites that you might need for Social Studies, Math, Language Arts, Science, and any of your electives. You may also choose topics that are interesting to you such as horses, sports, cars. ==

**What are Tags?**
== A tag is keyword, term or description that is assigned to a piece of information. Each piece may have multiple tags. For example the pen in the picture could have the tags Pen, Marker, Sharpie, and Purple. == >>>> == What other tags could you give the marker? ==

8. In each description field write 2 – 3 sentences that describe what resources are available on the website you are saving.
|| How to stay organized with Delicious || “Delicious is a website that allows you to save bookmarks on the web. This allows you to retrieve your favorite websites quickly from any internet-connected computer in the world. Tagging your favorite websites is an easy way build a Personal Learning Network by creating contacts with similar interests.”
 * What you need to have in your portfolio for this thing:
 * Create a new page called “Thing 2 Cloud Computing”
 * Link to your Delicious account
 * **__Rewrite the following paragraph in your own words __**
 * Definitions for: Bookmark, Tag
 * an uploaded screenshot of the secret passcode ||  ||
 * Part 2: DropBox [[image:21thingscloud.JPG]]


 * Steps: **
 * 1. Go to dropbox.com and create an account **
 * ** a. Username: don’t ever use your full name as part of a username **
 * ** b. Password: make a powerful password **
 * ** c. Record your username and password in your login excel file **
 * 2. Create a folder and name it “your name - Cloud Computing” **
 * you can try to figure out how to share your folder by yourself or you can use this guide to help you create and share a folder- [[file:How to create and share a new folder.docx]]
 * 3. Share the folder with Mrs. Salo april.salo.lca@gmail.com **
 * ** a. If you still can't figure out how to share, watch this video. **
 * 4. Once shared, Mrs. Salo will place a secret passcode in your folder. **
 * 5. Open the Secret Passcode, take a screen capture of the passcode. **
 * 6. Upload the screen capture and add it to your cloud computing page. ** ||  ||