Title: Cloud Management
Course: 21 Things for Students > Section: Cloud Management

Cloud Management

Direct Link to this SchoolTube video.

Introduction

 Everyone is talking about "the cloud," but what is it?  Do  you know?  Watch the video above to learn more about it before you try to harness the cloud.

"The Lighter Side Of The Cloud" Comic by CloudTweaks – David Fletcher is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

Mission Briefing

Your will have three quests to complete for this mission.  You are to infiltrate AID (Agents Intelligence Database), join forces with other agents, and retrieve the passcode all by using cloud computing. When you have accomplished this you will send an encoded message to your secret saving place (See your SSI for more information regarding this).

Quest 1- Infiltrate the Secret Agent Intelligence Database (SAID)

See your SSI to find out if you are to complete the Delicious or Diigo Quest. Create an account and become a Novice Agent.

Quest 1: Diigo Investigation

Secret Agent Briefing

Watch Social Bookmarking in Plain English by Commoncraft to learn more about your quest.

Watch this video about Diigo and the cloud.

Your task is to create an account with the Secret Agent Intelligence Database (SAID) which is shared with all the other Secret Agents.

Steps:

Check with your SSI about which option you should follow

A) teacher created account or

B) student created account

TEACHER CREATED ACCOUNT DIRECTIONS

Your teacher will provide you with a diigo account .  Once you receive this information, go to diigo.com and log in to your account.

a.  Click the sign in button that is in the upper right corner of the screen.

b.  Enter your given username and password, then click Sign in.

c.  Record your username and password in your LOCKBOX (see your SSI)

STUDENT CREATED ACCOUNT DIRECTIONS

You will create your account.  Go to diigo.com and choose Join Diigo

a.  Click the Join Diigo button in the upper right corner of the screen.

b.  Username: don’t ever use your real name as part of a username

c.  Password: make a powerful password

d.  Record your username and password in your LOCKBOX (see your SSI)

Congratulations – you are now part of the Secret Agent Intelligence Database  Now start saving…

Completing this Quest

When you have created your account and saved your username and password in your LOCKBOX you have completed this quest. Congratulations, you have reached the level of Novice Agent

 Check off this Quest

Resources:

Diigo Browser for ipad – FREE - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/diigo-browser/id432838105?mt=8

Diigo Offline Reader for iphone, ipod touch, ipad – FREE -http://itunes.apple.com/app/diigo-offline-reader/id335006600?ign-mpt=uo=6&mt=8

Diigo for Android - http://www.diigo.com/tools/power_note_for_android

Diigo tools for desktop - http://www.diigo.com/tools

Quest 1: Delicious Investigation

This is a tutorial created at Fair Haven Union High School and posted on SchoolTube.

Secret Agent Briefing

Watch Social Bookmarking in Plain English by Commoncraft to learn more about your quest.

Watch the video at the top about Delicious and the cloud.

Steps:

Your task is to create an account with the Agent Intelligence Database (SAID) which is shared with all the other Secret Agents.

1.  Go to Delicious.com

2.  Create an account

3.  Username: don’t ever use your real name as part of a username

4.  Password: make a powerful password

5.  Record your username and password in your LOCKBOX (see your SSI)

Congratulations – you are now part of the Secret Agent Intelligence Database.  Now start saving…

Completing this Quest

When you have created your account and saved your username and password in your LOCKBOX you have completed this quest.

Congratulations, you have reached the level of Novice Agent

 Check off this Quest

Resources

Tools for Delicious including bookmarklets, iphone/ipad bookmarklet, save button - http://delicious.com/tools#title1

Quest 2: Cloud Saving

Secret Agent Briefing

You’re at your best friend’s house.  You’re on their computer and want to show them an awesome site you discovered. However, you can’t remember the web address and your Google search isn’t finding it.

WHAT CAN YOU DO?

Your computer crashes and you've lost all the bookmarks or favorites stored on your computer?

WHAT COULD YOU DO TO PREVENT THIS?

When you save your bookmarks to Delicious, Diigo, or other online bookmarking site, your favorite web sites are stored online in “the cloud.”

Your task is to learn how to do this, and add to the Secret Agent Intelligence Database and share it with all the other Secret Agents.

Steps:

1. Go to your Agent Intelligence Database (Delicious or Diigo) and log in using the account you created in the previous Quest.

2.  Save between 6-10 sites that are interesting, to your Secret Agent Intelligence Database.

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.

3.  Use 2 or more different tags appropriate for Each Site

 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?

Tags in delicious and diigo help us sort bookmarks and to find websites at a later date.

4.  In each description field write 2 – 3 full sentences that describe what resources are available on the website you are saving.

Delicious Example

Use the search box in Delicious or Diigo to find existing links about cloud computing

Save a link about cloud computing from another agent to your account.

Join forces with another agent by finding another agent in your Training Unit (your class).

Go to your Secret Agent Intelligence Database account and take a screen capture showing your links. Save it to your Secret File Space. (Check with your SSI Chief)

Completing this Quest

By completing this assignment you are certifying that you have joined the Secret Agent Intelligence Database, you have added at least 6 links to the database, you saved a link from someone else, you followed a fellow agent, and you saved a screen capture to your Secret File Space.

Congratulations, you have reached the level of A-SAC (Assistant Secret Agent In Charge)

 Check off this Quest in your tracking document

Quest 3: Dropbox Investigation

Special Agent Briefing:

 Dropbox is a cloud based application that allows you to store files.  Currently, it is free to use a small amount of storage.  This can be really useful if you don’t have a flash drive with you when you need to save a file or if you need to share a file.

Your quest is to retrieve the secret passcode from the SSI Dropbox account.  When you have completed this quest, you will have completed the Cloud Management Mission.  You will receive your badge and will be a Cloud Management SAC (secret agent in charge).

Steps:

1.  Go to dropbox.com and create an account

a.  Username: don’t ever use your real name as part of a username

b.  Password: make a powerful password

c.  Record your username and password in your LOCKBOX

(See your SSI for instructions about your Lockbox)

2.  Create a folder and name it “your name - Cloud Management”

3.  Find out your SSI’s email address and share the folder.

a.  If you don’t know how to share, watch this video.

4.  Once shared, your SSI will place a secret passcode in your folder.

5.  Open the Secret Passcode, take a screen capture of the passcode.

6.  Save it to your Secret File Space.

Completing this Quest

By completing this assignment you are certifying that you have created a Dropbox account, created a folder and shared it with your SSI.  You took a screen capture of the passcode you received and saved it to your Secret File Space.

Congratulations, you have reached the level of SAC (secret agent in charge)
Check this Quest off on your Tracking Document

Check off this Quest

Resources

How to create a dropbox account and share video: www.SchoolTube.com

Cloud Management Question

Your teacher asks you to store your work in the cloud . What does he/she want you to do?

- Pack your bags and go for an airplane ride.
Feedback: Try again
- Draw pictures of a cloud
Feedback: Try again
- Locate a server that is hosted virtually
Feedback: Great job!
- Learn the names of all the clouds
Feedback: Try again

Cloud Management Question

Your teacher asks you to save your bookmarks so you can access them anywhere. What do you do?

- Save them to a site like Delicious or Diigo
Feedback: Great job!
- Store them in your Favorites on your computer
Feedback: Try again
- Write them down on a piece of paper that you leave at school
Feedback: Try again
- Tell your best friends so they can remember them for you
Feedback: Try again

Cloud Management Question

What is dropbox?

- A box that can be dropped
Feedback: Try again
- A Word Processing Program
Feedback: Try again
- A Presentation program
Feedback: Try again
- A place where you can store your files
Feedback: Great job!

Cloud Management Question

Where is the best place to store your files if you want to access them anywhere?

- On your school computer
Feedback: Try again
- In your desk at school
Feedback: Try again
- In the Cloud
Feedback: Great job!
- On index files in your office
Feedback: Try again

Cloud Management Question

What is Delicious?

- An application you load on your computer to store your bookmarks
Feedback: Try again
- An application you access in the Cloud to store your bookmarks
Feedback: Great job!
- An Excel program to store your bookmarks
Feedback: Try again
- A new operating system
Feedback: Try again

Cloud Management Question

What is Delicious?

- An application you load on your computer to store your bookmarks
Feedback: Try again
- An application you access in the Cloud to store your bookmarks
Feedback: Great job!
- An Excel program to store your bookmarks
Feedback: Try again
- A new operating system
Feedback: Try again

Cloud Management Award

Congratulations you have completed the  Cloud Management Mission.

Please take this short survey to share your ideas on how to improve these activities and this 21things4students resource.

Show your completed work for this mission to your SSI Chief to receive your Cloud Management Badge.