ISTE 2012: Schools Reach for the Cloud

• The new digital divide is really between those who have access to the Internet and those who don't.
• Internal clouds are critical to facilitating all of the resources that students are generating and accessing.
• Moving to the cloud reduces software and hardware requirements. With the cloud, if you have a browser, you can access an app in the cloud.

Participants:

• Henry C. Thiele, chief technology officer for Maine Township High School;
• Cameron Evans, national technology officer for Microsoft Education
• John Williams, chief technology officer for Nashville Metropolitan Public Schools, Tenn.
• Ross Randall, director of information technology for Hattiesburg Public School District, Miss.
• Mark Washington, director of technology and media services for the Port Huron Area School District, Mich.;
• Sam Farsaii, director of instructional technology for the Irving Independent School District, Texas.