Why student can use Cloud Computing?

Students; a population on the move, travelling back and forth from their home to university, high school… They fluently speak the language of presentations, working in group and being organized. But how do they organize their documents? How do they work in group and share documents?

Instead of synchronizing their documents in the cloud, they send them to their e-mail address. That’s understandable. It is an easy and cheap way to get your files synchronized. But do you really want to let others have a look at your personal e-mail folder when you’re waiting for your presentation to download while the beamer is on?
Another common practice is students working with a USB-stick. But what if you need to save a presentation with 10 high res pictures? Ever tried it before? Chances are rather small you had enough space to do so. And what if your USB-stick crashes?

Another common practice: you need to work in group and share documents. Students tend to use e-mail addresses to send a pile of messages with big attachments. If you are working offline and you want to have a look at a document a fellow students has made, basically you’re screwed. Other situation:  you download the attachment, make some changes and send it again to the group, but somebody has been working in the original document, so suddenly you have two files. Panic and stress!
If you put your files in the cloud, you can work on them whenever and wherever you want. And they get synchronized so others always get the latest version of the document.

So students, why do you choose to use your e-mail address as a cloud computing service? Or why do you worry where to save that presentation you need to give?  Give the cloud a chance, you’ll be surprised about its possibilities and how much time and worries it will save you!

By Nongnuch Serksiri 1050423