Cloud-Based Computing (Digital and Information Literacy, 1)

Gerber, Larry

ISBN 10: 1448895162 ISBN 13: 9781448895168

Publisher: Rosen Central, 2013

Synopsis

Readers determine what cloud computing looks like and how it is revolutionizing their education today. They evaluate its use in social collaboration, data storage and utility computing, Google Apps, Docs, and Maps, email, banking and shopping, pictures, movies, and music, mobile apps and services, and how the cloud is used in everyday life. The text explains the basics in this rapidly evolving technology along with its use in business applications. Drawbacks of cloud computing are also addressed, including issues of security, privacy, and ethics, and access, control, and stability concerns. Sidebars such as “Myths and Facts” and “1 Great Questions to Ask an Information Specialist” and other cool tech facts provide supplementary details.

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Reviews

The Digital and Information Literacy series introduces a varied array of computer-based topics. Though the level of detail varies from volume to volume, the text is generally clear and well organized. Most double-page spreads include at least one color illustration, mainly photos of teens and screen shots of computers and other devices. Although some of the subjects can be difficult to find in other books at this grade level, readers with a strong interest in pursuing the technologies may find the “Further Reading” bibliographies helpful. Cloud-Based Computing talks about the subject, its history, and its uses but neglects to define the basic terms “cloud” or “cloud-based computing” in the opening pages, where it would be most useful, or in the glossary. Books in this ongoing series offer useful overviews of current topics in technology. Grades 5-8. --Carolyn Phelan

Edition details

• Publisher: Rosen Central
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1448895162
• ISBN 13: 9781448895168
• Binding: Library Binding
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 48