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Unfortunately, only the principal can reach the decision to go for cloud service and, even if I push him, he only allows us to use an electronic register.

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The cloud process should be based in solid grounds, at a infrastructure level, good planing excellent formation. Just then we can grab all it´s benefits.

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The team of teachers together with the coordinator and the management team

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I believe that the decision to move to cloud technology has to be made by the entire school community. The staff must be prepared in advance to use the technology efficiently and fluently, the students must all have access to the cloud and the school must have the infrastructure for seamless cloud technology use (for example: a well-developed system of Internet access points). The move to cloud technology is a long-term process.

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In my country most high schools have cloud services, teachers have cloud accounts supported by EBA (Education Informatics Network) I hope one I also would like to have opportunity to use them.

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Firstly it is the ICT co-ordinator in our school who brings new ideas to the Principal. However the Principal is the most important change-maker and only when the change happens at the top will others follow!

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Our Principal would ultimately make the decision but she would ask the eLearning Group for their input and would have attended talks/courses by management organisations.

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The decision to go or not for cloud services is made by our headmaster. But he needs to better understand the advantages of cloud based education for our pupils and teachers and the quality management in education.

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Jeane de Fatima, Rio de Janeiro - Brazil

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Technology using the clouds as a tool to complement and illustrate the lesson are excellent resources.

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Usually the decision to go or not for cloud services has made by the headmaster of the school, after the suggestion from the teachers. Often, however, the headmaster has no the technological competence to understand the advantage of the use of the cloud and many facilities are not used.

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Cloud services is a complex world. Nothing can be done without a plan. Decision makers oftern delegate people who can't make complete plans, so at the very end every teacher does it him/herself. At the moment, my short term expectations are not so positive. Something will probably change when my colleagues will start improving their skills and thus they'll start asking for a better implementation of those services.

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Greek Ministry of Education has developed a lot of cloud services but many teachers either do not use them at all, or they prefer to use other cloud apps, mainly google's. Yet it is quite controversial as from one hand Ministry proposes the use of collaborative tools but on the other hand there is a law that do not allow the use of mobile phones at school by the students.

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In our case the final decision is made by the principal. In any case it affects to all the community and so the formation is very important.

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In our case the final decision is made by the principal but after listening the opinions of different teachers and, of course, the IT staff

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I don't think the decision of going into cloud services or not, has to be made by a singular person.
First of all, because this is an aspect that affects to a lot of people, so a lot of instances have things to say: politicians, administrators, headmasters, counserlors, teachers, students, families,...
And second, because all the changes that have really impact in the functioning of a complex environment (like a school), must come from the collective, must be downside up. So decisions from the top of the educational hierarchy can be wrong or useless.

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I'm in a school that is using VMware as a key resource. we use a server to host user accounts and we have complemented this with the use of GAFE.
We are looking to use our local area as a test case for a large scale Virtual dektop Infrastructure where a server (be it cloud based on or on site) will host accounts for all students and teachers in the area.
By using this system, schools no longer need to replace old PC's thus saving schools huge sums of money. All software is purchased with a group license and there are more savings there. We just need the state's department of Education to understand and implement the system to create a future-proof, financially viable system to benefit teaching and learning.

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In my school the headmaster, the DSAG and a digital team composed of 4 teachers + an extenal ICT administrator that decide the rules.
On the web-sites we public a Regulament about the ICT.
Some tachers trainer the collegues to improve The cloud computing use becouse it represents a  benefit for the students and for the facilitation of the learning and the achievement of the education goals.

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The final decision would lie with the principal.  I would like to think that I have a good working relationship with them, and in most cases of ICT decisions my opinion is sought and valued.  On any significant issue that would impact on how staff would need to work, I would consult with staff in formally to get their impressions and then present these to the principal.  She herself would also have "bounced" the ideas off some staff.  At present I am re-forming an ICT steering group that would feed into any significant decisions.  This I feel is necessary to get staff cooperation in any projects and more importantly to keep the focus on pedagogy rather than technology.

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We are already gone down the road of using cloud services where ever possible. It has been the only option really with no budget for IT support services.

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The Principal makes decision

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Teachers in my school have the option of using cloud services if they wish. The Greek School Network has implemented a lot of cloud computing tools and the teachers have free access, if they wish. As for students, since there is no model of BYOD in Greece, it can be used at home or in flipped classroom environments.

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In our school it would mainly be the Principal with some discussion with a few other members of staff. With the current moratorium on posts there is no dedicated post for ICT in our school. Reading some others, an ICT committee might be a good idea

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Unfortunately, only the principal in Italy can reach the decision to go for cloud service and, even if I push him, he only allows us to use an electronic register. I tried to train my colleagues to use google apps, but some of them are still strongly opposing this way.

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In my school, I propose, as I am the unique ICT teacher, the director and the other teachers tell their opinions and all together we make the decisions. I believe that only sometimes all relevant aspects are taken into account, because many of my colleagues have not enough knowledge about the use of ICT in education. The students accept this type of education and they collaborate quite good. The Greek Ministry of Education provides us with some clouds services and it’s up to the teachers to use them.

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The decision to go or not to go for cloud services lies with the Principal. While I am ICT co-ordinator I liase with my Deputy Principal on all things IT/ ICT. We also have an ICT Committee where we discuss all aspects of IT/ICT needs for our school. Together we make decisions.

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After taking into consideration all the possibilities the Principal of my school and I as the Animatore Digitale or PNSD responsible in my school proposed to the whole staff to go for G Suite for edu and everyone voted for our proposal. I managed to register my school, verify domain and succeeded in signing up for G suite. I am the G Suite admin and I am also training teachers to use it. I think it will be a benefit for both teachers and students but also for the office staff. It will enhance collaboration, creativity and productivity, sharing, safety, and it will reduce costs in a sustainable way. Interoperability is another advantage.

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The decision was taken by the headteacher, supported ans suggested by the ICT team after some time of research.

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To date I have had responsibility for implementing cloud services. We have recently put together an ICT committee and they will be instrumental in any future decisions in this area

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In our school the headmaster decides whether we go or not for cloud services and unfortunately, I feel that not all relevant aspects are taken into consideration. Consequently, we don't use cloud services in our school.

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In my school is the headmaster and a digital team of 2 teachers + the ICT administrator that decide the rules. We have a regulation. The cloud computing is a super benefit for the students: i love teaching using the cloud.

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IT department and school officials determine whether the data from the field are stored in the cloud. It's been working out how to make this safe and legal. Since it is the principal who makes the final decision if we will  edit the data in the cloud. I think that sensitive and personal data would be safer in other place than in the clouds.

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We have an ICT Commission that decides the way we have to follow.  Definitely, there is a big difference between working with Google Cloud or not. I think choosing Google Apps for Education was a great step for the school.

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I think that is a great idea to make the decision to go for cloud services. The headmaster takes  important decisions about technical issues. We use at school only electronic register that helps us in the work but it is another think. To work in an intelligent way all of us must use a cloud and to collaborate all the teachers.

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This year I suggested to my manager to activate Gsuite for education and she understood the importance to have a sharing cloud service.

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To use or not to use cloud services is a decision of each teacher him/herself. As i said, some of our teachers use Dropbox, Google Drive, iCloud or OneDrive (via Office365) for their personal document  storage, but for teachers group work we use Google Drive. This decision was made from our principal.

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I think that is important  make the decision to go for cloud services.  All of us must use a cloud  when  we work,  collaborate by sharing  is  important .

As well as I said in a previous padlet I use with my pupils Padlet and eTwinning, Prezi, Edmond , SlideShare, Google, etc ...

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Although Greek Ministry of Education has  created some cloud applications like e-class, it's up to the teachers to use it. The same applies to cloud computing. I also have to mention that I face some reactions from the students when I announce the use of such environments.

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Decision to go or not to clouding is taken by teacher but students "co-sign" the educational contract

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In my opinion cloud computing is useful in many ways and is beneficial for education.

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We have a share of educational materials at the moment.

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At this moment, my school has not a plan to work with cloud computing services with students. However, some teachers use cloud services (google drive, edmodo...) with their students, but these are individual projects at specific times. In my case, to make a general plan, it is necessary that most of the school's teachers agree to carry it out and apply it with our students.

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In our case it is at the end the education ministery of the state. But there are a lot  of possibilities to give inputs and ask for solutions.
The director of the school has also a lot of power in this decision.

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There is a policy in place but again teachers are free to make suggestions which then are evaluated by the ICT team before approval. This approach ensures all aspects of management and application are taken on board.

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Cloud computing is fantastic. I love that I can access documents from anywhere. Collaboration with others on the same document is also very useful in schools.
In our school teachers are still familiarising themselves with google apps for education and need more support/CPD in this.
Google also works for us because it is free and has unlimited space.

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Cloud computing whether Goodle Apps for Education and O365 can be significant in helping collaboration among students in project work. I find O365 Class Notebook very useful as you can have teacher to teacher collaboration. Teacher to individual student communication and students sharing their work all in the one package. Linking it with the calendar inside an intranet gives added security. A further feature using class notebook is the audio feature which can be an extra help SEN Students  who can hear as well as read your feedback.

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It was the headmaster who took the last decision. It wasn’t easy at the beginning, usually the school leaders have not a good background about digital technologies and they need to trust the people who have some vision about it. Right now, after 7 years this is not a problem anymore and we have resources to go on with plans and developments.

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The cloud computing is beneficial for education in a number of ways and one very important is all the learning -assignments, assessments etc are stored at one place and it becomes easy for the students as well as teachers to see their progress throughout the year as well over the years. It works as digital portfolio for the students. It helps the teachers to take over from another teacher and know about learning happened for the student/s. It is also cheap for the school. Easy to connect and network with others both within and outside school.

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I think it´s a good idea to use cloud computing services and also fits perfectly with BYOD. I´m part of ICT team, but the one who has to make the decision is the ICT administrator. We can make a plan and the ICT administrator introduces it to the headmasters.

I think next year we can begin to use cloud computing services. This year we make the plan and present it and prepare the network infrastructure, so that next year we can start working

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It's mostly up to the teachers to decide whether to use Cloud services or not and why.

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In Estonia this decision about cloud services was made  by Department of Education. In spring 2016 month of smart devices using was held in Estonia. In Facebook  special group was created, in which schools have shared their experience in this field. We have organized seminar (training for teachers from  Tallinn) about our BYOD experience(KAHOOT! ), QR-code, Google Apps and others. In this schoolyear action "Lessons with smart devices in every school!" is continued.
Nice to see Skype is popular in Palestine too.

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In my school the decision to move to the cloud is made by me and school administration. However is me to take de initiative to use a cloud service.

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as I said previously I'm not an ICT administrator, but I think the headmaster consults our ICT administrator a to take important decisions about technical issues . As i said   in my school we use the learning environment of google as a cloud service to interact with students. I find it very practical because it offers many opportunities to interaction and all the apps can be  free of charge and accessed anytime by students. I think school can have many benefits from the use of cloud computing in education if the methodology is an innovative one . I have experienced the huge benefits of creating and sharing knowledge via cloud computing systems for example thanks to the innovative approach of eTwinning.

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I am not a teacher of Informatics and I do not know. Personaly I use it with my colleagues and stuudents in Environmentsl Education and eTwinning projects.

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I think that is a great idea to make the decision to go for cloud services. We use at school only electronic register that help us in the work but it is another think. To work in an intelligent way all of us must use a cloud and to collaborate all the teachers, to find the works done to use it again, to organize lessons, test, calendar of activities and so on. I use ABP at school but with eTwinning platform.

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I am a Computer teacher so I have the skills to go alone for cloud services,
I prefer use Moodle, a CMS, open source. you are the admnistrator,
you could create your class, share material, create and plan lessons, tests, wiki, have a calendar, check the work of your students, embed excel, etc http://www.slideshare.net/marciehull/adding-spreadsheet-embed-moodle-yutorial-2013

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the leader in my school consults with me that I am the digital animator. together we have decided to launch the G Suite. I attend to support colleagues in its use and with my classes I first start  activities. we try to do our best!

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Yes it is a way of collaboration. Easy access for all. Making lesson plans, homework online, checking homework on time. OK.

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Thank you very much Lorena for clear offer of props and cons of cloud computing in education.

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Cloud computing is a versatile tool of technology that assists things to be done faster. e.g. Instead of having a Usb flash memory, teacher/tutor can upload the file/files on the Cloud. Students then can easily dowload at it in their pc. Or you can share it via Cloud storage services etc..
With Cloud Computing student can Excel their competencies in ICT. In few words: I totally agree with Lorena's padlet post here.
Then it's up to the teacher/tutor how she/he will take advantage of this technology and how technology will be engaged in her/his ICT assisted lessons. Thanks Nuha Shawahna for the transcript and her presentation.

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It's up to the teacher to decide whether she/he wants to use cloud services in the class. In Greece except from the popular worldwide cloud services (GAFE, Office365, Dropbox etc) the ministry of Education develops and provides a number of cloud based tools for teachers through the Greek School Network, which is another good reason to choose cloud.
The biggest problem in Greece is the infrastructure (aged pcs and slow internet connections).

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Officially we only use the network to communicate to parents the occurrences, dates of exams and date of delivery of papers, notes and private messaging.
Fear of the dangers of the network makes my school directors not have these new technologies foreseen, although little by little we are advancing when we see that there is security in them.
Excellent work Nuha, Thank you!

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Easy access – Lesson plans, labs, grades, notes, PowerPoint slides  is easily uploaded and accessed anytime.

Sharing – We can share some or all of your files that you have stored in the cloud.

Collaboration – We can set up various student groups to work on projects and assignments in the cloud.

Tracking changes – Cloud computing will save multiple revisions and versions of a document so that we can chronologically trace back the evolution of an item.

No more photocopies – Quizzes, tests, assignments all can be taken, scored, shared with students and parents, and stored.

Stability – One of the greatest benefits of the cloud is scalability. Cloud computing is now to the point of being a very stable technology that we can rely on.

No more file cabinets – Cloud computing systems are regularly backed-up, so the chances of losing content are reduced significantly.

Increased engagement and productivity .

Potential cost savings – Moving to the cloud usually means moving away from a CAPEX model (physical assets that depreciate) to an OPEX model (pay per use). Cloud services could be a cheaper option for schools. Also, cloud computing can bring cost savings in terms of buying, leasing, and maintaining photocopiers and printers, ink cartridges, and paper.

Security – Anything you store in the cloud usually requires authentication (ID and password, for example), so it is not easily accessible by anyone.

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In our case it is a decision of each teacher who uses the Software as a Service modality, but provided by External Servers like Google, Dropbox, etc..
A few years ago, the Educational department of our Region provided an e-learning platform called e-ducativa for Schools, but it was a complete failure because it wasn't properly maintained, and finally last year was closed. There were lots of problems to export all materials that the most enthusiastic teachers had uploaded there....
In this experience, the need of support and maintenance wasn't considered, and finally the company who managed the platform closed, and we lost a lot of time and work. So now teachers prefer using consolidated platforms like Google, Edmodo or Dropbox, but the problem of that is the lack of coherence because each teacher uses and promotes the tools he/she knows better, and sometimes you feel than all of us are starting from zero instead of taking profit of synergies

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Great video (my compliments to Nuha). I do not need the cloud service for the present since I am just sharing documents with my students. I use Google drive when I need to write/produce a '4-hand-written' 'document. However, it is very important to stress the strength and weaknesses of a cloud, especially for what concerns safety.

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I suggested my Head Master first and then my colleagues the possibility to go for cloud services. I took the decision and made all possible. Only when my Headmaster understood the importance to have a sharing cloud service, we decided to adopt it for communication and repository. Google Apps for Education was our choiceI use Cloud service with my students, too. We use Gmail and Hangouts to communicate and Drive as repository of lessons and documents we create our lessons. I think it is a wonderful means to share inside and outside school.

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that's mainly the decision of the it administrator of course in consenus with the principal/headmaster and some others that are involved.
"lean lan" is a motto - the fewer services that we host, the fewer work it will be.
one thing that is not taken into account most of the time is surveillance/ data given away. e.g. privacy shield eu vs us