Tech Director Bob Hopper is moving Tri-Creek toward cloud computing to support 21st Century Learning Skills in our classrooms. Using cloud computing resources such as those provided by Google eliminates the need for storage space for files on a local server and saves money!
In addition, our students can access email, productivity tools (word processing, data base, spreadsheet, presentation software), and their own documents stored at the remote site from anywhere at any time as long as they have computer and Internet access. Such access supports activities which engage students in problem solving, communication, and collaboration skills across the classroom, district, state, nation, and world!
Network administrator John Toma has set up a Google domain for Tri-Creek which now allows some students at the middle and high schools to access all of the tools free of charge. The goal is access for all students in grades 4-12, and perhaps to younger children as determined by their teachers' instructional strategies.
