Year 7 Digital Technology

1. Year 7 DigitalTechnology: BellarineSecondary College
Storage: Local and Cloud
https://pixabay.com/en/clouds-data-dataset-laptop-978965/
Learning Objectives
1. Studentcan explainthe costsandbenefitsof cloud-basedandclientbased systems
ProficiencyScale
Score Learning Shown
4.0 Studentcan explainthe strengthsandrisksinvolvedinbothcloudandlocal storage
options,ANDshowadditionalinsightsintostorage optionsandtheirprobablyfuture.
3.0 Studentcan explainthe strengthsandrisksinvolvedinbothcloudandlocal storage
options.
2.0 Studentcan explainthe strengthsORrisksinvolvedinbothcloudandlocal storage
options.
1.0 Withsteadyassistance,studentcanexplainthe strengthsandrisksinvolvedinboth
cloudand local storage options.
0.0 Studentissomewhatlike ablankdisc.

2. Year 7 DigitalTechnology: BellarineSecondary College
How much storage?
1. How manysongscan youstore inMP3 format with1GB of space?
a. Around100
b. Around200
c. Around500
d. Around1,000
2. How manyphotostakenon an iPhone canyoustore with1GB of space?
a. Around100
b. Around200
c. Around500
d. Around1,000
3. How manyrippedmoviescanyoustore with1TB?
a. Around700
b. Around1,500
c. Around2,500
d. Around5,000
4. How muchare you payingpergigabyte whenyoubuyan8GB thumbdrive from
Officeworks?
http://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/c/technology/hard-drives-data-
storage/usb-flash-drives/8gb-usb
a. Around50c
b. Arounda dollar
c. Aroundtwodollars
d. Aroundfive dollars
5. How muchare you payingpergigabyte whenyoubuya128GB thumbdrive from
Officeworks?
http://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/c/technology/hard-drives-data-
storage/usb-flash-drives/128gb-higher
a. Around50c
b. Arounda dollar
c. Aroundtwodollars
d. Aroundfive dollars
6. How muchare you payingpergigabyte whenyoubuyatwo terabyte portable drive from
Officeworks?
(Hint:a terabyte isone thousandgigabytes
http://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/c/technology/hard-drives-data-
storage/portable-hard-drives
a. Around1c
b. Around5c
c. Around50c
d. Around90c

3. Year 7 DigitalTechnology: BellarineSecondary College
7. Dropbox Procosts $12.99 a monthforone terabyte of storage.If youuse thisfor a whole
year,howmuch are youa paying pergigabyte?
a. Around5c
b. Around15c
c. Around 50c
d. Around75c
8. If you buyOffice 365 for$12 a month,you alsogetone terabyte of storage.If you use this
for a whole year,howmuchare youa paying per gigabyte?
a. Around5c
b. Around15c
c. Around50c
d. Around75c
9. You can buy 100 gigabytesof storage foryour Google Drive for$1.99 eachmonth.If you use
thisfor a whole year,howmuchare youa payingper gigabyte?
a. Around5c
b. Around15c
c. Around25c
d. Around35c
e. Around45c
10. Which optionisthe cheapestpergigabyte of storage?
a. Online storage (inthe cloud)
b. USB memorystick
c. Local hard drive

4. Year 7 DigitalTechnology: BellarineSecondary College
So, which is better?
Introductory video:Cloud storage and Frank
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZ-2gYd1Ces
Cloudstorage servicescompared
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnRo1zl7pDM
Three strengths Three limitations
Local storage
Cloudstorage
Extension:Apps inthe Cloud
Thisnextvideoisa complete sale pitchandinnoway balanced,butitdoesexplainhow the cloudis
usedforapps, notjuststorage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae_DKNwK_ms
Three strengths Three limitations
Locally run
applications
Cloud-based
application