This document provides summaries of several cloud computing tools including Buzzword for document collaboration, Google Docs for documents, spreadsheets and presentations, SlideShare for sharing presentations, Windows Live SkyDrive for online storage, Evernote for capturing information across devices, Media Convert for converting file formats, and TinyURL for shortening long URLs.

1. Cool Tools Instructional Design and Technology Group Jim Baltz Jen Roth Louann Wilcock

2. Cloud Computing

3. buzzword Buzzword makes it easy for you to create a document from any computer on the Web, share it with colleagues, and review and revise it as a team. http://buzzword.com

4. Documents Spreadsheets Presentations http://docs.google.com/

5. SlideShare SlideShare is a way to share your presentations with the world. Let your ideas reach a broad audience. Share publicly or privately. Add audio to create a webinar. http://www.slideshare.net

6. Always where you need them 5 GB of free online storage, available from any computer with Internet access. Create personal, shared, and public folders -- you decide who has access to each folder. Windows Live SkyDrive works well on any Windows or Macintosh computer with Firefox 1.5 or higher, or Internet Explorer 6 or higher. http://skydrive.live.com/ Windows Live SkyDrive

7. Evernote Evernote allows you to easily capture information in any environment using whatever device or platform you find most convenient, and makes this information accessible and searchable at anytime, from anywhere. http://www.evernote.com/

8. Media Convert Ever have a file in the wrong format and need it converted? Works for files up to 150 Mb in the following formats: Video Audio Documents Images http://www.media-convert.com/

9. Tiny URL Are you sick of posting URLs in emails only to have it break when sent causing the recipient to have to cut and paste it back together? Then you've come to the right place. By entering in a URL in the text field below, we will create a tiny URL that will not break in email postings and never expires . http://tinyurl.com/

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