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GI_Forum 2015, Volume 3, pp. 315-319, 2015/06/26
Journal for Geographic Information Science
Geospatial Minds for Society
Cloud computing is one of the hottest technological trends in education. According to MICROSOFT (2012), “With Cloud computing in education, you get powerful software and massive computing resources where and when you need them. […] Cloud services can be used to combine on-demand computing and storage, familiar experience with on-demand scalability and online services for anywhere, anytime access to powerful web-based tools.” This paper discusses the potentials that the cloud delivers for education, and introduces the “School on the Cloud” project.