What exactly is Dropbox?
Dropbox kinda of a superhero!! — a tool that’s first class and extremely powerful. I am constantly discoveingr new ways to use Dropbox. Mostly to store and sync documents and files across computers, tablets, and smart phones. Create a lecture or lesson on your computer at home, put it in your Dropbox folder and whamm – it is synced with all your other devices, immediately.
Most iPad apps have a Dropbox sync option. Since Dropbox works across all platforms and devices, you can use a Mac, a PC, an iPad and anything else you have. You will have access to your documents on all of them. Thanks to the magic of Dropbox’s syncing, your documents will be up to date at all times on all devices. No need to drag around external drives anymore, just sign up for a FREE account and your files are always available, even while using a shared computer at a conference or in the library. Just login using your web browser at dropbox.com.
Sign up for a free account and receive 2 GB of storage. For more space, purchase a Pro account https://www.dropbox.com/plans. Dropbox utilizes standard encryption methods to transfer and store data, keeping your personal data secure. Read more about Dropbox’s security policy.
Dropbox can be a great teaching/learning tool. The first thing to do is to create a sharing folder for my iBooks that my students will need to download during the semester. Any type of file you need to make available to your students – PowerPoints, hand-outs, reading assignments, videos, images, iBooks, ePubs, whatever. You can call this folder anything.
For example, here is a link to my iBook on How-to Make iMovie Trailers, it is in a folder with all my iBooks for DED 318. You are welcome to download any of them, just remember, the assignment for class in on the last page of most. I challenge you to make a movie and share with me!! :-)