32GB of disk space from your iPad is probably not enough. This is where Cloud Storage comes in. There are many Cloud Storage services available but let me just cover four of them, which I believe are useful in our environment.
WebDAV is an open-standard protocol where most of the iPad apps are supported including iWorks (Pages, Numbers and Keynote). In our context, this is merely your access to our shared drives. I would recommend using this in saving your own files and/or for sharing files with your students or with other teachers and staff.
iCloud is a built-in function of your iPad. You’ll get 5GB of free space, which is more than enough for saving your iPad configurations and iWork files. However, please note that this will only work with Apple apps such as Pages, Numbers and Keynote. Also, you won’t be able to share your files with others.
DropBox is the most popular of them all, especially for those who don’t have access to a
WebDAV infrastructure. You will get 2GB of free disk space and will be able to save almost any file formats. You can also share your files with others very easily. However, you won’t be able to save your iWorks files directly.
Windows SkyDrive is becoming increasingly popular due to its integration with MS Office 365 and its e-Mail capability. You’ll get 7GB of free disk space from this service. As with DropBox, you can’t save your iWorks files directly.
Which one should we use? As we have access to WebDAV, it would make sense to use this over the other Cloud Storage services. Access to this service is much faster, more reliable and more secure as it is hosted on our premises and we have full control over it. However, you still need iCloud to back up your iPad configurations.
To learn more about Cloud Storage, please visit this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_storage.
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