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Unit 5: Cloud Computing for the Community

professional schedules. It is both simple to use and very powerful. Similar to a traditional day Notes
planner, this customizable online organizer keeps track of doctor visits, sports practices, meetings,
and social events.

Many web-based calendars are free or low cost and easy to set up. Calendar features can vary
from the simple to the complex. Such a calendar can also be arranged in a manner so that your
team members can add their own events to this calendar.
Just create a public calendar and provide the URL to all the team members. After you add all
your team activities to the calendar, team members simply have to log in to see what is coming
up this week and next.
Dedicated sports team Website builder sites offer tools designed specifically for sports teams,
including home pages complete with schedule, player profiles, box scores, etc. There are several
of these Web-based applications, including eteemz (www.eteemz.com), League Athletics
(www.leagueathletics.com), LeagueLineup (www.leaguelineup.com), and TeamSnap
(www.teamsnap.com).
eteamz is a team website design, website hosting, and website builder. From baseball leagues to
basketball teams, eteamz is a popular sports website and software provider for teams and
leagues.
You may never know who follows your team’s progress. While the players, parents, and boosters
follow along with scores and schedules, former athletes and fans may also keep an interest in
how their team does, League Athletics is an up-to-date sports website and keeps everybody
involved and informed.

5.3.2 School Schedules

Web-based calendars are also ideal for keeping track of various school schedules and other
activities. Be it homework assignment for a class or a school wide event schedule, it is easy for
a teacher or school to post that schedule on a Web-based calendar. Various Web-based presentation
programs such as Google Presentations which is a part of the Google Docs suite of programs
encourages online communication between children, thus making it possible for kids to prepare
and complete their projects and other presentations on time. A web-based calendar can make
organizing your life easier. A Web-based calendar, such as Yahoo! Calendar or Google Calendar
is accessible to anyone, anywhere, anytime over the Web.

5.3.3 Community Group Schedules

Any community group can be benefitted from organizing their activities via a Web-based
calendar. All group activities can easily be managed online, in the cloud, using a Web-based
calendar.

5.3.4 Event Schedules and Management

With Web-based calendars, it’s easy to keep track of life’s important events all in one place. It
helps you to post dates and schedules for specific public events, such as school plays, or for all
events in a given community.

Example: Zvents (zvents.com) is a Web search engine for local events. Zvents can be
used to post announcements of your community events online. Zvents is a popular producer of
local entertainment guides online. Upload your event schedule into the Zvents database.
It enables others to know about the all the upcoming events. Users can also search for events by
type, location, and date.

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