  The article is devoted to the topical issue of the cloud technologies
implementation in educational process in general and when studying geography,
in particular. The authors offer a selection of online services which can
contribute to the effective acquisition of geographical knowledge in higher
school. The publication describes such cloud technologies as Gapminder,
DESA,Datawrapper.de, Time.Graphics, HP Reveal, MOZAIK education, Settera
Online, Click-that-hood, Canva, Paint Instant. It is also made some theoretical
generalization of their economic, technical, technological, didactic advantages
and disadvantages. Visual examples of application are provided in the article.
The authors make notice that in the long run the technologies under study
should become a valuable educational tool of creation virtual information and
education environments connected into common national, and then global,
educational space.
