The research will be disseminated in Canada and internationally, and seeks to create a heightened awareness and to spark a discussion around technology and its ability to support adult education practitioners and learners in acquiring the digital skills needed in today’s society. [...] The report includes a review of recent literature on cloud computing, on the role of technology in literacy, and on the characteristics of adult literacy in Canada. [...] The ability to “leap-frog” the millions of miles of copper wire and boxes that plug into electrical outlets has enabled emerging and developing countries to partake in the knowledge economy at a faster rate and to partially close the digital divide. [...] The tale of the monkey and the coconut suggests you can catch a monkey by chaining a coconut to a tree and boring a hole just large enough for a monkey to reach his hand in and grab a fistful of honeyed rice. [...] These services require tremendous processing power for short instances, which is enough power to instantly convert a tourist’s digital snapshot of a street sign into text, to translate the text to the target language, and to return an audio message to the user, perhaps with an accompanying map 21 | Cloud Computing and Adult Literacy AlphaPlus and directions back to the hotel.