Cloud Computing In Education

Cloud computing gives easier way for any departments, and gives better flexibility to education IT departments. The applications or platform can be used on-premises or off-premises depending on academic organization’s needs or department’s needs. The advantages of cloud computing that can help us to resolve some of the common challenges us in our department’s problems.

• Cost. Choose the best cost, whichever works best with the organization’s business model.
• Flexibility. Cloud computing allows us to dynamically scale as demands fluctuate and Scale the infrastructure to maximize investments.
• Privacy. Cloud Computing helps the organization’s business to  make data and services publicly available without sensitive information.

“Microsoft cloud services” Choices in the cloud

When we use Microsoft cloud services, we choose deploy on-premises, have the software hosted as a service, or use a combination of the two. We can choose how to best combine:

• Infrastructure as a service. Get on-demand computing and storage to host, scale, and manage applications and services.
• Platform as a service. a service consists of an operating system, fully relational database, and claims access controller providing security-enhanced connectivity that called Windows Azure cloud platform.
• Software as a service. Microsoft hosts online services that provide the faculty, staff  or students with a consistent experience across multiple devices.
• Microsoft Office 365 for Education provides free email, websites, online document editing and storage, and IM and video conferencing.
• Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online provides management solutions deployed through Microsoft Office Outlook or an Internet browser to help your customers efficiently automate workflows and centralize information.
• Office Web Apps provide on-demand access to the web-based version of the Microsoft Office suite of applications, including Office Word, Office Excel, and Office PowerPoint.

Ecommerce

Electronic commerce is a industry where buying and selling of product or service is done over Internet and other computer networks. Transacting or facilitating business on the Internet is called ecommerce. Ecommerce is short for "Electronic Commerce". Ecommerce uses technologies such as mobile commerce ,electronic funds transfer, Internet marketing, online transaction processing, electronic data interchange (EDI) and automated data collection systems. Electronic commerce is considered to internet marketing, also consists of data to facilitate the financing and payment of business transactions. Any form of business transaction conducted electronically is ecommerce. Examples of Ecommerce :

Online Shopping

One of the most popular e-commerce is tarding product on the Internet. Sellers create storefronts that are the online outlets and buyers browse and purchase the products. We known Amazon.com is one of famous online shopping.

Electronic Payments

When people are buying online product, they needs to pay online too. That’s make payment easier without come to the store. Electronic payments reduce the writing, mailing checks using.

Internet Banking

Interfacing of websites with bank accounts, and by extension credit cards, was the biggest driver of ecommerce. Today it is a easier way of banking operations without visiting a physical bank branch.

Online Ticketing

Online ticketing does away people from queue up at ticket counters. Today, many service of online ticketing Such us  Air tickets, movie tickets, train tickets, but just any kind of tickets can be booked online.

Technology in the classroom

There are various types of technologies currently used in traditional classrooms.

Computer: computer is an asset to any teacher for teaching in the classroom. With a, teachers are able to demonstrate a new lesson, illustrate how to use programs etc.

Website: Web page is an easy way to display your student's work. Once a website is built, teachers can post homework assignments, task, etc.  Today, children have known how to use the computer, internet. so why not, give them one where they can be a author. Find an admin to manage official websites for a school or classroom. Also, most school provide teacher personal webpage that can easily be viewed through the school website.

Blogs and Wikis: Blogs allow students to maintain a running dialogue. They can read, write a journal of thoughts, ideas, and assignments. And that make student comment and reflection. Wikis are group which allow multiple members of the group to edit, create document and write anything about lesson. Blogs allow the student to express their knowledge, such us blogging is something make students do for fun, write anything include diary, reality, lesson, experience. So teacher can give a task to post their assignment on their blogs.

Mobile Devices: Mobile devices can be used to enhance the experience in the classroom, because that device can access network, internet.

Whiteboard Technology: An interactive whiteboard that provides touch control of computer applications. These can show anything that on a computer screen. This helps the students to draw, write  on the interactive whiteboard.

Digital video: Digital video replaced the hard copy videos technology. Digital video eliminates the need for classroom hardware and allows teachers,  students to access video clips immediately.

Online study tools: Tools that facilitate studying by making studying more fun for the students.

Digital Games: Educational games are being provided as tools for the classroom and have a lot of positive feedback motivation for students in their studying.

Benefits Of Educational Technology

Educational technology is mean to improve education. Some benefits of educational technology:

Easy to access materials. Admin post the course material or information on a website and  students can study at location they prefer, at a and very quickly. Motivation. Computer helps to give instant feedback to students and correct answers quickly. a computer is non-judgmental, which give the student motivation to continue study. Students usually learn more in less time when receiving computer instruction, they also like classes more in computer classes. Much participation. This method can be used for long distance people/student and make wider audience. Improving student’s writing. The students are better editing written work over a computer network with other students in network. The Subjects easier to learn. Educational software has many different types are designed for children or another age subjects.

Internet using in education has had a positive impact on the students, as the educational system. Effective technologies used with evidence strategies. The Internet has give opportunity for students to learn anything in the world. They can access Information, ideas that out of reach and just need click away. All people always search almost anything in that be a easy way to learn.

Students have different learning method and using the various types of technologies. Using computers or other technology give students practice on main content while the teacher work s with others or make other tasks. Technology in the classroom can allow teachers to effectively teach and organize lessons. Using multimedia presentations make the material more meaningful , interesting for students.

Educational Technology

Educational Technology/EdTech is the practice of using e-learning by creating, using and managing technological processes and resources. Educational technology includes systems used in the process of developing human ability. Educational technology includes unlimited software, hardware, Internet applications, such as wikis and blogs.

Technology in education is most simply and comfortable because of tools that might prove helpful in advancing student learning. Technology refer to material objects which used by human, such as machines, software and hardware. Some modern tools of technology such as projectors, laptop computers etc, and came up newer tools such as smartphones are almost all people have those began to make serious attention for their learning potential.

The word technology means applied science. In other words, any valid process or procedure that’s derived from basic research using the scientific method is considered a technology. The word technology comes from the Greek techne it’s means art. Educational Technology may increase the techniques of the educator, an expert.