School Cloud

Professor Kam-Fai Wong

Managing Director, School NetCum

Associate Dean (External Affairs),Faculty of Engineering, CUHK

Presentation Outline

(1) About School Net

(2) Pressure of Teachers (Schools)

(3) Learning Interest & Efficiency of Students

(4) What is Cloud Computing?

(5) School Cloud

(6) Conclusion

(1) About School Net

Our Background• Founded in 2000, the Hong Kong School Net Limited is a

100% subsidiary of the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

 Our MissionsM1 to develop innovative information technology;M2 to help schools to apply I.T. solutions in education;M3 to raise the learning interest and efficiency of

students; M4 to reduce the workload and pressure of teachers.

 

(2) Workload & Pressure of Teachers (ref. M4)

• Advancement to new modes of teaching: e-learning, e-book, social networking, demand-based learning, green education, etc.

• Hardware and software upgrade

• Hardware and software utility and efficiency

• Insufficient technical support

• etc

(3) Learning Interest & Efficiency of Students (ref M3)

• Don Tapscott, “Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything” , 2008

• entertainment , collaboration, freedom, customization, scrutiny, innovation, integrity and speed

(4) What is Cloud Computing?

Cloud Computing provides:

Computation, software, data access, and storage services that:

– Do not require end-user knowledge of the physical location, and

– Do not require configuration of the system that delivers the services (cf. electric grid)

(4) What is Cloud Computing? (cont’d)

Cloud Computing supports:

– Resource sharing

– Service oriented computing

– Virtualization

– Scalability

– On-demand access

– Green computing

– Minimum maintenance

(4) What is Cloud Computing? (cont’d)

Cloud Computing architecture

SaaS(Software as a Service)

PaaS(Platform as a Service)

IaaS(Infrastructure as a Service)

(4) What is Cloud Computing? (cont’d)

Types of Clouds:

• Private Cloud (large enterprise)• Public Cloud

– Commercial (SMEs)– Community Cloud (NGOs)– School Cloud (schools)

(5) School Cloud

Proposed by School Net:

SaaS: SchoolExercise, SchoolCommunity

PaaS: SchoolLearn, SchoolWeb

IaaS: SchoolArchiver, SchoolStorage

(6) Conclusion

• IT in Education (ref M2):

– School Wall

– Cloud Computing

• Innovation and Technology (ref M1) :

– EagleEye, Learning Village, Farmtasia, VeriGuide (CUHK R&D)

~The End~

Thank you!