Cloud computing. Cloud computing metaphor: For a user, the network elements representing the provider-rendered services are invisible, as if obscured by a cloud.
Cloud computing is a computing term or metaphor that evolved in the late 1990s, based on utility and consumption of computer resources. Cloud computing involves application systems which are executed within the cloud and operated through internet enabled devices. CASE STUDY: CESA K12 Districts (Wisconsin) - Notes from Ensemble Video. Wisconsin’s network of 12 Cooperative Educational Service Agencies (CESAs) partner to provide equal access to cooperative services to every K-12 school district statewide.
Each CESA serves the special and unique needs of schools and children in its region. They do so without mandates, without levying taxes, and with virtually no direct state appropriations. A statewide service may originate in one region, and expand statewide, or begin from a collaborative approach of many CESA staff working together to develop a service for all CESAs. iLabCentral - The place to share remote online laboratories. Lockheed Martin To Pilot Cloud-Based STEM Capability For Prince George’s County, MD High Schools.
PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, Md., April 17, 2013 – High school students and teachers in Prince George’s County, Md., are now able to access science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) enrichment resources through a secure, cloud-based environment.
The county’s Division of Academics and Office of Information Technology have partnered with Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] to pilot a STEM Innovation Cloud solution for select students and teachers at Fairmont Heights, Suitland and High Point High Schools. During the 90-day pilot program, Lockheed Martin will work with Cisco Systems, Inc.; Men Aiming Higher, Inc, a local community-based organization; and the Prince George’s County Public School System (PGCPS) to provide secure community cloud and high-definition, communications platforms.
“It is imperative that we emphasize science, technology, engineering and mathematics education in our school system,” said Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L.