Buzzword bingo ahoy! How does cloud computing differ at all in this context from thin clients with a server in a locked closet somewhere in-school, something we've been able to do for literal decades? Cloud-based thin clients will still require some technical administration (they ain't pulling info from the ether, they still need a LAN to hook to the Internet with) and someone to fix the ones kids have broken, it just moves one hardware component and the content outside the building. Everything else is still where kids can break it.Brian Albert said:Bushnell added that young students will inevitably - in their curious nature - tinker with and inadvertently damage classroom computers. Cloud technology, he insists, will disconnect the system's administration from the physical machines, allowing an off-site location to handle any technical issues.
Also: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/04/technology/technology-in-schools-faces-questions-on-value.html?_r=4