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Isaac Atta Senior Ampofo; Isaac Atta Junior Ampofo – Journal of Research Initiatives, 2023
The most efficient approach to giving large numbers of students' access to computational resources is through a data center. A contemporary method for building the data center's computer infrastructure is the software-defined model, which enables user tasks to be processed in a reasonable amount of time and at a reasonable cost. The researcher…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Educational Facilities Design, Access to Computers, Computer Centers
Brown, Robert A. – New England Journal of Higher Education, 2012
The Northeast United States just experienced one of the region's worst natural disasters. Fortunately, because of the confluence of modern computing power and scientific computing methods, weather forecasting models predicted Sandy's very complicated trajectory and development with a precision that would not have been possible even a decade ago.…
Descriptors: Computers, Prediction, Engineering, Computer Assisted Design
Technology & Learning, 2008
When it comes to IT, there has always been an important link between data center control and client flexibility. As computing power increases, so do the potentially crippling threats to security, productivity and financial stability. This article talks about Dell's On-Demand Desktop Streaming solution which is designed to centralize complete…
Descriptors: Computers, Computer Security, Computer Centers, Data Processing
Young, Jeffrey R. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
North Carolina State University may never build another computer lab. Instead the university has installed racks of equipment in windowless rooms where students and professors never go. This article describes a project called the Virtual Computing Lab. Users enter it remotely from their own computers in dormitory rooms or libraries. They get all…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Computers, Educational Technology, Computer Centers
Houston, Melissa; Goggins, Patrick – Technology & Learning, 2008
It used to be much easier to get paid by the San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD). A lot easier, that is, if you didn't work there. Saddled with an antiquated computer system and manual, repetitive data entry of time cards, officials at California's second-largest school district discovered the payroll department was mistakenly issuing $1…
Descriptors: Management Systems, Employees, Computers, School Districts
Buck, Stephanie – Computers in Libraries, 2009
As news outlets create headlines such as "A Cloud & A Prayer," "The Cloud Is the Computer," and "Leveraging Clouds to Make You More Efficient," many readers have been left with cloud confusion. Many definitions exist for cloud computing, and a uniform definition is hard to find. In its most basic form, cloud…
Descriptors: Computers, Libraries, Information Technology, Information Scientists
Kennedy, Mike – American School & University, 2007
With classroom Internet access nearly universal in public schools and computers ubiquitous on every school and university campus, classroom furnishings have evolved to accommodate the machines so students can take full advantage of the technology. The desks, tables and other furniture that a school chooses for its computers will depend on the…
Descriptors: Computers, Internet, Computer Uses in Education, Computer Centers
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Rosenberg, Timothy; Hoffman, Lance J. – Journal on Educational Resources in Computing, 2006
Educational institutions that wish to implement a specialized teaching laboratory often have a variety of obstacles to overcome. Some of these obstacles are related to adapting existing classroom infrastructure, building the laboratory, and meeting the demands for multiple-use classrooms to maximize the return on investment. In some cases, such as…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Professional Education, Computers, Specialization
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de Fatima D'Assumpcao Castro, Maria; Alves, Luiz Anastacio – Computers & Education, 2007
The introduction of computer technology has touched off an actual revolution for teaching and learning activities. In the present study, we investigated the impact of the implementation and use of computers in the public school system, from the elementary grades to high school, in Niteroi city, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). This city, with a total…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Equipment Maintenance, Computers
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Asoodeh, Mike; Bonnette, Roy – AACE Journal, 2006
It has become widely accepted that the computer is an indispensable tool in the study of science and technology. Thus, in recent years curricular programs such as Industrial Technology and associated scientific disciplines have been adopting and adapting the computer as a tool in new and innovative ways to support teaching, learning, and research.…
Descriptors: Program Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Graduate Study, Undergraduate Study