Cloud Computing get into Teaching in Philippines

The education department said on Sunday it planned to open cloud computing access, including electronic tools and mail, to more than 600,000 public school teachers nationwide and provide better communication and collaboration facilities to educators.

Education Assistant Secretary Reynaldo Laguda said the agency has collaborated with Google and would utilize its Google Application for Education, including its chat and calendar systems, to allow teachers to communicate and collaborate easily and efficiently.

“Engaging an E-mail or web-mail service will address many of these communication and collaboration challenges. With this collaboration with Google, we will significantly reduce our Information Technology costs,” Laguda said. Here is the complete story