Network_Group_4

=**Education/ Higher Ed**=


 * Olivia: Network Services**

Networking is commonly used nowadays with the level of our technology. Technology is begin used in everyday things by everyone. One group that really impacts from networking is higher education such as colleges and universities. Networks provide many services to colleges and universities which makes it a lot easier for the students and professors to do their work. Nowadays many colleges and universities use networking services.

One popular university that uses networking is Columbia University. One reliable networking service that they provide for their students and professors is to have access to the Columbia University data base. This is very useful because this way students can share their work with professors in a fast reliable way. Since almost everyone has a computer now its easier to send a digital format of an essay to a professor then to print out a long essay. The printed out version can be misplaced by the professor or student and that will affect the student's grade and whether or not they pass or fail. College essays are also very lengthy and waste paper which is a very valuable resource in our society.

One popular service that universities use is zNET. One service that zNet provides for their community is to allow students and professors that live in university apartments to have access to high speed wireless Internet. This service is very common for universities because most students need to use Internet for projects and essays. In order to be able to do the research the students need to use the Internet. Sometimes the students even email their essays to the teachers to make it a lot easier to check for plagiarism.

Another service that Harvard's network provides is that it allows its students and professors to send videos over the internet. These videos are high definition and it allows people to have video conferences online. These videos are high speed and in a great quality. This is good for the people because it lets them talk to each other even though they might be around the world. So the professors can give lectures to students that are half way across the world.

Networking is a great technological advancement for high education such as universities and colleges. It benefits the professors and students and make everything a lot easier for them.

Kush: Higher education institutions follow a traditional structure. Students go to a building and are taught by various professors. Classes are conducted in an academically oriented environment. The transition to a more technological world is obvious even in this simple classroom formula which has been implemented for many, many years. Information technology is present in almost every form of educational facilities in the developed world. Computers (like the one I'm using now) are used to do a lot of writing and the internet has proved to be the most accessible and easy to use tool for research ever. It goes even further than just having information technology present in the classroom now. Classes are actually conducted over the internet now. This "virtual" system is elaborated on by "A Paragridm Shift: Technology Integration for Higher Education in the New Millennium".
 * ew Technology in Higher Education**