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I n the online article titled "Viewpoint: The future of Education lies in the Cloud" by Boris Berenfeld and Harvey Yazijian the highlights of future prospects of education in the cloud is refereed to a "cloud pedagogy", the term takes on a whole new meaning to teaching where educators will rely on "just in time" teaching techniques for streaming lectures, updating content on the fly and collaborating with other educators. These and other benefits of the cloud will give rise to a new set of IT issues and concerns in the area of education.

Cloud computing in education will face the limitations of the technology such as limits in storage and need for sound network infrastructures. In order to maintain the environment, school administrators should be informed so that they are able to invest accordingly in the expansion and growth of this technology.

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**Analysis of Future Cloud Computing in Education**

We've heard about all the benefits of cost savings, collaboration and the ability to access standardized information on the fly using the cloud in education, however, we should also take a look at how IT practices change with the new set of rules for cloud pedagogy. With the centralized storage of applications and data, there will also be changes in the interaction between students and educators. The need to define policies for ensuring academic integrity including:
 * Increased or changing security where sharing your academic property could result in the modification of the description of plagiarism
 * Use of robust computers and laptops will reduce significantly giving rise to the use and development of tablet computers
 * More virtual schools will come into existence