IoT Application into Macau Secondary School

Nowadays, there is so much equipment inside a typical secondary school classroom – lights, fans, air-conditioner, etc., and most of them are controlled independently. With the Internet of things (IoT) and smart technologies, the equipment can be linked together for control purposes, helping to save time from finding the remote or switch of each equipment.
This research is a study of how IoT technology can be applied inside schools, especially the classroom, to unify the control methods for the equipment and create a better control system. Besides the classroom equipment control, IoT technology can also simplify some trivial management matters between school and teachers, like signing in and out, instant messaging, access control system, etc. The purpose of this project is to try to centralize such trivial matters into a main IoT device to support the teacher during their working hours. An advanced goal of this study is also to try to use IoT technology to link up the current equipment in the typical secondary school classroom using a non-invasive method, i.e., adding an extra control component to the equipment without disassembling them or reprogramming them, creating a better environment for the teacher while teaching, and helping teachers to improve their teaching efficiency.
As an ultimate goal, the findings related to IoT and the system can be used as a part of a technology teaching tool, to achieve interactive teaching with the students in classes.