Within the Wilkes-Barre Area School District, there is a shared storage area on the network for students and faculty. The students have an H drive and the faculty have an H drive. The main difference between the two is that the faculty H drives have more storage space than the student H drives. This is definitely beneficial as I am able to access data saved on my H drive from any computer in the school where I work or within the school district.
What type of Email System does your educational system implement? Do you use this mail system at school?.......from home? explain.....
Within the Wilkes-Barre Area School District, Microsoft Outlook Web Access is used. All of the teachers in the district are able to access their e-mail at work, at home, and from any computer with an internet connection. The ease of access is key to teachers staying informed of what is going on within their building or responding to a parent’s concerns over how their child is doing in a particular class.
Overall, from this chapter, the most important things that I learned were.....
The management of a network is a complex enterprise. One person cannot handle the demands of an entire school district. There are different options for getting the necessary help and support that will be required in order for the network. A district can train individuals internally, contract some work out, accept the help of volunteers, train students to provide IT support. The other important thing that I learned was the importance of an Acceptable Use Policy for the users of computers and technology in an educational setting. The rules, responsibilities, and consequences are laid out in a nice framework so that the technology users in a school district are aware of what is acceptable and unacceptable technology usage. The example AUP was extremely helpful in understanding all of the areas that need to be addressed by an AUP.
Assistance is most definitely a valid concern within many districts. There is so much meticulous work that goes into maintaining a network that many people do not realize. Many colleges and universities hire students to assist with technology as you mentioned. This is a great way to manage some of the lesser demanding tasks that IT coordinators don't have the time for.
ReplyDeleteHi Neil,
ReplyDeleteI don't think that the elementary students have access to the h drive. When I took my students tot he lab to type their essays, they all used a generic login (AS then their section) without a password. This allowed them to use the computers, but they didn't have individual access to the h drive. If the wanted to save their file, for access later, they had to make sure to use the same computer at a later date, because the file was only accessable on that particular computer. Makeing for a pain in the tuckas if I had to take the kids back to the lab to finish.
As far as the internet, it is amazing to see how a slight change such as now having to put wbasd\ before your name, can send users into a panick.
Amy