Blog Assignment 4

1. WW offers shared storage and server space for all students and teachers in the District. There is no limit to what may be saved. This information is backed up daily. Students cannot write to Drive C or desktop, only to their “ HOME” directory or server My Documents. We are running on a Windows Server 2003 platform. Teachers are also asked to use MY DOCUMENTS . there should be nothing on their local computer, in case of a virus, computer crash. Just this past month we have implemented Network Access Storage the size of 4 terabytes. Students are not only saving Word documents, they are creating large Power Points, video files etc. Takes up enormous amount of space that we now have.
2. I personally have NOT signed an AUP until I came to Western Wayne School District. However, I do remember signing an AUP for Computer usage for my sons in 6th grade and every year since then while they were students at Western Wayne School District. Our students now sign an AUP every year especially this year when we re-vamped it. This Spring we are implementing a new AUP which will address “cyberbullying”. Our teachers also have to sign AUP this year so we have them on file.
3. Our email is for teachers only no students we are using Microsoft Exchange Server. All email is retained and backed up. Any folders teachers create to save emails is also retained. If a teacher deletes items from email they are not saved. We are encouraging our teachers to use the Calendar unit of Outlook especially the teachers in Instructional Support.
4. The most important thing I learned is that nothing stays stagnant. Two years ago I would never have dreamed that we would need 4 terabytes of internal storage. I also did not realize that the AUP should be updated yearly or reviewed yearly. We have a great attorney associated with our school district who really understand copyrights, AUP and school law. He has helped us move forward with technology while at the same time protecting our students and district from issues.