Networking Chaos

It came as a huge shock to realise that that the internet could be an important tool for learning. Classrooms were not designed for electrical equipment or for the plethora of gadgets that we now rely on every day. Twenty-first century learning environments require twenty-first century electrical and data networks.

The Ministry of Education has [...]

Conficker – April Fool’s Day Joke?

April Fool’s Day joke or a serious threat to your computer? At the moment no one really knows whether the Conficker worm is a serious threat to the world’s computer networks or a sick joke. [...]

Who owns your network?

So who does own your school network? I thought about this question last week when a cluster school couldn’t access a Wikispace or a Zoho Creator database. Their inability to access these sites was only half of the problem though. They had to contact an external technican to have the sites removed from the filtering list. [...]