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Passport to the Internet
Alberta Education has signed a licensing agreement with Media Awareness Network for the Passport to the Internet student resource
Schools are now on 100meg Telus Internet feed.
RVS schools are now on Telus intenet feed. Home access to Homelogic/Teacher logic must use the new IP address. Go to the school Plone site Teacher/Parent tab to find the new address.
Turning up the Internet for schools
The final step for upgrading the internet feed for all schools will take place by the end of the Third week of February. All internet traffic will be switched from Pathcom (30meg feed) to Telus (100 meg feed) by the end of next week. On January 25th the Education Centre had its internet feed increased to 100 meg/sec by Telus.
School Internet feed change
All schools' internet access to the new ISP during the week of Jan 31st.
Internet Upgrade November 19th
***The upgrade November 19th is a go! ****** Please inform staff that Internal RVS applications like Email and TSE - SRB , TeacherLogic, SIRS, Plone websites etc will not be interrupted inside RVS buildings. They will not be available from outside our network during the upgrade. So RVS Blackberries will not pull or push mail during the upgrade.
Groupwise Email Server Back online
The Groupwise email Server is back on line as of 3PM Monday. Technology Services thanks you for your patience and regrets the inconvenience the outage caused.
Groupwise Email Server Maintenance Part 2
4PM Sunday: Currently our email server requires a part before it can be brought back online. Technology Services regrets the inconvenience this maintenance has caused. We are expecting it to be back on line Monday morning.
Groupwise Email Server Maintenance.
Sunday Oct 25th 10 am: The email Server is currently Down for Maintenance. As part of the ongoing network changes the Groupwise server is currently down and unexpectedly requires a hardware part. Technology Services is working on the issue and will have email back up as soon as possible.
Rocky View Internet Feed Upgrade
Over the last few weeks we have seen a rapid increase in internet traffic from most of our schools. Our students and teachers are accessing more and more websites that contain Video and other large files from the Internet. As a result our Internet access is slowing down with all the traffic. This traffic jam is making the experience of accessing learning resources and other applications through the Internet unacceptably slow. eg. IPPS - D2L - school cash.net - LearnAlberta etc.
What's new for 2009 - 2010
This year we will be focusing on the following Technology Projects: Implementing the next phase of the Aruba wireless system, Completing a Technology 5 yr Road map, Defining division standards for contemporary technology.
Bullying Awareness Week. 2008 marks it's sixth year!
Research has shown us that approximately 15% of a given population in a school or workplace are directly involved with bullying, that leaves 85% as potential bystanders or silent majority. This group is the primary focus and target audience for Bullying Awareness Week. The week also has youth as a primary focus, as they are the ones who can "Be the change", and grow up thinking differently about bullying unlike many in previous generations who have attitudes about bullying as a "Right of passage" or even that "Being bullied is good for you, it toughens you up."
Breaking Down the Barriers Video Report
Learn about the Breaking Down the Barriers - Improving Learning for each student - Project by watching this Springs video report.
