[Yr11 Information Technology] U2O1- suggestions for next task with slow internet?

Thu Jul 19 09:59:50 EST 2012

Don't forget to check the DEECD dashboard. Might not be a bad idea to set
up something similar at school that can collect the necessary metrics. Like
others, we did our homework two years ago and found some odd router
configurations and squid proxy behaviour was causing us grief. Easily fixed.

http://broadband.doe.wan/ (VicSmart schools only)

Regards Roland

On 19 July 2012 07:54, Mark KELLY <kel at mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au> wrote:

> Personal experience. Don't have empirical evidence, but yesterday I
> thought of asking the techs to measure it so I can make a case to DEECD.
> Surely Netspace must have a minimum performance level in their contract...
>
> On 18 July 2012 19:48, Hutchison, Geoffrey G <
> hutchison.geoffrey.g at edumail.vic.gov.au> wrote:
>
>>  Have you tested it, or is it what the techs are saying? J****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> *From:* yr11it-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:
>> yr11it-bounces at edulists.com.au] *On Behalf Of *Mark KELLY
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, 18 July 2012 5:55 PM
>> *To:* Year 11 Information Technology Teachers' Mailing List
>> *Subject:* Re: [Yr11 Information Technology] U2O1- suggestions for next
>> task with slow internet?****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> 'cos the off peak bandwidth is still bad ... ****
>>
>> On 18 July 2012 15:01, Hutchison, Geoffrey G <
>> hutchison.geoffrey.g at edumail.vic.gov.au> wrote:****
>>
>> Think a better analogy is your street is dual lane, with just you on it,
>> but out on the feeder tollway (!) there are a zillion cars between 9 and
>> 3.30. Outside those hours, very few cars on the tollway or local street.*
>> ***
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> Which begs the question, Mark: why aren't your techies doing their
>> downloads outside of school hours?****
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> *From:* yr11it-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:
>> yr11it-bounces at edulists.com.au] *On Behalf Of *Mark KELLY
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, 18 July 2012 2:34 PM
>> *To:* Year 11 Information Technology Teachers' Mailing List
>> *Subject:* Re: [Yr11 Information Technology] U2O1- suggestions for next
>> task with slow internet?****
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> Yes, the department gives us a 100Mbps pipeline, and our service provider
>> gives us a trickle of data along it.
>> It's like being given a new 8 lane freeway and a mule to use on it.
>> We alleviate things by having an ADSL connection to a 'real' ISP for the
>> techies to use for their BIG data transfers...
>>
>> It's a shame that many of these good data sources can't be downloaded or
>> even cached.
>> Maybe try to find a data source which you can store locally?****
>>
>> On 18 July 2012 12:45, Esther Andrews <ANDREWS.Esther at bssc.edu.au> wrote:
>> ****
>>
>> Our school joined the Department’s internet portal (terminology?) at the
>> start of this year. I am finding it is too slow for students to do
>> research. This Outcome 1 requires students to “select appropriate sources
>> of data and identify relevant data”. Last year I gave them a list of
>> websites that contained a range of datasets and asked them to select their
>> data. Our web access is so slow I don’t think I can do that this year.***
>> *
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> Has slow web access been an issue for any of you in government schools?**
>> **
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> If so, how are you addressing this? Are you providing the students with
>> the datasets?****
>>
>> (I really don’t want to do this, but the situation here is intolerable!!)
>> ****
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> Thanks,****
>>
>> Esther****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> --
>> Mark Kelly****
>>
>> ** **
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>> ** **
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>> --
>> Mark Kelly
>> Manager of ICT, Reporting, IT Learning Area
>> McKinnon Secondary College
>> McKinnon Rd McKinnon 3204, Victoria, Australia
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> Mark Kelly
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Regards Roland

*Roland Gesthuizen* | eLearning Leader
Keysborough College
Acacia Campus | T +61 3 9798 1877
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