danieldainty

Hi You're very close - but you're specifying the protocol (i.e. https) when all it is asking you for is the server name. Take out the https:// and all should be well. I have just done this myself at another school using outlook.com for their hosted email, and my settings are as follows: Outgoing email Protocol: SMTP Server: db3prd0204.outlook.com (if anyone else reads this and doesn't know what this should be, look at the URL bar after you sign in to the account with a web browser, it tells you which server your mailbox is on) Port: 587 Authentication: Yes Userame: helpdesk@********* Password: ******** Incoming email Protocol: IMAP Server: Same as above Port: 993 (use SSL: yes) Username: helpdesk@********** Password: ******** When you click Save, it will generate a test email to your account. Tip: sometimes the web form goes crazy and reports errors even though test emails are being generated. Leave the page, and re-open the page and input the settings from scratch and it should work. Cheers! Daniel Kamazoy

Hi all The course is suited to Senior Leadership Teams and to Network Managers with a senior role (or aspiring to achieve one!). It will show you how to commandeer your entire ICT budget and spend it effectively, and avoid "we've got £30k left, let's spend it on laptops" in March. If you drop grumbledook a message with your details he will ensure you are registered and that the fee for attendance is waived. The lunch will be good too! There's a full agenda for both Birmingham and Huntingdon events at Events & Training if you want to read more. Two free posts are up for grabs for EduGeek members. Cheers Daniel

How about use robocopy/server 08 backup to do the backup to a share, USB or local disk, and then script it so that it moves the file to the NAS over CIFS/SMB? Or do a robocopy /mir to the CIFS drive and then do a directory rename to change it to a dated backup or something like that. Or invest in BackupExec.

How about we set up a big 17in CRT, a fresnel lens and a really big white sheet so they can see the other party? Come on - expensive hardware has its place. I don't think anyone would question that. I think the message is that if this hardware is not purchased correctly (e.g. visualiser without a projector) then it will be wasted. Vidconf kit is valuable ... when it is used correctly, when it is not mis-purchased, and when there is a plan or strategy around its use.

Does that include your £x,xxx worth of video-conferencing kit that you bought/the LA donated/you acquired otherwise but never got the oppotunity to use? Wouldn't surprse me if it did. You wouldn't be the only school! But yes, I agree - and yes it is all about policy and procedure ... but it's also about strategy, and making sure that when you buy or get given the kit, it has a policy or plan supporting its use. And if your MSP doesn't have a plan to use it then it's going to stay piled up or unused, and the cycle will repeat itself...

Hi, I completely agree. I've seen both sides of the fence and work for two schools that have opposing filtering views. Both schools are ten minutes away from each other and are on the LGfL/Synetrix filtering system. School A blocks everything - youtube, social networking (facebook, twitter, other chat), porn, and hacking. Basically everything on a category that the network manager* thinks is inappropriate. No Securus system in place. No reporting, no logs. Just blocks. School B blocks only porn, hacking and (recently) facebook. Twitter is okay, games are fine, web chat is permitted, but Securus is in place and actively alerts direct to SLT when a student breaches the enforced AUP which says no games during lesson time, three strikes and you're out, etc etc. The difference is in School A the network manager decided what to block and what not to block, and the SLT have thought that there is no changing it. Teachers complain that schemes of work are difficult because youtube et al is locked up, but the SLT have not thought to tackle the issue and change it. School B, the kids use their iPhones (and others) on the school wireless (dirty network), use social networking (except Facebook, which was deemed disruptive to lessons/learning spaces) to research trends and exchange ideas, and work with the local CLC on an iPhone project and were featured on BBC News with world-reaching publicity and offers of knowledge exchange, feee iPhone apps, and so on. In fact you may know who that school is as they've been in the press for the project. I think that any school could change to an open model, providing it's monitored any breaches of AUP are reacted upon the students (AND staff) know that monitoring is in place users have the opportunity to explain/apologise for a possible breach I'd recommend any school to try it. But as it is usually an about-face on filtering/monitoring, it must be done by explaining to the kids the benefits, the reasons why, about safe use, and the consequences of over-stepping the mark (and then actually following up on them!). D

Hello! I've been lurking 'round these parts for some time but thought it'd be polite to finally say hello. I've been following/stalking some of the regulars on twitter already and want to see what else is going on in the education & ICT scene. I also robbed an edugeek lanyard from the stand at BETT and wear my corp ID card on it. You all knew about becta-x before I did, so I'm hoping to find out about exhibitions and stuff like that before the actual day next time! Disclosure: I work for a company who provides consultancy to schools. Not here to sell, don't worry. Just here to lurk and learn. Right, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to fix typos on the pedants' board...

I saw a sign on a hospital fridge today. It said: Food in this fridge should be: Unopened Labelled and Not in a carrier bag Why would all the food be labelled with the word "and"?

Ah. Being the wife's birthday, I will know what the diary(/dairy) will say back to me when I ask her what we're doing on that day. I will have to refrain from signing up, much for the same reasons as for why Dos_Box changed it! Shame, would have been nice to come and finally say hello to some people who I've been following on twitter for some time now (sounds sinister when put like that).

I've picked an interesting thread to wade in to with my first post. Good to see that, at least half way through the article, education and students began to get mentioned. I have only seen schools with in-house techies that have unused/in-repair kit piled up in a corner somewhere, but have not seen this where a MSP of any sort is involved. This usually though is a symptom of a missing link; network manager not knowing what to do with the kit, or the MSP's assigned manager/consultant either not knowing that kit is piling up or some other sort of hold-up. However - if kit is piling up, or is unused in large swathes, whose fault is it? Not a rhetorical question, just want to know where you think the fault lies.

Wow, I'm glad I found you guy's!