network operation

Actually, I am not currently teaching. However, I found this chapter very helpful because it gives me useful and clear information about the network operation that very important information to me as a future technology leader. This chapter covered five areas that technology coordinators have to consider when they establish network operations in their districts or schools. These areas are: network infrastructure, user-account management, e-mail system management, backup procedures, remote management, and Internet management. The author explained how each area could impact the success of a network system in districts or schools. Also, he clarified the important points and problems technology coordinators can face in each area.
In addition, after I read this chapter I found the shared storage area on the network really important and useful for students or faculty in any district. Thus there are a lot of benefits to use storage area such as: faculties and students can share information and documents. Also, teachers could create files for their classes on the storage area so that student can submit their work to this file. On other hand, all documents in the storage area are automatically saved and these documents are available to students in any location in the school computer lab, library, or classroom. Hence, the storage area gives chance for faculty and students to work from any location that access to network system.
Furthermore, faculty and students can share information and documents through email beside the storage area. The use of email gives faculty and students opportunity to share information or documents from outside their district or school. However, there are two types of email Systems. First, a client email system such as Outlook. Second, the Web email system such as Hotmail and Yahoo. Both of email types has advantages and disadvantages for example: with Client email we can attach any size and type of file but the attachment limited in Web email. On the other hand, we do not need to do any special configuration with Web email when Client email has to be configured.
Finally, as what I said before there are a lot of useful things for me in this chapter but the most important thing I learned is the acceptable use policy. Actually in my previous experience as a teacher I had never used the acceptable use policy. Also, after reading this chapter I can recognize how the acceptable use policy is important and it works to regulate the use of network system in the districts or schools.