What do ICT directors in Australian education
need?
Communication systems,
learning environments,
secure infrastructure ...
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Schools, colleges, universities, are different.
Not only from each other, but their responsibilities are different from
those of any other group in society. As well as caring for young people, they must also deal with an annual cycle of intense activity, setting-up and closing down vast numbers of user accounts. |
Computer systems today underly
all aspects of education for both students and staff: they are now
fundamental 24/7 requirements.
ICT environments must foster learning and collaboration within careful boundaries, dealing with privacy, age-appropriate material, cyberbullying and responsible supervision. |
ICT directors have to provide a professional level of computer networking, sometimes
with little more than the proverbial server in the
staffroom to help them. Schools have always had to do the best they could with limited resources, and that pressure has only mounted with increasing technology demands. |
Studentnet® provides an economic way for ICT directors to meet these ever-increasing demands without expanding their physical resources. Managed, integrated, secure Studentnet®:
- offers responsive human support services: no phone menus or call centres
- allows administration in bulk for widely-used email and learning tools
- provides inexpensive server facilities with all the features of commercial installations
- provides single-step password management for multiple functionalities
- offers replication protection for essential databases and services
- has been highly commended for its commitment to privacy
- is specifically dedicated to the unique requirements of education
It has three complementary areas of control functionality ... Nextmail ... Nextsphere ... Nextbase ...
Studentnet® has been assisting schools since 1996. It became a separate business in 2008, committed to serving the Australian education community with quality computing services at competitive prices.
