1. The library at Pinkerton Academy is part of a WAN; this allows PA students to search the libraries of other high schools in the area for books and other research materials.
2. The ISP (internet service provider) that I use at home is Verizon.
3. Pinkerton Academy's LAN allows us to have centralized document storage.
4. The servers at Pinkerton Academy are maintained by the IT department in a climate-controlled office in the Low Building.
5. Video conferencing would be a valuable technology that the English Department could use to collaborate with other secondary English teachers in New Hampshire.
6. Email is a tool that is used every day by teachers at Pinkerton Academy. The days of hand-written messages in actual mailboxes is nearly a thing of the past.
7. The protocol that I am most familiar with is http.
8. The first time I have ever read the NETS-T was for this class. At PA, parts of the NETS-T have been implemented and tied into teachers' evaluations; for example, all teachers have to be able to send and receive emails.
9. The English Department at PA has its own web page on Edline, a CMS (course management system), where a discussion group is available.
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