Emerald's Netday

On Saturday 8th of April, a small group of hardy invividuals from the Emerald Primary School community braved slippery rooftops and dark, creepy underfloor areas to finalise the three day installation of a major network upgrade to our school. Netday generously supplied the materials and specialist installation from Desa.
By the end of the day more than 2 km of cable was installed, tied up and fitted off...Well over 100 data points were installed throughout the school.
We hope you enjoy these photos of some of the action....p.s. "the thankyous" are at the bottom of this page, as is a background to Netday Victoria.

Matt and Russell installing IT Room mounting blocks...neat job guys!	Craig (EPS IT Technician)finalising the wiring on connector #137! Thanks Craig- you're a star!
Michael, our School Council President trying to make sense of the plans!	Claire and Marjeolin lending a hand with some of the 200+ Netday donated patch cables.
Murray (DESA) and Kade(AP's son) readying cable for the server room cabinet.	Murray trying his hand at a spot of data cable macrame.
Jolly Jason (EPS IT Technician) setting up yet another cable in Greg's room.	Leigh (teacher EPS) learning how to plug his head into a data socket.
The completed master cabinet.

THANKS TO.....
Our band of helpers for the day....Terry Simpson (AP), Michael Darling (SC Pres), Mr Moore (SC), Russell Marnock (SC), Kade, Matt, Jordan, Claire and Marjeloen.
***Craig and Jason for their invaluable assistance over the three full days.

A huge thankyou to David Harris of Netday Victoria, for organising the wonderful level of support, advice and materials for our Netday. He even rode out for a visit on the day...but luckily escaped our roving photographer!

Murray, Kevin, Damien, Derek from DESA for their technical expertise, advice, hard work and enthusiasm throughout this project.

Netday Victoria Background
As the world approaches the twenty-first century, schools around the globe are preparing for the inevitable reality of utilising the Internet as a tool for learning, communication and daily life.

The NetDay concept has been used successfully in the United States of America to network and provide Internet access for many thousands of schools. It is the Department of Education's intention to build on this success.

In September 1997, NetDay Victoria , a major initiative of the Department of Education, was launched.

Objectives

To network, at no cost to schools, 4,000- 5,000 classrooms in government schools in Victoria.
To enhance the access to learning technologies and learning potential of students.
To build a foundation on which the use of future technologies in schools can be established.