1. Rocky Landon is an Aboriginal teacher who hails from the Wabigoon First Nation in Northern Ontario. Rocky was a member of the provincial writing team that developed the new Native Studies curriculum.

2. Many messages sent during the early part of the semester were accidentally erased when a new e-mail client was being tested.

3. For instance, most learners were challenged by the lesson on the Indian Act. The dense legislative text frustrated grade eight learners and required intensive facilitation. These reactions were communicated to the KIHS administrator and passed along to the on-line instructor

4. This happened in two communities during the consultation. In a third community, the server would periodically shut down because of a short in the power bar.

5. For example, one "smart" e-mail virus could take out the hard drives of several communities who regularly exchange e-mail traffic.

6. Internet access was extremely slow, despite a request by the Chief and Council for other users to stay off the Internet until students completed their test.

7. Internet connectivity went down in Fort Severn the morning of the final exam. The local technician went to the server room and began her reconnect sequence. After 25 minutes the service was still offline and a call was made to Technical Services. Approximately five minutes later Technical Services called back and identified a connectivity problem with the Education Network of Ontario in Ottawa. The local technician eventually reconnected the service.