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Hi everyone,

Whilst at BETT, we were approached by someone who can only be described as an educational IT luminary to write an article for a magazine they are heavily involved with (more on the who and what later!).

As with most publications, there is a deadline to meet, and like ALL publications, it is always sooner rather than later. In this case, we have just over a week.

What we need for this is your help with some of the content. With only around 1000 words to play with, we need to include a brief history of EduGeek as well as some examples of how it has helped you and in particular a few examples of how you have helped your schools over the years, especially in regards to digital making and how teachers/educators can best work with IT staff in the educational sphere.

Please post any replies below or PM me and include your region and first name if you want me to mention you (you can include your school too if you feel you can do this publicly).

No rants please, this is to be a constructive piece to push your roles within schools.

Please excuse me if I don't get to thank you all straight away, I'm going to bash out an outline for this article now, but I shall let you know when and where it will be published in due course.

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bald_pig

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Paging @sonofsanta, our resident writer!

 

When I first started out in education, Edugeek was consistently in the top results whenever I was researching or looking for help. Now, after being a member for five years, I can give back to the community that helped me out when I was finding my feet in this industry, and have gained some friendships along the way. My life was made much easier thanks to the members of this forum, and now I can return the favour to those who are in the same position as I was.

 

(I'm not the best writer, feel free to pick and choose bits, or adapt it or w/e)

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used his twitter handle by mistake!
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Joanne

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"Sometimes if I find myself twiddling my thumbs at work, I jump onto Edugeek and see if there are any questions I can help answer. Luckily for me, there are also people there for me when I am stuck and need to ask questions! It's the best resource online for educational IT Support providers, because IT support in schools can be unique in its own way." - Joanne, Primary IT Tech.
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jthompson

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I've found that EduGeek is pretty much the best place to go to stay on top of a fast-moving threat. When WannaCry was doing the rounds, for instance, the EduGeek community provided relevant, practical advice on how to protect networks against it. Far better than more generic technical forums online. The power of it is in it's schools/education focus.

 

Another example would be the current thread on phishing, where a bunch of people are providing really concise counter-measures to particularly virulent phishing campaigns. Again, it's the focus on schools/education that's a kind of magic ingredient.

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6Foot2

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"I initially came to Edugeek to solve a single issue to a problem I was making no progress with at all. A brief description, with another post to reply to a question requesting clarification, was all that was needed to solve my problem. And just today Edugeek was instrumental in supplying the final piece to a puzzle I had been grappling with. In short: Invaluable"
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sparkeh

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“For the past 12 years, Edugeek has been invaluable resource for solving tech problems. Edugeek has a unique mix of knowledgeable IT experts ready to give their time to help others, a warm and inclusive community and just plain silliness. From my own experience, the wealth of knowledge from real world experiences of deploying and managing Windows 10, that you just can find anywhere else, has made our migration a success.”

 

—Mark, Primary Network Manager .

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witch

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After many years out of the tech world (I was trained as an electronics test engineer),fifteen years ago I took a job as an IT tech in a school, which was very scary as I knew very little about computers. I stumbled upon edugeek quite quickly and joined them back in 2005. I can honestly say that without edugeek I would not have been able to do my job. After all these years, I am now a competent IT technician and I put this down, in the most part, to edugeek and its helpful and supportive atmosphere. Sarah, junior school IT tech
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PotNoodleTech

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Hi everyone,

Whilst at BETT, we were approached by someone who can only be described as an educational IT luminary to write an article for a magazine they are heavily involved with (more on the who and what later!)..

 

Wow you were approached by @GrumbleDook ??

 

Someone dig out the red carpet pronto! :D

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GrumbleDook

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Wow you were approached by @GrumbleDook ??

 

Someone dig out the red carpet pronto! :D

 

I've been called many things in life (and still do get called them as well) but this ain't me.

 

It was wonderful to bump into Mitch Resnik though and watch him kneel down and chat with a bunch of children visiting BETT ... it's folk like him who make the world go round.

 

My thoughts on this ...

 

"Communities of practice have a well established position within education, from researchers to teachers, aspiring leaders to long established SLT. EduGeek is proof that this applies to *all* aspects of education, with collective endeavour to support each other, provide challenge and continue to raise the bar. No-one in the community espouses that revered expert status, but collectively EduGeek members *are* experts. Over the years we have supported Open Source, cloud services, improving procurement, life long learning across all staff in schools, flexibility as school roles change and adapt, standards within the IT profession and, most of all, ensuring impact on the education of children. I can think of few communties that spend more of their own time learning and sharing than the EduGeek community. At one conference held at Bletchley Park, the Open Source in Schools community talked about standing on the shoulders of giants, building on the knowledge and expertise in computing that drove those people in the sheds at Bletchley Park. Someone has to build those sheds ... and I can think of no better group who I would trust to do so. EduGeek, building the sheds in schools since ... well ... we've sort of been around forever!"

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mikeprice

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Like a lt of IT Techs in schools I have often worked alone with little or no technical help availble. Since finding Edugeek it has provided an invaluable source of information and help - and more importantly support. Edugeek provides lone IT Techs with technical and emotional support which no other member of school staff is able to.
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FishCustard

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I would say that the Phishing Emails thread alone has provided more real-time threat intelligence on campaigns targeting schools than anywhere else. The fact that we can share intelligence safely and quickly, and then brainstorm counter-measures has probably saved multiple schools from suffering ransomware attacks or reportable data breaches. I know that at least half of my transport rules were sourced from that thread or intel provided in it.

 

Proof that EduGeek is invaluable not just for your typical problem solving issues, but information security as well.

 

- Richard, IT Manager

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