redhed Posted January 21, 2014 Posted January 21, 2014 Hey up. Another female. Another non-geek. You are going to be overrun (albeit very, very slowly...) I'm a parent governor at a Special school. We have no geek. We are geekless. We manage (from what I can tell) by putting up with some truly rubbish software, because it is all via a single supplier so no arguments about who supports what thing, and by never updating *anything* if we can possibly help it. We're about to update a pile of stuff. I am off now to go look at profile settings and see how to put something along the lines of "I am not a geek, please be nice to me" at the bottom of all my posts... There may be a few of them.
sonofsanta Posted January 21, 2014 Posted January 21, 2014 Hey up. Another female. Another non-geek. You are going to be overrun (albeit very, very slowly...) I'm a parent governor at a Special school. We have no geek. We are geekless. We manage (from what I can tell) by putting up with some truly rubbish software, because it is all via a single supplier so no arguments about who supports what thing, and by never updating *anything* if we can possibly help it. We're about to update a pile of stuff. I am off now to go look at profile settings and see how to put something along the lines of "I am not a geek, please be nice to me" at the bottom of all my posts... There may be a few of them. You want to go here to edit your signature: http://www.edugeek.net/profile.php?do=editsignature See! We're helping already
Ali-Edge Posted January 21, 2014 Posted January 21, 2014 Yay, I'm not alone! I've changed my signature too (I think we may be the minority, but I'm sure going to try to join in!)
VeryPC_Colin_M Posted January 21, 2014 Posted January 21, 2014 Hey up. Another female. Another non-geek. You are going to be overrun (albeit very, very slowly...) I'm a parent governor at a Special school. We have no geek. We are geekless. We manage (from what I can tell) by putting up with some truly rubbish software, because it is all via a single supplier so no arguments about who supports what thing, and by never updating *anything* if we can possibly help it. We're about to update a pile of stuff. I am off now to go look at profile settings and see how to put something along the lines of "I am not a geek, please be nice to me" at the bottom of all my posts... There may be a few of them. Welcome to EduGeek @redhed ! You'll find what you need here for sure. Cheers, Col and the VeryPC team
WayTooTricky Posted January 21, 2014 Posted January 21, 2014 Hi All, Just signed up today. I'm an Exams Officer at a school. They keep me in a cupboard and feed me puzzles to solve, with data on Sims, on a regular basis to keep me quiet. Sometimes I need a pointer or two. Am I a Geek? I admit to having a bit of coding experiance, in a past life. For those old enough to remember, object code patches for ICL ME29 machines and have used a machine running George 3. Maybe a bit Geeky! 1
Ali-Edge Posted January 21, 2014 Posted January 21, 2014 Hi, 1st para: understood, 2nd para: lost me (yes, a higher geeky level than me!)
smidsy Posted January 21, 2014 Posted January 21, 2014 Hello All, I have been signed up for a while and creeping around the forums but only just got around to posting here. I am a ICT Network Administrator in a 2 form entry primary school down in rainy Cornwall. Already found mainy useful forums on here and hoping I might be able to help people back. 1
4Gon-Alex Posted January 23, 2014 Posted January 23, 2014 Hello All, My name is Alex, Im a newbie but love talking tech, I'm Essex, but not orange I'm pleased to be here and I look forward to talking to you all soon.
VeryPC_Colin_M Posted January 23, 2014 Posted January 23, 2014 Hello All, My name is Alex, Im a newbie but love talking tech, I'm Essex, but not orange I'm pleased to be here and I look forward to talking to you all soon. Welcome Alex! Cheers, Col and all at VeryPC. 1
Ali-Edge Posted January 23, 2014 Posted January 23, 2014 Hi Alex, another non-orange Essex person! See? We're not all walking Wotsits! What school are you at, and what's your role? 1
Gloriana Posted January 26, 2014 Posted January 26, 2014 Hello I'm Glory (think the Buffy the Vampire Slayer hell goddess). I was an IT teacher, I'm now doing my MSc in Advanced Computing at the University of Kent. I aspire to all things geekage and intend (eventually) to head back to the classroom in some form or other. Possibly not to kiddies, possibly not full time, possibly not as a "teacher". But I miss doing the teaching. I kinda know bits of Java, Javascript, want to learn PHP (in a hurry), Ruby and Python are next on the list of things to do. Oh and I'm a security freak. Anything hacky or stoppy-hacky I'm there with bells on. And it turns out I went to Uni with someone who worked with ZeroHour. Who I met yesterday at BETT. Small world!
elsiegee40 Posted January 26, 2014 Posted January 26, 2014 Hello and welcome to a fellow Kentish Geek (or is that Geek of Kent?)
witch Posted January 26, 2014 Posted January 26, 2014 Hello to all, geeks, non-geeks, females and males alike! Not sure your sig will help @Ali-Edge as the geeks are speaking English to the best of their ability I'm afraid
Ephelyon Posted January 26, 2014 Posted January 26, 2014 Alex, are you representing the supplier 4Gon? @Gloriana, I think we can have some interesting chats and ideas-bouncing as security is one of my specialisms too
Chrisd342 Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 Hi ICT Co-ordinator and part time techy mmm is that the right way round ...anyway work at a primary school in Gloucester ..
Ephelyon Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 Welcome! =] No "right way round" in that job - intertwining both is the key!
elsiegee40 Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 Hi ICT Co-ordinator and part time techy mmm is that the right way round ...anyway work at a primary school in Gloucester .. Welcome to edugeek I hope you are in a dry part of the city... my grandfather used to live there and the flood water was a problem.
Chrisd342 Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 thankfully yes a dry part...in fact if this part were to be flooded, I would expect Noah to float past
elsiegee40 Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 thankfully yes a dry part...in fact if this part were to be flooded, I would expect Noah to float past I am in a similar location... surrounded by Kentish floods again, but up on our hill we stay dry.
Chrisd342 Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 Welcome! =] No "right way round" in that job - intertwining both is the key! Agree still trying to find a job descriptor that best describes everything I do
Latham Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 Hi - Matt here! Been working for an Academy in the Midlands as an IT Techie for nearly five and a half years (or as I describe my non-IT literate mates: "telling school kids to turn PCs off and on again"). Been lurking for a while, thought I'd get stuck in!
vikpaw Posted February 3, 2014 Posted February 3, 2014 :sign4:s , be ye boys, girls, geeks, non-geeks, teachers, manglement and even :lurk:ers - have some and enjoy the EG big wave to anyone that met us at #BETT2014 and has since signed up, hope you got some free
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