New Edugeek Users - Introduce yourself here :)

[charlie13561]

Hi All

 

been a member here for a little while and only just found this introduction page, so who am I? To be fair I was one of Piggy Malones crew now going it alone as myself Charlie Farley (charlie 13 thousand 5 hundred and 61 to be precis). Its good to know help and advice is always at hand with such a large collection of edugeeks, I will be pretty active over the next few months as I get to grips to the changes to safeguarding and what it actually means for the server/hardware/software change requirements. Still not seen anything about the RM Safetynet changes to allow individual logging which was murmured about in July, so I had better get reading!

[hallb15]

Hi All

 

been a member here for a little while and only just found this introduction page, so who am I? To be fair I was one of Piggy Malones crew now going it alone as myself Charlie Farley (charlie 13 thousand 5 hundred and 61 to be precis). Its good to know help and advice is always at hand with such a large collection of edugeeks, I will be pretty active over the next few months as I get to grips to the changes to safeguarding and what it actually means for the server/hardware/software change requirements. Still not seen anything about the RM Safetynet changes to allow individual logging which was murmured about in July, so I had better get reading!

@charlie13561

[witch]

Welcome all...

[charlie13561]

being mental to work in ICT is not a requirement ..... but it helps

[mikeprice]

being mental to work in ICT is not a requirement ..... but it helps

 

I thought it WAS a requirement???

[HWSBM]

Hi All

 

I'm SBM at in a home counties secondary academy. I was a member here when at my previous school and am back because I need to look at accounting software and want to get input from others.

[hallb15]

Welcome back @HWSBM

[ArthurDent]

Hi

I have been in "IT" since 1974. We used to call it "computers". I now have more processing power on my wrist than we had in a room the size of two average classrooms. As you can guess, I'm getting on a bit. After a career in the software industry, I gave up latterly being the IT manager of a well known independant boarding school in 2009 and now do a consulting work at local schools both public and private around Wokingham and Bracknell. I have a wealth of accumulated kowledge but still need to resort to places like this every time Microsoft release a new set of "updates" which fix something that wasn't broken.

I will be posting soon on issues with Windows 10 Education version.

[korifugi]

Welcome @ArthurDent, or at least until the Vogon fleet rolls on through with their intergalactic version of HS2.

[DalekSec]

wait... @ArthurDent , is'nt that off Minder? or is that Daley... i can't remember, WELCOME ANYWAY!

[DJ-1701]

wait... @ArthurDent , is'nt that off Minder? or is that Daley... i can't remember, WELCOME ANYWAY!

 

Arthur Dent is from Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy. You must be thinking of Daley.

 

Welcome @ArthurDent, you might want to move apparently there is some demolition work going on.

Edited December 1, 2016 by DJ-1701

[Garacesh]

I was wondering where I'd heard the name before.. Then I realised I was thinking of Harvey Dent.

 

Post #1 gets us derailing? You'll fit right in, @ArthurDent! Welcome to the mad house Edugeek!

[elsiegee40]

wait... @ArthurDent , is'nt that off Minder? or is that Daley... i can't remember, WELCOME ANYWAY!

 

Get your Arthurs sorted out whippersnapper!

 

Welcome @ArthurDent. It's good to have someone else join the more "mature" end of the age-spectrum of Edugeek. There are quite a few of us not senile enough to forget punch cards and paper tape

[hallb15]

Welcome @ArthurDent

Don't forget to join the old farts group.

[witch]

Welcome @ArthurDent

From another oldie

[Corvidae]

Welcome Arthur... I was beginning to think I was the only one here who was old enough to have had intimate knowledge of a mainframe.

[witch]

Welcome Arthur... I was beginning to think I was the only one here who was old enough to have had intimate knowledge of a mainframe.

 

Well - not sure about "intimate" but there are some of us who certainly know our mainframes

[broomop]

is a mainframe a code name for "zimmer frames"?

[elsiegee40]

is a mainframe a code name for "zimmer frames"?

 

Cheeky kids these days!

[ArthurDent]

Thats OK I'm a real hoopy frood and I know where my towel is at.

[mikeprice]

Welcome @ArthurDent

Nice to have some along who knew about computers when "real programmers" still existed

 

When Windows and GUIs get too much I read The Story of Mel until I understand it again - then I know I'm grounded again

 

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Welcome @ArthurDent

Don't forget to join the old farts group.

 

WHAT

 

There's an OldFarts group???

[broomop]

Welcome @ArthurDent

Nice to have some along who knew about computers when "real programmers" still existed

 

When Windows and GUIs get too much I read The Story of Mel until I understand it again - then I know I'm grounded again

 

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WHAT

 

There's an OldFarts group???

For my birthday i bought myself a zx81 i live life like a "real programmer".

[Andyman2k]

Hi I am Andy, a new Deputy Data Manager at a Southfield Grange Campus in Bradford, previously worked with SIMS MIS system for over 5 years as a Database Administrator and Exams Officer. Now working with Progresso with 1800 students in one school and approximately 250 in another two schools in one site.

 

I run and manage the schools MIS system, build reports for management, open and close data windows and submit data to external data tools such as SISRA, 4Matrix, MINT Class and Tableau etc

[witch]

Welcome

[hallb15]

Welcome to Edugeek