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The ‘Check it out!’ show: helping edtech enthusiasts beat the January blues!
The start of 2021 has already thrown some curve-balls into the education sector, with many schools not opening or with only selected year groups returning to school. Technology is playing a huge part in the continuation of learning, so ensuring that schools can easily find out about solutions that can help them now – and in the future – is essential. The Check it out! show, now on its fourth episode in the series, helps schools to discover new solutions in a fun, informative online show, host
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EduGeek
The EduGeek 2020 Christmas Message
Usually, we’d start off our annual Xmas message by congratulating you all on a job well done throughout the year and hoping you all have a great Christmas holidays. This year that feels rather inadequate. No one could have predicted just how things would turn out at the beginning of 2020, and for possibly the first time ever, your skills, knowledge, hard work and inventiveness throughout the initial lockdown period and through the re-opening of the schools have not gone unnoticed by the wider e
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Articles
Check It Out Show - Christmas Edition 22nd Dec 2020
Back by popular demand, Al Kingsley and Mark Anderson (authors of ‘A Guide to Creating a Digital Strategy in Education’) are hosting a Christmas edition of the ‘Check it out!’ show that highlights the latest and greatest in EdTech. Broadcasting live on 22nd December 2020 at 7pm on the NetSupport YouTube channel . The show will feature a ‘cracking’ set of guests discussing a range of new edtech services and solutions supporting online safety, edtech confidence, learning and resource platform
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Vendor News
IRIS Education - It's Time For A MIS Revolution
Schools have been forced to be reactive for too long. Without the right tools at their disposal, it’s been near impossible to get the real-time data and insight that’s needed to make proactive changes. And who could blame schools for this? Long-established software packages have been thrust upon them by circumstance, third parties such as local authorities, or simply because there’s a lack of options on the market. To take a different path and choose a new, innovative solution would have been
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Vendor News
PaperCut Mobility Print’s Cloud Print Feature Now On Windows
Ooh, do we have some news for you - Mobility Print’s Cloud Print is now available on Windows! Added bonus, it’s 100% free! If you’re worried about Google Cloud Print deprecating in less than 30 working days, Mobility Print is a like-for-like alternative. Thousands of schools with millions of staff and students have already switched to PaperCut Mobility Print. It won’t take you long to install and have it up and running. One of our first customers to use Cloud Print on Windows said...
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Articles
The 'Check It Out' show is back!
The ‘Check it out!’ show is back by popular demand, showcasing the ‘must-have’ education solutions After a successful first show in October, the ‘Check it out!’ show is back for another broadcast in November and is packed full of exciting new education solutions that will have an impact on education today and in the future – and that schools and educators need to hear about. Hosted by Al Kingsley and Mark Anderson (authors of ‘A Guide to Creating a Digital Strategy in Education’), the sho
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Webinars
Helping Microsoft Teams & SharePoint Work Better for your Teachers, School and MAT - Free Webinars & Training
Cloud Design Box are hosting a series of free webinars for school/MAT leaders, teachers and technical staff. They cover a range of topics to help you get the most out of Microsoft Teams. You can sign-up using the links below. If you want to find out more about Cloud Design Box and how they can help make Teams and SharePoint work better for your school, visit their website https://www.clouddesignbox.co.uk. Event sign-up: Tues 24th Nov at 10am - Planning Long Term User Adoption Strategy
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Vendor News
See what the future holds for your school or MAT by attending IRIS Education Live
Hands up: who thinks there are still a few lessons to be learned in the wake of COVID-19? The fact is, we’re all still learning – you’re not alone. So, from the 16th to the 20th of November, we’re hosting IRIS Education Live: a week of discussions, debates and knowledge sharing, tackling the numerous and unique challenges confronting your sector today. Why should you attend IRIS Live? From embracing software and improving e-safety to ensuring compliance and stakeholder engagement, we'll lea
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Webinars
Webinar - The Changing Threat Landscape in Education - Wed 28th @ 2:30pm
Schools, Colleges and Universities of all shapes and sizes have been responding pro-actively to the challenges that 2020 has brought to how they manage their users and their approach to security. We have seen widespread use of remote teaching and learning. We have seen a rise in Cloud adoption and new technologies entering the network to facilitate learning in this new environment. We have seen more BYOD schemes introduced. More 1-to-1 initiatives resulting in a country wide shortage of devic
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Articles
A new show to highlight the latest products and services for the education sector
Spreading the word about new products and innovations has just got a little easier for edtech vendors and educators with the launch of a new show called Check this out! Hosted by Al Kingsley and Mark Anderson (authors of ‘A Guide to Creating a Digital Strategy in Education’), the show will take place virtually on 27th October 2020 at 7pm and will provide a platform for anyone within the education sector (for example, educators, technicians and edtech providers) to share their new and innovati
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Vendor News
Lenovo’s™ LanSchool™ Air Cloud-Based Classroom Management Software Now Available in Europe
LanSchool Air helps teachers guide learning on digital devices, improve student engagement and maximize teaching time Lenovo’s LanSchool announced on the 8th September its cloud-based classroom management software, LanSchool Air, is now available for schools across the UK, Ireland, Belgium, Sweden, Italy, France, Spain, and Germany. LanSchool has provided a leading classroom management software in the education technology space for over 30 years, serving over 12 million customers in 75 count
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Articles
Intelligence Hosting Offer for EduGeek Members
In light of these unprecedented times and the pressures placed not just financially on schools but also the fast switching use of technology towards the cloud, we have looked at ways in which we can adapt the products we offer and really try to help you as Education IT Professionals. As a UK based cloud partner that offers enterprise-class backup solutions that meet all GDPR regulations whilst still delivering ultra-reliable and high performance services to our clients, we felt that we can rea
