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Something like Firefly's new parent portal is supposed to enable things like access to content for parents, though I have zero idea of how it works, or the cost as it was only announced last week. As for sync, we are able to create "associate teachers" in Bromcom that will attach to classrooms as teachers, but not timetable it for the associates. Does SIMS not have this kind of function for classrooms also that Wonde feeds from?

The world has dramatically changed when it comes to working. Providing a device for staff to work from home, that you can control, if they are expected to work from home, should be the default. Security wise, if anything. My argument was always, you cannot make a device of your own choosing mandatory for people to buy and purchase at home for work use. You're penalising their wages by doing that. I only have one Windows machine in my household, and that was provided by a previous employer that didn't want it back when I changed roles and told me to keep it. If I went to a workplace that was purely Apple, I would be furious if I was expected to pay for my own equipment. It's just not on, quite frankly and everyone working there would have the right to say "I'm not taking my work home with me" at that point. Could you imagine schools being able to operate if they did so!? That being said, anyone who is given equipment from home should be signing an agreement that they're liable for accidental damage due to mistreatment. Many a pen slammed into a screen or "the dog walked over it" when they left it on the floor in my history! We are a Chrome school and are slowly working on moving staff over from Windows to Chromebook in the next few years. 8.5 years of support guaranteed from Google, makes it a no brainer to look at investing slightly better on the price for better performance in the long term. Even at 8 years for a device being support, it would mean a laptop for a staff member at £600 would be getting a machine for about 40p per working day, let alone weekends and non-term time. No brainer.

If the meeting is recorded, then Admins can access it through the Meet Quality Tool.

Equatio. Teachers get the premium version absolutely free. There is a built in tool, but it's not as powerful as Equatio. Just remember to tell your teachers to go into the Equatio settings and set the equation size to the maximum possible, else they'll get a tiny equation and try and make it larger, and it'll be blurry. https://www.texthelp.com/en-gb/products/equatio/equatio-for-google/

Your thinking is sound, but at one point I had 15% of a server's space filled with people's personal photos and holiday snaps. As much as I can appreciate a good bikini photo, by the same breath I prefer space for the kids work!

Some people not liking a platform is completely subjective. It doesn't surprise me that there are people in education that don't appreciate change and are stuck clinging to software. You will always get those people. I had a staff member tell me that they didn't like Google Docs because, and I wish I was joking... "I don't like how the tables are formatted". People get stuck in their ways. It's an IT departments job not only to make change happen, but to manage that change and make sure people go along. There will always will be refusniks and laggards. Look into the Rogers Curve and diffusion of innovations. It plays out true all the time, and its 58 years old! I mean, I've met teachers who won't change any techniques they use because it wasn't how they were trained in the 80s and 90s. We even get it now with people clinging onto their smartboards rather than moving towards flat screen devices. Or schools that won't even entertain the idea of the cloud and are wed to on-site applications and servers. The timezone thing is also a security feature that applies to most online platforms too. Try logging into Office 365 and Google Workspace when your clock is out of sync with where you're supposed to be and see how that goes. Ultimately both of those issues are not a developer issue, they're an administration issue. Clocks on computers and versions of operating systems should be kept up to do date. International time-zones is a unique case due to the fact Bromcom is used almost exclusively in the UK. Having used both, I like both of them, certainly compared to the traditional rivals. They're modern, forward thinking platforms that are fully featured on the whole, and aren't dependent on bolting on third party tools to get things done. However, having used both now, I would say that Bromcom is certainly the more mature product. Bromcom have been in the market for over 30 years now too, which gives me confidence in the product and longevity. Have you seen how many takeovers and mergers are going on in the MIS market at the moment? It's a bit of a wild west out there right now! And purely from an asthetic view point, I prefer Bromcom too. The greens and browns aren't particularly pleasing on the eye with Arbor.

It's been a while since I was involved with Windows 10 installs, but I think you need AppLocker for this. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-protection/windows-defender-application-control/applocker/applocker-overview

You can have as many Kindles as you want registered to your account, but for most books, once they gets added to a 7th kindle, the 1st one will have the book automatically removed from it when it's back on wi-fi. Also dependent on the book, as some are limited to 1, like some text books for schools.

They're still rolling out. They've all been announced in the last couple of months but no one is shipping yet. QHD you're looking at about £600 4K you're looking at closer to £700 And that's without the stand on this example. https://euro.evedevices.com//pages/order#redir

Yes, usually. 10+1 So this is either 7+1 or no more Christmas special.

Currently. We don't know what they'll change when Google Workspace for Education comes along, but I can't imagine much, if anything, will change at all.

Mine has now dispatched and should be with me in the next two hours. The perks of working from home is being able to take delivery and not rely on Amazon Lockers! EDIT : Was more like 25 minutes. She's now setup and updating all the X capable games I have. Thing is, I'll probably just play more MCC on it this evening!

Think so. We had a year group out for the last week of term. Everyone came back last week, and now we've got another year group out this side of term for two weeks. We've got a lot of teaching staff out isolating at home now too, so two of the other year groups have had to split working at home for the week so we can stay safe on site and have the staff to cover lessons on-site. It's all kicking off.

Well Parallels is coming to Chromebook for Enterprises, so I'd imagine the work on ARM support is in parallel ( ) for both systems.

Did you get a dispatch confirmation?

Well, I won't be getting it today, and they can't tell me when I'll be getting it. But they've taken the payment anyway.

Well if it doesn't get here by 10pm today as promised, then as soon as it does I'll be cancelling my Prime and Audible subs and taking all my shopping business elsewhere from now on. So it's really up to Amazon if they want my custom in the future.

Amazon saying today by 10pm, but it's not dispatched yet. Ordered at 7:50am on the 22nd, so I was one of the very first orders. Pretty pathetic from Amazon tbh.

Also, there may be a levelling off, but what we need to see is a fast and drastic and consistent reduction. And then we don't need a frivulous, unwarranted and wreckless quick reopening again like August and the Eat Out to Help Out nonsense.

Unfortunately, you may find cranks like this. I'm sure you'll get someone upset that you use globes in Geography lessons before too long. There is no evidence that wifi causes issues like this, and I would certainly ask her to provide medically certified proof that this is the cause. She won't get it. Cause it doesn't exist. We've had wifi available publicly since around 2002. 18 years and there is absolutely no evidence that there is any medical harm. If she has a mobile phone, a microwave, a cordless telephone in her home, all of these produce similar radiation in similar frequency ranges. She is always free to withdraw her child and try to find a school that doesn't have a wireless network. Not sure there are many Amish schools in the UK however.

I moved from 365 mail to Gmail in a school I used to work in a few years ago. 200,000 emails moved over with only 1 with an issue. It was very smooth, and that was with the older tools. There are newer tools available now (if you're Enterprise) or paid for solutions also.

It's definitely got that feel, but you can also tell why it was also revolutionary for it's time. Especially on console. Narratively, when you think back to 2001, it was absolutely head and shoulders above anything in the FPS genre. I remember before the Xbox launched, I went to an event which was a showcase of what Xbox had coming, and they were demoing some Halo content that we got to play. Just having your ammo count on the back of the rifle blew my mind back then

After owning the collection for 4 years, and 19 years since the first one came out - I'm now FINALLY working my way through Halo: The Master Chief Collection. So far, I'm nearly complete on Halo - and I can see why it was revolutionary when it came out, but it's REALLY showing it's age now. The level design is not good, too much backtracking and similar looking corridors. But - The AI even today is quite impressive, and the story is enjoyable. Looking forward to ploughing through all of them, especially once my Series X turns up. Not sure that I needed it to turn into a zombie shooter half way through though, though again - it was 2001. I'm currently working through The Library, which I'm reading was the most hated level when Halo was originally released - and I can see why!

We are currently looking at Parents Evening System too, how has it been for everyone else?

No, they're not. Disney+ is a a separate company under the Walt Disney Company. I would suggest contacting MPLC directly and ask them about the streaming of Disney+ content. However... Disney+ Terms and Conditions. Section 1 Sub Section A The Disney+ Service is provided to individuals for their personal, non-commercial use only. Section 3. Copyright License Grant and Restrictions Sub Section A Disney+ grants you a limited, personal use, non-transferable, non-assignable revocable, non-exclusive and not sublicensable right to do the following Clause i Install and make non-commerical, personal use of the Disney+ service. Sub Section C Restrictions of Your User of the Disney+ Service. You agree that as a condition of your license, you may not and agree not to: Clause iv. use the Disney+ Service for any commerical or business related use or in any commercial establishment or area open to the public (eg lobby, bar, restaurant, diner, stadium casino, club, cafe, theatre etc.) or build a business utilizing the Disney+ Content or Disney+ Service, wheter or not for profit. In this case, both PVSL and MPLC class any location outside the home as public for copyright purposes, be it "members only" or "not open to the general public"