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Cost there was meant to be 4 ep which was a live episode but money stopped that and same reason not filiming in front of audience. Russ

I think it would have worked better if they had shown them back to back. I not sure I did like the twist at the end even if a little bit odd. So which reality is correct one them or us? Russ

Overview The main goal of FITS is to assist schools in using their ICT to deliver a positive impact on pupil outcomes. FITS provides the processes required for the efficient and effective administration of technical support and is based upon ITIL, but modified to better suit the requirements of schools. FITS has been moved into a more formal product management framework so that future versions can be planned and features prioritised in line with new requirements. There are a number of major factors driving the direction of the next version of FITS. There is a rapid drive towards implementing ‘Service management’ within schools throughout England. FITS contains processes and checklists which help technicians and network managers track and manage third parties as well as their own in-house processes. For schools moving towards becoming Academies or BSF, this can help them be much better prepared to manage this situation as this is a formal requirement for these services. Home access will enable parents and learners to access parental reporting, email, file storage and their learning platform. This will soon become compulsory in England. This is likely to require new infrastructure and processes to deal with a range of areas such as remote access, security and guest devices. FITS has been updated to cover the security aspects and Becta is providing an audit tool linked to new materials that make this easier to introduce. A survey was conducted with schools that already use FITS and their feedback has been used to shape the next and subsequent versions. In summary: • The satisfaction with FITS was over 90% and the materials were felt to be very useful. • However, there were a number of areas where it was felt that it could be improved. The most significant of these was that many heads thought that FITS looked very complicated and would require a lot of effort to implement. • Accreditation, career development and recognition featured heavily in the survey and this is a recurring theme with every local authority that the FITS team has met over the last few months. There is a general feeling that technician’s skills are undervalued and that a more formal career development path is needed. It is hard not to notice the increasing use of technology within education. From the more towards a PC per pupil and initiatives such as home access, multimedia and learning platforms, there is more technology to support with the same number of staff. With this, it’s become more and more essential to have effective support processes that help you to introduce the right kit and be able to reduce the demand on your support services. Some of the original FITS material has also been updated to bring it in line with the latest best practice. FITS is now about 5 years old and a few of the modules have been updated. FITS Simplification As a result of feedback about FITS being perceived as complicated and potentially costly to introduce, it has been restructured into a single version instead of the current Primary, Secondary and OM versions. It is now much easier to get started and there is a new ‘Starter Guide’ which makes this very quick to get up and running. FITS is still capable of scaling to the largest of schools and a new poster has been created showing the different levels of using FITS, the benefits gained at each step and an overview of what needs to be done. This again makes it easy to progress by adding additional modules. The following modules are either new or updated: • Service Desk • Incident • Problem • Security • Change • Release • Patch • Configuration • OM • Finance • Service Level A new case study video will be added to the web site in early June. This features a number of schools that have successfully implemented FITS and they talk about the benefits to their schools. The existing training courses are being updated to include the new material. BECTA Are Releasing Version 1.5 of FITS On 20th Of April

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Here go http://www.edugeek.net/forums/educational-jobs/21905-new-staff-pack.html They are very useful not sub to following n/w man but an added bonus. Russ

When did you get rm for demo as all new features are sitting here on our klp. In my view the klp is advance compared to other lp mainly due to advance assessment stuff on it. Give me a pm if want a demo of our rm klp I can do it either virtually or can come and visit my school. Russ

Just got better as well now can link evernote with twitter. Evernote Blog » Blog Archive » Evernote + Twitter = Instant Memories I can know send a text msg to twitter (can be direct if don't want to 'spam' your twitter feed) and goes into my ever note. Russ

have good one guys Russ

Happy easter to you to. Russ

Was about to say same welsh on my mums side of family. Which reminds me must get a decent recipie for welsh cakes. Russ

Have a good one. Russ

Have a good one all..

Tried that it downloads only your msgs and replies to you. Russ

p.s Dan any chance of editing the script so that it has the users username against their tweet (and even a link to their profile if feeling kind)

Well got rss into google spread sheet but need to expand the amount that twitter gives back in rss as default it gives 15 results. http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pd1Luf6_huhGeig_BmcQiEw

Dam dan I not going to get any work done today by looks of it... Russ

One down point once you start using it you realise how useful it is and then run out of bandwidth and have to buy the pro service. I for example include everything so got all the show notes from manager tools podcast in it in notebook, cooking notebook then main notebook to keep rest of info. Also if follow GTD process then I set default notebook to be called Inbox and then move it from there to another notebook. Also the thing I am about to start doing with it is is use it to store business cards in I scan them in and store in a notebook on its own. Russ

You know what I was thinking the same thing last night I assume this searching on the moodlemoot hash tag and then importing into what ever you are going to keep your notes in. Scary maybe we did a mind meld Sadly I could not think of anything as rss feed of search would only have so many results in. Russ

Like this video got a good twist at the end. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42E2fAWM6rA&feature=player_embedded]YouTube - Lost Generation[/ame] Russ

EverNote (Remember Everything. | Evernote Corporation) This is my life saver this store everything has both a client that syncs with the website so got best of both worlds. Russ

Posted few more clips from moodlemoot (was testing out the flip hd) to Edugeeks Blip Account edugeek on blip.tv Got to say Mic seems to improved no end on the HD version of the flip. Russ

One many cools things from Moodlemoot (expect full report tomorrow). Sugar On Stick Sugar on a Stick - Sugar Labs This is same os used on the One Laptop Per Child Project interface is very simple and very good. Russ

Also got a nice flip HF camera to test out so uploading some videos to EG blip account blip.tv (beta)

Day two starts use same links to follow moodlemoot online.

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