Ex-MGSTech

Not sure if the magnet is only on the Tablet bit or if its two magnets? Should come with a HUGE warning about SSD based tablets only!

one of our Maths teachers found these recently: BakBone Interesting and so simple....anyone have a 3D Printer and some neodymium magnets? Steve

yes, and yes, it has a dedicated mobile interface (although we don't have access on anything smaller than a 7" TAB) bar one iPhone user who loves it. Also publish it via our Web VPN so accessible from home for all staff (can then also take registers from any internet connection including away residential trips!) Steve

HD Ziplock bag here, then plastic storage bin with 16 in each. Got these almost indestructible ones from Hills:- Hills Components UK Steve

I've had a Leatherman on my belt for over 20 years, its not leaving anytime soon! Its also laser engraved with my name and postcode! Although, someone once said its a statutory offence to carry a bladed "weapon" in a school? Plastic cutlery anyone?

Hi All Does anyone have any experience of the website The Student Room Looking at the forum within has some choice subjects! We've had a request from some of our sixth form to unblock it in school. Thanks Steve

Just browsed so I'll let you know!

Looking like a DNS sync issue, I think the change only went in earlier today. Thanks everyone, looks nice and quick within Kent (KPSN) but times out external clients. I'll try later from home Cheers everyone Steve

Hmmm, wonder if I need to wait for the DNS change to propagate....

Our parents portal on: http://parentportal.mgs.kent.sch.uk/INSIGHT/secure.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fINSIGHT%2fInfo.aspx Hopefully now working again! Thanks Steve

Exactly the same here, all noise but no action, we too have lost the initial good impression with year 7 parents, all down to this. its not anything we can recover easily as you say we look like a bunch of fools! Looking into "product not fit for purpose" and ending our contract... School Comms anyone?, Oh and as for Parentmail X and the email this week about all their charity fundraising well....

One server weighs 25 stone!, god man what is it an original cray?

Another one for Kompozer, bit like a newer version of Frontpage without the extensions!

808 #16 | eBay These 808 #16 cameras can be wired in for power and setup for motion detection, they are 720p and quite good in low light? Steve

Another vote here, excellent package, if a little expensive!

I agree, "a tech fix to a people problem" technology will never be able to compensate for human stupidity!

Ok Simon Mayo confession time: We lassoed the clock tower on the school hall with fishing line, tied a slip loop and flew an inflatable doll filled with helium 100ft above the school hall! IIRC it was "shot down" by a caretaker with his Air rifle.... I hasten to add this was 1982! Our years 13 turned an area in school called Piccadilly into London Piccadilly and ran a disco in the library years ago they planted seed on the school fields that spelt out a swear word, months after they left when they grew !

yes, we had one from most manufacturers most through our supplier Fujitsu Asus Toshiba Lenovo - (no UK stock) HP All supplied evaluation units Steve

How about PARS Connect from TASC Software?

that sort of helps a little, although we arn't convinced that bandwidth on the connection is a particular issue following monitoring it whilst in use....

How many students/workstations is this for? The problem is they run out of time before the end of the lesson to save their work, even then they are all saving to the same location at the same time! Robocopy off the data at the end of a lesson is one possibility, however the data is then in a different location when they return and they have to be able to find it again. Also if the suite is timetabled back to back, the copy may not complete on all workstations before the next user is logging in....Argggggg

Ok guys and gals, I'm open to suggestions here! Situation: We have two media classrooms in adjacent buildings, one room has four editing suites with two high end workstations in each (8), the other has three edit suites also with two fairly fast workstations in each (6) I have all 14 machines running Windows 7 64 bit with Adobe Premier CS5, four workstations also run After Effects, All run at least 6GB of RAM All of this is connected by a 1 GB Fibre to a HP 4108 Managed switch, and workstations have a 1 GB copper connection to the switch. , this runs in its own Media VLAN. Connected directly to the switch via a 1 GB copper connection is a 2TB Buffalo NAS running RAID 5, with a UPS to cover power outages Since the dept has moved to HD Video the whole lot has slowed to an unacceptable level. At present we see two main issues:- 1. The speed of the disks in the NAS are not fast enough to support up to 14 workstations rendering HD video sometimes all at the same time! 2. The NAS only has one 1 GB link (although the throughput has never maxed out) The HOD wants to be able to edit and render HD video without lag by any student at any workstation!, they must be able to edit at whichever room they are timetabled into. We must also be able to offer at least nightly backup of the day’s data. IMHO, this is NOT how industry works video editing, it is almost 180 deg the other way round in that each person editing video does so on the same machine on a local HDD. They are of the opinion that replacing the entire setup with a MAC Suite will fix the issues overnight; to say I'm sceptical would be an overstatement! Currently we have no MAC hardware or software in schools, nor does any of the IT staff currently possess any support skills on MAC's The first thing they will probably need is AD integration (as they won't want another set of credentials) and the ability to read files from their home areas as well as print to the Windows printers! Short of pulling out the network cables and making them all stand alone I'm at a loss as to how to give them everything they seek, a SAN is out of the question due to cost (not that a MAC suite of 14 video editing machines would be any cheaper) So chaps and chapseese, how do you do it in your school? Steve

http://youtu.be/8iQLkt5CG8I Department of Justice Social Media Policy - Department of Justice Steve

You sort of need to give us more to go on? IP or analogue, which make/method of recording are you using?

Ditto Acer were not good!