Luke_T

Hi, Looking for a recommendation of a wireless drawing tablet for maths to use with a projector & laptop setup. Windows or Chromebook compatible. The aim is to improve how easy it is for maths teachers to digitally display equations and the like + be able to save them (rather then using physical pens) we don't have interactive whiteboards or screens. Thinking Wacom as a starting point but if anyone does this do let me know. Would it help / be necessary to have the image they are drawing on on the tablet or does it work well without? Thanks!

Can you tell me which community college that is? I'm curious how far schools may have gotten with this. Thanks

Could this be a workable solution do you think? - Robust / Redundant Internet - BYOD - enforced AV, e-safety monitory, Internet filtering, enforced security policies - Office 365 / G suite - apps installed for auto syncing - Printers - web based? - Backup Devices - for when BYOD device inevitably fails (possibly chromebooks?) - MIS, HR, Finance, Digital Signage, Website, VLE, Helpdesk etc services all online - Backup / Disaster Recovery - this would involve taking things off the cloud regularly? The biggest stumbling block aside form not wanting to be reliant on 3rd parties for core services ... was: - Specific software for departments, eg: Music software, DT CAD, etc ... - Specific hardware for departments, eg: Science sensors, Music keyboards, etc... Most, but not all of that software could be installed on an offsite virtual machine farm ... Anyway, I'm looking for other stumbling blocks, things that could be missed when considering this ... and potential benefits I guess. I all came about from the question of what might you do differently with IT services if you were to found a new school today (a physical not virtual one). Thanks!

This is the same as in my post above? or am I missing something?

Education - Preview - Apple Looks like the update we've all been waiting for ... information is currently scarece but I've contacted the given email address to request more info and keen to start discussing with people who want to test & then probably deploy ASAP like us Thoughts so far: - I doubt there will be any integration with AD infrastructure, rather replicating it using Managed Apple ID's. This will still be useful though and if the user settings for apps carry across then our current AD integration can follow the students between iPads. - Password reset with teachers is always nice - Photo ID login seems to contradict their data moving with their login to a new iPad? - Simpler login for young students will be nice in the junior school - Classroom app replicates functionality that the teachers don't use on our lab machines already but hey you never know! - Sharing work via Airplay may be easier / more consistent than using Airserver - Depending on how involved the MDM is would depend on how useful it is but the basic description is pretty all encompassing ... - Managed Apple ID's will mean a bit more work, but so much easier to roll out to staff / students

Anyone got any of these yet?

Will do! He says you'll have to meet up next time you're up this way.

Hi, I'm not the NM, I'm the Assistant NM that the advertised role would be replacing for 6 months.

Hi All, We have now settled on the specifics of the role so here goes: Role: Assistant Network Manager School: Welcome | St Albans High School for Girls Term: Full Time, fixed for 6 months (sabbatical cover) Pay: £24,000 - £27,000 depending on experience Job Description: Attached Benefits: Despite being a temporary contract includes many benefits of permanent employees: - Sick Pay - Holiday Pay - Free Hot Lunch (tasty) - Free access to Gym & Swimming Pool They're the top ones ... Start Date: ASAP, but latest end of March How to apply: Please send a CV to [email protected] Good Luck! Many Thanks, Luke Assistant Network Manager.pdf

Thanks to all those that have applied, just a reminder that deadline for CV's is today. Interviews are due to be held next week. We'll be in touch with all candidates on Friday. Luke

EDIT: Closing Date this Thursday 12th February

Morning All, Thanks for all the enquiries, a few details have been clarified: School: Welcome | St Albans High School for Girls Pay: £24 - 27K depending on experience and pro-rata for P/T Job Description: Attached Benefits: Despite being a temporary contract includes many benefits of permanent employees: - Sick Pay - Holiday Pay - Free Hot Lunch (tasty) - Free access to Gym & Swimming Pool They're the top ones ... How to apply: Please send a CV to [email protected] Good Luck! Assistant Network Manager.pdf

Hi All, There may be a role for a Deputy Network Manager / Senior Technician / 2nd Line Support role becoming available in the immediate future. Based at an excellent school in St Albans, Hertfordshire. The role is very flexible, between 50-75 % P/T or F/T Fixed for 6 months or 18 months in the first instance with the possibility of becoming permanent. There's a few variables in play and we're very interested in hearing from anyone who may be keen. Pay is negotiable, but with the benefits available, excellent IMO. Start date is ASAP, but again flexible so just get in touch. PM would be best in the first instance. Many Thanks, Luke

Got this resolved, it was a certificate issue, happy to elaborate if anyone cares in the future

Hi All, Just wondering if anyone has successfully implemented Google Apps SSO with ADFS as I've hit a bit of a brick wall and am pretty sure I've misconfigured something along the way so hoping to run it past y'all. Here's hoping! PS: The error I'm currently getting is when I browse to my google apps domain, eg: https://drive.google.com/a/mydomain.com It redirects to my ADFS server, then redirects back to the google address: https://www.google.com/a/mydomain/acs as expected, but gives the error: This account cannot be accessed because the login credentials could not be verified.

The IT Wall of Cards ... 4 days to go ... The chocolate biscuit box count is up to 2 however, which is equal to the 2012 record.

Any luck with this ... I thought I'd try my chromecast in school and have come across the same issue with not being able to access via a proxy server (smoothwall).

Hi All, We're looking for someone to do some cable runs and hang some wireless AP's for us as well as a couple of data points in classrooms (estimate 15-20 cable runs) ... any recommendations? We're in Croydon, South London. Thanks, Luke

Thanks for that tip it's actually something we have had trouble before and double checking it was fine was good. We have now managed to resolve the issue by inspecting the page source for other adresses that it calls when loading the page and the widget. twitter.com - site platform.twitter.com - feed framework abs.twimg.com - css / layout hosting Thanks.

Hi all, Had a trawl through the internet but to no avail so time to call your expertise! We use Smoothwall UTM-3000 for internet filtering in our school. By default we block social networking sites for students but the school is slowy relaxing it's filtering and we would like to allow students access to Twitter, wkilst still blocking all other Social Networking sites ... The issues we have are: 1. After adding twitter.com to our custom allow list although the site loads for students it doesn't render correctly ... however it does work for staff ... 2. Twitter widgets such as those embedded in our VLE do not load for students, whereas they do for staff ... Looking at the logs the widget appears to load from: http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js which we have also added to the custom allow list with no effect ... What do I need to do to get the twitter page to render correctly and to allow the widget to be accessed? Thanks a lot!

@X-13: We wouldn't be doing this for them simply adding the option into their user control panel when they login ... @Domino: It does potentially open us up for more issues, but being a private school there is the benefit of keeping the parents happy (if it's not too detrimental) & arguably they might use it more if it was easier to access ... Thanks for the ideas

They are all grouped & login profiles set as a parental type which is how we'd usually set things to run ... but still a fair point. Thanks

Hi All, Quick straw poll: We have had a couple of parental requests to be allowed to change their username to their access to the VLE to make it easier to remember ... It's currently setup as standard for all parents as "surname.initial" so it seems hard to forget ... but there you go ... I'm ambivalent about whether to allow it or not ... Just wondering if anyone can give me any pitfalls / benefits ... Things I can think of: Cons: - They will forget what they change it to - Breaks from the uniformity of all the rest (harder for us to remind them) - They might not be able to have what they want if it’s already taken Pros: - They want to change it (customer is king) - They might be more likely to remember it - If they get both those 2 they might be more likely to use it ... I just have a nagging feeling I'm missing something crucial ... Thanks, Luke

AMAZING! I'd love to do this ... now to get more qualified in a Linux / Unix environment + clusters ... give me 2 years :-)

Any last minute applications?