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Hey all, So our school has a number of Smart panels and hydraulic stands. They're all around 5 years old. Rather than chuck em in the skip we thought we'd try to sell them - someone must have a use for them. They're all in working order. The stands alone cost a tonne. Do let me know if they are of use and if you'd like to make an offer. Mods - hope this post is ok, it is in the spirit of being green! The school is in Somerset - collection preferred! Cheers, Ray

- we received some Toshiba and Dell laptops last year, are there any such schemes open still? Thanks!

Hey, if anyone is upgrading their fleet of part of their fleet of laptops this holiday, we'd be interested in snapping up the decommissioned units... pm me

HI there, thanks for your reply! No, comments could be left using Google Docs native tools, ie comments section. No, its the annotate over the doc with a 3rd party app, save it and share it or email it - thats what we want. Teachers want to share a GDoc, kids write all over it then get it back to teacher some how.... So what was the app called? THanks! R

How on Earth? Trying to help a teacher get her class to annotate onto a google doc using iPads. Seems impossible???!?!?! Any help greatly appreciated!!! R

Hey All, Got a Windows server 2012 R2 box with VPN all set up. Windows 7 client connects fine on local profile. When connecting on domain profile, from home, it comes up with Error 53. Not much on Google searches on this - mainly comes up with SQL stuff - so a bit flummoxed. Anyone know anything about this weird error 53. What is it? Perhaps just switch off roaming profiles? Thanks for any replies Ray

Hello All, Just wondering what school library software you use? We use MLS. Looking for something like Kindle Unlimited but for the kids to use... Not sure... Any ideas? Thanks! Ray

Thanks for that. Ive emailed GOogle for licensing quote - no reply today, yet. We use Google Apps for Edu but the chromebooks section in devices is greyed out... I guess lics first then it'll be available? The important bit as I see it is - does it allow Guest Browsing so fresh for each user with a google docs account to log in everytime and not have to put in network and proxy settings?? ta

Dear All, One of our junior school just bought 30 Chromebooks. Nice little things, made by Dell. THe school has 190 kids years 3 - 6. Is it hair-brained to think I can ask them all to create an account on a Chromebook and potentially have 190 user accounts on each Chromebook??? Would that even work? I've read there is an unlimited user possibility on ChromeOS. If not, then how does the Google Licensing Work in the real world? Anyone using this? Appears to me that Guest browsing is out of the question as the user wouldbe expected to enter the proxy settings and join the wifi *every time they use it??!!* Any prompts, mild put downs relating to RTFM divergence and common advice will be most welcome!!! Thanks

hiya, anyone know how to fix my problem with Chrome? Lots of user accounts left logged on and Y3 are struggling with it. Also, how do I remove previously logged in user accounts from Chrome? We have groups of 30 laptops used by various classes and they're filling up with old user accounts. Thanks! R

Ive had a look at iAnnotate and its not possible to use it with Google Docs on iPad unless you're simply downloading a Word or Powerpoint to annotate. It wont work over Google Docs and Google Sheets. Our school wish to annotate using iPad and we're using Google Docs - every child has an account. Is this possible? Any help gratefully received. Ray

Thanks very much all! That's actually really very helpful to hear so many different approaches.. I think we'll end up going for cards or something similar. Possibly. I wonder how to integrate so many services technically without 3rd party support applications?

Hello! It's been ages since I posted here. Just wondering what others do when dealing with Password policy for junior age kids? We run a Windows 2012 AD with Google Apps (not yet linked together) and all students from year 2 up to year 6 have their own username j.bloggs and password which is basically very easy for anyone to guess. There is no possibility (that I know of!) of access from outside, but if a child were to use another child's account, then they could deliete al ltheir work and it would be difficult to track. One solution would be to give all the kids a unique and complex password and spend a lot of time helping them to memorize this. We use Scratch 2.0 online and other web based cloud type services and all require complex passwords. Even given that one should really use a different password for each service, one complex password that's been memorised is better than several weak ones??? How do other admins from junior schools manage passwords? Thanks anticipation for any opinions or advice! Ray

wow, ok, thats crazy! I talked with a sales rep from lightspeed too; said much the same. Also said Apple Device Enrolment Program is active in the US but not here. I guess I have to create 150 Apple IDs now then? AhhhhhhhHHHhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Hey, I understand that this is probably covered in depth, in other pages, but hey ho I'll start a nice new thread all the same Admin in a school with 150 iPads. Testing trial of Air Watch at the min; couple of questions: Do we need 150 unique Apple IDs to manage this fleet of iPads properly? Do we need 150 'Air Watch' users to apply to each iPad individually (thought this stuff was here to help *save* time?!) We use Ricoh and Oki printers around the site - what is the best app to manage printing for really 'young' and really 'hard to get to read instructions' (teachers) users? Would Apple configurator be OK on its own do you think? I've had lot of problems with this app simply bricking my ipads requiring a full reset using iTunes (time consuming and frustrating in equal measures). What do you use for your lot of iPads / Users... ??? Would love to read your replies!! Thanks in anticipation Ray