Someone passed along this “IT systems run in exposed shed to prove reliability point” article to me, and it kinda freaked me out. I’m going to stick to the “myth” of keeping server rooms cool. And maybe if that guy uses live systems in a shed, then I’ll believe… maybe. In other IT, I’ve been [...]
10 problems with outsourcing IT
It’s finally Friday. Every Friday I try to wrap up my week… finish out lingering work order tickets… do a couple of requisitions… maybe sign a couple of invoices… check out those server event logs that I’ve been wondering about all week but haven’t had a chance to sit down and investigate… you know, wrap [...]
10 Tech Skills Every Student Should Have
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Today I read this “10 Tech Skills Every Student Should Have” article. It’s a good read and probably worthy of passing along to some lab teachers.
District Social Networking/Texting Policy
It’s actually called the “Communication with Students by Electronic Media” policy, but I’ve been referring to it as the “Social Networking/Texting Policy” …it is what it is. With the Amy Hestir Student Protection Act and all the controversy that surrounded it, the end result of the law was that each Missouri school district would be [...]
Google in Education
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Today I came across this article talking about the “Google in Education” website. We’ve been using “Google Apps for Education” for our teacher webpages for the last couple of years. Apps was very easy to setup, easy to create or import new users, easy for the Tech Dept to manage AND easy for the teachers [...]
GLPI – Free Management Software
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I use Kaseya for the district’s technology inventory, hardware, and software management. Although I do love it, I’m also fully aware that Kaseya isn’t free (actually, it’s quite expensive), so it isn’t always a real possibility for some of us. GLPI is a Technic-approved solution and it is… [insert drum roll] …free. Check out http://www.glpi-project.org/ [...]
12 Free Computers – Trading Post
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We have 12 excess computers we are giving away. Terms of engagement: 1. Missouri school, library or government agency 2. Take 1, take ‘em all 3. You pickup These are all Gateway E-series computers, 4 E-2100 and 8 E-2300. Typically the E-2100s have a Celeron in the upper 2.x speed range, 40 GB hard drives, [...]
YouTube in School
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How to access educational and school-appropriate content on YouTube: http://support.google.com/youtube/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1686318
Criteria for allowing personally owned technology devices
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This is a follow-up post to Wireless for personal devices. Here’s a sample of the instructions for criteria: ONE of the following: * Laptops (Windows XP, Vista, 7, Mac OS X) * Tablets (Windows 7, Android, iPad) * eReaders (Nook, Kindle) IF Windows XP, Vista, or 7 Laptop, then must have an antivirus program installed. [...]
It’s Back, the Trading Post
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Are you a school district wanting to work with another school district to buy, to sell, to give away, to take away, to recycle, to… trade? Post to the What The… TECH Trading Post! To do so, email chriswhatthetech@gmail.com a description of what you’re wanting to do, and it’ll become a trading-post-post.
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