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Having used Google Apps for Education since 2007, I’ve been through a lot with the platform. Whereas I used to look forward to the newest updates and the improvements to usability and stability they brought, I find myself dreading them lately. Mostly because the updates these days seem more about drastic UI changes than improved features…
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This year when our Lightspeed Rocket 1.0 box failed, we decided to dive head first into a hosted web filtering solution. We worked with Securly over summer on some custom requirements and after a few false starts, made the switch at the start of school. It’s not perfect and we’ve had some issues but then…
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I was thinking about backups the other day and realized we haven’t had any storage issues in a while. I’m sure that’s thanks to our relatively new Nimble Storage Array. I also find myself wondering why our wifi system can’t be more like the nimble. Human understandable GUI, cost effective, plays well with everything, just works…
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Cisco, HP, Ruckus, Meraki and now Aerohive. I’ve used a lot of wireless systems in my time and I’ve come to appreciate when wifi has just worked and practiced my cursing on systems that promised the sun with every future update and delivered something more like a florescent light bulb. For a time I deluded myself into…
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I get this every once in a while from the folks in schools that aren’t in the classroom. Google Apps isn’t for real work and kids need to learn Microsoft Office to compete in the work force. Really? US Army Goes Google – http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2013/10/us-army-to-cut-costs-improve.html 72 of the top 100 Universities use Google Apps – http://sheepdog.com/2013/05/what-do-72-of-the-100-top-universities-in-the-u-s-know-that-you-dont/ Over 50%…
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When Jon says best, I listen (unless he’s talking about iPads). The tweet. Check out the blog post about grading projects by Reed Gillespie here.
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I shipped out for basic a few months before my 18th birthday. My service wasn’t heroic or brave or even selfless, I enlisted to escape. That plane ride to Fort Sill Oklahoma saved me from a dark path and offered me the possibility of something better. The G.I. Bill put me through college where I…
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Well, I just finished my reflection for Module 2 of the Professional Leading Learner LEC program. If you need something to put you to sleep, you can read it here. What I didn’t write about but was thinking about is the activity we did about presentations. As teachers I have always believed we need to…
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I received a login invite to the new CAASPP online assessment Admin interface Test Operations Management System (TOMS). The first thing I did after checking out the sparse dashboard interface was check my profile for correct contact info. Never mind the inactive user, not sure what that’s about, I went to update my contact number and…
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It is the nature of us that the few will make YouTube videos about car repair so that rest of us can be “YouTube” mechanics. In such a reality, do we all need to learn how to make videos the same way we all must learn how to read and write? I don’t know the answer but…
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