28
Feb

School IT folk – the Swiss Army knives of the industry…

In a post earlier this month I talked about how I thought that IT staff in schools were no longer just men (and women) in cupboards, and that the role had become much more important in recent years. I had some really fantastic feedback, one particular comment from Terry McDonald, a network manager, really caught [...]

27
Feb

What’s in a [user]name?

Sifting through various educational forum posts and blogs recently I came across an entry that discussed the conventions by which pupil usernames are created on a network – and what information they contain.
When I joined my comprehensive school in 1998 I was given the username 98MARSHALLJ. The school had always used the [year of [...]

23
Feb

School Networks – No longer just a man in a cupboard…

IT today, in many industries, is completely central to the business in which it is employed.  If ‘the system’ fails it can have catastrophic consequences resulting in lost earnings, lost work and, for the poor people whose fault it is deemed to be, lost jobs.  Businesses have come to realise the importance of IT and [...]

22
Jan

Farcebook Groups – The most annoying feature ever.

If you’ve logged into Facebook recently the chances are that at some point you’ve seen a suggestion rather similar to this.  That’s right, it’s yet another ‘official petition’ for this, that or the other; the creation of some illiterate hopeful who aims to overthrow society with their mighty group.
I’m not sure what annoys me more: [...]

1
Jan

Happy New Year

However you have managed to stumble upon this little blog, I wish you a happy and prosperous new year.  I’ve seen so many reflective tweets pop up recently, but I don’t think 140 characters can do the past 12 months of my life justice, so a blog post it is.
I have met so many fantastic [...]

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