iPads, to me, are brilliant devices for multimedia in the classroom. While I know a lot of teachers use them for “office” work, I never really felt comfortable typing on glass. As Stephen Fry put it, it’s like typing with frostbite on your fingertips. The question here, though, is about efficiency, and if I’m understanding … Read more
Many schools use Chromebooks along with G Suite for Education to manage all the applications they need. It’s really handy as you can switch on and off different apps for different types of users, known as Organisational Units. In my school, for example, we have Organisational Units for Staff and Pupils. These are further broken … Read more
The quick answer to this question is no but the longer answer to the question is yes, sort of. The “sort of” is that you can post a link to a video recording if you have posted it online. For example, you may have recorded a lesson on YouTube Live and this will have a … Read more
Technology changes all the time so I’m marking this as advice in October 2019. There are 2 options – buy new or buy refurbished. If you buy refurbished, do note that Chromebooks have a total shelf life of around 6 years so check its AUE (Automatic Updates Expiration) as it will be a pain updating … Read more
What is the difference between G Suite and Aladdin; and what are the pros and cons of both? Before I start to answer this question, it might be helpful to explain that both these services, while they have some overlap, are two very different products. Interestingly, Aladdin is actually built on Google’s (G Suite) servers … Read more
If your laptop has just crashed and you are worried about all your data stored on it, well not to worry as during such time TOTL data recovery services is the place you must be contacting. They can ensure to get you almost all your data back from its drive. Laptops seems to be like … Read more
This article is in two parts. The first part summarises/critiques the Digital Learning Planning Guidelines and the second part offers a different solution. The Department of Education released its latest plan, the Digital Learning Planning Guidelines, a few days ago, and I thought I’d go through it to see what they possibly could have forgotten … Read more
This question is an interesting one as I would have had a completely different answer 10 years ago. It just goes to show how quickly technology moves on! Most computers, laptops and mobile devices have inbuilt microphones in them, which are generally quite good, particularly for classroom use. Therefore, I would suggest that if your … Read more
Should schools buy a server or use cloud storage or should they have a combination of the two? Or should they teach the students How to Choose the Best Cloud Based Server for Small Business? This is a very good question with no exact answers as the decision will be dependent on each school’s needs. … Read more
A school got in contact with me who have a website made with Weebly but they want to give each student an email address using G Suite. Presumably, the website has a domain address; so let’s call this school “Scoil Simon” and their website is scoilsimon.ie The school needs to set themselves up using G … Read more