Chromebooks are still a popular tool in our K-12 classrooms, and are generally considered the most popular edtech tool deployed in US K-12 schools. As we deploy Chromebooks each summer and help maintain them throughout the school year, we are often asked about management ideas. We do always recommend that schools purchase the management licenses […]
Education
Planning for Spring Storms
Spring is just around the corner, and just this week we received our first helpdesk call related to a power surge and fried equipment. An Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) plugs into your electrical outlet and then provides power to servers, network switches, and other costly IT equipment. A UPS unit can help you protect your […]
Digital Signage
A client stopped by our office this week for some IT support, and looking up at our wall of TVs above our cubicles said, “What’s that? The stock market?” He was pointing to our Internet graph, the third in a series of digital displays that monitors key functions at ITS. At a glance from […]
National STEM/STEAM Day
November 8 marks National STEM/STEAM Day in the United States; the “holiday” was originally created by MGA entertainment in correlation with their Netflix series and home STEM kits. STEM originally focused on offering coursework and programming in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, areas in which the US Department of Labor and US Department of Education […]
1:1 Devices in Iowa Schools
General Trends The early adopters of 1:1 initiatives in Iowa are nearing ends of leases/life cycles in 2012 or 2013, and several other districts are beginning their rollouts. Our service calls, consultation visits and conference sessions have provided us with keen insight on the questions, concerns and preferences that many Iowa technology directors and administrators […]