Buying Chromebooks next year? ORDER NOW!

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This is more of a PSA than an opinion or review. If you are a school who buys/leases Chromebooks every year go ahead and order them now! From vendors I’ve talked to there is a backlog of Chromeook orders waiting to be filled. In fact we ordered 10 replacement Chromebooks in November of 2020 and are still waiting on them on now at the start of February 2021. Continue reading “Buying Chromebooks next year? ORDER NOW!”

Episode 186 – Impressive – most impressive

Tony and Patrick are back at it again for the last episode before our winter breaks. Check out all the goodness below and if you’re worthy enough. You will learn the true power of streaming (that’s a bad Star Wars joke) 🙂

As always you can find us on Apple Music or your favorite podcasting app.

  1. Happy holidays
    1. Tony’s advice – Unplug from the media/social networks
    2. Read eBooks on your smartphone
  2. Covid updates
    1. Back to SCHOOL in Indy!
  3. Adios Adobe Flash by Patrick Cauley
    1. https://itbabble.com/2020/12/07/adios-adobe-flash/
    2. Patrick’s trip into Flash gaming 
  4. Apple’s new MacBooks with the M1
    1. Why shouldn’t schools go this route?
    2. Apple has better updates
  5. Streaming to the next level!
    1. Klips

You can download the episode here

 

Covid 19 – Never going back

Covid-19 has changed a lot.

A number of schools have had to think quick, move just as fast and definitely have had to be pretty creative figuring out how to deliver quality education, how to provide support for families and much more.

As we continue to navigate this pandemic people keep longing for the days when we return to normal. I have a sneaky suspicion that when those days do come, normal will not look like a school pre-Covid. Here are some areas that have been changed by Covid and will probably not go back to the way they were.

Continue reading “Covid 19 – Never going back”

Covid -19 – We’re closed :(

Like many other schools around the world we have closed due to the Coronavirus. In light of these circumstances I thought I would share our school’s Distance Learning Plan. I’ve embeded it below, but if you would like a link to the Google Doc please click here. From there you can make a copy.

Hopefully this plan can help you in this unusual time or even in the future. I’ve gone ahead and changed our schools name in the plan and have removed all names as well so there may be some parts that sound a little odd. Here is what you need to know about our school.

  • We are pre-school to grade 8
  • We are 1:1 devices from grades 5-8
  • We have an LMS and school portal for parents and students
  • We utilize G-Suite for Education