Recently throughout the pandemic, I’ve been reminding people that not just teachers work in schools and that there is a wide range of other professionals who work there. Indeed, during school holidays these crucial members of staff are often in Read more…
Recently throughout the pandemic, I’ve been reminding people that not just teachers work in schools and that there is a wide range of other professionals who work in schools. Indeed, during school holidays these crucial members of staff are often Read more…
When it comes to mental health, it’s about time we stopped just having special days, stopped having posters and badges and logos and actually do something to support all of us. Well-being is not just a chocolate bar from your Read more…
It’s January 2021 and we are about to enter into further hybrid learning, but has anything actually changed since the first lockdown for schools? Devices Well, the DfE have given out some more devices. They have also had to cut Read more…
I always enjoy reading the years in review for those people I follow online. I like the mix of professional and personal; and to see how they have got on – so I thought I would be unique, like them, Read more…
I suffer from Anxiety and Depression. I have done for some time now – a series of events including end of my marriage and other set backs has left me feeling things I never thought I would. I got a Read more…
In February I was feeling good. I had the time to work on digital strategies refreshes for customers and our own MATs. My focus was to usher in a change in mindset for schools. Many were finding themselves having to Read more…
I’ve been tweeting a lot last night and this morning especially about why Zoom is crap, and why I can’t understand those people or schools using it when they have GSuite and Office365 just sat there. But then I realised Read more…
I still can’t believe, that in a matter of less then 2 weeks, schools have fully adopted Office365, devices have been bought and rolled out via Intune and azure, software has been purchased to increase adoption in schools and I’ve Read more…
I’ve always avoided using the term managed service to describe what we do at Lourdes IT – lots of directly employed Edu IT staff see it as a horrific term that means they will loose their jobs and autonomy. The Read more…