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2020.
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…
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Time to Change
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…
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How covid-19 changed everything
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…
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Why Zoom is crap
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…
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The week that was.
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…
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Digital Strategy & Managed Services
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…
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Growth and new offices!
It’s been a busy few months at work, I mean, when is it not. But in the last year, Lourdes IT, the team I lead, has more then doubled in size and in the schools we support. This rapid growth Read more…
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There is a recruitment problem for Edu IT.
Right now there is a serious recruitment problem for IT support in Schools. There is simply not the people with the skills and the experience going into schools, because the wages are so low, the expectations and demands are so Read more…
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High Hopes
The role of IT Support teams in schools have changed significantly – in many academies and trusts they are being seen as something that can create an income or spread influence by the powers that be. The workload is increasing Read more…
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What’s next?
2018 was an interesting year for myself and Lourdes IT, as we settled into the role of being not aligned to a particular school, and being managed centrally within the academy company. I have also taken a more strategic role Read more…