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LIVE BLOG: Quantifying Journalism: Data, Metrics, and Computation
UPDATED June 3, 2014:
The following is the Live Blog from the Tow Center's first Tow research conference Quantifying Journalism: Data, Metrics, and Computation held Friday, May 30, 2014 at Columbia Journalism School.
The day-long conference included panel discussions, lectures, lightning talks, and the launch of three Tow Center reports. All sessions can be viewed here: http://cuj.tw/1g8MvZU
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9:15am–10:30am PANEL | Beyond Clickbait: How are news organizations actually using analytics, and what does It mean for content?
- Caitlin Petre, Tow Fellow (@cbpetre)
- James Robinson, Director of News Analytics, The New York Times (@JamesGRobinson)
- Tony Haile, CEO, Chartbeat (@arctictony)
- Daniel Mintz, Director of Business Intelligence, Upworthy (@danielmintz)
[9:10 a.m.] Welcome to the live blog! We're kicking off today's talks with a subject that is on the minds of many newsrooms: how to leverage analytics to drive meaningful traffic. Our panelists are just about to hit the stage.
Tune into our live stream!
@TowCenter Quantifying Journalism Conference live here: http://t.co/NCSAWl3pw9 Panel starting soon at 9:15 EST! #towtalk #towcenter — Tow Center (@TowCenter) May 30, 2014
[9:15 a.m.] Tow Center Director Emily Bell (@ takes the stage and welcomes the panel to the Tow Center's first research conference. [9:20 a.m.] "We need to talk about the hashtag!" Tweets about "#towtalk" [9:21 a.m.] Caitlin Petre introduces the panelists on stage. Petre says the goal for the talk is to map out the landscape of metrics, and to gain a more nuanced understanding of how newsrooms are using metrics. [9:27 a.m.] Tony Haile, CEO of Chartbeat takes the mic. Haile informs the crowd that even when newsrooms have data, it's difficult to precisely predict reader engagement. Choosing the right metrics to align the end-goal is important. Here are some of the trends Haile has noticed in the world of analytics:
"Caring about traffic to caring about audience."
"New and better ways to measure."
[9:35 a.m.] Petre introduces Daniel Mintz, Director of Business Intelligence of Upworthy: Mintz says choosing the right metric to measure audience engagement is vital. He says there is a distinction between page views, clicks, and how long a user spent on a page, article, etc. (Upworthy uses a metric called Attention Minutes.)
"Data just for data's sake is useless." "You are what you measure."
Mintz says that as Upworthy fights the zero-sum game for attention for things that really matter, choosing the right kind of metrics to advance the website's goals is the way to go. [9:41 a.m.] Petre introduces James Robinson, Director of News Analytics at the New York Times: The difference between reporting and insight-generated analytics.
Engagement is alignment of what we want people to do and what they want to do. -@JamesGRobinson #towtalk — Anika Anand (@anikaanand00) May 30, 2014
"How did my story do?"
Metrics are "a means to an end."
[9:50 a.m.] Petre throws out a question to the panel about commensuration: how do we compare metrics? Can we compare them?
For a while, hid numbers from curators at @Upworthy & replaced with words: "bestish" "sorta worse" etc. @danielmintz#towtalk — Amy Vernon (@AmyVernon) May 30, 2014
Petre then asks, who is going to be interpreting the data? Who should and who does have the role of interpreting the data? Should it be reporters? Should it be the ones who understand what a p-value is? Editors? "The answer is 'yes'," says Haile. Haile says the key question is: "What can I do for this story right now?"
"If you just give numbers to people, that's no good."
Mintz says that data is only useful insofar as it helps make decisions in context. His analytics team handles engagement; his business team handles monetizing the engagement. Robinson doesn't have a rule about who handles the analytics.
@arctictony @Chartbeat put information in the hands of the right people in the right way can't just give numbers to people #towtalk — Tow Center (@TowCenter) May 30, 2014
Here are some thoughts from the audience:
This part of #towtalk on metrics shows agreement on migration from page views – yet news products still designing for them even now — emily bell (@emilybell) May 30, 2014
[10:09 a.m.] Questions from the audience:
Q: What're some of the metrics used?
A: Are you paying attention to the content or not? Mintz says you can pull up a video's API (application programming interface) and see how long a user is playing the video. (This is like Upworthy's Attention Minutes.) Google analytics is "super janky" and better for measuring engagement on e-commerce sites, not necessarily for news/content.
Q: To what extent are advertisers considering attention?
A: Hale says "increasingly." Brands advertisers want to be able to communicate their message to audiences that are paying attention. Advertisers are increasingly getting specific about how much time they want to show their ads to X customer.
Q: What are good tools to measure social shares?
A: There are a set standard given tracking tools – Haile Mintz recommends buying off-the-shelf internal analytics suites. Robinson says social and mobile are often connected.
Q: [To Robinson] – Any advice for building up a baseline for parsing out differentiation (of users)? What are the most valuable lines to draw–is it age? Demographics?
A: Robinson says they're still in the prototype days [so it's hard to say, exactly].
Q: Where do we draw the line between making decisions based on data versus based on intuition and experience?
A: Robinson says it's a combination of both relying on analytics, statistics, and intuition. Mintz says, "I ask people to tell me a story." If you can't tell him how A got to B, then there is no correlation.
That's a wrap! Stay tuned in for our next panel.
TOW REPORT LAUNCH | The Art and Science of Data Journalism
- Alexander Howard, Tow Fellow
[10:35 a.m.] Alexander Howard says data and programming originated in the 1960s with computer-assisted reporting, and has since escalated to a surge in data creation, with the addition of new devices: "This is a trendy thing, but not a new thing."
[10:40 a.m.] Howard applauds news outlets such as WNYC, New York Times and La Nación for innovative data journalism.
[10:44 a.m.] "This is just another set of tools, but the story itself still matters," Howard says, predicting that data journalism will cease to be a niche in the future. "We don't talk about telephone journalism, or email journalism — it's just journalism."
[10:48 a.m.] Howard says people need to understand the basics of data analysis and numeracy: average vs. median, statistical significance, correlation and causation.
[10:56 a.m.] There is this huge amount of data flowing now, Howard says. From startups to social data flowing online on social networks, as well as open government data platforms, there is an explosion of tools that allows people to put data to use and make sense of it. A question of rights to these data mining tools becomes relevant. [10:59 a.m.] Howard says there are new risks for discrimination, with personalized red lining. "People who understand data and statistics will find examples of it." [11:05 a.m.] "Data journalism is the new punk," Howard says. "Anyone can learn new punk. And there is a lot of bad punk music out there, but the fact is that we all can learn these things." He says we won't all be computer whizzes right away, but there are many opportunities for data journalism for the masses. [11:09 a.m.] Howard notes the necessity of government data.
@carvin Glad to see @digiphile making the point that opening up govt data is an important aspect of #pressfreedom. #towtalk — Tow Center (@TowCenter) May 30, 2014
[11:09 a.m.] Data-ism is a thing, Howard says. Embrace it. Be a skeptic. This kind of work matters to reach everyone and report on everyone.
@rachelllowry: stay tuned for our next panel. 11:30am–12:45pm
PANEL | Data: What is (and isn't) it good for?
- Jonathan Stray, Tow Fellow
- Amanda Cox, Graphics Editor, The New York Times
- Dan Gardner, Author and Journalist
- Jen Lowe, Data Scientist, datatelling
- Mark Hansen, Director, David and Helen Gurley Brown Institute for Media Innovation & Professor of Journalism, Columbia University
[11:32 a.m.] "Data is never just data," Jonathan Stray says. "It's never about answering the question." There are politics attached to it. "Can you really use data to decide whether two people of the same gender can marry? Stray says much of what journalists deal with are empirical questions that we cannot use data to answer. Sometimes, he says, it's difficult to determine which.
[11:41 a.m.] Data-backed journalism is opinion journalism, Stray says, quoting Richard Lanham: "There is no truth. There is only opinion."
@TowCenter "The same data can mean different things" ~ @jonathanstray talking about the uncertainty of data #towtalk — Tow Center (@TowCenter) May 30, 2014
[11:48 a.m.] And yet on the other hand, our political system would not work without data, Stray says. How, then, to reconcile between the two and distinguish between quantitative vs.qualitative?
[11:48 a.m.] Dan Gardner says the problem today is ignoring the empirical evidence unless it happens to coincide with our biases. How to guard against such biases? "You have to demand more and better evidence," Gardner says. He hopes one day the real problem is that we are paying too much attention to the data. For Gardner, we've got a long way to come. [12:02 p.m.] It is important to be aware of the human side of data and its implications, Mark Hansen says. Journalists should be able to interrogate and tell stories around data: "Stories may come from a clever use of data that was used for an entirely different purpose,"Hansen says. "Data can be a source of speculation, exploration and answers. It can be useful for helping us arrive at the right question." [12:08 p.m.] Stray: At the onset of increasingly sophisticated models and techniques, if we can't explain how we arrived at a conclusion, nobody will believe us. [12:10 p.m.] Gardner spoke on an upcoming book he is authoring. The book brings in volunteer intelligence analysts who have access to classified information: "One of them is a pipeline worker in Alaska," Gardner says. "And he's kicking the CIA's ass."
[12:25 p.m.] Stray asks if journalism should be representative. And if so, with who and how do we do that? "Journalists do a lot of generalization without really looking at it closely." How to guard against that? [12:28 p.m.] Often, Gardner says, journalists and politicians must make an empirical claim to cover a morale claim. Good journalism has to have both a data and a non-data component. [12:31 p.m.] Stray asks, if we want to improve the quality of data journalism, does there have to be a standard? Gardner : "It's that great collective argument that eventually hashes out the truth." [12:35 p.m.] Hansen adds: Yes, we need to set best practices and be tool builders and not tool users, but it can be a trap to focus on the places we get it wrong, rather than pay attention to the places where we get it right.
[12:36 p.m.] Questions from the audience:
Q: Is it even possible to do representative journalism and can we learn from non-representative journalism?
A: No, Cox says. She is comfortable with slight bias: "Representativeness is not always desirable."
Q: Are journalists going to be able to use data to call out bullshit on politicians?
A: Gardner says data there are many strong improvements: You have to have some faith in the progression of man and as politicians are being held to the fire, we are seeing more evidence that data can reward that kind of behavior. Hansen agrees. But he says there needs to be a place where children, at a k-12 level, learn how to use data.
LUNCH TALKS | Reports from Tow Fellows ongoing Tow Research Projects
- Andy Carvin
- Brian Abelson and Michael Keller | NewsLynx
- Nicholas Diakopoulos | Data Journalism: Algorithmic Accountability
- Susan E. McGregor | Journalism Security
Brian Abelson and Michael Keller discuss NewsLynx: A suite of open source tools for online analytics and a research project. It combines data from many sources (Google Analytics, Twitter, Facebook, Press Clippings, etc.); incorporates a framework for logging qualitative 'impact events'.
Software features: tracking of social media "mentions" and "likes" over time and integration with Google Analytics. Nicholas Diakopoulos, Tow Fellow, talks about algorithmic power. @ndiakopoulos says algorithm is becoming pervasive in society, including in romance. Open questions about algorithms: How is an algorithm discriminatory/unfair? Does it make a mistake that denies a service? Censorship? Breaks the law or social norm? False prediction? Diakopoulos' research addresses teaching journalists algorithmic accountability, legal issues, algorithms in the newsroom and transparency policy. [1:37] Susan E. McGregor presents her paper, which will be released in full next month, on source protection. "If we don't have sources, we don't have journalism," she said.
Source protection is non negotiable, she said. All reporters needs to worry about source protection, not just national security reporters. There is a new technology known as Stingrays that can be used to hack cell conversations. These devices mimic and cell phone tower and can be used to triangulate the location of a cell phone signal. The majority of the devices are controlled by the federal government, but sometimes they are shared with local law enforcement officers who use the tech to identify communications. Unfortunately there isn't a lot of clarity about what our [reporters] rights are in the context of the law. There is often a sense of helplessness when thinking about how to resolve these protection issues.McGregor suggests that we need to educate ourselves about what is visible, and how these systems work so we can protect ourselves. We need to educate; we need to organize; we need to innovate. "Digital security is herd protection." By our doing due diligence and learning about and using digital security, we will be doing a service to all reporters around the world that may not have access to this sort of technologies. Look out for McGregor's full report, which will be released on June 18th! [1:48] Andy Carvin on Broken News. Carvin speaks about what happens when new organizations get it wrong, and social media makes it worse.
He recounts NPR's misreporting of Gabby Gifford's shooting/death. The misreporting took place on social media, but the correction did too. Through social media because of the inherent column response nature of it, there is a quick way to correct misinformation/misreporting.
Very interesting use of Twitter data to analyze post Sandyhook shooting communication @acarvin #towtalk — JustPublics@365 (@JustPublics365) May 30, 2014
A similar situation happened with the Newtown Massacre when CNN misreported Ryan Lanza as the "murderer." This information spread like wildfire on Twitter. Boston Bombing: Carvin flips the data-approach on its head. Here, online communities made the mistake and the media followed, as opposed to the other way around like with the Gifford and Newtown cases. What I'm really trying to do is understand the interplay between social media and the news cycles, he says. Corvin's project will look at how journalists can embed themselves in these communities and avoid these mistakes. [2:00pm] Journalism by the numbers: Measuring a rapidly moving target. Jesse Holcomb (speaker)
"The nerds have won" – @JesseHolcomb quoting NYT on the "datafication" of news #towtalk — Ruth Michaelson (@_Ms_R) May 30, 2014
"We do data–that's our hedgehog on politics" "we try to tell big stories" How is journalism being produced, consumed, and distributed? [2:06pm] "let's get journalism out of the ivory tower," says Holcomb. [2:09pm] Holcomb exploring the nonprofit news landscape. Remark: we seem to be publishing data journalism about data journalism… Questions that remain from ongoing conversations: What is a non-profit news room? How many are there? 16,000 news jobs lost in the past decade. What's happening in digital news publishers? 5000 jobs hosted by about 500 digital news outlets. [2:13pm] With rising citizen efforts in measurement, we still have limitations in how well we can collect data. Data on digital revenue has been harder to come by. [2:15pm] Professional Journalism Revenue: $63-65 billion today. Ratio of revenue distribution has changed, more in favor of audience and non-traditional revenue. Media deserts–sources that lack good information, often which serve communities of color, that speak English as a second language. What are some data challenges that we're encountering today. The CNN's, Buzzfeeds, etc.–how are we evaluating the engagement, consumption, quality of these sources? It's harder than ever for people to remember where they got their news–so many sources, whether radio, newspaper, TV, online/mobile news. Variation in social desirability of "Important" information. Young people consider news part of the social atmosphere–present on Facebook, etc. "Ambient" news–present on feeds, but not as actively sought out. [2:20pm] We are finding that it is becoming increasingly difficult to aggregate and normalize data from social media sites–secured by firms, guarded by individual users, etc. makes studying digital and social news behavior more and more difficult. Shout out to work being done at MIT — mapping diffusion of information on digital and social networks. Detecting and Tracking Political Abuse in Social Media: http://bit.ly/1nB0mvx Modeling Social Diffusion Phenomena using Reality Mining: http://bit.ly/1mRroLL Trends Prediction Using Social Diffusion Models: http://web.media.mit.edu/~yanival/SBP-Behavior-shaping.pdf Information Diffusion Through Blogspace: http://people.csail.mit.edu/dln/papers/blogs/idib.pdf Holcomb warns that audiences ought to continue to expect incomplete, imperfect sources of data and information.
Emphasizes the importance of remaining transparent about how much exactly data can say, the validity of studies.
[2:30pm] Families are becoming more and more multi-screen users. Watching various news sources simultaneously. So we start to see the disappearance or obsolescence of certain legacy platforms, but they're not going away tomorrow, and are still important to our studies. Our obligation is to understand how people are still engaging with news and information in places where they have not become completely digitally immersed.
Check out this storify, made by Yangbo Du @mitgc_cm
2:45pm–3:30pm TOW REPORT LAUNCH | Amateur Footage: A Global Study of User-Generated Content in TV and Online News Output
- Claire Wardle, Tow Fellow
- Sam Dubberley, Tow Fellow
[2:51pm] Now, in 2014 we take social media involvement in current event information dissemination for granted, says Wardle. "User-generated content" — anyone have suggestions for a better phrase? requests Wardle. UGC is the wild west–no normalization of practices. Many news rooms, as a consequence, really wanted to know what other news rooms were doing. [2:55pm]: Two phases of the research, as described by Wardle: 1) The How, When, and Why that the issues are built upon. Quoted 8 news channels from around the world, to look at UGCs, international scope. Found a way to record the channels (surprisingly most news channels don't actually record their own outputs). Observed the differences among news sources–internet vs. TV–and how they used UGCs. The news sources of different countries also broadcast these findings at different rates, in different amounts. Some countries making motions to use UGCs as data. [3:05pm] "the V word: Verification" Journalists often groan when asked to verify things, yet news sources are always absolutely terrified of putting out incorrect information, which is why they are especially hesitant to rely on social media sources for information. How do we verify information? Claiming experience as a journalist who has been in the field for X number of years is simply not sufficient–how about the empirical methods we have developed to study the flow and sourcing of information that have been put on on social media outlets? –Wardle, on Verification. Journalist need to take the legal aspects of crediting and verification seriously. Their reaction to advocates for properly crediting sources is often that their creativity is being "stifled" and that this whole issue is simply "bollocks." –Sam Dubberley, on Crediting. [3:10pm] Crediting vs. Labeling. Naming the source of the photo vs. simply acknowledging that it isn't your own. Being transparent with your audience about where the information and photography is coming from, whose work is it? Need an industry standard for how we ought to site and label content. [3:15pm] Present some suggestions: 1) crediting: often news rooms gave "screen cluttering" as a reason for not crediting sources 2) news room technology: even news rooms with advanced media asset management system, they could not process the details about information used. credit needs to be burned into the UGC video before it enters the system, so that information is not lost in the process 3) agencies: all have different standards. news rooms need to ask some important questions. Reuters, for example, do not credit and can't even if they wanted to because they so often do not speak to their sources in a room, so there's no way of knowing the accuracy of the identities of the sources. 4) social networks need to work towards developing a standard of use 24/7 for news sources that is like creative commons–to have a common standard across industry so news rooms can know what they can do with content. 5) very limited resources, very limited training for journalists to develop these skills and to be aware of these practices.
Question: What sources can journalists look to learn these skills?
Answer: Verification handbook, by Craig Silverman. Specifies how to verify videos, tweets. Can use storify as well. Rise of these sources of learning how to credit. Absence of these skills in newsrooms–really worth the time, if you're a freelancer, to look into these.
REPORT LAUNCH | Sensors and Journalism
- Fergus Pitt, Tow Fellow
- Scott Klein, Assistant Managing Editor, ProPublica
- Shannon Dosemagen, Co-founder and Executive Director, Public Lab
- Joe Procopio, VP of Product, Automated Insights
- Nabiha Syed, Associate, Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz
Fergus Pitt, on Robot Reporters, and what new journalistic data gathering tools, such as drones and sensors are on the horizon.
Sensors and Journalism — report.
[3:30pm] Joe Procopio elaborates on the development of automated content, and its application to a wide array of websites. Algorithms for tone, style, topic, lexicon, prioritization of content. Usually applied to content that journalists leave out–fantasy football, etc. recaps of sports, diverse, thousands at a time, compiling information in a timely manner, presenting this information to journalists, efficiently canceling out outliers, as long as data is there Automated Insights can provide insights.
[3:35pm] Scott Klein, Propublica. Nonprofit news outlet–producing long-form investigative journalism. Speaking on satellite journalism. News Applications–data journalism effort, statistics, data science, build large-scale interactive databases, tools that allow you to look up why data is important and interesting to individuals and their communities.
[3:40pm] reference sensor journalism workshop at the tow center: http://bit.ly/1mRQWsb
[3:45pm] Using satellite journalism to draw attention to important phenomena–for instance, the fact that Louisiana is experiencing serious land erosion at its southern coast–seen from above, losing football-sized pieces of land every hour.
Using people's stories, audio, photographs, satellite imagery, to tell stories and to enhance journalism.
New way of recording history, live cams of ongoing problems, orbiting satellites capturing sections of the earth quickly every day.
[3:50pm] Shannon Dosemagen, Co-founder + Executive Director of Public Lab
Nonprofit, open source community supporter. For open Technology and Science. Started low-cost air sampling. Worked with environmental justice groups. During BP oil spill, complete media blackout–took to boats, beaches, with basic cameras on balloons to take pictures of the events as they unfolded. 100,000 different images. Mapped about 100 miles of coastline in a community-driven manner.
Created open source software platforms to allow this data to be sent out to the public. Created open-archiving systems to allow individuals to download metadata, maps, to see exact coordinates, the individuals involved in creating the data, videos, pictures, ground-field notes, etc. Doing work now on air quality sensing, water quality sensing.
Community-driven monitoring. Engage people as researchers, not as subjects. Creating access–to low-cost tools to involve people in community monitoring, journalism, involve individual in the process of science and journalism. Pull complexity off the shelf. Turn simple camera into effective data-collection device. Reimagining our relationship with the manufacturing environment.
[3:55pm] Build in openness and accountability. Create collaborative workflows. Maintaining public data archives. Mainstream true accountability. Creating local versions of tools.
http://t.co/FGXKZvgWHc a tool from @PublicLabs that allows you to stitch together aerial photos. #towtalk
— Nick Diakopoulos (@ndiakopoulos) May 30, 2014 [4:00pm] Losing a sense of concepts like good, bad, superlatives, the number 10, in favor of percentages, ratios, etc. — values in context, rather than raw data. Producing a more robust report. Saying an athlete "had a great day" vs. an athlete had x number of touch downs, performing at what percentile compared to other players or him/herself– Joe Procopio "We don't have to be great but we can never be wrong." – Joe Procopio, VP of Product at Automated Insights, on automated journalism #towtalk — Matt Waite (@mattwaite) May 30, 2014
[4:08pm] Public lab: emphasizing access. — Shannon Dosemagen Federal agencies have approached @PublicLab about helping to fill gaps in their data #towtalk — Current Public Media (@currentpubmedia) May 30, 2014Lots for newsrooms to learn from @PublicLab's process in terms of openness, transparency, engagement and more. Thanks @sdosemagen. #towtalk — Josh Stearns (@jcstearns) May 30, 2014
[4:09pm] producing new knowledge and information — research scientists and journalists come at things with different intensions, use the same tools, but are after the same "truth." Very much a symbiotic flow between the two fields. — Scott Klein. 9 Key Principles for Open Tech, by @PublicLab: Summary of @SDosemagen's #TowTalk https://t.co/EpXStaKPeI — Jeremy Caplan (@jeremycaplan) May 30, 2014 [4:11pm] Bottom-up research. Problem identified by community member, calls upon team of interdisciplinary forces to come together to engage people in solution. — Shannon Dosemagen.
New emerging technologies practice at Levine Sullivan Koch & Schultz: fascinating legal implications for drones, sensors, etc #towtalk — Meredith Broussard (@merbroussard) May 30, 2014
The idea of translating the intention of these satellite tools will be the next challenge. So long as we emphasize that these efforts are expressive, then these efforts are safe in 1st amendment territory. It is key, then, to highlight the fact that these robots are actually directed by real people with real goals. — Nabiha Syed.
"Emphasising the humanity behind the tools (e.g. Drones) is the key to legal protection" #towtalk — Ruth Michaelson (@_Ms_R) May 30, 2014
"Real translation issue" is coming in explaining to judges how drones & satellites can be used for good by media, says @nabihasyed. #towtalk — Alex Howard (@digiphile) May 30, 2014
Thanks all for coming and following Tow Center at today's "Quantifying Journalism" Conference at Columbia University! Feel free to follow up with us with any questions and comments you have after the event! Looking forward to hearing from you all! Top Tweets from Today's #TowTalk "Quantifying Journalism" Event http://t.co/EL1Lsd4b6N via @SeenCo
— Jeremy Caplan (@jeremycaplan) May 30, 2014


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We just buy kit that has a next day on site support warranty.
For all else we do ourselves.
hardware support contarcts for w/s
what do people do do they have them or not and if do have them how much do you pay per w/s
Currently looking at rm w/s support contracts and deciding if viable or not and if can get better deal elsewhere..
We have informed rm that we are thinking this so that if they can lower hardware support contracts then great...
We just buy kit that has a next day on site support warranty.
For all else we do ourselves.
Support contracts are the biggest waste of money ever. Final.
Why spent 7k+ when you only ever spend £1500 on spares each year? They are the first thing I recommend that schools abandon when I encounter them, especially as most schools have a technician capable of doing any repairs.
Agreed - don't see the need for that - what about software support - we have that - pay £1k per year as fallback [as there's only me] - plus it's just something i've kept from before I started - I can wangle training etc out of it.
I agree - you get 12 months warranty on new kit anyway - if it goes after that it's cheaper to get the parts and fit them yourself.
Having said that - we do have hardware maint contracts on the Servers (via Teksys at the mo) as we found it was quicker for them to obtain the parts and fix them.
Maybe that's your answer - only get a contract on the essential kit.
I purchase almost exclusivly dell kit and get 3 year next days on all of it, so far its been worth its weight in gold, no quibbles and real quick handling of issues, doesnt pump the price up too badly either.
Yep we are exactly the same as this. Do all the repairs ourselves when out of warranty.We just buy kit that has a next day on site support warranty.
For all else we do ourselves.
thanks was wondering
i think if we can rm can lower the prices a lot then might carry on but i think we use money we save for a repair budget.
Funnily enough, I got a letter from the povvits at RM today asking me to renew my support contract on some desktops (@£45 each!).
I didn't know that this contract even existed and I can only think that it is a remnant from the network manager of 2 incarnations previous - who sold his soul to the devil and had a great love of RM.
I duely rang RM and told them where to put the contract.
I also have a very good suplier who can get me 2nd user kit (usually still under manufacturer warranty) that has come out of offices, etc. I just bought 42 thin client terminals for £75 each. HP/Dell/Fujitsu desktops come in at well under £300 with TFT monitors... There's just no point!
Chuck them in the bin or flog them to stupid staff / students, not worth your time.Originally Posted by tosca925
Is there not a health & safety issue selling the schoold old PC's to kids?
We dont take workstation support contracts here.
Just replaced 170~ machines with 4 year warrenty with fujitsu siemens with next day turnaround.
Last year we had about 5-10 spares (maybe they were removed when faulty and turned into spares) which we canabolised for the spares up until the summer - 'mount cardboard' and 'mount polystyrene' were created.
For the Servers (5 supported, 2 unsupported) I think the fee is somewhere between 1-3k a year for any problems/issues that developes on them (hardware or software) with next day call out. I think this contract also covers anyproblems/changes associated with our comms cabinets.
Some might see it a waste of money, but when your 'technical support' includes ANYTHING thats to do technology, rather than workstations/servers/logon, you become in huge demand and its nice to have someone come in and take the pressure off.
Well there has to be a trade off somewhere Frazer [welcome BTW ] - minimal personnel = greater outsourcing.
For my bulk orders I negotiated set up on desk and removal of packaging into the deal :P hehe!
I do the same thing for support - what area of the UK do you work? - I'm looking to change support contractor.
Slowly branching over here from another forum that was setup by DB for the lancashire schools.
Hodgson High School - Blackpool/Poulton (Northwest)
http://www.azzurricommunications.com/ is the people we use. If you cant find what you want from ther I can get our accounts manager to give you a call (or the relevant manager from your area)?
You were lucky getting unpacking and setting up with the deal! I never thought to try asking for that, management just assumed we would get on with it :/ (theres 3 of us)
Thanks for that Frazer - i'll give them a call
Depends on how much time you have to spare / how much you pay your techies I suppose. Here there's just me - and they waste my time enough without paying my to shift rubbish too. It just ioccurred to me when ordering 70 PC's - the logistics of it all!
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Cliff Bleszinski's return to game development will be spearheaded by his new studio Boss Key Productions and a game currently called Project Bluestreak.
An official web page for the studio launched recently, linking to Bleszinski's official Twitter account, and he also posted a tweet linking to the studio's official Twitter, confirming his involvement. He promised that more details about the studio would be revealed later this week.
According to documentation filed with the North Carolina Department of the Secretary of State (via Polygon), Bleszinski is CEO of Boss Key productions, while Guerrilla Games co-founder Arjan Brussee is named as the COO.
Bleszinski announced earlier this year that he is official coming out of retirement, and is set to reveal the project that he's been teasing for the last year when a countdown timer ends tomorrow, July 8.
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LONDON European governments announced a flurry of bank bailouts from Germany to Iceland Monday, but the rescues heightened fears that the U.S. credit crisis will spread before the financial system recovers.
European shares fell heavily and money markets stayed frozen with banks refusing to lend to one another for all but the briefest periods, amid concern over the adequacy of the U.S. bailout, now shot down by Congress.
"In the near term, it will be the weak ones that will be picked off," Global Insight chief European economist Howard Archer said before the House vote. "But … the more the turmoil and dislocation continues, the further this could spread."
Governments of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg took partial control late Sunday of struggling bank Fortis NV, while Britain seized mortgage lender Bradford & Bingley early Monday.
Germany organized a credit lifeline for blue-chip commercial real estate lender Hypo Real Estate Holding AG, while Iceland's government took over Glitnir bank, the country's third largest.
The European Central Bank joined the U.S. Federal Reserve in doubling the credit swap line that makes dollars available to cash-hungry banks to $240 million.
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Log on problem. Please advise.
Hi all,
Not sure if 'general discussion' is the appropriate forum for this thread but I was hoping one of you kind people could advise me...
I shut down my laptop last night and everything was working just fine. When I booted up this morning however, a message about windows update flashed up (never seen that before and it was too quick to read it properly), BEFORE I had even reached the welcome screen or log in screen. Once it reached the log in screen (my primary user that I use 90% of the time and where the majority of my files and folders are located. Both users are administrators however) it displayed this message. "the user service profile failed the log on. User profile cannot be loaded" My secondary user account was unaffected but as I needed access to my primary user account I rebooted, went into safe mode and did a system restore from the previous day. I rebooted again and the problem seemed to be fixed.
However, upon researching (goggled it) as to why this may have happened and how to prevent it reoccurring it appears that the problem has something to do with windows updates. My windows updates (as is my MS Security Essentials) is set to automatically update every day at 3.00am. For now, I have disabled windows updates from automatically installing any updates but as I like the convenience and security of automatic updates I would like to solve rather than just band-aid the issue. My google research, although suggesting that windows updates could be the problem, did not offer an adequate explanation or permanent solution.
Hope someone can help.
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Hello Livichops,
The tutorial below should be able to help you fix this error if it should happen again. There's really not a specific reason as to why it happens since it could be caused by a number of unrelated reasons.
The User Profile Service failed the logon. User profile cannot be loaded. - Vista Forums
Hope this helps,
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Hi Brink,
Thanks for the link. Well, seeing as using system restore fixed the issue I'll leave it for now. I am just concerned that it will happen again and system restore won't work next time. You know how it is with these things, and the random unpredictability that sometimes entails(for a non-tech person at least). I definitely think (in my case at least) it is related to windows updates as I read quite a few people had the same problem and after it happens once, it keeps happening. No one seems to understand the rot of the problem as yet, but I'll keep looking and if I read anything useful I'll let you know.
Thanks again for your help.
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To be safe, I would recommend to keep backups of anything in that user account that you do not want to lose. Usually this error is fixable though unless there's severe corruption of the user profile.
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Welcome to Advisory Neighborhood Commission SMD4A01
DC New Boundary Plan May Be A Nullity
Washington, D.C.—August 26, 2014. The "massive" DC new School Boundary Plan may become a nullity. The Mayor announced the plan last week. According to news report today—two DC Council members and mayor candidates would delay the boundary implementation "indefinitely". The new plan would possibly disruptive and setting some school up to fail in some communities across the city if the school is implemented. The Mayor states that the boundary plan is "to important to delay".
In 2013, the Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) completed its evaluations of various options to signalize all five approaches around the 16th Street Circle. The 2013 study evaluated existing geometric conditions, traffic volumes, signal phasing, peak hour observations, crash history and assessed signal phasing and timing needs, impacts associated with providing signalization for all five approaches, and other potential options to improve intersection operations. For the purposes of the study, it was assumed that the existing intersection geometry would remain and the intersection footprint would not be modified. SHA has incorporated these and other recent data into a 16th Circle plan with five alternatives. Alternate 3 is SHA's preferred alternative.
ANC4A01 citizens who wish to submit comments on the SHA 16th Street Circle Project are urged to submit comments to the ANC4A01 Commission Acqunetta Anderson no later than June 15th via email at firstname.lastname@example.com
The Commissioner will submit all submissions to DDOT and the SHA. The purpose of seeking citizens comments is to include the citizens in the decision making process in regards to the Maryland State Highway Administration's (SHA)position on the need for improvements at the MD 390 (16th Street) at MD 384 (Colesville Road/N./ Portal/Portal Drive/Easter Avenue intersection located at the DC and Maryland lines and in Washington, D.C.
According to the SHA—described alternatives—numbers I and II are feasible alternatives to the traffic congestion and safety at the DC and Maryland lines. Alternative III will re-route metro buses from Eastern Avenue to Portal Drive. Alternate III proposes to re-route metro buses (more than 100 buses daily) on Portal Drive, and removal of medians south of the 16th Street Circle to allow for metro buses to turn left onto Portal Drive. The SHA preferred plan also proposes to prohibit left turns onto Eastern---and Eastern as a one-way street traveling east.
Click to here to read the SHA Pros and Cons
Click here to view the 16th Street Circle google pictures
Click to submit your comments here. . .
The Blair's Response:
As we explained at the ANC meeting, there are currently three curb cuts on Eastern Avenue that service The Blairs development. The project proposes to close one of them, the one closest to Blair Mill Road. A second one, closest to Portal, is being slightly reconfigured so that it lines up with North Portal on the DC side of Eastern; and the third is intended to remain as it is today. The first attachment is a traffic analysis of Eastern done by Wells and Associates for the DDOT. It is self-explanatory, but it shows the traffic volume that's anticipated on Eastern upon completion of the project.
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The Blair's Response
A Stormwater Management System is being put in place (none exists there today) that will capture stormwater from Eastern and handle it in a bio-retention facility as shown on the plans in the second attachment to this email so that the stormwater from Eastern no longer will flow down the street to 16th Street.
The full traffic analysis and stormwater management plans for the project are much to large of a file to send in an email. However, all of this information is available (as well as much more information) on the Montgomery County Planning website. The link is - http://www.mcatlas.org/Development_Info/Default.aspx -The file/application number is 92013005. ANC4A01 and Ward 4 neighbors should be able to find everything related to the project at that link.
Reducing violent crime in Single Member District 4A01 and Ward 4 has been my primary goal since I was sworn in as ANC Commissioner. We hosted the ANC4A01 and Ward 4 Crime Summit to discuss violence prevention strategies with our cross-city colleagues and some of the most innovative thinkers in the field of law enforcement.
Violent crime continues to plague communities' areas throughout the SMD4A01 and Ward 4. As a society we must all work together to address crime, in our communities.
The Crime Summit was a great opportunity to engage in conversation centered on new, innovative practices to combat crime, increase the use of real-time surveillance technology, speeding and signage in SMD4A01 and Ward 4. And to discuss ideas about how we can decrease criminal acts in our Ward. D.C. Council Chair Phil Mendelson, Lt. Allan Griffith, Trena Carrington, Michele discussed these issues with neighbors at the summit.
The Tower Companies ("Tower") filed an application to construct improvements in the Eastern Avenue right-of-way in conjunction with the redevelopment of The Blair's property that it owns in Silver Spring, Maryland. The work contemplated includes among other things the closing of one of the existing curb-cuts on Eastern Avenue, relocation of an existing curb cut, new ADA compliant sidewalk features, new plantings and storm water management facilities, where none currently exist. The Tower has made presentations at two public meetings sponsored by the Commissioner of Single Member District 4A01 and the ANC4A. I will introduce The Blair's Tower Resolution for approval before the ANC4A for the commissioner's approval at its special July 2014 meeting.
The Tower has agreed to continue to work with, and keep, the ANC 4A01 and ANC4A community informed throughout the construction of the project. ANC4A01 and ANC4A neighbors input is important to me.
Please read the resolution and provide me with your input via my email at email@example.com or call me at 202-642-6151.
Click to read the Blair's Resolution and submit comments.
Click to read the ANC4A01 Update. . .
April 10, 2014
The April 2014 ANC4A01 News has been released. It has been an amazing year in ANC4A01. Neighbors have expressed their concerns regarding traffic patterns, congestion and safety. We have invited guest speakers to address these matters from the D.C. Department of Transportation, Department of Public Works, and other governmental agencies. Click to read the ANC4A01 News in its entirety.
January 13, 2014.--Washington, D.C. Chris Turner who lives in Takoma Park in Washington, D.C. attended the ANC4A01 Monthly Meeting to express his concerns about PEPCO Smart Meter's and the possibility that the meters may cause health problems. Turner has shared several important links to ANC4A01 Commission Acqunetta Anderson--who invited PEPCO to her January 3, 2014 meeting to discuss the PEPCO Smart Meter, and the polectric rate increase.
The ANC4A has not focused on the PEPCO Smart Meter's and the threat to shutoff neighbors electricity--if they fail to provide PEPCO access to their properties to install the meters. PEPCO in response to Commissioner Anderson has indicated that they will not turn-off neighbors electricity inspite of PEPCO's notices to shut-off meters in Washington, D.C. Commissioner Anderson has been transparent--in reporting information to the neighbors regarding PEPCO shut-off notices.
Pck on the sites below to read more about Smart Meters and Health Concerns.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/96601393/Smart-Meter-Health-Effects-Santa-Cruz-DPH (there are more documents at the bottom of this link)
http://acluhi.org/2012/01/11/know-your-rights-new-electrical-smart-grids-raise-privacy-concerns/ (1/11/12) Privacy rights, once lost, can be difficult or nearly impossible to restore. In the quest to modernize and improve basic municipal systems like phone, water and electricity, user privacy must be built in on the front end. Even electrical and ordinary household devices may increasingly share more of our personal habits or information than we think – and more than we should be comfortable with.http://www.acluvt.org/issues/smart_meters.php (2011)https://www.aclu.org/blog/technology-and-liberty-national-security/call-logs-try-kilowatts-reports-reveal-demands (6/18/13)http://www.stopocsmartmeters.com/home/former-cia-director-james-woolsey-calls-smart-grid-really-really-stupid/http://www.sedonasmartmeterawareness.com/APS-MYTHS-V--FACTS.html ("Smart" Meters: The most massive invasion of privacy in U.S. History by Warren Woodward)http://emfsafetynetwork.org/smart-meter-surveillance-use-confirmed/ (6/20/13)http://thetruthaboutsmartgrids.org/2013/10/16/smart-meter-robbery/ Smart Meter Reports That Naperville Home May Be Vulnerable to Weekend Burglary (10/16/13)http://thetruthaboutsmartgrids.org/2013/10/03/smart-meter-data-reveals/ (10/3/13)
Smart meters allow for two-way communication between you and Pepco. The meters record your energy use information daily, then that data is sent to our data center for billing and customer service. Smart meters are the foundation for future smart homes and businesses. Soon you'll be able to control "smart appliances" like your thermostat, from the internet or smart phone. You will also be able to receive alerts when your bill reaches a certain usage or dollar amount.
Citizens in Washington, D.C. and in other states have expressed their concerns about the Smart meters. According to a Fox News report in May 2013 "Pepco this past summer reported at least 15 smart meters caught fire or got so hot, the meters melted. Similar fires have been reported in other states too".
The D.C. Office of People's Council (OPC) has filed a motion before the DC Public Service Commission (PSC) requesting further examination of smart meter opt-out options based on findings of the West Monroe consultants' report. OPC is also working with the City Council's Government Operations Committee, chaired by Kenyan McDuffie, to address the smart meter-related concerns described in your correspondence with the Office. ANC Commissioner Acqunetta Anderson will continue to monitor the Pepco smart meter concerns—with the OPC and Pepco. Please visit the ANC4A01's website to read the OPC's motion in its entirety. Click on the icon on the right to read the motion in its entirety.
CM McDuffie please introduce emergency moratorium legislation regarding PEPCO's intent to disconnect service to DC Citizens who have decided to opt out of installation dangerous smart meters in their home---known to have caused fires in homes in Illinois, Canada and other jurisdictions. DC citizens in all Wards of this city need emergency action from your committee now. PEPCO begins disconnection of service within 10 days beginning last Friday, December 6th. Beginning December 16th PEPCO will begin disconnecting services to seniors, children and families---placing them in darkness, cold conditions and a Third World living conditions in our city. Click here to read entire letter.
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ANC4A01, Washington, D.C. December 6, 2013. Community involvement in the U.S. Department of State—Foreign Mission Center's (FMC) former WRAMC plans has been a vital part of Commissioner Acqunetta Anderson's plan to keep the citizens full informed about what is happening as we go forward.
Washington, D.C.--November 20, 2013. Transparency in government is a priority of the ANC4A01 Commissioner and the Commission will begin sharing the ANC4A monthly minutes on the ANC4A01 website. The ANC4A executive committee under the chair holds monthly meetings prior to the regular scheduled monthly meetings (closed to the public) to prepare the ANC4A meeting agenda and to discuss community concerns prior to the public ANC4A meetings. Following the executive meeting--ANC4A monthly minutes are circulated to the commissioners for review and corrections prior to the upcoming monthly meeting. The minutes are not official--but must be voted on by the Commission as a Whole at the ANC4A meetings. The draft minutes are circulated to give the commissioners the opportunity to review the minutes for accuracy. The ANC4A01 commission will post the unofficial ANC4A minutes on the ANC4A01 website to provide an opportunity for neighbors to follow actions taken at ANC4A meetings and the closed executive meetings. And to post the draft unofficial ANC4A minutes on the website to give neighbors the opportunity to read the minutes in advance to determine if they have corrections prior to the meetings (procedure adopted by the Commission at its October 2013 meeting).
Washington, D.C. October 25, 2013 The Kalmia Road Culvert between East Beach Drive NW and West Beach Drive NW in Colonial Village, North Portal and a portion of Shepherd Park in ANC4A01 will be closed on Tuesday, October as part of the DDOT's efforts to make the long waited repairs on the bridge since 2010. The closure is expected to last approximately six months. ANC4A01 has held several meetings to discuss the concerns of the neighbors since January 2013. DDOT is concerned that "another rain event could cause further deterioration of the structure" and therefore will close the bridge earlier than anticipated.
DDOT stated in a recent press release that this closure was previously scheduled to be "implemented in late November to replace deteriorated culvert at this location with a new bridge structure. However a recent inspection of the Kalmia Road Culvert revealed additional deterioration has developed in the form of a scour hole due to rain storms over the past few weeks".
According to the DDOT, the roadway crossing at this culvert is still safe for pedestrian and vehicular traffic. Neighbors expressed their concerns about "proper detour signage" at the ANC4A01 meetings in September and October 2013. DDOT recently stated that detour signage will be in place to guide vehicular traffic around the closure. DDOT encourages motorists to plan for additional travel time because "traffic delays are likely to occur along the detour routes.
For more information and updates click to read more. . . . .
The regular monthly meeting of ANC4A01 will be held on Tuesday, September 24, 2013, beginning at 7 PM in the main hall room, Washington Ethical Society, The meeting agenda is embedded below and is posted on our website, www.ANC4A01.net .
Click here to read the agenda. . . .
September 7, 2013
Washington, D.C.---September 7, 2013. Former WRAMC Master Development Citizen electronic voting has been extended until September 22nd. In person voting will be held on September 21st between 12:00pm until 3:00pm. Details regarding the location will be posted throughout the community next week once plans are finalized with DMPED.
Citizens in Ward 4 will be able to meet all three developers team members and to cast their vote to select the master developer. The voting results will be submitted to DMPED. In our democratic process---citizen's votes carry great weight.
Please go to ANC4A01's website to vote today!
September 6, 2013
The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) will commence repair work as part of the Americans with Disability Act Compliance Project at the intersection of Kalmia Rd and Myrtle St NW on or about September 11, 2013. Construction is scheduled to be complete by September 16, 2013, weather and construction permitting. The purpose of the repair work is to ensure members of the disabled community can access and use the sidewalk.
The Contractor is authorized to work during the hours of 7:00 am to 7:00 pm, Monday through Saturday. There will be no work at night.
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The Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development (DMPED), has selected a short-list of respondents to the Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for Master Development Services for the former Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC) campus in Ward 4. Commissioner Acqunetta Anderson invited five developer finalist to attend her May 13, 2013 meeting to introduce their corporate team to citizens and to discuss their corporate mission and vision; other development project's and to answer citizens questions to help citizens to get to know the developers.
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Recently Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner representing Colonial Village, North Portal Estates and a portion of Shepherd Park, informed Ward 4 home owners to be cognizant about a proposed real property tax strategy that was discussed on April 2, 2013 at a Walter Reed Development Authority meeting. The authority hired the Urban Land Institute to report on the WRAMC Interim use and Small Area Plan. The Ward 4 councilmember, the D.C. Office of Planning and the Office of the Mayor Economic and Development would like Ward 4 citizens to accept their opinion that the Urban Land Institute's proposed real property tax strategy is an "idea". Commissioner Anderson's response is "if it's not on the table--but an idea, the council should pass legislation guaranteeing Ward 4 citizens that the so call idea will not become a reality".
The Urban Land Institute (ULI) purposed a similar tax increment financing (TIF) for the Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC) on April 2, 2013. ULI in its report to Ward 4 citizens (WRAMC's Interim Use and the Small Area Plan recommendations) stated that citizens will invest in the proposed partnership if the proposed real property tax plan is adopted. ULI's proposal will cause for the creation of a proposed taxing district in Ward 4 to fund and support the Walter Reed Development. A range of tax assessment options and financing alternatives are on the table, from taxing Ward 4 properties within a five to ten minute walking distance of the former WRAMC. Revenue from these levies will generate funding for the WRAMC----capital costs and help offset operating losses.
Washington's strong real estate market makes increased property tax assessments more palatable than they might be elsewhere, but Washington is not the only places proposing to use a special assessment real property tax, Property assessments are helping fund new transportation lines in Rockville, Maryland, Tampa, Seattle, San Francisco, and Kansas City, Missouri, and the success of a push for streetcars in Los Angeles will depend on support from local property owners.
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It has been suggested the I.T teachers would find a mobile tablet useful. They want to be able to work on their desktop then when walking around the class be able to use the tablet which will control thyeir desktop. So i'm assuming a simple VNC option will sort that.
Next is type of tablet, Are any of the tablets out at the moment windows based? Or if on Google does anyone know of anyone Android VNC clients i could use to achieve this?
The other option i have i think would be to try and use a Dell Inspiron Duo tablet assuming its not a great deal heavier than a pure tablet.
Anyone implemented anything like this before or have any suggestions?
humm i just want the teacher to be able to control his computer at the front of the class while he is talking with a student. I think unless someone has actually done this, i'm going to have to set this up and see it for myself as i'm not sure how well the touch capabilities will work when a windows desktop is squashed down into a tablet sized screen and over a VNC client.
if memory serves, the logmein software is available on tablets now. Not sure on pricing but i've heard of it doing well on the xoom tablet, not sure about other tablets tho.
im not saying its not doable but rdp on my eeepad while it works using a touchscreen isnt exactly great (esp right click) though i was using as hign a res as it would let me and was using it to edit a gpo. Not sure about vlc not looked (as a point does vlc work on win7?)
woukldnt a wireless keyboard mouse make more sense and be cheaper when the teachers invariably drops it?
log me in for android is about £20 iirc
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the teacher wants to be able to demo things though either to the class or individual students without having to be sat at his desk, so being able to have a tablet and sit with a student i assume will give them a more personal learning experience. We already have tighVNC setup around the school so have an idea how to get it working so i think we will just have to get some on trial and see how they work.
Touchpad Pro
Although, as you point out, a wireless keyboard and mouse would be way cheaper than buying an iPod touch or similar just to use as a touchpad!
Much better to get the teacher using the Tablet natively without the VNC really.
There is software available from the app store for viewing powerpoints and taking registers on sims already. I don't know what else a teacher would really need to be honest.
I'm sure its only a matter of time before there are no need for fully blown laptops anymore.
Most of the current crop are pretty unusable.
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Cassville, Monett high schools probe urine prank at girls basketball game
CASSVILLE, Mo. -- Parents of Monett High School players are upset about something that happened at a girls basketball game at Cassville High School on Feb. 4. Cassville players admitted they poured urine into a water cooler used by Monett players during the game.
Parents of Monett High School players got a letter about the prank from Monett school administrators on Wednesday. The letter says four members of the Cassville team each urinated into a cup, then poured urine from only one player into the cooler. It says Cassville High School administrators learned about the prank on Tuesday.
The letter says Cassville school leaders punished the players and are looking into whether "further discipline is warranted." It also says Cassville administrators "apologized for the incident and regret that anything of this nature has occurred."
The letter says Monett school administrators are looking into the health risks involved, and asked infectious disease specialists for assistance.
"Our understanding at this time is that the individual whose urine was used will be undergoing tests to determine if any health risks are present. We will pass along any information we receive," says the letter, which was signed by Monett High School Principal David Steward and Athletic Director Daryl Bradley.
Cassville administration would not comment on whether urine tests are in fact being done.
One Monett parent, who opted not to speak on camera, is concerned about potential diseases to which her daughter may have been exposed.
Monett High School administrators met with the Lady Cubs team and coaching staff on Wednesday afternoon to talk about the prank.
Cassville School District Superintendent Jill LeCompte sent a written statement on the incident that says they've "investigated the incident and determined that an inappropriate act had occurred. Disciplinary actions have been taken."
The letter to Monett parents also ask that no retaliation be done.
"We are asking you, as parents, to help us work with our girls and their friends to handle this situation with professionalism and restraint. We understand that all of us in Monett are angered and frustrated by this occurrence and the amount of time before the incident came to light. We encourage you to support our stance that retaliation in any way stoops to the level of the offense committed against us and is counter productive. Our goal is to work through any lingering issues and put this incident behind us quickly," the letter says.
Monett's superintendent says the district has set up a meeting with health department officials next week for the girls and their parents to discuss health concerns.


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Paul was one of my teachers at QPCS during 92 - 94 and to say we all had a good relationship would be very much understanded he was always a good laugh during class and even after class myself and good friends used to saty behind to have a chat and a bit of craic. As a teacher he was supportive and inspirational. I never had privillege to meet Jo or Lucy but he spoke about them regularly when we caught up. I know its been a while now since his passing however i wanted to be able to pay my respects in someway and this was the only way as only just came across this blog.

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