Affordable Wifi
One of the largest parts of managing school IT is the network. As a part of the state of Maine MLTI program networking equipment was a large part of it. When I first came into the technology department one of our main frustrations was not being able to see into the network, especially when there
Graduation Audio & Streaming Setup
The graduation ceremony’s across the country this year are extremely varied so I wanted to take a few to talk through our setup. Many schools I know decided to hire a group to come in and stream the graduation ceremony for them but honestly, with a little bit of equipment, it was very easy to
What kind of mic should I use?
If you have been one of the many people that have had to become audio experts as of late I want to take a post and talk a bit about microphones. This is not going to be a technical post but rather a post to help out those that have never needed to know much
A Music Educator & Techie take on Video Conferencing Platforms
This is a follow-up post to the one I made yesterday on Best Practices for Video Conferencing. There are so many choices out there it can be hard to know which platforms are good for what you need to do with students. If you combine the information in my best practices post with the information
Best Practices for Video Conferencing
Video conferencing has become a hot topic in the past few weeks due to the happenings around the world. Video conferencing is the same concept used in video podcasting and remote interviews that you see on news outlets. The technology needed to make it sound and look good is simple and would not break the
Supporting Each Other
Firstly I hope everyone is hanging in there and doing well with everything going on right now! Many schools are now facing a situation they never dreamed possible and the technology is now at the forefront. This post is going to move around a little on a few different topics. The first thing techies need
My Live Streaming Journey
Live streaming has been something our school district has been looking into for a few years. A few years ago we tried a service called The Cube which worked pretty well but to do anything of substance with it there was a yearly fee. The features it offered was not great for the price it
Digital Signage in Classrooms
In our music room, there is a lot of information I need to keep in front of the kids as much as possible. Over the years I have gone the traditional route and used a whiteboard writing all the information on the board under different sections. I am in our jr./sr. high school three days
My Productivity Journey
It’s only been a few months since my last post as life has been busy! I plan to get back to regular posting as I have a few topics in the works. keeping track of everything I have on my plate can be quite challenging and I have looked around at a lot of tools.
iPadOS Here We Come!
This past Monday Apple had their annual World Wide Developer Conference, also know as WWDC! I believe this was one of the most exciting keynotes in many, many years. Asan educator there is one piece I would like to focus on in this post and that is the new iPadOS. I am one of those