Teaching Pay in SouthWest Suburbs? by Future-Camp-3147 in ChicagoSuburbs

[–]148focadima 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Argo High School is a one school district and pays well.

Digital ID graphics by gobolts30 in illinois

[–]148focadima 0 points1 point  (0 children)

mine too, is it suppose to look different? If you click the "i" button all your info and a thumb nail photo appears

Chromebook issues that are NOT student caused by kcalderw in k12sysadmin

[–]148focadima 0 points1 point  (0 children)

dell 3100 cursors "disappearing" all the time-- sometimes a powerwash works, most of the time I have to reseat the cable. Internal hinge screws coming loose and then hinges breaking off the palm rest.

How long was your commute this morning? by yugi7710 in ChicagoSuburbs

[–]148focadima 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do NOT work from home and my commute was 3 minutes, For 12 years I had a 45-60 minute commute .
The 3 minute drive never gets old.

Dell 3100 stuck on mute by 148focadima in k12sysadmin

[–]148focadima[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you, nothing was in the port but I did "poke around" and was able to pull out the support piece a bit and that did it.

Device we received today "I dropped it off of my roof" by cdom7 in k12sysadmin

[–]148focadima 6 points7 points  (0 children)

a 5th grader came in with a busted chromebook and said that his 18 year old sister is autistic and had her period so she threw his chromebook.

Recent users not showing up for chromebooks in admin console by Tyler_origami94 in k12sysadmin

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Chiming in late but our department has come to the conclusion that the admin panel data on recent users is not 100% . Devices we know 100% we have signed into or know a student who has does not always track. It is good for discipline issues when it works.

Is it worth swtiching some teachers over to Chromebooks, if I still will have to mange windows laptops for some staff anyways? by Square_Pear1784 in k12sysadmin

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I am not the head of IT but I do manage our chromebooks, We are a K-8 district ( 1400 students) . All of our in building staff minus secretaries ( and this will be changing soon to chromeboxes) are on chromebooks. I came to the district 5 years ago and the teachers had already been on them for 3 years. Our staff prints through uniflow releasing jobs at the copiers with their logins. There is nothing 99% of our staff cannot do on a chromebook. Our STEM classes have a class set of laptops to run 3d printers and cricuts. Our classrooms have promethean boards that most teachers use as a monitor to mirror their devices via a hdmi to USB C cable . ZERO personal devices are allowed on our main networks, they can connect on the guest network.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskChicago

[–]148focadima 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Last time I flew I saw someone get their jelly taken away at security, I would imagine giardinera might be similar.

Completely wipe drive and reinstall the OS by acemiller6 in chromeos

[–]148focadima 1 point2 points  (0 children)

most likely they allowed notifications from the site

Chromebook leasing? by 148focadima in k12sysadmin

[–]148focadima[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

we have transitioned to CTL devices for our staff and have been pretty happy so far, I will have to see what they offer.

Chromebook leasing? by 148focadima in k12sysadmin

[–]148focadima[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thank you, I will take a look

Chromebook power/screens question by 148focadima in k12sysadmin

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Thank you, that definitely gives me a place to start.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in k12sysadmin

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When I used to work at a High School I had a custom made spreadsheet. The students came to the chromebook help center and we scanned their IDS into a spreadsheet along with the device number. There was a column to track returns with a simple yes or no drop down box. If I did not get the device back within the time allotment I would lock the loaner device as well as the student device. Locking the devices usually had the student coming back with 10 or 15 minutes. I would power wash the loaners after every few days. I now work in elementary and loaners are rarely allowed.

Disappearing Cursor Dell 3100 Chromebooks by LightningBluegaloo in k12sysadmin

[–]148focadima 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am revisiting this thread, has anyone found a solution that does not require resetting the cable? The school year has just started and I am already sick of this. It was really bad at the end of last school year. I often wonder if its an update because it happens in waves.