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We were going to use Google Forms and QR codes to input student ID numbers into a spreadsheet, then tally it up and award them points for good behavior. Unfortunately, our admins want it to be seamless and not even require the teachers to click "Submit". They just want it all to happen instantaneously behind the scenes. Is there a good website, doesn't even necessarily have to be free but cheap? Thanks.

Howdy folks, can anyone make a recommendation between a radio or PoE clock system? I know we'd have to get more Meraki switches if we did PoE. Brand and model would be awesome too if you have specific recommendations. Thanks!

Our org is getting started with Mosyle and I need to find out if there are any lpoptions switches to force hold print for our printer profiles. Also, I need to see what the lpoptions command is for forcing page order to be 'normal', so the prints come out in normal order. Thanks!

I need to get new carbon filters for a small stainless steel countertop water filter we were given as a hand-me-down from my parents. I helped my folks get this and the filters originally, and now it needs new filters, but the web store I got them from seems to be closed. I need 3 7" carbon filters, but I don't know where else to get them. Is there another good web store like St. Paul Mercantile? Thanks.

Hi everyone, I'm trying to assist a special needs teacher who is looking for websites or Google Play apps that she can use with her kids to practice drawing shapes and writing on touchscreen laptops. Thanks for any suggestions!

It was in a thread here a month or two ago and I bookmarked it, but I had to reload my pc and I lost the bookmark. People were chatting about the least expensive subjectively good Chinese watches they got and there was one mentioned on AE that was either $2 or $9 depending on who was talking about it. If anyone knows what that might have been I'd be very grateful. Thanks!

What do you folks use for removing dense sticker residue and wiping off something as pesky as glitter from student devices? Thanks for any ideas.

So last August I was made aware that Gemini was going to become a "default ON" Core Google service on a specific date. I told my director about it and told him I would switch it to Default OFF for students. He agreed and the matter was closed. Fast forward a week or two and I discover that he decided to pre-emptively change it to default ON for everybody. Sigh. So I just said "Well, you're the boss" and moved on.

Fast-forward a year later and teachers are bellyaching that they want the AI overviews turned off. He was digging in Workspace and saw the Generative AI section, looked at it, and said to me "Well no wonder, this is all turned on!" Facepalm. I don't know if this particular Google service is solely responsible for those AI overviews, I think it might be something else.

So now I want to know if there are any good, school-safe (won't collect data or send anything across the web) Chrome extensions I can use to squash the overviews and whatever else won't break anything to disable. I know there are some extensions out there that will take care of this, I just want to make sure there's no data changing hands. Thanks!

We were just made aware that if students go to contacts.google.com, they can look up ANY student and get their student ID. Is this a more recent update for Google Workspace? I'm adding the URL to the student blocklist, hopefully that will be enough to buy us some time.

I want to find some good handles, whether they're V handles or otherwise, for lat pulldowns. I have a pullup bar I want to attach resistance bands to, but I want a good effective way to do it besides tying them in a knot or something. Thanks!

We have our domain all verified and trusted, we added the TXT file to our DNS records as required. In Managed Apple Accounts, it says "Get Started" for Google Directory Sync, but we can't actually do anything with it. We've already installed the Apple School Manager app in Google and given it full scope. Thanks for any guidance on this.

I vacillate between going heavy for hypertrophy or light for more reps and less joint strain. I think a bag of quikcrete is about ~80 pounds which I figure is my starting max, but I don't really think hitting it that hard right off the bat is the best idea. Maybe 70 pounds? Thanks for any advice.

If you do, what website is it? I'm trying to find a possible compromise with a savvy STEM teacher. They want to use thenounproject.com, but the TOS doesn't allow users under 16.

I'm trying to plan ahead for the end of the school year which is coming right up, especially regarding the process of going over the student laptop fleet and wiping/re-enrolling them as needed. To make it require less micro, I'd like to create an open network that's just used to get the Chromebooks enrolled. If I do that, I have to create that same SSID/password in Google Workspace. But if we end up changing any passwords over the summer, I think I have to do things a little differently. I've read discussions on it before, but I can't find the threads I saw previously.

I think I need to change the Student OUs to connect to the open wifi network, then configure it so they get automatically given the new password for the existing Student SSID. But my fear is that these Chromebooks won't be on long enough for them all to get that policy propagated. I don't want to start the year with some of the fleet ready and some not, but I know with some room moves coming this summer, I won't have the necessary space to leave a couple hundred Chromebooks plugged in and running. Maybe I'm going about this the wrong way. Anybody else deal with this or already has it figured out? Thanks!

I'd like to make a script/batch file that will ping a list of devices throughout my network that I want to run each morning to see what's up and what's not. I was thinking Powershell, but if there's a better way I'm open to suggestions. Ideally I'd like the script to spit out a log file that shows me whether the ping commands succeeded or failed. Thanks for any guidance on this.