NetSupport Radio

Welcome to another episode of #TipTopTipsEdu on (NetSupport’s YouTube channel/NetSupport Radio). In this episode, we talk with NetSupport’s Technical Support Manager, Andy Earp with five of his tip-top tips for supporting and deploying NetSupport School.  

NetSupport School is our popular and award-winning classroom management solution. In this episode, I asked Andy five questions based around some of the most popular and helpful tips he could share about working with NetSupport School. 

Andy responded to the following five questions and shared some great resources too. Here are those questions and the relevant resource guides. 

1 - How do you best apply the settings for NetSupport School? 

• How to apply the NetSupport School ADMX Files
  https://kb.netsupportsoftware.com/knowledge-base/how-to-apply-the-netsupport-school-admx-files/ 
• Best practice Group Policy installation and configuration https://www.netsupportschool.com/nss-pdfs/Best_practice_Group_Policy_installation_and_configuration.pdf 

2 - What is the NetSupport School Connectivity Server and when is it useful to implement it? 

• Using a NetSupport Name and Connectivity Server (Introduction and setup guide) https://www.netsupportschool.com/nss-pdfs/Using-a-NetSupport-Name-and-Connectivity-Server.pdf 

3 - How do I ensure that my teachers only connect to Students in their class? 

• Configuring the room name for NetSupport School Students and Tutors by Group Policy
  https://kb.netsupportsoftware.com/knowledge-base/configuring-the-room-name-for-netsupport-school-students-and-tutors-by-group-policy-gpo/ 
• Integrating NetSupport School with Google Classroom
  https://www.netsupportschool.com/nss-pdfs/Integrating-NetSupport-School-with-Google-Classroom.pdf 
• Using NetSupport School in a Chrome Environment https://www.netsupportschool.com/nss-pdfs/using-nss-in-a-google-chrome-environment.pdf 

4 - Can NetSupport School work in a RDSH or VDI environment? 

• Setting up NetSupport School in a Terminal Services environment
  https://kb.netsupportsoftware.com/knowledge-base/setting-up-netsupport-school-to-run-in-a-microsoft-terminal-server-environment/ 
• Using NetSupport School in a VDI environment https://kb.netsupportsoftware.com/knowledge-base/using-netsupport-school-within-a-vdi-environment/ 

5 - How do you secure access to the Tutor Console and remote access to the Students? 

• https://kb.netsupportsoftware.com/knowledge-base/how-to-secure-access-to-the-tutor-console-and-connections-to-the-students-within-netsupport-school/ 

In this, the inaugural episode of #TipTopTipsEdu, we talk with Andy Robertson, author of 'Taming Gaming' and creator and curator of the brilliant taminggaming.com family video game database.

In this episode, he shares his top tips for accessing appropriate games; how to best support children in your classes (or your own children) with appropriate games; screen time and games to support educational activities such as literacy, emotional and physical wellbeing, mental health - and more.

You can follow Andy and his lively tweets and shares @GeekDadGamer.

You can also watch the interview on YouTube here.

The ‘Check it out!’ show is back, helping edtech enthusiasts get through the January blues!

Hosted by Al Kingsley and Mark Anderson (authors of ‘A Guide to Creating a Digital Strategy in Education’), the show will be broadcasted live on 19th January 2021 from 7pm, and will showcase the new ‘must-have’ education solutions - supporting parent engagement, CPD, online safety, learning platforms and apps, and more! 

Guest speakers include:
Eve Harper - BETTFEST
Simon Hay - Firefly Parent Portal
Dom Traynor - Spark
Andrew Hammond - Discovery Education Pathway
Joe Stoney - National Online Safety
Stefan Allsebrook  - Frog
Donavan Naidoo - Blob science
Pete Henshaw - National Edtech, Pedagogy & Remote Education Conference
Matt Jones - classroom.cloud
Michael Wilkinson - ClickView
Connor Pierson - Quizizz
Rikki Harrison - iSAMs by IRIS Education
Nina Jackson - Teach Learn Create
Plus many more!

in this very special festive edition of the 'Check it out!' show, join Al Kingsley @AlKingsley_Edu and Mark Anderson @ICTEvangelist as they uncover new education services and solutions that can help your school! 

Guests include: @kazowed, @Tassomai, Noble and Eaton, @natterhub, @YouTeachMe, @MyWorldOfData, @FUNecole, @edpuzzle, @rangathetrainer and @TimeEdu.

Back by popular demand, catch up with the November edition of the 'Check it out!' show! Join @AlKingsley_Edu and @ICTEvangelist as they uncover new education services and solutions that can help your school! 

Guests include; Cascade Spanish, @GDPRinSchools, @esafetyadviser, @classroomcloud_, @DiscoveryEdUk, @trilbytv, @tweetlpplus, @justmoteHQ, @iAchieveUK, @joinbubble, @iTCHYROBOT_SCH, and @Alex_Portland, plus a special appearance from @besatweet!

Al Kingsley and Mark Anderson are joined by a range of educators who have some new services or solutions for the education sector that you should hear about!

Guests include:

Lucy Preston with Maths with Parents - Liz Murray with Spotlight Education Support - Adam Chase with Reschool - Matt Jones with classroom.cloud - Tom Thacker with CENTURY - Katie Stickley with Did Teach - Simon Blower with Pobble - Kat Cauchi with ReallySchool - Jane Moody with Drift IT Services - Kim Cooke with Gaps in my learning - Pranti Zaveri with Teacherly - Ronan Mc Nicholl with Global Edtech - Tilly Brooke with now-press-play - Russell Prue with LearnRadio.Net - Michael Brennan with Stribe - Chris Williams with Chatta - Tracey Armstrong with Arva - Sarah Underwood with ICTfE365 - David Powell with Upbeat Music and Arts - Uplift - Chris Birks with Microsoft Remote Classroom Hybrid Solution - Vanessa Leach with Tute.

ReallySchool, the award-winning app and online portal helping teachers to record, assess and share primary and EYFS and primary school pupils’ learning and development, features on NetSupport Radio to discuss the latest update which supports schools in the 'new normal'.

This chapter discusses how edtech vendors have really stepped up to help schools during COVID-19, with Caroline Wright of BESA revealing that they have provided around £30million of free resources during lockdown. 

The panel also discussed the importance of wellbeing and safeguarding – and also the lessons that have been learned from this unique time that must not be forgotten in the future.

This chapter looks at schools’ digital strategies and how the pandemic has changed the way they work with edtech, as well as how they can best prepare themselves for the possibility of more in-school and remote teaching and learning in the future, should further lockdowns come into play.

This chapter, "The new normal of teaching and learning,” examines the effect of the pandemic on teaching and learning. Despite the total disruption to regular teaching and learning, everyone agreed that many positive things have come out of this. Some schools have had a steep learning curve to get on board with the possibilities that their technology has to offer, but many staff have increased their confidence in using it, albeit through necessity.

The panel also discuss how edtech has facilitated improved engagement, better communication and how they are now used to doing Zoom calls!