16bwhitt
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Today I began one of the biggest projects I have ever worked on. I was contracted in late february to develop and revamp an entire schools technology systems - from hardware to software to curriculum. Today my team and I began work on the upgrades, after jumping through all the budget hurdles, getting approval to order things, and all of the other school related policies one goes through.
The entire upgrade should take two weeks, as I am only spending two hours a day onsite.
Total project is about $25,000. They received new laptops via a grant. HP EliteBooks...8GB of RAM, i5 vPro, Win 10. We are introducing new docking stations for all of the teachers, so they have both a portable device, but when they want to connect to their smart board, they just dock, and voila. We are also upgrading their entire lab with HP Chromeboxes, as they already have Chromebooks implemented and use Google classroom services. We are installing Google Cloud Print printers, too. We are refurbishing the current desktops (roughly 40, they are about 7 years old) and giving them to low income families/families in need in the area.
I am billing the school for my time, but what is even sweeter is that they are getting my managed BitDefender product, so I will get a massive recurring revenue from them.
Overall, a great project if all goes as planned. I have had a constant feeling I am forgetting something. I am not familiar with day to day activities of teachers workflows or even software they use. Their current state of technology is jumbled mess of everything jerry-rigged together. I am demanding uniformity across the school in terms of technology and software the school (and us) officially support.
The entire upgrade should take two weeks, as I am only spending two hours a day onsite.
Total project is about $25,000. They received new laptops via a grant. HP EliteBooks...8GB of RAM, i5 vPro, Win 10. We are introducing new docking stations for all of the teachers, so they have both a portable device, but when they want to connect to their smart board, they just dock, and voila. We are also upgrading their entire lab with HP Chromeboxes, as they already have Chromebooks implemented and use Google classroom services. We are installing Google Cloud Print printers, too. We are refurbishing the current desktops (roughly 40, they are about 7 years old) and giving them to low income families/families in need in the area.
I am billing the school for my time, but what is even sweeter is that they are getting my managed BitDefender product, so I will get a massive recurring revenue from them.
Overall, a great project if all goes as planned. I have had a constant feeling I am forgetting something. I am not familiar with day to day activities of teachers workflows or even software they use. Their current state of technology is jumbled mess of everything jerry-rigged together. I am demanding uniformity across the school in terms of technology and software the school (and us) officially support.
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