BYOD: Bring Your Own Device

As technology growth outpaces many companies abilities to update aging infrastructure, employees are beginning to bring their own devices to the workplace. Over the past year many companies have been asking themselves, “What advantages are there to employee owned devices connecting to corporate networks? How can you eliminate the potential security risks?”

What happens when BYOD comes to the classroom? In this round-table discussion, we look at the current state of technology in the classroom, the school, and the school system while we investigate the potential costs, impact to security, and student behavior.

Cloud Computing using Google

Google used to be just a search engine. Google now is a major hub for everything you want to do on your computer:

• Send and receive email using Gmail
• Manage your Calendar, Tasks, and Contacts
• Make and receive Phone calls for free
• Create, modify, and store documents, spreadsheets, and presentations
• Create and host websites and blogs

This lecture explores the many applications offered by Google. Discussion centers on how to integrate these features into a personal, professional, or classroom setting.

Microsoft Excel Q&A

Excel is a powerful spreadsheet tool, but it can do so much more than just add columns of numbers. Questions will be fielded throughout the presentation as the lecture covers several topics that can improve your use of Excel including:

• Pivot tables
• VLOOKUP
• Creating forms
• importing and Exporting into Access
• Charts and Graphs

Professional Results with Limited Resources

How to get professional results out of your system without spending hundreds or thousands of dollars. In this lecture we discuss and review various applications and show you low cost and no cost alternatives. Software is presented in a Good/Better/Best format while discussing cost, compatibility, and final product. Audience participation and discussion is encouraged. Software categories include: On-line storage, Office suites, Budgeting software, Operating Systems, Virus protection, and more.

Getting The Most From Your Laptop II

Expanding on Laptop I, this hands-on collaborative gives you the opportunity to learn on your own equipment. Activities include:

• PC Audit
• Speed and system testing
• Software review and updates
• Hardware cleanup
• Q & A

Getting The Most From Your Laptop I

In this lecture we discuss the best ways to optimize your system. Topics include :

• Preventative Maintenance
• Spyware and Viruses
• Speeding up your system
• Low cost upgrades
• Operating Systems
• Cloud Computing