This week I am joined by Shelby Vecchio, the XR designer at the Futurus and art director at Amebous Labs, a XR start-up here at Atlanta, GA.

During our last episode, Curt Godwin talked about the impact of XR in the classroom but the lack of content for it to be a viable solution at the moment. So I reached out to Shelby to pick her brain as she and Futurus are content creators in the world of XR. 

We talk about 

• AR/VR
• Futurus' antibullying campaign for middle schools
• Creating content for classrooms

Hope you enjoy this episode!

P.S. Couple of disclaimers, Shelby mentions Hololens is rather affordable, but she wanted me to point out that it is still a bit expensive ($3500), but Microsoft also offers a subscription plan for $125/month. 

Also, she wanted to mention that Facebook acquired Oculus few years ago so they're requiring Facebook login "to be more facebook-obvious". 

Hey everyone,

This week's episode is with Tim Fleming, Director of technology services, and Curt Godwin who is the network operations coordinator at Forsyth County Schools.

Forsyth County Schools, which are located in GA, are comprised of 40 schools and close to 51,000 students. Forsyth County Schools have long been a technology leader in K12 space. And their small IT teams, with the help of Lockstep, provide some of the best learning experiences for their students and teachers. 


Curt and Tim discuss:

• how they prepared their schools for virtual teaching and learning during the pandemic with such a small IT team.l 
• How they utilize IT analytics and human analytics to ensure a high graduation rate.
• How and why they utilize NIST as the core of their cybersecurity
• How they created a culture to enable their students and teams for unforeseen.
• And more!

Enjoy!

Hi everyone, Today's guest is Kim Friends, VP of E-Rate compliance at CSM consulting. 

She joins me to discuss: 

• How has pandemic changes the focus for K-12 schools and libraries
• E-Rate changes and the new legislation in front of congress
• MIBS
• And how schools can take advantage of these new changes for E-Rate.

www.lockstepgroup.com 

Feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions or topic suggestions for us to cover. My email is ali@lockstepgroup.com