Description
Most school networks aren’t run by trained IT staff. They’re held together by the science teacher who knows how to reset a Microsoft password, or the maths teacher who remembers where the Wi-Fi box lives. These people spend half their day unlocking accounts and the other half wondering why one classroom can print while the one next door can’t—before sprinting back to their actual job of teaching.
This book is written for them.
I know what that life feels like. I spent two years running the entire network for a college while technically on sabbatical from corporate. One minute I was teaching, the next I was elbow-deep in password resets, dead printers, corrupted profiles, and mysterious “network outages” caused by someone unplugging the wrong thing. If you’ve suddenly found yourself as the accidental IT person… this is your book.
Plug and Pray is the straight-talking, plain-English survival guide for school IT—the one you wish came in the box when you first walked into the server room.
Inside, you’ll learn:
- Simple, practical fixes for the everyday disasters that stop a school in its tracks
- How to stretch old computers and ageing networks far beyond their expected life
- What to say when vendors try to upsell you, and how to keep your school’s budget intact
- Security basics that actually make sense, without drowning in jargon
- How to stay calm, capable, and in control, even when the system dies five minutes before the bell
Written with honesty, humour, and decades of hands-on experience, Plug and Pray gives you the confidence and clarity to keep the school running, the staff supported, and the students learning—no matter what chaos the technology throws at you next.
