*The TVs of Bandwidth and Brew have flickered to life once again, playing an assortment of the highlights of the NFL kickoff game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Philadelphia Eagles and a rerun of the Chiefs and the Chargers. With the customers in the cafe cheering for their favorite teams and discussing the different plays the teams have chosen, the small cafe feels a bit more like a bar today than the usual quaint space.

Dashboard appears exasperated preparing drinks for countless of customers who wait in line to be served their drinks. You think, for the first time, that perhaps Dashboard should hire a crew to work at the cafe.

You wait patiently in line, and finally arrive at the counter.*

Welcome to Brew and Bandwidth: where we serve up your weekly brew fuel, no matter how you take your scroll! 

Wait.

What I meant to say was welcome to Scroll and Fuel-

No.

Welcome to your weekly scroll fuel…

*The barista sighs tiredly. Apparently, Dashboard has been saying the slogan of the cafe too many times today.*

What can I get you today?

*You give Dashboard a sympathetic look and acknowledge that the barista looks worn out.*

I am. I am indeed.

See, with our new fall menu and with the football seasons upon us, the cafe has been packed this week.

Would you like to try what everyone else is getting? It’s a fall-infused drink that will be sure to get you into the football season spirit. What do you say?

*You eye the customers who drink it, curious as to what is in the orange concoction.*

To give you a quick brief of “the drink”, it’s an article from CBS sports that talks about the top things NFL fans should know as we enter the NFL season. The article includes notable new game rules, predictions for the season, and season highlights including holiday games and rivalry jerseys.

*Narrowing your eyes, you can tell that the last thing Dashboard wants to do is make yet another one of these drinks. You politely ask what else Dashboard has introduced to Bandwidth and Brew for the fall menu, and the Barista grins at you.*

Even though the weather is still hot, that doesn’t mean fall highlights haven’t started yet. The football season is one of them, yes. But so is the start of the school season.

*The barista turns and grabs a fancy bottle that sits on the shelves behind the counter and pours it into a pot over the stove.*

And the start of the school season means the start of introducing new technologies to the students around the world. Including technology that works to keep them safe in an increasingly dangerous world for schools.

An article published by TechNewsWorld highlights these different technologies through brief descriptions of the technologies and how they keep students safe. Visitor management, for example, is described in the article to have started as paper logs and transformed into technologies that can check the backgrounds of people that enter the school. This technology helps to prevent visitors wishing students harm from entering the school.

Another technology highlighted is CEIA’s metal detectors that only consist of two free-standing pillars to help schools maintain a welcoming environment instead of looking like prisons. These metal detectors help keep dangerous items from being carried into schools.

The article continues to give safety tips for schools on tight budgets as well as wellness tips while implementing these safety measures into schools.

It’s relieving to know that technology today is being implemented to help keep our schools safe.

*Dashboard turns and hands you a tall, warm glass of something that appears to be apple juice.*

It’s apple cider. Perfect for adults and children alike.

Here you go: I know you like your telecommunications news piping hot!