Transcript
[00:00:00] Nathan Wrigley: Welcome to the Jukebox podcast from WP Tavern. My name is Nathan Wrigley.
Jukebox is a podcast which is dedicated to all things WordPress. The people, the events, the plugins, the blocks, the themes, and in this case, how education and WordPress can work hand in hand.
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So on the podcast today, we have Aaron Reimann and Keith Osburn.
Keith is the chief information officer and Deputy Superintendent for Tech Services at the Georgia Department of Education. With a rich background in both education and technology, he’s been instrumental in driving tech innovation within the state’s education system.
Aaron runs ClockworkWP, a WordPress agency, and boasts extensive experience in web development dating back to 1996.
Together, they’ve been leveraging WordPress to tackle some of Georgia’s most pressing educational needs.
We start off by discussing the financial advantages of using WordPress to achieve cost efficiencies compared to pricier alternatives. Keith shares his insights into how Georgia has successfully rolled out community focused sites and specialized platforms for the state’s educational staff.
The conversation moves on to their collaboration with other states, advocating for open source solutions to solve enterprise level problems.
We get into the infrastructure choices, including dedicated Azure servers for individual WordPress instances, ensuring better control and scalability.
We also touch on their strategic approach to resource discoverability