Tech Update 8_24 Hardware installation

Below are the Phases we are going through to continue getting our
technology hardware online this year. We are finishing up Phase 1 and have begun Phase 2. Please email "help" if you have no way to connect either by your teacher laptop or one desktop in your room. Include "I have no way to connect" in the subject line.

Phase 1: All teachers and Admin staff are able to connect with their laptops or one desktop computer if they have no laptop. Phones delivered. Survey of what is in your work space from last year and what is missing.

Phase 2: Classroom computers and printers are connected. Missing items are located and extra items are moved to your workspace. All labs up and running. Survey of needs due to lose items.

Phase 3: Laptop kits up and running. Smartboard installation to designated spaces begins. Phone Use Training. Classroom replacement of missing items if available. New teacher laptop purchase. 1 to 1 project and mobile lab laptops identified.

Phase 4: New Teacher's New Laptops distribution. Laptop upgrade request for retuning teachers submitted and granted according to availability. Projector need Survey, 1 to 1 project laptops and mobile Lab purchased.

Phase 5: Laptop upgrades distributed. 1 to 1 laptops distributed. Laptop Mobil lab circulated.

Please Note: Cable connections should be accessible in all locations at this time. Wireless connectivity is still being configure and signal may fluctuate considerably form location to location.

Keep Computing!

Your Friendly IT Guy,
Steven Roberts
Technology Coordinator
Walworth Barbour American International School

"The man who can make hard things easy is the educator." by ~Ralph Waldo Emerson~

Tech Update 8/20

Dear Faculty and Staff,

Just wanted to update you on a few tech items:

1. Classroom Technology Setup Update
2. Lab check-out Update
3. Drop-in lab, Elementary to Library
4. Sami Tech Assistant

Descriptions below

1. Sometime Monday morning someone from the tech team will be visiting your classroom to take an inventory of your computer situation (Fred - HS, Kim - MS, Susie - ES, Steve - Library building classrooms). Please be prepared to give us the following information:

• Do you have all of your classroom computers from last year, including all parts (mice, keyboards, etc.)? If not, what are you missing?
• Are your computers hooked up?
• Did you have a printer last year? Do you have it now? Is it hooked up?
• Do you need anything else to get up and running with your technology from last year?

We will follow up on new technology planned for your classrooms once last years technology is up and running smoothly.

2. The library will begin tech lab checkout to classes beginning NEXT MONDAY, AUG. 27th. This will include periods when classes are not taught in Labs A (media lab), Lab B (publishing lab), Lab C (checkout lab) and Lab E (ES lab). We hope to get laptop kits out sometime soon as well. Currently there are 10 laptops that need repair. With this in mind, please plan your classes accordingly.

3. For now the ES Lab will remain a drop in lab most periods of the day. Feel free to drop by to use a computer and print. As soon as the library drop-in area is open, this lab will be used for class checkout only and all drop-ins will be redirected there. Hopefully this will happen sometime the end of this week.

4. Sami has been hired for the next 2 weeks as Gintas' helper. Although we have all gotten used to him being around for "general help" until now, he will have specific tech related task to preform and may be entering your classrooms from time to time as Gintas or I would. we would appreciate it if you would keep this in mind and not side track him with other request.

If your have any questions or topics you would like addressed in future Tech Updates feel free to email me at sroberts.

Thanks and keep computing!

The Tech Team

Your Friendly IT Guy,
Steven Roberts
Technology Coordinator
Walworth Barbour American International School

"The man who can make hard things easy is the educator." by ~Ralph Waldo Emerson~