Friday, August 24, 2007

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~

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