INTRODUCTION TO MOBILE CARTS in the Classroom

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INTRODUCTIONTO MOBILE CARTSin the Classroom

• St. Thomas More School
• San Francisco
• California

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The Mobile Carts

• Check-out Procedure
• Whenever a teacher would like to use the laptops
  in the classroom they need to be signed out. The
  sign out book is in the Conference Room.
• Please record the time and grade level in the
  book.

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Charging the Carts

• The charging capacity is divided into left and
  right hand side.
• The carts must be plugged in from the two cords
  at the back of the cart.
• The red on button at the bottom of the cart
  must be lit up when charging.

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Charging responsibilities

• The Technology Coordinator will ensure supervise
  charging by the S.W.A.T. Team members who last
  use the laptops for the day.
• The S.W.A.T Team members for Grades 2-8 must
  ensure
• 1. All laptops are returned to the proper carts
• 1-20 (Downstairs)
• 21-40 (Upstairs)
• 2. All laptops are neatly put away and charged.
  (orange lights on)
• All laptops need to be charging when not in use.

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Security

• All Carts are pad-locked over night.
• Any damage to a laptop needs to be reported to
  the Technology Coordinator immediately.
• Remote Desktop may be used by the Technology
  Coordinator to ensure students use the laptops
  appropriately. This allows immediate access to
  anyone screen during any lesson.
• Inappropriate use of the laptops will result in
  losing the privilege of using the laptops.

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Logging In

• 3 User Log-ins have been set up
• Admin, teachers, and students.
• Students will always login as STUDENT with the
  general password.
• If the Admin. Login is required, care should be
  made not to reveal the Admin. Password.
• The Students login gains a restricted access to
  programs and privileges.
• iTunes, Chat etc., should be disabled in the
  Student login. Please notify the Tech.
  Coordinator if they are not.

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Supervision

• While in use Classroom teachers are responsible
  to supervise online activity.
• Please ensure that students are focused
  particularly while searching keywords online.
• S.W.A.T. team members in each classroom will
  assist students with troubleshooting issues.

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Operations Get started

• Unplugging and turning on
• An iBook which has been totally drained of power
  takes forever to boot. So long a wait until a
  response is seen makes everyone think the machine
  is broken. Be patient. Check the battery level by
  pressing the round white button on the corner of
  the battery on the bottom of the laptop.

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The Server

• Students should log onto their Server at the
  beginning of the lesson. This avoids last minute
  scramble at the end of the lesson.
• The User Name is the first and last name of the
  student and the Password is a pre-assigned 4
  letter word.
• All work by students needs to be saved on the
  Server. No documents are to be saved on the
  hard-drive of the computers. (Except for teachers
  who have their own laptops)

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The Dock

• OSX The Operating 10 System uses the Dock to
  display commonly used Programs. Currently we have
  the following Programs available to students
• Word, Excel, PowerPoint, KidPix, Wordbook, World
  Atlas, Internet Explorer, Dream weaver,
  Photoshop, Mario Teaches Typing,

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The Laptops

• All laptops use a track pad. Roll a fingertip
  over the track pad to get fine control of the
  cursor.
• An external mouse is available for students who
  are having difficulty controlling the cursor this
  way.
• Students will need a lot of practice in using the
  track pad.

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Some Tips

• Eject button ? how to use It would be nice if we
  could disable the CD eject button for school use.
  We removed the orange sticker that says "press
  F12 to eject disk." IMHO, if you need to but a
  sticker on the computer to tell people how to do
  something, that's counterintuitive design.
• Numeric keypad You may never need to use the
  built-in numeric keypad, but if your computer
  starts typing funny and puts lots of numbers
  instead of letters, press F6 to turn that off.

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Operations handy tips

• If the Laptop does not start
• Check battery level Press the button on the
  bottom. Don't check out with 2 dots or less. Have
  some power supplies ready to pull out of the cart
  if necessary. These laptops will not last a full
  day on batteries alone.
• Plug in the laptop and press the On/Off button
  again.
• Return to the Tech. Coordinator for further
  investigation

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Laptop Status

• Sleep between classes, after activity completed
  Charge whenever you can.
• Shut down after last class of the day If the
  cart gets unplugged, all the laptops will
  eventually drain dead if they are sleeping.
• Pulsing light on the edge means the laptop is
  asleep.

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Internet Surfing
Internet browsers used are Internet Explorer and
Safari. Safari allows you to block
pop-ups. Printing Web Pages Don't. That's a
black hole for ink. Besides, students should be
taking notes, not copying whole swatches of
text. The Tech. Coordinator will help you find
suitable websites for topics being studied.
Students below 6th grade rarely have the skills
needed to find relevant sites. These skills need
to be taught to your class.
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If you cannot connect to the Internet

• First try turning off and on the wireless
  connection. (The black rainbow in the top menu)
• Check that you are connected to our schools
  Network STTSchool
• If no computers connect to the Internet, the
  Tech. Coordinator will need to re-boot the router.

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Printing

• All Laptops are configured to print both
  downstairs and upstairs.
• UPSTAIRS Printer Elvis
• DOWNSTAIRS Printer Big Bob
• If a Printer is not listed, please return the
  laptop to the Tech. Coordinator.
• Please teach your students how to print Pages 1-1
  and conserve paper.

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First Steps for Students

• Here's a short list of things to review with your
  students when first using the carts. Take about
  15 minutes to go over the following items.
• Logging in Reveal the password and remind them
  that the laptops are a privilege and must be used
  appropriately.
• Track pad control Practice using the track pad
  to control the mouse.

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First Steps for Students cont.,

• Checking battery Lights on the bottom.
• Copy, Paste, Cut Apple C, Apple V, Apple X
• Make sure AirPort is connected look at control
  strip lights or AirPort control panel if they're
  both disabled, is there another way to check? I
  don't want to unlock control panel access. The
  best solution is to restrict the functions on the
  control strip.

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Tips for Students

• Use the BLUE apple and Shutdown to shutdown your
  laptop.
• Review the icons on the Dock so students are
  familiar with the commonly used Programs.
• Force Quit Option-Apple-Escape.
• Use this whenever you see the spinning beach
  ball.

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More Tips for Students

• Screen grab "Shift-Apple-control-4" and then
  draw a box The results are on the Desktop.
• Saving All files need to be saved on the Server.
• Virtual Teacher Drop Box An easy way for
  students to pass up work is through your Drop
  Box. Log onto Server gt Choose Users gtFind the
  Teachers name gtChoose Public Folder gtDrop Box.

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What is the SWAT TEAM?
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Students Working To Advance Technology

• The Swat Team consists of 20 members. All members
  are in 6th/7th/8th grade initially. In Swat Team
  there are five main jobs
• Tech Troopers,
• Internet Researchers,
• Computer Buddies,
• Web page builders and
• Public Relations.

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Students Working To Advance Technology Students
in 6th / 7th / 8th grade are chosen to assist
teachers and students in the everyday use of
technology at our school.
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Why do students want to be on SWAT?

• We help other students with computers.
• To improve our knowledge and help with
  technology.
• To help teachers with computers.
• To help students and teachers with technology.

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The Ways SWAT Helps

• Mentors for students and teachers are developed.
• Teachers have an instant backup system if
  problems occur.
• Routine jobs like cleaning, printer maintenance
  etc., are regularly completed.

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Tech Troopers

• Tech troopers help ease the life of a teacher.
• Cleaning computers is just one more thing to
  make a day of teaching busier.
• They also charge computers, add paper to
  printers, update software, train other students
  in the careful use of computers.

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Internet Researchers

• The Internet researchers look for certain topics
  that teachers give them to look up information
  for their class. They provide teachers with
  appropriate links for research topics. These
  students also work closely with the Web page
  builders.

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Computer Buddies

• The Computer Buddies go out to classes to help
  children learn new programs and games. They
  particularly work with K-2 classes if teachers
  request their help.
• Computer Buddies also train students in using new
  programs and software during SWAT team meetings.

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Web Page Builders

• The SWAT has started working on making web pages
  for the teachers. We are using Dream weaver. If
  teachers want spelling lists posted, field trip
  photos uploaded etc., the Class SWAT Team are
  responsible to maintain the class page they are
  assigned.

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Public Relations

• SWAT Team Members also
• Develop presentations for Faculty meetings,
• Work on the Year Book,
• Design flyers for various school events,
• Use the digital camera to take photos of class
  activities
• Write up articles for the weekly Tech.
  Newsletter.

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S.W.A.T is a National organization for students
to advance technology with their
schools. www.swatweb.net