Equip.+Procedures+-+BOY

=Technology Procedures - Beginning of the Year=

 NOTE: All equipment is inventoried to the room and not the teacher. If you have equipment that you do not need, please turn it in to the technology assistant. DO NOT offer it to another teacher. If you are in need any any e quipment, please ask. It may not be moved to another room without first talking with the technology assistant so that the inventory may be updated.

 Placement of teacher and student computers is determined by the location of network ports.  The teacher station/desk should be placed closest to the network drops that are generally across from the door to the classroom. There are two network ports in the teacher's area - one for the computer and one for a printer, if you should choose to place your printer here. CPUs (towers) must be placed on a desk or table. They may not be placed on the floor. You will also find the telephone jack in this location. Match station number (S1,S2, S3, S4, and Teacher) on the CPU and monitor when setting up the computers. The CPU and monitor are inventoried together as a set.

CPUs need space to "breathe". Ventilation panels are on the left side of each CPU. Do not block these vents with another CPU or books/papers. Keep a miminum of 3" space between CPUs if you are placing them next to each other. Keep area free from clutter. Dust around equipment as needed to minimize dust collecting inside the computers.  In the K-1 classrooms, if you place all your student stations in one area, you will not have enough data ports to connect all four student stations. These classrooms have been supplied with a mini network switch.  Student stations should be set up so that the monitors are easily visible from most anywhere in the classroom - i.e. not facing a wall - so that you can easily monitor students' activities while on the computer.  // When using a switch: //  1. Plug switch into power strip.  2. Plug one end of a network cable into network jack on wall other end into switch. Look to see if there is a jack labeled 'Uplink'. If so, the cable plugged in to the wall jack must be plugged into the Uplink jack on the switch. 3. Plug remaining student computers into network switch after all available wall jacks have been filled. (If you are placing a printer in this area, plug the printer into an available network jack on the wall, not into the switch.) //Note:// If you get the message that the student stations **'cannot find the tree or server'**, unplug the switch from power and from the network jack. Let it sit for a few seconds and then plug back in.

As you plug in computers to network jacks, double check that each network cable is plugged into a computer on one end and plugged into a network jack on the other. Be careful to not accidentally plug a network cable into a network jack on both ends as this will cause 'looping' and major problems with the network.

Only NHCS equipment may be plugged into our network. Personally owned devices (such as laptops and iPads) have the option of Internet access through the Guest account only.

WIRELESS capability: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Only mobile devices, such as laptop, netbooks, and iPads are allowed to be wireless. Desktop computers and printers are not wireless and must be plugged into the network jack to work.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">The printer may be placed near the teacher station or by the student stations. A printer may be placed on top of two CPUs so long as at least a 3" space is between the CPUs.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Fold the sheets that were used to cover your equipment during the summer. **Return the sheets to the technology assistant's office.**

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">All computer related equipment must be plugged into a power strip. Never 'daisy chain' power strips - plugging one into another. If you need a longer one, please ask for one. As you set up other equipment like projectors, document cameras, boomboxes, etc., for safety reasons, be mindful of the location of cords. All cords permanently crossing the floor MUST be covered with cord protector. This can be custom cut and supplied to fit your need. Cords may NOT run under a carpet unless covered with a cord protector.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">PRESENTATION STATIONS: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Teachers may choose to present (through data projector) from their Teacher station or from the netbook (grades 4 & 5). <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">If choosing the Teacher station, a VGA splitter must be used. There are 3 VGA jacks in the VGA splitter. From VGA IN, connect to the CPU. From VGA OUT1 and VGA OUT2, connect the Teacher station monitor and the document Camera.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">If choosing to always use the netbook, a VGA splitter is not used. The Teacher station monitor is connected directly to the CPU and netbook is connected to the document camera. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">The document camera is connected to the data projector. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">In //most// rooms, there are dots, dashes, or other symbols on cords and jacks which you use to match up when connecting equipment. If these are missing in your room, please let me know so I can mark them to make connecting easier for you.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">MIMIO: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">We have two types of Mimio.... wired, and wireless. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">The grey models are wired. It is plugged into the Presentation computer. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">The white models are wireless, however they need to be plugged into electricity to work. To work wirelessly with the computer, the mimio USB hub is plugged into the presenter computer station. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">All equipment (including boomboxes and jack boxes) should be placed up off the floor. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Do not plug electric pencil sharpeners in the same outlet or in close vicinity of computers. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"> If you come across equipment or cords that you do not use or do not work, please turn those in to the technology assistant. If broken, please communicate to TA (in person or by note) the exact nature of the problem. We are fortunate that most all items I've submitted for repair have been fixed and returned to us.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"> Please read the following pages for other IMPORTANT information: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"> Computer won't turn on  <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"> "Tree or Server Cannot Be Found"  <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"> Data Projectors