Teacher+Laptops

Teachers from last year will have the same laptop. If you checked your laptop out for the summer, you have it now.

RedCat Voice Amplification Devices will be given to all ELD teachers. (Mrs. Moore, Mrs. Sandoval, Mrs. Facio, Ms. Hernandez, Ms. Lopez, Ms. Cutruzzula and Mr. Zozaya) We have 3 more available to be checked out. //(One has no power cord, so if you find any stray cables in your rooms, please bring them to the Tech. Lab upstairs so I can see if it would be the missing cable for it.)// Every room has 1 teacher desktop computer to be used by the teacher and with the Interractive White Board if you have one. If your room has student desktop computers, great! You probably have to do an ihelp to get them on the internet. (the ihelp wasn't working last week, but will be ready soon).

I will be meeting with the District Tech Department to tell me how they want the extra desktop computers distributed. I have a Teacher Laptop for each teacher. Come to the Tech. Lab to get yours. New teachers will have to do an ihelp to get set up on the laptop that you get. Each one willhave both Smartboard, and Promethean installed.

I suggest that you syncronize and set your laptop to work offline before you log off at the end of each day... if you plan to take your laptop off campus. This way, your u drive will be saved and you can access your files when you are not on campus. If you cannot get to your files when you return, or can't print, try to syncronize, that usually works.

Each Grade Level Pod has a Pod Printer for Teachers in the pod to use. These will be online too. There is an online printer in the Tech Lab, and Workroom to print from also. Please feed the printer before you decide to print.

Galileo Computers and Scanners are both in the Tech Lab for your use. Bring your own paper.

We have Doc Cams, like the one Dr.Guerrero will be using on Principal's Day to be checked out. There are enough for 2 per pod. So, decide which teachers in your pod will be checking them out and let me know. Mrs. Dorris already has one in her room from last year. Who ever checks them out will be responsible for them and checking them back into the lab at the end of the year. You need to keep the doc cam box for summer storage.--I will be happy to store it in the lab for you during the year, just ask.

We have Digital Cameras for teacher use also. About one per pod. You will be responsible for all the parts and returning them in working order. If you lend the camera to another teacher, whoever the camera is checked out to will be the responsible party. //I have purchased memory card adaptors for them with my own money, so your micro memory cards can be used with them. The adaptor must be returned with the camera. along with the batteries.// Pictures at the beginning of the year are wonderful to add to memory albums at the end of the year. You can search IDEAL for many lessons classroom pictures can be incorporated into.

We have Individual Response Units (aka: Clickers) for Smart and Promethean software. Both will work on your laptops. In order to check these out, you must allow at least 30-60 min. in the lab learning how to use them. Please make an appt. with me for before school. It may take more time and practice, but once you see how useful they are, you will love them.

The Para's will be using the Airliners this year, so they are not available. I look forward to working with each and every one of you, Nancy Gilloon X11265 Tech. Teacher