Below is an overview of where we are at with our Summer, 2017 technology refresh. We have 6 students and 3 staff working through the summer to get all of these devices ready for the start of the school year.
 | This includes Amy Harmsen, District Technology Director Tim Nunnikhoven, District Systems Technician (Please welcome Tim to the District. He comes to us from East Marshall, where he was the Tech Director) Bill Gruman, District Technology Integrationist |
High School
Student Laptop Rollout:
- 9th Graders will get their computer at the HS open house night in the media center
- 10-12th grade will get their computers during Seminar time on the first day of school.
Laptop Updates:
-8th grade laptops were moved to the high school to stay with their students.
-Senior computers have been moved to the middle school to go to 5th Grade
-There are business cards now in the laptop bags clearly displaying student names. All students will have the 'new' laptop bags.
-There will be business cards with student computer login information for teachers to hand to students. With very few exceptions, they have not changed from last school year.
-Essential updates will be pushed out ahead of time. The Self-Service application is working great and will be the primary means for students to add software or install updates.
-All chargers will be labeled with asset tags the same as the laptops.
Other Updates:
-The student laptop inventory will be managed with Alexandria, the same software the library uses for books.
-There will be a cart of iPads coming over to the high school- only a year old, available for check out through the library.
- Vanguard Cohort iPads will be ready to pick up by next week.
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Middle School
Student Laptop Rollout:
- Details will be shared soon
Laptops Updates:
- All laptop details are the same as the high school.
- 5th Grade students will have new computer login username/passwords
Other Updates:
-There will be a cart of iPads coming over to the middle school- only a year old- available for check-out through the library.
-Student loaners this year will be managed out of the library.
- Vanguard Cohort iPads will be ready to pick up by next week.
-Tim Nunnikhoven's office will be in the tech room across from the art room.
-Tim Nunnikhoven's office will be in the tech room across from the art room.
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Davis Elementary
- The laptop carts have been emptied, except for three of them, which will remain with 25 computers each. The laptop carts will be used to house the new iPads.
- There will be multiple login options on each laptop so that no two students have to share the same account.
- The new iPads will be arriving any day now. Every iPad will be assigned to a student and labeled on the back.
- Zip ties will be installed to help hold the charging cords in place on the carts
- It seemed to work best when the bottom of the iPad slots in the carts are labeled. We should have time to get them labeled before the start of school. We are very open to other ideas, too, that make managing these easier.
-Apple Classroom should be up and running at the beginning of the school year.
-Apple Classroom should be up and running at the beginning of the school year.
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Bailey Park / Fairview
- The iPad carts have been wheeled to the gym at Bailey Park for the next few weeks.
- The iPad carts have been wheeled to the library at Fairview for the next few weeks.
- All student iPads have new and very improved labels. This time they will be placed at the bottom of the iPad instead of the top to make it easier to identify when pulling off a cart.
- It seemed to work best when the bottom of the iPad slots in the carts are labeled. We will help to label the remaining carts.
-Self-Service is running great, a big relief after it fell apart on us this past spring. There are more than 200 applications available for students and teachers. Let me know if there is something you need.
-Apple Classroom should be up and running at the beginning of the school year.
-Apple Classroom should be up and running at the beginning of the school year.
- This is a little off-topic, but all of the K-4 PLTW Launch lesson kits are in. The re-fill kits will be dropped off in classrooms. The full kits will be put together and distributed later this month. Some planning still needs to be done to figure out where to store everything. For now, they are in the high school shop, but will be moved within the week.
Employees
All teacher laptops should be updated to MacOS Sierra. This is available from Apple's App Store. If you haven't done so, this is likely the update you keep getting reminders about downloading. Please keep your school-issued laptop and iPad updated.
There are new copiers installed throughout the District. The 'Bob-Marley-still-be-jammin' copiers will either be sold back or used as backups. You should be able to use them very soon.
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