Hardware+and+Software

The following items are already in the room as part of the Classrooms for the Future Grant.
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 * 1) 100 MacBook-teacher [|Click to access specifications �62��51�]
 * 2) Cart [|Click to access specifications]
 * 3) HP Photosmart C6180 all-in-one[| Click to access specifications]
 * 4) Airport Extreme [|Click to access specifications]

There is no additional software installed on these laptops other than the bundle from Apple. The discussion is being held over whether to use the open source software that is included on the laptop but at this time these applications are blocked for student use. As teachers and students begin to find uses and demand that these be made available. Decisions were made initially based on what people had been using before the infusion of the grant. Click to view the list of software that comes bundled on the the MacBooks

I am including in the project an Airport Extreme connection for my room as well as the umbrella wireless that is the goal over the next 3 years; the Airport will "tide" us over until the new system is installed.

I am also planning to keep the cart once the 1:1 happens as a secure place to house charging computers, the printer and cameras.

To support writing instruction in Writing Skills and English 10-3, I want licenses for [|MY Access!,] an online writing instruction program, for each of my students. This is a program that we have been using here at WHS for 3 years and plan to continue.

I am including the desk in this area because it is more than a desk: it is more of a management system that will house all the components and manage all the wires that are currently--and for the next 3-5 years--part of the technology. This desk will include space for the teacher to work on planning and grading as well as a central control for cameras, sound, computers (for the day when there are multiple computers in use), and other auxilliaries like the DVD player.


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