Happy November i21 Teachers.  View our video Vodcast of this edition here or below.

• Keys
• Year 2 Netbooks that have entered DEEP sleep
• Reminders

 If you have a suggestion for what we could share in the next i21 Connect Update, please use http://bit.ly/beaDVm to let us know. 

Cheers,

Keys

Year 2 Netbooks in Deep Sleep

If the same netbook has that same problem of "deep sleep" again, call it in to the help desk: (619) 209-HELP.

Reminders

Printers

Filters - Year 1 Boards

• make sure the projector is off
• remove the filters
• walk away from the projector or outside
• shake/blow the dust into a trashcan

ActivInspire

Welcome back i21 Teachers. View our video Vodcast of this Blog here.

• Accessing your email in Outlook
• Calling for Help
• Secure passwords

 If you have a suggestion for what we could share in the next i21 Connect Update, please use http://bit.ly/beaDVm to let us know. 

Cheers,

The Ed Tech Team 

Email Using Outlook

Does your outlook ask you for a user ID and password? Where it asks for your user ID enter: SDCS\your ID.  Where it asks for your password enter: your password. Once you have entered this information, click on the OK button. Your email will now update in Outlook.  You will have to enter in this information every time you open the program.  This is a security measure to keep your information secure. 

Calling for Help

Happy spring i21 Teachers. View our video Vodcast of this Blog here.

In this issue you will find information on:

• Aero Peek
• Promethean Board Cool down
• Promethean Skills Video Tutorials
• i21 Trainings for April, May, and June

If you have a suggestion for what we could share in the next i21 Connect Update, please usehttp://bit.ly/beaDVm to let us know.

Cheers,

The Ed Tech Team

Aero Peek

Aero Peek will be turned off on the student netbook to maximize performance and increase battery life. This will be turned off by the school district. The teacher and students will not have to do anything to make this change. To see what Aero Peek is view our video podcast or see this see this de

Promethean Board Cool Down

The Promethean Board Projector goes through a cool down procedure every time it is turned off. This is a very important cycle that cools down the bulb and maintains the bulb's longevity. Not allowing the projector to go through a complete cool down cycle could cause the projector to overheat or damage the bulb. For this reason, it is important to only turn off your board during the school day if it is going to be inactive for a period of 30 minutes or more.

Promethean Skills Video Tutorials

We are please to announce video tutorials for ActivInspire. You can view these videos at TUBE.SANDI.NET use the key word: ActivInspire to view the latest tutorials.

i21 Training for April, May, and June

 Hello i21 Teachers! i21 Connect is now a blog and a video podcast. View it here.

In this issue you will find information on:

What you need when you call the IT Help Desk

Creating and saving a ticker tape in ActivInspire

Lesson ideas for ActivInspire ticker tape

March and April i21 workshops will be available for registration in ERO by February 22^nd.

Cheers,

Check-list for calling the IT Help Desk.

1. Your school name and room number
2. Computer C-tag (if you are calling regarding a computer, you will need the c-tag. This can be found on the bottom of the teacher Tablet PC or the student netbook. It is on a sticker and begins with the letter C)
   
3. Netbook number (if you are calling regarding a student netbook, you will need the netbook number. This can be found on a sticker on the top of the netbook. It includes your room number and the slot number that corresponds with the netbook cart).
   
4. Year 1 or Year 2 room (If your Promethean board was installed last school year 2009-2010 school year, you are in a Year 1 room. If your Promethean board was installed this school year 2010-2011, you are in a Year 2 room. )
   
5. Detail of your issue (The more information you are able to provide regarding your issue, the better the help desk is able to help you. For example: if you are calling regarding a netbook that a student can not login to, include the student id and the netbook number and this information in your message)

Inspire Ticker Tape

ActivInspire allows you to create a scrolling ticker tape across your flipchart pages. Go to: Tools>More Tools>Tickertape to access the tickertape. With a tickertape you can bring items to your students' attention. Did you know you can save your tickertape and add an action button of your saved tickertapes to your page? Click on the Save as icon within the tickertape window (floppy disk and pencil icon). Ticker Tape Tip via Amy Martin's Blog on Technlogy Resource Teachers.

Ticker Tape Lesson Ideas

• Post objectives or standards
• Post homework
• Post announcements
• Congratulate students or celebrate birthdays
• Display a sequence of numbers for patterns
• Post spelling words, vocabulary lists, or key words and definitions
• Reading fluency with sight words :
  

Hello Year 2 Teachers!

Many of you will be receiving your Promethean boards soon, if you have not already. Once the installation is complete your Principal will “sign off” on the install and will be given the keys to the storage drawer below your Promethean board  where the pens and remotes for your i21 equipment have been locked. You should have already attended the Vision/Tablet PC class and will need to attend Promethean 1 as soon as possible. In the meantime, the following instructions/job aids below will help you get started using your i21 classroom.

1)      Connecting your Tablet to the Samsung 860 Document Camera, the Projector and the Promethean Board
Connecting your Tablet to the Samsung 850DX Document Camera, the Projector and the Promethean Board

DO NOT install the software from the CD that came with the doc cam. It WILL NOT work with Windows 7. If you would like to use the advanced features, use these directions to install the software for your doc cam:

Samsung 850DX Windows 7 Software Installation Instructions (pdf)

Installing the 860 Software for Windows 7 Instructions and SDP USB Viewer Application Overview (pdf)

2)      Powering on the Presentation Station - Using Windows key + P (pdf)

3)      Calibrating the Promethean Board

4)      Step by step directions to make a simple flipchart. Or, once you have opened ActivInspire (see steps 1 and 2 of the job aid), you can use the pen tool to write.

5)      4 minute video - Setting up the i21 Presentation Station

If you need assistance, please ask another i21 teacher at your site or contact your Ed Tech POC.

Thanks,

The Ed Tech Team

Hello i21 Teachers!

In this update from i21 Connect you will find information about district online resources, Promethean tips, upcoming workshops, and copyright laws. If you have a suggestion for what we could share in the next i21 Connect Update, please use http://bit.ly/beaDVm to let us know.

Thank you,

The Ed Tech Team

District Online Resources

Are you sending your students to Google for research and need a better and safer alternative? The district has many research resources available for both you and your students. Click here for a link to district online resources including safe searches of library books, periodicals, world book encyclopedia, videos, and websites. Get your students using our databases today! Subsequent i21 Connect newsletters will have detailed instructions on the use of each online resource.

Professional Development

Click here and scroll down to view a list of all of the i21 2hr. paid workshops we are offering through December. Workshops are offered for different levels and at different pacing. Some examples of classes include your doc cam, LanSchool, online bookmarking,  ActivExpression (Engage), wiki, and blogging. When you find what you need, sign up on ero.

If you are a Year 2 teacher and have yet to take the Vision/Tablet PC class or if you have already taken the Vision class and need to sign up for Promethean 1 because you have been told your board is coming soon, please sign up on ero.

There are Promethean User Group sessions available (no pay). These user group sessions are open to all i21 teachers who have taken Promethean Level 1.  Two beginning (A and B) and two intermediate (A and B) facilitated by Dave Kootman of Promethean will be held from 4:15-6:15 pm at Lincoln High School on different days. These are user support groups and do not take the place of the 6-hour Promethean Level 1 training. Please sign up for these classes on ero.

Copyright Confusion?

Many teachers have been inquiring about how to teach students about copyright laws. Take the mystery out of copyright by sharing this fun site with your students hosted by the Library of Congress.

Taking the Mystery out of Copyright

Below is a link to a two week unit on fair use and copyright designed by an Ed Tech team member. It was made for high school, but can be used at the middle school level as well.

https://sites.google.com/site/fairuseintheclassroom/

Promethean Tips

Click here for some tips to help you get the most out of your interactive whiteboard.

Hello i21 Teachers!

In this update from i21 Connect you will find information on starting up your netbooks in the new school year, troubleshooting Lanschool, and more. If you have a suggestion for what we could share in the next i21 Connect Update, please use http://bit.ly/beaDVm to let us know.

Thank you,

The Ed Tech Team

Student Netbooks

Have you allowed your student computers to receive the beginning of the year software updates? For detailed instructions, please click on this link.

Year 1 vs. Year 2

Many folks have been confused about their Yr. 1 or Yr. 2 status. You are considered a Year 1/Cohort 1 teacher if you were a part of the Year 1 rollout of i21. This means you taught in an i21 classroom during the 2009-2010 school year and were trained on the i21 equipment including the Promethean board and netbooks.

You are considered a Year 2/Cohort 2 teacher if you currently teach in a classroom that will be installed with i21 equipment during the current school year. You are also considered a Year 2/Cohort 2 teacher if you are new to an i21 classroom that was installed last year (ie. A Year 2 teacher in a Year 1 room). Your required trainings include the Vision/Tablet PC, Promethean 1, and Netbooks, all of which are full day classes. You should take Vision/Tablet PC as soon as possible. Year 2 teachers in a Year 2 room cannot take Promethean 1 until the Promethean board is installed. Netbook training will occur later in the year.

Lanschool

This software enables you to see and control all of your student computers from your Tablet PC. For instance, you can freeze all netbooks when you need student attention, you can send a website out to all student computers, and you can limit what applications and websites students can use. These are the initial steps you need to know about Lanschool:

·  Step 1: LanSchool will be installed automatically on the teacher's Tablet PC the first time they login upon returning to the district. (There is no installation required on the student netbooks as the software was already installed.)

·  Step 2:  Teacher sets classroom LanSchool channel.  Click here for Job Aid for instructions.

For troubleshooting tips, click here.

The detailed instructions for using Lanschool can be found on this link to the Lanschool Workshop. If learning on your own is not for you, you can attend our 2 hour workshop on Lanschool by registering at ero.

Workshops

Ed Tech is offering many workshops that involve your i21 classroom. Workshops are offered for different levels and at different pacing. Some examples of classes include your doc cam, Moodle, ActivExpression (Engage), wiki, and blogging. Go to ero and sign up for classes today!

Your Projector

Teachers are already reporting “fading” bulbs on their Promethean projectors. Save the life of your bulb and be sure to shut it off when you will not be using it for 15 minutes or more.

“I have an i21 classroom for intervention math that has a maximum number of students for the day that does not exceed 27 students. The classroom was allocated 34 netbooks. Can I distribute the extra 7 netbooks to supplement i21 classrooms at my site that exceed 34?”

Answer:

Yes. You may use the extra Netbooks that are over the maximum number used in a particular i21 classroom to supplement i21 classrooms where there is a shortage. However, for inventory purposes, at the end of the school year, these netbooks must be returned to classroom cart where they were originally assigned.  Note:  Netbooks may only be redistributed from one i21 classroom to another i21 classroom.

Please note:

• Netbooks must be returned to the original classroom cart at the end of the school year.
• There can be a maximum of 38 netbooks stored in a cart due to electrical limitations. Additional netbooks beyond 38 can be stored and charged in the locked AV cabinet that was installed as part of the i21 classroom.
• The principal must approve Netbook redistribution and principal will keep a master list. Please use the spreadsheet provided for this purpose called Netbook Redistribution Master List.  Click here to download spreadsheet.
• The original computer label must remain on the netbook and cannot be covered over.
• Classroom printer will need to be added on the netbook once the computer has been moved. This will have to be done by the student. Click here to view printer job aid.
• Each computer move must be documented on the Netbook Redistribution Form and a copy must be stored in the originating room’s cart and also in the destination room’s cart. Click here for to download a copy of the Netbook Redistribution Form.

Based on the experience of students using Active Directory user names and passwords in the 2009 -2010 school year, we have determined that all students should use the more complex form for student passwords in order to ensure student user name and password security.  With this in mind, many of the students passwords in the district have been changed to reflect the new updated standards.  All student user names and passwords are accessible in Zangle by the classroom teacher.  Please see the link to the Job Aid below for instructions on how to access student Active Directory user names and passwords and some troubleshooting tips.

Note:  Students will need to use their Active Directory user name and password to access the following:

• Login to the Netbooks
• Accessing Naviance
• Login to my.sandi.net
  
• Login to Moodle
  

1.  Student password is missing when the report is run.
• The student passwords are update once per hour once the student account has been made active in Zangle.  Please wait one hour and rerun the report again.  If the student password is still not there, then please call the help desk at 619-725-7500.  Please be ready to provide the following information when calling the help desk:  Student first name, last name, and student ID number.
2. Student user names and passwords are blank on the report.
• Please check with the Zangle Power User at your site and make sure that you are the teacher of record for your course (i.e. the main teacher who assigns grades and such).  If assigned as other than the teacher of record, the reports will be blank.  If you team teach or job share, one teacher may be listed as the teacher of record and this teacher would have to generate the reports.
  
• Once you have been made the teacher of record or have ascertained your status with regard to the course, then try printing the reports again.  If the reports are still blank, please call the help desk at 619-725-7500.
  

Teachers and School Site Staff:

In this update from i21 Connect you will find details for getting your Year 1 classroom up and running for the Opening of School plus updates regarding changes to student Active Directory passwords, and new software. 

We have provided the checklist below and an estimated completion time for you to get your i21 classroom up and running for the beginning of the school year:

• Student Netbooks (30 Minutes of Hands on Work - total of 2.5 Hours for Completion over two days)
• Tablet PC (15 Minutes)
  
• Promethean Interactive Whiteboard (15 Minutes)
• Presentation Station (30 Minutes)
• Audio/Video (15 Minutes)
• Laser Printer (15 Minutes)
• Complete Guide to i21 Classroom Setup (Contains all Job Aids for Classroom Setup in one Downloadable File - 23 PAGES)

Beginning the first week of school, the ITSS Support and Edtech teams will visit each i21 classroom to provide support.  Click here to view the schedule for support (support schedule subject to change based on unforeseen circumstances).  If support is needed prior to the team arriving at your site, please follow the recommended guidelines below:

1. Consult the Job Aids and Resources and/or Frequently Asked Questions located on the i21 web site.
2. Collaborate with a colleague at your school site.
3. Request assistance from the i21 Point of Contact (POC) for your school site.
4. If the support need is related to installation, please take a look at the "Installation" category in Frequently Asked Questions.  If the question is not answered there, then have your school site principal contact i21classrooms@sandi.net.
5. If i21 equipment is in need of repair, please contact the IT Help Desk at 619-725-7500.
6. For lost or stolen items, please address with the school site principal.
   

Opening of School

• When starting up the Tablet PC in the district for the first time after returning to the school site, there will be a variety of software updates that will occur to bring the Tablet software up to date.  These will be installed in the background automatically and may make the Tablet take longer to arrive at the Ctrl + Alt + Delete screen to allow you to login.  One of the new programs that will be installed automatically is called LanSchool.  LanSchool allows the teacher to remotely monitor and manage the student computers from the teacher's Tablet PC.  For more information on this software program, click here.
  
• If you are new to a classroom whose i21 equipment was installed in Year 1 (2009-2010 School Year) then please see the school site staff and/or principal for the Tablet PC that is assigned to this classroom.  Each Tablet PC was checked out to the classroom with the following items (click on the item to see a photo):

• Stylus
  
• Mouse - Each computer has either a wired or Bluetooth (Wireless) Mouse
• External CD/DVD Player with USB Cable
  
• AC Power Adapter
• Laptop Carrying Case