Technology

__//**Required TECHNOLOGY DOCUMENTS for Howard Elementary Students & Parents:**//__
 * "Student Technology Agreement"** to be completed by ALL K-5 students, annually.
 * [[file:4jhoward/St. Tech. Agree. (K-1).doc|St. Tech. Agree. (K-1).doc]]
 * [[file:4jhoward/St. Tech. Agree. (2-5) .doc|St. Tech. Agree. (2-5) .doc]]


 * In order for students to take laptops home, the following must occur: (1) parents attend a laptop training, every other year (2) parents/students complete and sign the "Acceptable Use Contract" following the parent laptop training OR during "off" years, parents/students must complete and sign the "Refresher Contract" and (3) pay a $30 technology fee**


 * "Acceptable Use Contracts"** to be completed and signed by parents/students following the parent laptop training
 * [[file:4jhoward/Acceptable Use Contract.doc|Acceptable Use Contract.doc]]
 * [[file:4jhoward/Acceptable Use Contract SPAN.doc|Acceptable Use Contract SPAN.doc]]


 * "Laptop Refresher Contracts"** are to be completed by and signed by parents/students during their "off" year, when laptop training is not required
 * [[file:4jhoward/Laptop Refresher.doc|Laptop Refresher.doc]]
 * Spanish version coming soon


 * Parent Notification for Laptop Training** ~ this is a half sheet flier teachers can complete and send home with students notifying parents that a laptop training is coming soon.
 * [[file:4jhoward/Parent Laptop Notification (PDF).pdf|Parent Laptop Notification (PDF).pdf]]
 * [[file:4jhoward/Parent Laptop Notification SPAN.doc|Parent Laptop Notification SPAN.doc]]

__**IMPORTANT:**__ //TEACHERS SHOULD MAINTAIN A CURRENT __GOOGLE DOC__ THAT REFLECTS __PARENTS LAPTOP TRAININGS__ AND SUBMISSION OF THE __$10 TECHNOLOGY FEE__.//

__//**STUDENT EMAILS**//__ As you acquire new students, they may not have a 4j email address. Please note that when students log in to their computer, they will need both their email address (username) and their lunch code (password).

//**To find student e-mails**//:
 * Go into esis
 * Log into the main page
 * Under the button that you would click to do attendance is a button labeled reports
 * Click reports
 * On the next screen there is another button labeled custom reports
 * Click custom reports
 * Within that window is a student demographic button, if you click on it, it will open a PDF type doc. with the list of the ID/e-mails (I think it is the second column on the page)

__//**Helpful email addresses:**//__ 4jdesktop@4j.lane.edu - for help from the Technology Support Specialists staff 4jemail@4j.lane.edu (formally zimbra@4j.lane.edu ) - any email related questions sis@4j.lane.edu - any questions about our student information system (Synergy) nethelp@4j.lane.edu - for help with any network issues phones@4j.lane.edu - for help with telephones, faxes, phone systems, voicemail

//__**Here is some tech-related information that may be of interest to Howard staff:**__//
 * Howard Printer List ~ IP address, model and location of printers at Howard
 * David's tech how-do docs on various common applications
 * 4J TILT wiki
 * 4J Google Calendar
 * 4J Google Docs
 * Subscribing to the 4J Calendar ~ A "How To" for Google Calendar and Apple's iCal
 * Retrieve student user names from eSIS – A "How To" by Peggy Young
 * [|Check out equipment from TILT center]
 * [[file:4jhoward/Edmodo Overview.pdf|Edmodo Overview.pdf]]

__**How to save enVision PDFs (resource masters) to the desktop:**__
 * Visit the enVision page on the 4J math server: http://euclid.4j.lane.edu/enVision/envision.htm
 * Download the Teacher Edition of the desired grade level.
 * Open the enVision program you downloaded.
 * Click the Printable Resources tab, select any Topic, any Lesson, and any document within that lesson.
 * Safari or Firefox will pop up to show the PDF.
 * Highlight and copy the address at the top of the window.
 * On your Desktop, go to the Go menu, then Go to Folder.
 * Pasted in the address you copied. But delete the name of the PDF from the end, and delete file: //from the beginning. For example the address file:///Volumes/enVisionMATH_NA1/envisionMATH/NA-Gr1/nt1_07_30.pdf would be shortened to /Volumes/enVisionMATH_NA1/envisionMATH/
 * Click the Go button. You will be presented with a list of PDFs, which are all your resource masters.
 * You can copy any or all of them to a folder on your desktop for easy access in the future.

__//**4J Technology Workshops**//__ The 4j TILT Center is offering a wide variety of workshops for all levels. Please click on the link below for a full list of offerings, details, and registration. @http://www.4j.lane.edu/workshops/--Instructional%2BTechnology

Although you can see the list and detailed information for workshops at the above URL, you will need to login to register. Please follow the simple directions (with screen shots) at the following link to register. ** @http://www.4j.lane.edu/tilt/registeringworkshops **
 * Remember...**the workshops are FREE and PDU certificates are available.


 * //__NETS (National EducationalTechnology Standards)__//**
 * [|NETS info for Students]
 * [|NETS info for Teachers]
 * [[file:4jhoward/NETS_K-9_Nov09_draft.xls|NETS_K-9_Nov09_draft.xls]]


 * NETS** (__//This document has been "Howardized" indicating where we believe our students should be//__). Where you see two letters, in a single column, the first letter represents the district's expectation and the second letter represents Howard's expectation.


 * Technology Checkout**
 * Short-Term Tech Checkout Form – Required to borrow equipment for classroom use.
 * Tech Checkout Calendar – If there are no entries on the date you want to borrow equipment, it is probably still available. David maintains this calendar.
 * Equipment List
 * iPod Touch (4 kits; each contains 4 iPods)
 * Snowball Mic (1)
 * Belkin Rockstar headphone splitters (4)
 * Projector (1)
 * Digital Cameras (several – currently being re-organized into kits of about 4)