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Computer Lab Management 101 InterDistrict Downtown School 2008-2009 School Year. Ms. Buckner September 2008. Outline . Welcome /Purpose Facilities: Equipment/Safety Lab Expectations. Welcome. Purpose. To acquaint students with basic lab procedures and management
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Computer Lab Management 101InterDistrict Downtown School2008-2009 School Year Ms. Buckner September 2008
Outline • Welcome /Purpose • Facilities: Equipment/Safety • Lab Expectations
Purpose • To acquaint students with basic lab procedures and management • To promote the integration of technology into the curriculum • To encourage students to use computer labs effectively
Facilities: Equipment • Printers • Main Office: Xerox 4500, Xerox 8500, Xerox 232 • Media Center: Xerox 4500, Student Xerox 8500, XeroxM20i • 1st Floor: Student X8500 • 2nd Floor: Student X8500, Xerox 8500, Xerox M20i • 3rd Floor: Student Xerox 8500, Xerox 4500, Xerox M20i • 4th Floor : Student Xerox 8500, Xerox 4500, Xerox M20i
Facilities: Equipment • PC Lab Software • Rooms 420,422 • Windows XP • Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Publisher) • Internet Explorer • GroupWise Email • Student Email • Library Destiny • Study Island • SynchronEyes
Facilities: Equipment • Macintosh Lab Software • Media Software Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Publisher) • Adobe Photoshop • Internet Explorer, Safari • KidPix • Garage Band
Facilities: Equipment • PCs and Macs login • PC Lab login: • Username: first name_last name • Password: students use their student id. This is a 3, 5, or 6 digit password of numbers. Place a 0(zero)in front of these numbers. It must be six digits.
Facilities: Equipment • PCs and Macs use different file servers • Files saved in a Mac Lab are not accessible from a PC Lab via the network and visa versa • However… files saved externally to a USB Flash Drive* can be transferred between Macs and PCs (school and home) if using the same software (i.e., Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Publisher) *Students are encouraged to purchase a USB Flash drive
Facilities: Safety • To protect yourself and equipment, never tamper with or remove any power cords or cables (including mouse and keyboard). • To safeguard yourself and equipment, never attempt to restart or reset equipment without permission. • To protect yourself and equipment, never insert a foreign object into a disk drive or any other part of the computer.
Facilities: Safety • Please do not hit a machine, smash a mouse, or abuse a button or key • Please don’t tamper with or attempt to disrupt a computer’s operating system • Never attempt to use someone else’s password to access the site network or Internet • Never give out personal information over the site network or Internet
Facilities: Safety • Print only to designated printers on the floor • Engage only in school related activities during class time • Please sit at your assigned workstation • Position keyboards to prevent bumping or dropping them off the work surface • Please avoid blocking air vents to prevent overheating
Lab Expectations • Lab Rules: • Follow All Safety Rules • Please no Food, Drink, or Chewing Gum • Please no games of any kind, Internet chat, instant messaging, or personal email • Please no downloading of music, shareware, freeware, and evaluation copies of software from the Internet
Lab Rules • Lab Rules: • CD-ROMs and other multimedia equipment are for school work only • Please keep the labs clean • Please understand that computer use is a privilege – not a right • Consent to the IDDS Internet Policy…
IDDS Internet Acceptable Use Policy • IDDS Internet Acceptable Use Policy • School District Policy on rights, privileges, and acceptable/unacceptable uses of computers, networks, and the Internet • Also found on IDDS website: http://www.wmep.k12.mn.us/policies/policy 524.pdf