Hi all, Just got back from the wilds of Wisconsin where I have been in occasional WIFI territory. 3,250 miles on the van! My iMacs and I live in Connecticut, up in the the NE "Quiet Corner" (translate pretty, but a bit depressed economically...actually if you are a farmer it is good and we have mostly dairy).
I teach in Manchester CT, an hour away, which is right next to Hartford. You are certainly right about me needing RAM! That is on my list at the top to track down. As for software, I talked my art dept into a Photoshop Elements 10 license deal years ago, and I now am the only user of it. I also brought in my own ancient Photoshop 4(?) for a machine...kids are fine with anything. Unlike adults, they don't freeze up if confronted with a million buttons. I use Scratch and SketchUp with 5th grade and sometimes 4th. I have lots of Wilton ART CDs that are really nice but crash fairly often. Some of my best art CDs only work with OS 9 which prompted me to keep the iMac lab "vintage". I only have two OS X machines, one came that way and the other I was just curious to do it. Works great. The extension hassles I remember from when I had an iMac first time around are still a mystery to me but I have learned to relax in the intervening years and simply get the darn thing to work, by hook or by crook. I should add that the school issued me a MacBook that I use for presentations and let kids use SOMETIMES...I bought a keyboard cover to keep kid crud off it. Art rooms can have special problems when it comes to electronic equipment :-) When school opens I'll post a photo of my new lab set up...the new tables are awesome...and iMacs always look great! Again, thanks for all the support. I am sure I will be mining this group for answers to more specific problems as I get more machines ready to roll. Emma On Aug 3, 5:41 pm, Clark Martin <cm...@sonic.net> wrote: > On 7/26/10 7:14 AM, Emma wrote: > > > > > > > I just wanted to share my pet project with anyone who would understand > > how cool I feel it is. I have NO budget for computers as I am an > > elementary school art teacher in an economically stressed city, but > > luckily my room is next to the town warehouse so I have a shot at > > spotting discarded equipment from other schools. I actually broke down > > and bought a Flower Power off Ebay with my own money last month > > because I could not resist :-) > > > My software is time warp as well so all this works just fine. Kids > > love looking inside the case when they notice they can... > > > Here is my lab, each G3 has a name so I can tell a child to go use > > "Sunny", etc. I am still getting it in shape (with the help of the > > town IT team when I am out of my depth). > > >https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AvP6lCScTDdOdFZqb3ZsZ09teWt2... > > > Like I said, it is a pleasure to be able to share my enthusiasm for > > iMac G3s! > > onwards and upwards, > > Emma > > Been there done that (even have a T-Shirt but not specific to education). > > You might want to post (roughly) where you are, people might have some > oldies they'd be willing to supply. > > -- > Clark Martin > Redwood City, CA, USA > Macintosh / Internet Consulting > > "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
