[info-tech] Laptop Carts

2009-01-27 Thread Mueller, Mitch
Who out there has laptop carts, or mobile labs. We are looking at getting one of them. Our high school principal is wanting one but we have a lot of problems with our wireless network working so I want to stay away from them. I would rather have a couple new labs of terminal services like we

[info-tech] Laptops Carts

2009-01-27 Thread Mueller, Mitch
Who out there has laptop carts, or mobile labs. We are looking at getting one of them. Our high school principal is wanting one but we have a lot of problems with our wireless network working so I want to stay away from them. I would rather have a couple new labs of terminal services like

Re: [info-tech] Laptops Carts

2009-01-27 Thread Sarah Freking
We've deployed four mobile labs in the past year a half, 2 at the MS and 2 at the HS. Our wireless isn't perfect, but we put wireless access points on the labs that might go to dead spots, and that's worked out pretty well. Three of my labs are HP labs with HP carts. One of those is a MiniNote

Re: [info-tech] Laptop Carts

2009-01-27 Thread A.Bloomquist
We have two mobile labs in our elementary. One thing I have done is to have a wireless access point set up on the cart itself. When the mobile lab is in a classroom, the base is then connected to the network in the classroom, thus keeping a strong signal for the mobile lab. There is

Re: [info-tech] Laptops Carts

2009-01-27 Thread A.Bloomquist
Mitch, Questions for you to consider are: Who will really be using the mobile lab in the high school? What laptops will you put in the mobile lab? How will the mobile lab be scheduled? As I shared in my previous response, we have two mobile labs in the elementary with ibooks. These

RE: [info-tech] Laptop Carts

2009-01-27 Thread Frerichs, Chad
Okoboji has a ton of mobile labs. At the H.S. we have one for each core subject area: Math, Science, Language Arts, Social Studies. Plus, one for study hall, one in the Learning Skills room, and one shared by the Non-core subjects, and one in the Media Center available for check-out from anyone

RE: [info-tech] Laptop Carts

2009-01-27 Thread Jason Kehoe
Mitch, It looks like your principal wants a wireless cart and you want a couple anchored labs of terminal clients. Are you asking for opinions on which would be better? You can always build computer labs, but do you need mobile computing? Would it be beneficial to have the teachers/students

[info-tech] I implore your assistance

2009-01-27 Thread Lance Lennon
Greetings all, Yes I did just use the word implore in my subject line, because that is what I am truly doing, I am calling upon you all in supplication (to use Merriam-Webster) to help me in my time of need. I have been given the task of coming up with a rough draft for technology

RE: [info-tech] Laptop Carts

2009-01-27 Thread Mueller, Mitch
Ok. Well I'm going to take these opinions and review my thoughts after hearing how things seem to turn out. Thanks for all the help. If you have any more opinions or suggestions of things we should do please let me know. From: info-tech-ow...@aea8.k12.ia.us

Re: [info-tech] I implore your assistance

2009-01-27 Thread Tammi Brunner
http://www.csta.acm.org/ this is a place where I got a lot of my information. We also have a K-12 matrix for what each grade needs to do to be aligned with the standards. Tammi Brunner Technology Coordinator/Technology Teacher Ar-We-Va On 1/27/09 11:58 AM, Lance Lennon

Re: [info-tech] Laptops Carts

2009-01-27 Thread Lance Lennon
Mitch et al, We run two carts of 16 in the Middle School. We have two labs in the middle school, one is used pretty much all the time by the technology classes. The other was scheduled 95% of the day. There was a need and an opportunity with STAR schools to get the two mobile labs. IT

Re: [info-tech] Keyboarding

2009-01-27 Thread Donna Sennert
http://www.schools.utah.gov/ate/keyboarding/key.htm - Original Message - From: Richardson,Tony To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 9:12 AM Subject: [info-tech] Keyboarding I know this subject may have been recently hashed over but I didn't need a