1. How does a student get a log on name and password?
Most student accounts are automatically set when they enroll with their user name as their student ID number and a generic initial password. Some times a new student who enrolls after the school year has begun will not have an account. In that case the student's teacher needs to submit an SOS to have an account created by the district.
During the first two weeks of school, the science teachers take their classes to the computer lab to do their initial login and test their password. Students will loose their computer privileges if they use someone else's computer logon. Students MUST remember to log off before leaving a computer.
2. If a student works on a project at home, what are the options for taking it to school?
There are several options and several things to consider when a student works on a project at home.
a) The school uses the Microsoft Office suite of software applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, FrontPage, and Access. If you have a different product on your computer, you need to make sure you can save the file as Microsoft type document. When completing the "File" --> "Save as.." action, change the "save type as..." to the appropriate Microsoft application.
b) Check the size of the document -
documents up to 1 Meg may easily be saved onto a 3 1/2" floppy disk
documents up to 2 Meg may be e-mailed to the appropriate teacher
documents greater than 1 Meg may be saved onto a CD-R disk
documents greater than 1 Meg may be saved onto a portable jump/flash drive
c) ALL portable storage devices MUST be scanned for viruses by a teacher, librarian or myself each and every time a student wants to use it in a computer at school.
d) If your child's teacher has set him/her up with a Gaggle.net account, they can transport their project by using their Gaggle Locker and avoid the hassle of saving to a disk, CD, or jump drive.
3. Do students have access to the Internet at school?
All student computers - classroom, library and labs - have high speed Internet access. The district employs Internet filters in an attempt to protect students from inappropriate sites and continuously update these filters. The student acceptable use policy limits Internet usage to only that which is school related, only teacher approved sites and search engines, and to avoid recreational gaming sites and personal email accounts. The following search engines routinely produce the most usable and accessible web sites: http://www.google.com; http://www.ajkids.com/ (Ask Jeeves for Kids); http://www.yahooligans.com. All students have Internet permission unless a parent signs a form in the student handbook prohibiting use of the Internet, or if they are found misusing the Internet their privilege may be revoked by the school administration.
4. How can students print their documents?
a) All student computers have access to either a laser or an inkjet printer.
b) Students should only print after a teacher has checked their work and given them permission
c) All PowerPoint presentations should be printed as handouts with 3 to 6 slides per page.
5. Are students allowed to bring music or video CD's or DVD's to school?
Music or video CD's or DVD's may ONLY be brought to school when a school assignment has been given and they have applicable material and all copyright rules and regulations are being followed in their use. Students using music or video CDs/DVDs for recreational purpose at school will have the CDs/DVDs confiscated and loosed computer priveleges.
6. What is CPS?
A lot of classrooms have a CPS (Classroom Performance System) set which consists of individual response pads and a receiver. CPS allows teachers to enter homework, quizzes, reviews, and questions on the fly into a program on their cart computer and the students respond using the response pads to enter their answers. With CPS, students and teachers get immediate feed back on how the student/class has done.
7. What is the AUP?
Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) is the directive which states what is acceptable use of the technology at Ted Polk Middle School. This is in the student handbook and both students and parents are required to read, sign, and return it at the time of enrollment.
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