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= 1:1 Laptop Deployment thoughts for October 29, 2010 = Two series of 3 parent classes for basic computing begins Monday, October 18th taught by Marty Williams. Tina and Cathy will be there to help and childcare will be provided in the media lab by our parenting classes. Lizbel and Natalie Herrera will be available for translating.

A brochure was handed out at Open house or sent home with student report cards. It is also on the AHS web site which Mr. Fitch will mention in his weekly Alertnow address to staff and students. This brochure provided information and FAQ’s about deployment. Administrators at AHS will conduct mandatory parent meetings during the first week of November. Each class will meet one predetermined night that week where they will learn about the steps that must be completed before the student can receive a laptop - paperwork and training Paperwork can be received that night.

Tubs will be provided at manned exit doors for parents to put in paperwork. Those with questions will be directed to the stage where several folks will be posted to answer questions.

Laptops will be delivered to the media center for processing. Staff and volunteers will un-box them and store them in the media lab for processing. Processing should take @4 weeks. Once the laptops have arrived, there will be 4 predetermined nights for laptops to be handed out to students. Seniors will be first. Students and parents will come into the auditorium for a short introduction then adjourn to 12 separate rooms staffed by trained staff/volunteers. There they will be trained in basic concepts and rules about their laptops; students will sign their paperwork, then be given a laptop previously checked out to them. They are to log in, change their password and make sure that the computer is working and the Internet connection works as well. If not, they are to go to the media center where technicians will be available for help.

Paperwork will be received for any grade level each night. If parents miss the make-up session on Saturday, they will need to come to the school during the day to sign paperwork, pay insurance money and attend training. Papers will be filed alphabetically by the students' last names and stored in Linda Gerringer's office. She will need to put them in homeroom order by the end of November. She will also enter the information into Destiny Asset Manager.

Laptops will only be given out on the designated night for each grade level. There will be an alternate day, perhaps a Saturday for those that could not make it during the week. Once all classes have their laptops, those that did not choose to participate initially will need to come on a single person basis. Laptops should be ordered by Nov. 8, and backpacks by the 15th.

Questions: //Who and where will training during the school day be done? Who will file the paperwork? Who will show the training video?//