Classroom Technology
In this section, there are specific things the Technology Department would like to bring to your attention in regards to equipment residing in a classroom.
Google Chromebooks
Every single Google Chromebook across this district is managed by both the Technology Department and the Digital Education Coordinators.
When a classroom gets a set of Chromebooks, every individual Chromebook was hand programmed, updated, and labeled by a Technology Specialist. From there, each individual Chromebook is enrolled into our District Google Organizational Database, placed in specific grade level folder that is assigned to each school site.
For example, if a class set of Chromebooks is put in Room 20, a 6th Grade classroom at Browns Valley Elementary, that same class set is also placed in the 6th Grade folder for Browns Valley Elementary in our Google Database.
From there, these Chromebooks pull all the required settings and apps designed for that specific grade level. These settings were built and configured by the Digital Education Coordinators.
Classroom Printers
Printers are connected and configured through the District Network and ran on a print server at every school site. This allows for fast, direct installation of these printers to teacher and staff computers. This also allows the Technology Department to remote into these printers for troubleshooting.
All printers are configured and labeled to the room they reside in
Moving these printers to a different location will cause them to not work.
Reconfiguring and reprogramming these printers can be done. However, it is an involved process. We'd have to to re-label the printer's name to match its new location, assign it a new IP address, update our database to its new location and new IP address, re-install the printer to the print server, and then re-install it to any staff computers that had it previously. If you have questions, comments, or concerns, please Request a Technology Specialist for assistance.
Classroom Phones
District telephones are Mitel VoIP Phones (Voice over Internet Protocol phones). Our phone service is delivered through an internet connection.
Phones are programmed with specific extensions and are digitally labeled for the room they reside in.
Where the phones are physically placed in a classroom is where they are programmed to work.
Unplugging the phone and putting it in a different part of a classroom will cause the phone to not work.
If you wish to have your phone relocated to a different part of your classroom, Request a Technology Specialist for assistance.
All technology residing in a classroom is assigned to that classroom
and must stay in that classroom
If you find that you do not have enough Chromebooks in your classroom to support the needs of all your students, Request a Technology Specialist for assistance.
If you move to a different classroom, ALL technology in that previous classroom must be left behind in that classroom. This includes computers, phones, printers, and Chromebooks/Chromebook carts. The new classroom you enter is already supposed to be equipped with the same type of technology to assist you in your classroom. If you find that you are missing equipment, or have questions about the equipment you are acquiring in your new environment, and if you need help moving your data from your old computer to the computer in the new classroom, please Request a Technology Specialist for assistance.