Technology in Lutheran Schools
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Use of Netbooks in the Classroom
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Tim Oct 9.
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Hey there Josh,
You can use Spiceworks as I have used an earlier version of this at another school I taught at. However, we are currently using a program called SysAid - http://www.ilient.com/ that is quite good too!
Kind Regards,
Tim
Hi Joshua,
Thanks for your thoughts! Still not sure whether we will go down the Office2007 route or OpenOffice, undecided on that one, but it is something we will have to consider.
As to our schools wireless, has just been upgraded and is working w…
sounds very exciting; I always wonder what are the min specs to get the max bang! keep us posted.
1 gig ram... Atom N270 processors... we are going to use open office/google docs on ours as well... I hope to roll out Google Apps to students sometime later this year... we'll see about that one...
Josh,
What are the processor speeds & RAM for your netbooks? We are strongly not considering installing Office 2007 on to prevent overloading the processors. We hope to make use of the VMware server for that. Our students also all have google docs a…
Tim... You could also load office 2k7 or open office on the machines... I have an Acer d250 and d150... both are great machines... and office works great on them... we are seriously considering adding a netbook to the school supply list for Concordi…
Hey there Josh,
I guess it comes down to what you want. We use Smartboards in the majority of our classrooms at school. Which we find easy and relatively intuitive to use. However, it does have alot of functions and extras that alot of the teachers…
Rob,
We are looking at our options, but one would be to use the netbook and use google apps online for our applications and store any valuable work on our own servers via wireless network or on student usb drives.
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- A Lutheran educator and ICT Specialist... I live in Brisbane Australia and work at a Lutheran school that's just a short drive from the Glass House Mountains, Australia Zoo (Steve, Terri, Bindi & Bob Irwin's Zoo) and the Sunshine Coast!
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- At 9:31am on May 2, 2009,
Mark Cruthers said… - Hi Tim,
With your work in Technology Integration, I recommend you take a look at Wiziq's virtual classroom and authorstream's power point presentation platform. Both are web based platforms, have a bunch of features and free basic service. Here’s a public class recording conducted by Nellie Deutsch on Technology Integration.
- At 5:29pm on July 26, 2008,
Rob Jacklin said…
- Hi Tim,
Welcome to TECHLS a social network for Lutheran school educators, technology coordinators, and tech decisions-makers.
We all pray that this network will be of value to you and your ministry in Australia!
If you have any questions, feel free to drop me a message or just post something to the forum. We are looking forward to adding your voice to our conversations!
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