Clemente Tech News – May 2004

Clemente Tech News | May 2004 | Volume 4 | Issue 6

Raid of the stand-alones

The long-awaited stand-alone computers are now being placed in classrooms that were outfitted with additional computer tables. Each computer has been tested with the printer provided, so please do not remove or replace any cables once they are configured. Just be sure to use the switch box properly so you can print correctly as needed.

Stand-alone computers use a program called “At Ease” to prevent unauthorized access to system level folders and files. The programs on the panels available to students allow them to do word processing, to play some math games, and of course to print. Because these computers are not connected to our building network, they do not rely on Macintosh Manager for students to save their work. Their documents will be saved on the computer where they did the work.

…And counting

With Spring Break behind us, many of us are counting down the days till June. But not all is a bed of roses. School Operations Officer Sue Herring and the Computer Department are busy at work counting up… equipment in our building. Every year we must complete this inventory, and unfortunately, this year’s inventory deadline falls during the same time as our supplies orders are finally dropping into the building. Please bear with us as we attempt to juggle help requests and this building inventory survey during a few weeks in April.

Of course, we will assert every effort to honor help requests and ink replacements as time permits, but please understand that our urgent priority is to take advantage of this opportunity to streamline our inventory and rid our building of obsolete or broken equipment. We intend to resume “normal” operation again by April 23^rd.

Inventory Wrap-up

Thanks for your patience and cooperation during this last inventory period. The School District’s Office of Accounting gave all schools an amnesty period during which we could get things no longer in our building OFF our inventory. It was critical that the most accurate reporting be completed for the inventory, and this consumed a great deal of our time. Though we visited classrooms and attended to technological emergencies as warranted, we still let a number of help requests go until completion of this inventory. Again, we thank you for waiting throughout this process.

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