Students & Netbooks Things You Need to KNOW! PowerPoint to Accompany Deployment Handbook

Get Ready for Rollout Check out Charge- $20 Get Contract Signed

Issues with Laptops Cracked Screen Cracked Cases Tell-tale Laptop Bags & Cables

Care of Netbook Where should a Netbook never go?

Care of Netbook Where should a Netbook never go? – On the floor – On a bed – In your Lap – Near Food or Water – In extreme heat or cold – On the edge of a table – On top of anything other than a flat stable surface – On top of other laptops – Next to a heavy Notebook. – Rule of Thumb: Your laptop should only share a desktop with paper and a pen or pencil (NOT a heavy notebook or other large or heavy objects)

Surge Protection Never Plug your Laptop into an Electrical Outlet without a Surge Protector Never Plug different devices (pencil sharpeners, heaters, fans, etc) into the Surge Protector where your laptop is plugged in.

Simple Maintenance No liquids OR food: – Soft Drinks, Water – Cookies, chips, sandwiches, etc. No Sprays: – Hair Spray, Perfumes, Cleaners, Deodorants

Is there EVER a REASON to Touch the LCD Screen?

NO! Do not touch it! Do not try to Clean it! Special Wipes are Required – Your teacher can assist you.

CHARGING your NETBOOK Band Athletics Lunch Over Night – Bring to School Fully Charged Each DAY

BROKEN NETBOOK You must pay for any breakage You must pay if you loose a “tag” You must pay if you turn in the wrong part numbers ONLY CARRY laptop IN A BAG Careful around Back Packs– No Heavy Books or Notebooks near laptop. DO NOT carry in Back Pack KEEPING HARD DRIVE HEALTHY Lock the Hard drive before carrying Laptop – Shut Down, Sleep, Hibernate – OR you may cause a FIRE!

LOG ON & EXPLORE FUNCTION KEYS Turn to Page 3b and read through 4a – How do you put your computer to sleep? – How do you Hibernate your computer? – If you need to move to another class or area what action should you take? Read 4b to 5a

Netbook Rollout Insurance Day - $20 Contract Signed by Parents and Student

Handle Carefully What can be stored in your laptop bag besides your laptop?

Netbook Components Read Page 6b How many parts to the power adaptor? What do you owe the Tech Department if you turn in the components and they do not have the correct label?

Let’s Look at the Netbook PORTS –Page 7 What type of ports are available on the laptop? Do you have wireless at home? Do you have Dial-Up? On P 7 there are several cautions about the Netbook ports. What are they? No flash drives! Use Blog, School Web Lockers, or Netbook as your storage device.

Wireless Page 8 and Proxy Handout Keep the Deployment Handbook and the Proxy Handout in your laptop bag for when you travel or try to access Internet in a remote location. Let’s Practice. Click on white bars in lower right Task Bar.

Software Your teacher can print for you if they need a hard copy….otherwise upload to your Google Drive and share it. VideoPad & Windows Live MovieMaker Microsoft Image Composer Audacity Google Apps How many of you do not have your Blog set up? This is your next assignment.

Resources Student Resources: nts nts Laptop Central: CENTRAL.htm CENTRAL.htm Textbook Central: K_CENTRAL.htm K_CENTRAL.htm