AT ONE END, AND PLUGGED INTO A WALL PORT IN YOUR ROOM AT THE OTHER END. IF THE CAT5 IS PROPERLY CONNECTED, LOOK AT THE BACK OF THE COMPUTER. NEAR OR UNDERNEATH THE CAT5 LINE, THERE SHOULD BE AN ORANGE AND GREEN LED INDICATOR. THESE INDICATORS SHOULD BE BLINKING AND FLASHING RAPIDLY. IF THEY ARE NOT BLINKING OR ARE NOT LIT AT ALL, THEN EITHER THE COMPUTER’S NETWORK CARD IS BAD, OR THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE NETWORK PORT THE CAT5 IS CONNECTED TO. TRY SWITCHING YOUR CAT5 LINE TO ANOTHER PORT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE NEARBY, AND SEE IF THIS SOLVES THE PROBLEM. IF IT DOES NOT, THEN ALERT THE MEDIA SPECIALIST. CLASSROOM PC DESKTOPS You have four, five or maybe six classroom desktop PCs in your room for student use. These PCs, when students are logged on, will be limited to apps that are system approved for student use. The approved apps include the Microsoft Office Suite, Web browsers, including Explorer, etc. Student PCs must also be WIRED into the network and cannot be operated wirelessly. These PCs also require WINDOWS 7 to run at their best. Many, but not all student PCs are HP 6000s. A minority of them are older 5700 models, which are being replaced as funds permit. These older units have a silver top on them and may well be running Windows XP as its operating system instead of the needed Windows 7. Updating to Windows 7 on these computing stations is not possible. These older units are being replaced as funding permits. ABOUT YOUR DESKTOP VISUAL MONITORS MANY OF FAIRGROVE’S DESKTOPS, BOTH STUDENT AND TEACHER UNITS, NOW HAVE FLAT-SCREEN MONITORS ON THEM. THESE ARE PREFERED BECAUSE THEY SAVE SPACE AND PRODUCE HIGHER RESOLUTION IMAGES. SOME OF YOUR MONITORS MAY STILL BE THE OLDER CRT TYPES, WHICH ARE BIG AND BULKY AND, ADMITTEDLY, LESS ATTRACTIVE. THESE ARE BEING PULLED AND REPLACED WITH NEW FLAT SCREENS AS QUICKLY AS FUNDING PERMITS. Apple Laptop Computers Apple Laptop MacBooks are increasingly common at Fairgrove. There are now 155 units available on circulating lab carts for use in classrooms. 20 units are being assigned to teachers. The current preferred operating system for Apple/Mac computers is OS X.
AT ONE END, AND PLUGGED INTO A WALL PORT IN YOUR ROOM AT THE OTHER END. IF THE CAT5 IS PROPERLY CONNECTED, LOOK AT THE BACK OF THE COMPUTER. NEAR OR UNDERNEATH THE CAT5 LINE, THERE SHOULD BE AN ORANGE AND GREEN LED INDICATOR. THESE INDICATORS SHOULD BE BLINKING AND FLASHING RAPIDLY. IF THEY ARE NOT BLINKING OR ARE NOT LIT AT ALL, THEN EITHER THE COMPUTER’S NETWORK CARD IS BAD, OR THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE NETWORK PORT THE CAT5 IS CONNECTED TO. TRY SWITCHING YOUR CAT5 LINE TO ANOTHER PORT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE NEARBY, AND SEE IF THIS SOLVES THE PROBLEM. IF IT DOES NOT, THEN ALERT THE MEDIA SPECIALIST. CLASSROOM PC DESKTOPS You have four, five or maybe six classroom desktop PCs in your room for student use. These PCs, when students are logged on, will be limited to apps that are system approved for student use. The approved apps include the Microsoft Office Suite, Web browsers, including Explorer, etc. Student PCs must also be WIRED into the network and cannot be operated wirelessly. These PCs also require WINDOWS 7 to run at their best. Many, but not all student PCs are HP 6000s. A minority of them are older 5700 models, which are being replaced as funds permit. These older units have a silver top on them and may well be running Windows XP as its operating system instead of the needed Windows 7. Updating to Windows 7 on these computing stations is not possible. These older units are being replaced as funding permits. ABOUT YOUR DESKTOP VISUAL MONITORS MANY OF FAIRGROVE’S DESKTOPS, BOTH STUDENT AND TEACHER UNITS, NOW HAVE FLAT-SCREEN MONITORS ON THEM. THESE ARE PREFERED BECAUSE THEY SAVE SPACE AND PRODUCE HIGHER RESOLUTION IMAGES. SOME OF YOUR MONITORS MAY STILL BE THE OLDER CRT TYPES, WHICH ARE BIG AND BULKY AND, ADMITTEDLY, LESS ATTRACTIVE. THESE ARE BEING PULLED AND REPLACED WITH NEW FLAT SCREENS AS QUICKLY AS FUNDING PERMITS. Apple Laptop Computers Apple Laptop MacBooks are increasingly common at Fairgrove. There are now 155 units available on circulating lab carts for use in classrooms. 20 units are being assigned to teachers. The current preferred operating system for Apple/Mac computers is OS X.