Our pilot program began in 2011, full implementation is still being developed. The plan includes teachers and students.

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• Thinking skills—analyzing and making meaning from vast amounts of information

• Collaboration

• Creativity & innovation

• Communication

• Using technology responsibly

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Our children are digital natives.

They are growing up with technology as an integral part of their lives.

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At AOSR we are embracing technology as a learning tool and

helping students learn to use it

EFFECTIVELY &

RESPONSIBLY.

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Students

should be

engaged and

excited to

learn.

Teachers and students will create a learning community

together.

Students willlearn how to useTechnologyresponsibly inand out of theSchoolenvironment.

Technology will help our students learn how to learn, preparing them for a future that we can only imagine.

• Leased—no cost to parents

• Only cost will be the laptop bag

• Students will take them home every night and weekend

• Must be charged at home

• Returned at the end of May

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• Warranty covers manufacturer’s defects

• Student will follow Standards of Proper Care

• Student is responsible for backing up files

• Family is responsible for cost of replacement if laptop lost or stolen

• Family responsible for cost of damage due to student misuse or negligence

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• Needs padding

• Should fit inside your locker

• Should fit inside your backpack outside of school to hide it

• Easy handles or strap to carry around all day

• Fit our laptop size of 13” wide X 9.1” high

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WONWON’’T FIT IN LOCKERT FIT IN LOCKER

TOO FATTOO FAT

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• New locks on student lockers

• Students will keep them in eye contact or in their lockers at school.

• Take them home every night and weekend.

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• Each computer will have anti-theft software installed.

• Laptops can be tracked.

• Missing laptops must be reported immediately.

• Police will be notified and track the laptop.

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• Students are administrators of their own machines

• AOSR will troubleshoot minor issues

• If necessary machines will be reinstalled

• Student files should be backed up off the machine

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helpdesk@aosr.org

MacBook@aosr (look under quicklinks on the AOSR homepage)

• See the parent pages on the MacBook support website

• Handout of resources

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• We are learning together.

• We’ll communicate with you throughout the year sharing our experiences and asking for feedback

• Please email or call us with questions or suggestions.

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