Posts with Tag: Staff MacBook Archives - Modern Pen
Staff Laptops: An update
June 3, 2014
Tags: Staff, Staff Laptop, Staff MacBook
UPDATED (26 June 2014)-While additional details about the specific device and timeframe and steps that staff members need to take in order to prepare will still be forthcoming, the move to new devices for staff members will begin following the start of the school year–around October 1st. Currently, nearly all certified School District 21 […]
Staff Laptop Self-Insurance
September 12, 2013
Tags: Insurance, Staff MacBook
Through a collaborative partnership between the School District 21 Education Association (DEA) and the School District 21 administration, staff members in School District 21 have been able to participate in a Technology Self-Insurance Program in recent years. This program is designed to offset the cost of accidental damage to a District-owned technological device that has […]
New Staff Laptops–Files in Google Drive
September 21, 2014
Tags: Google Drive, Lenovo, Staff, Staff Laptop, Staff MacBook
The key element in this transition is that, at this point, all staff members should have moved their files to Google Drive and should be working in Chrome for everything from email and chat to word processing and spreadsheets. Moving forward, as determined by the staff committee during the 2012-2013 school year, staff laptops will […]
New Staff Laptops–Getting Ready!
September 21, 2014
Tags: iMovie, iPhoto, iTunes, Movies, Music, Pictures, Staff, Staff Laptop, Staff MacBook
At the conclusion of the 2013-2014 school year, staff members were updated on the process of replacing their staff laptops. With the start of the 2014-2015 school year, the new staff laptop was announced. With the laptops now shipping to the United States, it is time for final technical preparations. While the Information Services […]
Each District 21 school is named after an American author, and learning and literacy is at the center of our Professional Learning Community. The Modern Pen provides a collaborative location in which District 21 teachers can come together to learn the skills that will enable their students to learn new skills and to understand concepts at an even different level than before.