So if I link to Small Talk Book clubs here will this blog show up there?

Our network consultant worked on Thursday to troubleshoot the inconsistent/really bad behavior of the wireless network around Emily's and Chris' rooms. We discovered a conflict and have removed it. Chris and Emily are testing to see if the connections hold well now.

We've got the projectors wired through the network, which makes them more stable and reliable. Emily still has trouble with the wireless signal in her room so a long cable gives her network access and mobility. Not ideal but at least she doesn't have a cable running over the heads of the students to the projector.

Emily's projector keeps dropping the signal. She has been provided with a hardwire but this requires closing the tablet to us the signal switching key combination, in her case Fn+F7.

Getting the signal through the network with the projector having a static IP address is much easier than the other setups.

 However, you lose a little speed through the network. Don't try to play a video through your computer.

 

When connecting to your wireless projector, you must be connected to the network that the projector creates. Double click on the icon for the wireless network in the lower right of your screen to get to those choices.

Once the school network is renamed, we will be able to work through the network and be connected wirelessly to the projector and the Internet at the same time.

In order to get your blog entries visible in an RSS reader and searchable at TeacherPlaece, you need to do two things.

Be sure to choose "public" in the Access Restrictions section.

And be REALLY sure to put "tablet" in the keywords box.

 

 

Tablets are up and running at ACDS. Emily used her tablet and Journal software to make and display seating charts. Chris is using his tablet to display and annotate Powerpoint for his science classrooms.

Emily is signed up for the TeacherPlaces Tablet community and Tim will be later this afternoon.