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District Technology Information
October 21, 2002
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Welcome back from Fall Break!
| Free Mac OS X Upgrade |
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Apple announced last week that they are giving away a free copy of their newest Operating System to teachers and principals. If you have a Macintosh that is less than three years old, this upgrade will run on your computer. If you have a district iMac or iBook your computer can
run OS X. We would like everyone to order an
upgrade. If you don't need the upgrade for home, please
send the software to the technology department and we
can use it on the school computers. The CDs will be
shipped to your school.
Visit this link to request your free OS X upgrade »
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| Internet Filtering Required by CIPA |
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| The Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) was signed into law on December 21, 2000. In order to receive discounts for Internet Access and Internal Connections services, school authorities must certify that they are enforcing a policy of Internet safety that includes measures to block or filter Internet access for both minors and adults to certain web graphics. The Rock Island School District must comply with CIPA in order to receive E-rate discounts.
We are currently using WebSense to filter computers
connecting to the Internet. The filtering now set up on
each computer and may be removed. We are in the
process of upgrading equipment that will require all
Internet requests to go through the filter. Your help is
needed to prevent the blocking of useful websites. If
you find a site blocked that is needed for instruction,
please contact the technology department.
Additional information on the filters will be sent out
when the equipment upgrades are scheduled.
More information about CIPA »
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| High School Labs Updated |
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The Fall Break gave the technology department an
opportunity to install updated computers in several high
school labs. Reconditioned Dell computers were put in
one Business lab, the Modular Technology lab, and a
Math lab. The Macintosh computers in the Journalism lab
were replaced by iMacs.
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| What's Next? |
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The district has several projects currently underway in
technology. These include setting up web reports of
district data, upgrading computer labs in several
elementary schools, replacing the computer lab at
Edison Junior High School, and offering technology
training after school. Details will be provided in future
TechLinks.
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The district website is an information source for many
wanting to learn more about our schools. We would like
to include news stories about your classroom. Please
submit information for the web page to the district
webmaster at the link below:
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email: mike.breidenstein@risd41.org
voice: 309-793-5900 x238
web: http://www.risd41.org
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