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| Elbert County
Comprehensive High School (ECCHS) was one of
only five schools in Georgia to be awarded a
technology grant for eTextbooks. The grant will
provide each high school student with a netbook
that includes a wide range of digital content
such as: textbooks, interactive text, related
video links, sound files, and graphics that
a traditional textbook simply can’t offer.
We are very excited about the new opportunities
this grant will provide for our teachers, students,
and parents. This 21st Century technology is
essential to preparing our students for today’s
environment and tomorrows opportunities.
Grant guidelines specify that the funds be
used to purchase netbooks for use by high school
students, eTextbook content, staff development/training,
infrastructure upgrades, and other necessary
hardware. School faculty and staff will be trained
by UGA ETC personnel during all three years
of the grant.
Students enrolled at ECCHS will be eligible
to receive a netbook after:
1) they attend
a student orientation,
2) their parents/guardian attend an orientation,
3) appropriate documentation has been signed.
For more information, contact Elbert County
Board of Education Curriculum Director
Renee Padgett at 706-213-4000
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Tech Tips
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- My laptop or netbook is having trouble connecting
to the wireless network. Is there anything I can do?
If your netbook or laptop is having trouble connecting
to the wireless network, look for the wireless network
icon in the lower right hand corner. Right click on
the icon and choose Repair.
- Will having other devices plugged into my laptop
or netbook cause the battery to drain faster?
Charging your ipods, phones, etc. with the netbooks,
using one of the USB ports, drains the netbook battery
tremendously, if the netbook is not plugged into a
power outlet.
- How can I make my laptop or netbook charge more
quickly?
The netbook battery will charge faster if the netbook
is shut down completely.
- What are Stand-By and Hibernation?
Stand-By and Hibernation are used to start and stop
your computer more quickly than you can if your computer
is completely shut down.
- What is Hibernation?
Putting your computer into Hibernation does not drain
your battery while the computer is off. This is because
the work you are doing is saved to the Hard Disk Drive
and the computer is completely powered down.
- What is Stand-By?
Putting your computer into Stand-By uses a little
bit of power because your work is stored in RAM, instead
of on the Hard Disk Drive. The computer must keep
the RAM powered even when to computer is "off" or
everything in RAM will be lost.
- Why should I use Stand-By?
You might use Stand-By because your computer will
go into Stand-By (and come out of Stand-By) more quickly
than using Hibernation. However, your battery will
be draining a little as long as it is in Stand-By.
When the battery finally dies, you will lose any work
which has not been saved to disk. Only use Stand-By
when your computer will be shut down for a relatively
short period of time, one day or less. For longer
periods of time, use Hibernation or shut down the
computer completely.
- What do I do if the website I want is blocked?
If you get the Lightspeed Access Denied page, click
the "submit it for review" link on the page. Fill
in the appropriate information and submit the form.
You will recieve an e-mail response which tells you
if Lightspeed changed the category or left it the
same. If you cannot get to the page, but there is
no page telling you that Access has been Denied, you
need to contact Richard Matthews by e-mail or phone.
- Can I charge my other electronic devices
with my netbook?
Charging your ipods, phones, etc. with the
netbooks using one of the USB ports drains the netbook
battery tremendously, especially if the netbook is
not plugged into a power outlet.
Also, the netbook battery will also charge better
and faster if the netbook is shut down completely.
- Open Office Tutorial
- ECCHS
Netbook Web Page
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