1. Laptop Program Policy Highlights: An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure

2. General Policies Read and Follow Laptop Program Policies Handout User Agreement Internet Code of Conduct Laptops are mainly for educational purposes Stay on task in the classroom (refrain from playing gaming, surfing or IMing ) X-box? No Education? Yes

3. Safekeeping Never leave your laptop unattended or unlocked or unattended Windows-L Do not let others borrow your laptop If it is in your locker—be sure the locker is actually locked The laptop can be locked in car (but not for long) Keep the laptop away from extreme temperatures (hot or cold)

4. General Care of Your Laptop Be careful with your laptop it is not made to be handled in a rough manner Danger! don’t take your laptop to places, or leave it in places where it could be damaged Take Precautions Think ahead Consider what could happen and then take precautions

5. General Care (bags) You need to purchase a laptop bag It should be small and padded Just big enough to hold the laptop only with one strap Overstuffing not good You are not allowed to just put it in a regular backpack

6. More General Care… Accidental Damage Protection Does not mean you shouldn’t care for your laptop Run Anti-Adware utilities once a week!!!!! Defrag once a week Don’t download damaging material Run Windows update often Check for Anti-Virus updates often

7. Battery/Power Cord Care Charge your batteries after school (but not over night) Your laptop should run on battery power every day If your battery is charged—do not keep it plugged in unless you take out your battery Do not wrap your power cord around itself Do not yank power cord out of the outlet The power cord and batteries are not usually covered by the accidental damage protection ($35, $110) Batteries last about 18-20 months typically

8. Repair Need repair? See Mr. Brandt in the Media Center Open 7:45 pm to 2:45 Pm Do not ask to leave class You may be charged to repair your laptop if it was not purchased through the school Backup anything that you want to save before you come in for repair (you should back things up regularly)

9. Repair continued Software Problem=Re-Imaging Some stuff is fixed easily (no re-image) If it takes too long to fix—it will be re-imaged Hardware Problem A few simple things can be repaired on-site It may have to be sent to away for repair (taking up to 2 or 3 weeks, or longer)

10. What Not to Do There are many things that students have done that puts their laptop in danger… Not zipping the case so the laptop falls out Putting the laptop in the case while it is ON, on standby or hibernate Slamming case on the desk or floor Dropping laptop into case

11. What Not to Do (cont’d) Sliding the laptop over the surface of a desk or table Taking buttons off of the keyboard Dropping or slamming the laptop onto a hard surface Using the laptop on a soft surface It will overheat and the keyboard melts Setting the laptop down in a precarious position

12. What Not to Do (cont’d) Taking the Laptop to lunch where pop or food could get on it Having liquids near your laptop Rough-housing while carrying the laptop Not keeping the laptop level with all “feet” attached The motherboard will eventually crack The video card could break

13. Abuse Witnessed Any teacher witnessing laptop abuse will report it to Mr. Homan Mr. Homan will then contact your parents You may be called into a parent/student conference if abuse is serious and frequent

14. Unauthorized Software/Downloaded Material Keep it Clean! Unauthorized software or downloaded material can damage the operating system of the laptop Most difficulties have resulted from downloaded material off the internet Be very selective in what you download Stay away from peer-2-peer networks

15. Misusing your Laptop Using your laptop and/or software to cheat on assignments and tests Downloading inappropriate/illegal pictures and movies Excessive, distracting gaming and IMing during free time Network based or online gaming Any gaming or IMing during classes Distracting headphone usage at school Sending/Forwarding inappropriate/illegal pictures

16. Screensavers/Backgrounds No inappropriate screensavers or backgrounds on desktop Girls in swimsuits, under garments or “barely there” dresses are inappropriate Guys in swimsuits, under garments or without shirts are inappropriate Rule of thumb=no skin showing Racial or ethnic slurs are inappropriate Negative racial signs or symbols are inappropriate Pretend the Bishop is visiting your classroom

17. Consequences for Damgage or Behaviors For Behavior Issues Warning Detention(s) and reported to admin. Parent call and/or meeting For Damage Warning We will begin charging for repair It may co$t you big time Motherboard > $350 screen > $600 hard drive >$200 keyboard > $100

18. Concluding Remarks Teachers don’t have many problems with their laptops Students have more problems They download stuff off the internet that wrecks the laptop They don’t take care of their laptop, dropping it, slamming it and abusing it They don’t update Windows, Anti-Virus and Anti-Spyware/Adware (more on that later) Treat it Right=less problems Keep it clean=less frustration Remember the laptop police are watching