WWPS Technology

Week 1 - August 26 - August 29, 2014 Well week 1, or at least the first 4 days of school are in the books. We've just finished with our first week of school. I'd like to take the opportunity to update the WWPS community on what we've accomplished, and our plans for next week. Before I go any further I want to thank the administrators, teachers and students across the district that have helped get over 1400 units into the hands of students in just 4 days! +Kenneth Townsend  , and his staff have been fabulous in transporting Chromebooks to each of the schools.  +Philip Solomon  &  +Rosemary Sanborn  have been incredible at WWHS getting Chromebooks into the hands of students.  +Jared Santurri  ,  +Giuseppe Lancellotta  ,  +Melissa Magiera  ,  +Nancy Lydon   have been phenomenal at Deering Middle School making sure that the 7th and 8th grade teams have their Chromebooks up and running. +Christopher Allen  &  +Jennifer Kless  have been wonderful supports for the 3rd an

1:1 Chromebook Initiative: It is exciting that we've embarked on a 1:1 Chromebook initiative in our district. We ask teachers and students to be patient as we roll-out the Chromebooks into each of the schools. Our plans for distribution are listed by each school below. General Information Students will be issued their own Chromebook. Students will use their WWPS Google Apps account to log into the Chromebook. When students log in for the first time on a brand new Chromebook they should use Ctrl-Alt-E when they get to the email log-in page. This will connect the student's account to the serial number for their individual Chromebook. Each student's Chromebook will have two stickers placed on the Chromebook. Each sticker will contain the student's name, their Google account, and their student ID. One sticker will be placed to the right of the track pad, and one will be place on the outside lid. The third sticker will be placed on the AC adapter. Students should ge