iBook Carts

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iBook Carts

• Meet Your Cart

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The Cart

• Each cart holds 10 iBooks. There are
  compartments and slots for all the components.

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Charging iBooks

• Each iBook has its own power source. Green lights
  mean fully charged. Orange lights mean charging.
  The cart must be plugged into the wall.

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iBook Laptops

• A charged iBook laptop can be used anywhere for
  about four hours without recharging.

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iBook Laptops

• Each iBook has all district software loaded on
  it.

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iBook Laptops

• An iBook has a track mouse. It works well to
  track with your index and click with your thumb.

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iBook Laptops
F12 key

• The CD drive tray is opened by pressing the F12
  key on your keyboard.

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Airport Base Station

• The iBooks are wireless because the airport base
  station is connected to an ethernet drop. Each
  cart has an airport base station.

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Airport Base Station
Electricity
Ethernet

• The airport base station must be plugged into an
  ethernet drop and an electricity source.

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iBook Ports
Headphones or Speakers
Modem
Fire wire
Ethernet
Projector
USB
USB

• There is a port for every peripheral. Dont
  worry-- a cable will not connect unless you have
  it in the right port!

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USB Connectors
Three examples of USB cables.
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Projector

• Each cart has a projector. The projector can
  connect to any iBook.

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Projector iBook Hookup

• The small white adapter (dongle) connects to the
  projector cable and then to the iBook.

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Projector Power

• Power the projector on by pressing the red button
  once. Press it twice to power off.

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The Scanner
Launch Graphic Converter to start scanning.

• The scanner comes with cables and a software CD.
  There is no need to load the software. It is
  already on the iBook.

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The Scanner

• Each cart has a scanner. The scanner connects to
  the iBook and needs no other power source.

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The Scanner
Locked position

• The scanner is packaged locked to keep its
  components safe. The lock is on the bottom side
  of the scanner. Unlock it before use.

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The Scanner

• A small arrow on the scanner bed shows you where
  to place a picture to scan.

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The CD Burner

• Each cart has one CD burner. The burner connects
  to the iBook via a firewire cable. Insert a blank
  CD to launch the process for burning.

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The CD Burner

• The LaCie CD burner connects to a power source
  and to the iBook.

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The VideoCamcorder

• Each cart has a videocamcorder. There is also an
  extra floating videocamcorder provided.

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The VideoCamcorder

• The videocamcorder is powered by a battery that
  must be charged.

battery
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The VideoCamcorder

• The charger connects to the videocamcorder.

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The VideoCamcorder

• The controls for the camera are the buttons on
  the top of the camera.

Camera Controls
Menu Button
Make system changes in the camera, such as
setting date and time, using the menu button.
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The VideoCamcorder
firewire

• The videocamcorder connects to the iBook via a
  fire wire cable.

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External Floppy Drive

• Each cart has an external floppy drive to be
  shared by the iBooks. (The most efficient way to
  save work is on the district servers.)

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Cart Check Out and Use

• Some campuses are using a notebook for checkout.
  Others use a calendar. Be flexible in scheduling
  blocks for optimum use.

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Printers

• There is a Lexmark 520n printer on each cart.
  Each printer can be set up to be accessed by any
  of the iBooks.

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Printer
to wall
to printer

• The printer can connect directly to the airport
  base station via an ethernet cable.

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Questions?