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 * [[image:z61moview.gif]] ||  || ==Laptop Implementation== Student laptops are being re-imaged, and will be available for your use shortly after the opening of school. There are several elements that need to be in place in order to have a successful roll out and implementation of the one-to-one laptop program. //__All__// of these factors and criteria must be addressed before you are going to be able to use the laptops with your students. How soon laptops are available for student use will depend on how quickly your cluster completes the work below. ||

Laptop Allocation

 * Each student in your classroom must be assigned a laptop. Please fill out a [|Laptop Request Form] for any additional students that have been added to your classroom.
 * If a student transfers into your class from another classroom within the building, you will need to fill out a [|Student Transfer Form] to have their laptop moved to your classroom.

Usernames and Passwords
(Note: APEX and district passwords will be assigned as part of the Laptop Request procedure)
 * Each student must have a district-assigned login //Username// and //Password//.
 * Each student must have a Username and Password for APEX.
 * Each student must have an AutoSkill password. See instructions on registering students in [|Create a Classroom in AutoSkill].
 * Each student must have a Project Foundry password.

Online Environments

 * Your classes must be set up in APEX Learning. See how to [|Create a Classroom in APEX].
 * Your classroom must be set up in AutoSkill ACADEMY of Reading. See how to [|Create a Classroom in AutoSkill].
 * Your students must be registered for Project Foundry and assigned to your cluster (within PF).

Required Forms

 * Over 75% of your students must have reviewed and signed the [|BPS Acceptable Use Policy for Technology].
 * Over 75% of your students must have reviewed and signed the [|Student Laptop Agreement] form.

Scheduling a Training Session

 * A 'getting to know your laptop' session must be held on the first day that laptops are distributed to students. This session will be co-taught by you and the Instructional Technology Director. Please contact Marla at ext. 3283, or mwitkowski@buffaloschools.org, to schedule a time for your session.
 * Marla will verify that all other expectations for laptop implementation have been met prior to the session.