Activity 1C: Local Tech Resources

C&I 335

Summer 1998

 

Mark Hale

Springfield High School

Springfield, Illinois

 

The following information pertains to our main computer lab, which can be used by any class. It does not include the lab that is used for specific classes - C++, Yearbook, and Newspaper, or the Business Department lab which has PC's. The following information also does not contain information about hardware or software that are in individual classrooms.

Computers and Peripherals

There are 30 computers in room 216 including the following:

7 LCIII

  • each with 8MB

2 LC 475

  • each with 8MB

2 LC 580 (CD)

  • each with 16MB

5 Power Macintosh 5260 (CD)

  • Four 5260 / 120 each with 16MB
  • One 5260 / 100 with 16MB

2 Power Macintosh 5300 (CD)

  • each with 32 MB

11 Power Macintosh 5400 (CD)

  • One 5400 / 100 each with 16MB
  • Eight 5400 / 180 each with 16MB
  • Two 5400 / 180 each with 32MB

 

Scanners:

2 ColorOne Scanners

 

Printers:

1 LaserWriter 360

1 LaserWriter 12/640

 

Cameras:

1 QuickTake Camera

1 Kodak 25 Digital Camera

1 Color Quick Cam

 

Video Cameras:

1 Panasonic Video Camera

 

Multimedia Cart:

1 Power Macintosh5400

1 VCR

1 Toshiba Monitor

1 NuView Projector, 82V-410W FXL (AV Photo Lab $22 at Beatty)

 

Software Applications

  • ClarisWorks 4.0 - District License. Word Processing program which includes a painting application, drawing application, spreadsheets, and databases.
  • Netscape Communicator 4.0 - Internet tool.
  • Microsoft Word 6.0 - Word processing program.
  • Power Point 4.0 - Multimedia presentation program.
  • HyperStudio 3.0 - Multmedia presentation program that allows for a nonlinear approach.
  • Eudora 3.1 - Email application
  • ClarisHomePage 3.0 - Application for making web pages.
  • Graphic Converter 3.2.1 - Converts pictures / graphics to GIF or JPEG files.
  • Mecc Programs - Amazon Trail 1.0 - A canoe trip up the Amazon River in search of a medicinal plant to help save the Incas. Students must make decisions about managing their supplies, as well as exploring the rainforest, identifying birds, mammals, insects and reptiles.; Number Munchers - Math Games in which students "munch" target numbers (prime numbers, odd,..); Odell Down Under 1.0 - Simulation of a coral reef in which students gain an uderstanding of food chains and webs.; Oregon Trail 1.1 - A simulation for social studies and language arts which lets students travel the Oregon Trail. The program enhances decision making skills and teaches students about geography, migration, and expansion. BodyScope - Designed for a biology class to allow students to examine visual representations of the body. Program includes quizzes about bones and organs of the body. TesselMania - This application is designed for mathematics and art. It explores concepts in geometry such as rotation, symmetry and tesselations. World GeoGraph II - This application is designed to help students understand basic concepts of geography.
  • Sim City 2000 - 1.1 - Students play the role of mayor in this city simulator and deal with human factors such as residential space and employment, economic factors such as land value and trade, survival factors such as disasters and crime, and political factors such as public opinion and zoning.
  • CareerView - Allows students to explore various careers. 

 

Tech Resources for My Classroom 

Computer and Peripherals

  • Power Macintosh 5500/250 with 48MB
  • Color StyleWriter 2500 printer
  • Iomega zip 100 - External zip drive
  • MacDirect External Hard Drive
  • UMAX - Astra 610P - Scanner
  • FlexCam
  • Focus Enhancements - LTV Portable Pro

 

Software Applications

  • Adobe Photo Deluxe 1.0 - Application for photo retouching, image editing, and color painting software.
  • ClarisHomePage 3.0 - Web page application
  • ClarisWorks 4.0 - Word Processing, Painting, Drawing, Spreadsheet, and Database application
  • Eudora 3.1.1 - Email application
  • HyperStudio 3.1 - Multimedia application
  • KidPix 2 - Multimedia application
  • PowerPoint 4.0 - Multimedia application
  • Netscape 2.01 - Internet tool

     

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