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=Welcome to Epsom PS' Tech Help=

What is this all about?

At Epsom Primary School we have a network made up from a variety of computers and iPods. Unfortunately all the computers do not have the same systems which mean they may run slightly different software and have a different desk top look. This creates different ways we need to login to have access to certain files. We have some computers using 10.4.11 and others using 10.5 while others maybe system 9. When systems are upgraded unless the software is Apple it usually isn't straight away compatible with the new software. This is particularly true with OS (operating system) 9 and 10. And also some of our computers are now intel based which means they a have an intel chip and can run windows.

The main program we have incompatibility issues is with iWeb. iWEb 3 will not open iWeb 2. This is very inconvenient but has to do with the newer intel chip computers verses the older power PC chips.

Logging in will also have differences depending which computer you are using.(see logging in page)

Also our network is a hub for sharing files for everyone to use without having to go out onto the internet. Using our network is called a local area network (LAN). We use the global shared folder that is stored on the networks server. The files that are good to share are sound files, movies, quick links and documents you may like your students to all get quickly without using email or a webpage.

Adding photos to the network uses our intranet page. There are ways to do this also and it saves us using the internet plus gives us privacy as does our iWeb work.(see Intranet page)

Blogs and wikis are fast becoming mainstream tools for teachers to use so I have also included some help for these tools.