Stewart Crais
Director of Technology and Information Services
Lausanne Collegiate School
1381 West Massey Road
Memphis, TN 38120
(901) 474-1031 (v)
(901) 682-1696 (f)
scrais@lausanneschool.com
SKYPE: stewart.crais
www.lausanneschool.com
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Laptop Institute - July 13-15, 2008
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A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> on Wednesday, September 26, 2007 at 7:46 PM -0500 wrote:
>Hi Stewart,
>
>How do students meet the requirement of having the latest MS Office Pro
>Suite if they have Linux? Do you allow Open Office if they have the
>ability to save natively in the latest MS file types? Just curious?
>
>Thanks,
>Alex
>
>Alex Inman
>Director of Technology
>Whitfield School
>St. Louis, MO
>314.434.5141
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: A forum for independent school educators
>[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Stewart Crais
>Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 8:36 AM
>To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
>Subject: Re: Connecting Nonschool issued laptops to your school's
>network
>
>We permit any laptop... including Mac and Linux.
>
>Like you and some other posts, we don't have the kids on a file server
>or even on the domain. They are responsible for backing up to usb
>drives, etc.
>
>Stewart Crais
>
>
>A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> on
>Wednesday, September 26, 2007 at 7:58 AM -0500 wrote:
>>I would assume from the below that you do not permit Macs or Linux
>>laptops?
>>
>>Greg
>>On Sep 25, 2007, at 6:46 PM, Stewart Crais wrote:
>>
>>> We have a 1:1 program at Lausanne and do allow outside laptops. I
>>> have pasted our policy below. We have yet to run into any security
>>> problems since implementing this a few years ago.
>>>
>>> Requirements for Using Your Own Laptop
>>>
>>> If you choose to provide your own laptop, please consider the
>>> following information before making that decision.
>>> Note: There is a required yearly fee of $150.00 (details below) for
>>> students using their own laptop.
>>>
>>> Minimum Hardware / Software Requirements:
>>>
>>> * Processor / Speed: Intel Petium-M / 1.5 GHz
>>> * Memory: 512 MB
>>> * Hard Drive: 20 GB
>>> * Network: Internal Wireless 802.11b/g
>>> * Software (provided by Lausanne and included in $150.00 fee):
>>> o Latest Microsoft Office Pro Suite
>>> o Norton Antivirus Corporate Edition
>>> o First Class E-mail Client
>>> Please note: Because of licensing requirements, all software
>>> provided by Lausanne must be removed when the student leaves
>Lausanne.
>>>
>>>
>>> Other Information:
>>> * No repairs will be made to laptops purchased through sources
>other
>>> than Lausanne
>>> * A loaner will be provided to your child (included in $150.00
>fee)
>>> if his / her laptop is not operational for any period of time.
>>> Loaners kept longer than two weeks incur a daily rental charge of
>>> $20.00
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
>>> on Tuesday, September 25, 2007 at 3:24 PM -0500 wrote:
>>>> Afternoon,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> What is the general opinion of tech director's and network managers
>>>> regarding nonschool issued laptops to connect to the school's
>>>> network?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Does your school also allow internet access with nonschool issued
>>>> laptops?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> If your school does allow network access, what policies(please
>>>> share)do
>>>> you have in place regarding support for these nonschool issued
>>>> machines?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> What prerequisites does your school have for the guest machine to
>>>> attach? Antivirus, patches, spyware protection etc.?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for your assistance.
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