K-2 Student Workstation FY08 | Equipment

Student workstation for grades K-2

Must be installed and fully functional by no earlier than Dec. 1, 2007, and no later than Feb. 1, 2008.

Schools or districts implementing the eMINTS instructional model school-wide may choose to equip K-2 classrooms with several computers for student use. It is not recommended that the full suite of eMINTS hardware and software be installed in K-2 classrooms. Schools or districts may install either full-sized computers and monitors as described below for K-2 classrooms or they may install several laptops for student use that meet the specifications described below. Screen size for K-2 student laptops should be at least 15 inches.

Student Workstation Windows

Student Workstation Mac

2.2 GHz
Intel Pentium 4
Celeron D 300
AMD Athlon XP 2900+

17" iMac
1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo

512 MB RAM (expandable)

40 GB hard drive

Integrated 10/100

Integrated v.92 & 10/100

Integrated or expandable 802.11b/g

802 11g AirPort Extreme

17" monitor or 15” flat screen

17" widescreen monitor

Ports
16-bit sound card
2 USB
External mouse

Ports
Sound card – 16 bit
2 USB
1 Firewire
External mouse

Software
The following software is required on computers in K-2 classrooms implementing the eMINTS instructional model as part of a school-wide improvement process:

MS Windows® XP Standard
Office suite: MS Office® Standard
Graphic organizer: kidspiration® or SMART Ideas™
Anti-virus (3 year)

Typing program allowed but not required (may be selected by school or district)

Recommended, but not required:
Tool Factory Workshop
OR
Scholastic Keys and Canvastic

Software
The following software is required on computers in K-2 classrooms implementing the eMINTS instructional model as part of a school-wide improvement process:

Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger
Office suite: MS Office® Standard
Graphic organizer: kidspiration® or SMART Ideas™
Anti-virus (3 year)

Typing program allowed but not required (may be selected by school or district)

Recommended, but not required:
Tool Factory Workshop
OR
Scholastic Keys and Canvastic

Plug-ins (most recent version)
Shockwave
Flash
Quick Time
Media Player
Real Player
Adobe Acrobat Reader
Internet Explorer
Java Runtime

Anything above minimum in hardware is acceptable (for example, upgraded memory, graphics card or sound card).

More information

Contact the eMINTS National Center office at (573) 884-7202 or emints-info@emints.org.

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