What about at home?

Will my student take his/her  ClassMate tablet home?

To provide access to the same tools and resources available while at A-C Central C.U.S.D. #262 for the completion of homework, students will be expected to take their ClassMates home nightly. Students will be responsible for charging their ClassMate overnight and must come to school with a fully charged battery to ensure the ClassMate is ready for classroom use.

Will the ClassMate connect to our home network?

The ClassMate will support both a wired RJ-45 Ethernet network connection and a wireless (WiFi) connection. The ClassMate will connect to any 802.11a/b/g/n wireless network, whether at A-C Central C.U.S.D. #262, in your home, or in a public location. The Web content filtering software will restrict Internet access regardless of which network the ClassMate connects through.

What if we do not have home Internet access?

Since the ClassMate  is stand-alone tablet PC computer with local document storage, much productive work is possible even without Internet connectivity. However, home Internet access adds enormous information access, communication, and collaboration possibilities outside of the classroom. Please contact  Technology Administrator Michael T. Bendorf if you do not have a home Internet connection.

May we print to a home printer from the ClassMates tablet?

Since students will be turning in some homework electronically and A-C Central C.U.S.D. #262 has configured ClassMate tablets to connect to both black & white and color laser printers at school for student printing, access to home printers is not be required. However, you are welcome to try to connect the ClassMate to a home printer.

We recommend consulting the manual for your printer for installation directions, as the process varies from printer to printer. However, the following Microsoft Windows 7 "Install a printer" help page may provide sufficient background:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Install-a-printer

Given the variety of home printer configurations and the availability of on-campus printing, we do not provide official support for home printing. However, we are happy to provide limited assistance in connecting to home printers. If you are unable to connect using the instructions from your printer manual and Windows 7 Help and Support, please have your student to bring in his/her ClassMate tablet with the necessary printer driver software to  Technology Administrator Michael T. Bendorf between 8:00AM-4:00PM on school days. You may provide the required printer driver software either by sending the original printer installation disc in with the ClassMate tablet or by e-mailing the exact make and model number of your printer to technology@a-ccentral.us so that we may download the required drivers for the printer from the manufacturer's Web site prior to you coming in. We will inspect the software to ensure compatibility and attempt to install it. Families must complete any additional connection and configuration steps at home. Due to resource constraints and the variety of home printing configurations, cannot provide assistance beyond driver installation in setting up home printing from  ClassMate tablets.