Student Laptop Setup Guide
This page details all you need to know to have your child’s laptop ready to go for the first day of school. Once your child’s laptop is setup, we encourage you to explore the other resources we are providing on the ASFM Responsible Use Policy, Digital Citizenship, Parental Controls, and Facebook Privacy Settings. Please e-mail tech.integration@asfm.edu.mx if you have any additional questions or needs.
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Software Requirements
- Any Apple laptop purchased after June 2013 will be running OS X 10.9 older models will require and update
- Before installing any of the software below, you must be running OS X 10.9
- Please Upgrade if you have an older version
- Check what OS you are running
- Click on the
- A window will appear like the image below to show your “Version” of OS X. The image below shows that this computer is only running 10.7.3 and requires an update to OS X 10.9
- Apple Laptops do not come with an Anti-virus software installed
- Anti-virus software will protect the laptop from virus and allow it to run efficiently
- Video Tutorial for Installation
Multimedia Suite: iLife
- Apple Laptops come with the iLife Suite installed
- Any Apple laptop purchased after September 2010 should have iLife
- iLife includes: iMovie, GarageBand, and iPhoto
- Please Upgrade if you have an older versionProductivity Suite: Google Suite for Education
Productivity SUITE: Google Suite For Education
- Google Suite for Education is the primary productivity engine for learning at ASFM.
- Each student is issued a G Suite for Education account with unlimited storage and access to all the necessary tools for learning at ASFM.
Free Required Software:
World Globe: Google Earth
- Google Earth is a 3D digital globe that allows users to zoom in to explore real images of the world.
- Google Earth has layered information for learning about the Earth like: active volcanoes, earthquakes, images, videos, weather fronts and patterns, animal migration routes, 3D city layouts, and ancient city 3D overlays
- Google Earth is a great tool for geography, history, environmental, ecology, cultural lessons and more.
- GSP is a tool that allows student to build interactive visuals that represent the math equations they are solving.
- GSP is an adopted Math curriculum tool for grades 6-12
- CDF allows students to use a variety of 3D simulations on the Wolfram Demonstrations Page to analyze and compare the relationships between ideas.
- Demonstrations have been created for math, physical science, life science, creative arts, geography, engineering, business, the list goes on!
- GC is an alternative internet browser to the Apple provided software Safari. Occasionally one browser will work better than the other for different sites
- GC allows for a more dynamic experience for users given the widgets and attentions that can be installed for improved research tools
Social Bookmarking Tool: Diigo
- Diigo is an online social bookmarking tool that allows students to access their important bookmarks from an device in the world. It also allows for highlighting on web pages, adding notes, organizing with tags and sharing with others.
- Diigo is used for information analysis, resource collection, note taking, researching, group collaboration, and resource sharing.
Note Taking Software: Bamboo
- Bamboo tablets are used in the math classes for recording notes are well as capturing video screen recordings of students' methods for solving equations.
- Bamboo tablets require two installs.
- Driver - The first is a driver that allows the tablet to work with your child's laptop. When you click on the Driver link, it will automatically download the file you will then install.
- Bamboo Dock - The second is a notebook software that provides students with a notebook for collecting all of their notes for math. When you click on the Bamboo Dock link, it will automatically download the file you will then install.