[OPLINTECH] Reading Literacy System (software/OS ect)

[Chad Neeper]

...unless you preemptively image the hard drive and stick the copy on a
shelf/server somewhere as cheap insurance against failure...  Should be
simple enough via Ghost, clonezilla, whathaveyou...

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*Chad Neeper*
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*Level 9 Networks*
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On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 3:10 PM, Ed Liddle <eliddle at marysvillelib.org>wrote:

> You can buy the cute kids mice and keyboards here
> http://www.chestercreek.com/
> We have 2 AWE machines we got from a grant. They came with usb injet
> printers which caused more problems than they were worth. The models we
> have can not use a network printer, but the new version of AWE machines I
> think can. We didn't want to spend money on the upgrade to get them to
> print to a network printer. Chester Creek is the company that made the
> mouse and keyboard that ours came with.  AWE machines are good if you don't
> want to mess with them other than rebooting them. If you try to do anything
> else with them you will become very frustrated (like get the ones we have
> to connect to a network and  print to a network printer)  Since ours did
> not come with any media to reload the OS, AWE softare, and games back on
> them, once the hard drives fail the AWE software and games will go away.
>
> -Ed Liddle
>
> Marysville Public Library
> http://marysvillelib.org
>
> ________________________________________
> From: oplintech-bounces at lists.oplin.org [oplintech-bounces at lists.oplin.org]
> on behalf of Don Yarman [yarmando at delawarelibrary.org]
> Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2013 2:51 PM
> To: OPLINTECH
> Subject: Re: [OPLINTECH] Reading Literacy System (software/OS ect)
>
> We have the AWE stations. If you've got the money and don't want
> to devote much energy to providing computers to preschoolers,
> they're fine. Personally, I think that's a lot of money to pay for
> Reader Rabbit.
>
> We weighed some alternatives. We use KidZui for our schoolage/
> tween computers. Our children's librarians looked at Zoodles,
> ABC Mouse, and PBS Kids Play, eventually selecting the latter.
> We'll be moving to that when our AWE contract is up.
>
>         Don Yarman, Deputy Director
>         Delaware County District Library
>         yarmando at delawarelibrary.org
>
> Currently listening to "Stiff" by Mary Roach, and
> reading "Man in the Empty Suit" by Sean Ferrell.
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 1:39 PM, Chad Neeper <cneeper at level9networks.com>
> wrote:
> > I've always highly recommended the AWE Early Literacy Station ever since
> I
> > first saw it years ago when one of my libraries purchased one with money
> > from a small grant.
> >
> >
> http://www.awelearning.com/en/markets/libraries/in-the-library/the-early-literacy-station/
> >
> > They're an excellent set-it-up-and-forget-about-it solution and the kids
> > (and parents) absolutely LOVE them. I used to try to put together a
> solution
> > like that myself, but once these came along, I stopped. I couldn't do
> nearly
> > as good a job as AWE has. Worth every penny and then some.
> >
> > They're also perfect for small grants/gifts from local businesses.
> >
> > Chad
> >
> > ______________________________
> > Chad Neeper
> > Senior Systems Engineer
> >
> > Level 9 Networks
> > 740-548-8070 (voice)
> > 866-214-6607 (fax)
> >
> > Full LAN/WAN consulting services -- Specialized in libraries and schools
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