TechBytes

• July 15: Final 3189 Chromebook Deactivation
• July 24: Aeries rollover from 2023/24 school year to 2024/25 school year. Current students will likely lose access to apps that require rostering (i-Ready/Carnegie) at this time.

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If you are a teacher who is still using a Chromebook and/or a Lenovo ThinkPad in addition to your new PUSD laptop, we need your old devices. The 3189 Chromebooks will be deactivated as of July 15th and need to be collected. The Lenovo ThinkPads need to be refurbished to go to other staff members who do not have a device. If you have one of these devices, please turn it in (with the charger) to your site tech or a centralized location, such as your library or front office, for collection.

The remaining 3189s in circulation will be deactivated as of July 15th. At the end of the 2023-24 school year, please turn in all 3189 Chromebooks to your front office or library for collection by your site ITS technician.

At the beginning of the 2024-25 school year, staff members in need of a device can put in tickets for a replacement.

For staff members who are leaving the District (now or at the end of the school year), they need to make sure they've followed the steps below before their last day of employment.

1. Return all devices (laptop, cell phone, hotspot). Workstations stay installed at the work location.
2. Download or Transfer all files and export Canvas content (if applicable).

These steps should be started a few weeks before the last day of employment to ensure everything has been completed before then and so they can reach out for assistance if needed.

Graduating seniors can transfer their content in a similar way. Please see the information linked below for detailed steps and reach out to ITS with any questions.

Due to changes in budget for the 2024-25 school year, the following applications will no longer be paid for by the District:

• Nearpod
• Learning A-Z/Raz+
  
• Edulastic/Pear Assessment
• Newsela
• Scholastic (print and digital)
• Avanza Level Learning (Spanish ONLY)

For alternatives to some of these applications, please check out the resources linked in the Smore below.