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Table of Contents
Overview of the Network Software . . . . . . . . . 2
Setting Up the Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Setup by the Network Administrator . . . . . . . . . . 3
Logging In as a Network Administrator. . . . . . . . 3
Entering Personal Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Creating New Users. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Entering Additional Network Administrator,
Teacher and School Administrator/Specialist
Names or Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Importing a Preformatted Teacher List . . . . . . . . 5
Entering Student Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Importing a Preformatted Student List . . . . . . . . 6
Creating New Schools on a
Wide Area Network (WAN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Updating User Information and
Deleting Users or Classes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Installing Earobics Games on
Client Workstations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Uploading Existing Student Data from
Non-Network Versions of Earobics Step 2 . . . . . . 8
Using Cache . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
License Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Setting Monitor Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Automatic Logoff after 20 Minutes
of Inactivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Setup by Teachers &
School Administrators/Specialists . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Logging In. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Main Screens for Teachers and
School Administrator/Specialists . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Entering Student Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Modifying Student Names and
Student Usernames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Changing Teacher Names, Usernames,
or Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Creating Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Editing Group Names/Descriptions. . . . . . . . . . 15
Updating a Group/Assigning Students to
a Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Deleting a Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
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Using Earobics Step 2 Network in
the Classroom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Student Log In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Earobics Step 2 Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
General Features of Earobics Games. . . . . . . . . . 20
Calling All Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Paint by Penguin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Pesky Parrots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Hippo Hoops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Duck Luck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Learning Objectives for
Earobics Step 2 Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Professional Management Features . . . . . . . . . . 38
Progress Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
DataView . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Classroom Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Scheduling with the Earobics Software. . . . . . . . 61
Motivation and Reward Ideas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Getting Students Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Facilitation Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Scope & Sequence of
Earobics Games and Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Technical Information & Support . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Minimum System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Information & Customer Service . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Technical Support Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
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