American School of Guatemala
ICT quick reference
Technology Staff
Educational Technology Coordinator
Claudia Estrada (cestrada@cag.edu.gt)
Technology Coordinator
Héctor Cabrera (hcabrera@cag.edu.gt)
Network Administrador
David Velásquez (davidv@cag.edu.gt)
Technical Support
Steven Monzón (smonzon@cag.edu.gt)
Technical Support
Geovany Herrera (gherrera@cag.edu.gt)
Student Data Manager (Registrar)
Rogelio Cruz (rcruz@cag.edu.gt)
Library Technical Support
Marco Alvarado (malvarado@cag.edu.gt)
Technology Integration Specialists
EC
Martha Lezama (mlezama@cag.edu.gt)
ES
Francisco Quiñonez (fquinonez@cag.edu.gt)
MS
Ceci Artola (aartola@cag.edu.gt) Laboratorio STEM
Elena Ariza (eariza@cag.edu.gt) g. 6
Michelle Urdiales (murdiales@cag.edu.gt) g. 7
Lara Alemán (laleman@cag.edu.gt) g. 8
HS
David Deeds (ddeeds@cag.edu.gt)
Help desk-tech support should be requested through the Help desk system. Verbal requests will not be
taken.
Technology Services: Quick links to all Technology Services
http://www.cag.edu.gt/faculty/index.html
Print Server: For instruction on adding a printer click here
https://cagestech.pbworks.com/w/page/34805359/CAG-Print
CAG Email- We use Gmail. Click here to log in. email.cag.edu.gt Quick link to Gmail tutorials
https://cagestech.pbworks.com/w/page/36538705/GoogledotCAG
How to map a network drive:
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Right click on My Computer, click on Map Network Drive.
On the next window, choose a letter (you can not use Z), type on the Folder text field the
source path of the network drive. For example:
EC Shared drive: \\storage1\ec\
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ES Shared drive: \\storage1\es\
MS Shared drive: \\storage1\ms\
HS Shared drive: \\storage1\hs\
Images: \\storage1\img
Swap: \\storage2\swap
Commons: \\storage1\commons
Press the Finish button.
Frequently used Applications:
Google sites -used for teachers to publish information for parents and students about the class.
GoogleApps- Mail, Docs, Sites, Groups
Power School- online application to keep grades.
Atlas- web application where teachers upload curriculum information. Username listed and password
http://cag-gt.rubiconatlas.org/.
BrainPop- Web service where you can find videos and lessons. We have a school account with username:
cagpop pasword: password http://www.brainpop.com
Reservations - to reserve equipment (mobile labs, iPad carts) library areas, computer lab time or other
areas. It will be done using the reservation system.
Noodle Tools-web application to create bibliography.
User: cagnoodle
Password: password
EBSCO Host-databases with a variety of information for research.
User: s4865866
Password: password
Destiny-online library catalog.
http://search.epnet.com/
Important reminders
USB drives and viruses- Please make sure to check your USB memory for viruses. We have found
some viruses on computers that were recognized by the antivirus. Computer teachers may instruct the
students on how to check their USB memories. You can ask your section TIS to show you how to do it.
We encourage you to use “the cloud”.
Reservations file- Please make sure to indicate the correct time zone GMT -6 so your reservations
appear on the right times. Remember, it is important to explain what you will need, place where you will
need it and be there before so you can make sure everything is working the way you had planned.
PowerSource: Tutorials available for Power School.
access the system.
Please, contact your TIS to have an account to
Shared folders: Used to store classwork or projects for grading purposes. Teachers are responsible for
performing maintenance to those folders as well as enforcing with students the privacy rights and the CAG
AUP.
Changing password- Remember you can change your password at any time by pressing
control+alt+del once you have logged in. It will show you the option to change password. Type your old
password and type a new password that meets the security standards (8 characters, combination of upper
case and lower case letters, numbers and symbols). Security is everyone’s responsibility.
MA-modified CE, Rev. July 2014.