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Technology@Home

Welcome to the Technology@Home program. This program seeks to help students, faculty, and staff members with their home technology needs by enabling them to purchase directly from vendors at educational discount rates. With the latest technology, students, staff members, and faculty can make the best use of instructional and administrative resources from home.

We recommend that you review the technical requirements information available on the various web sites before purchasing.

Microsoft Student Select for FCPS Staff and Students
Through a special agreement with Microsoft, Fairfax County Public Schools students and staff members can now purchase select Microsoft products for home and personal use at great discounts. In addition, Fairfax County Public Schools adult education students are also eligible to purchase through this program.
Go online to: www.fcps.edu/DIT/techathome/studentselect.html

NEC for FCPS Staff and Students
NEC has joined the FCPS Technology@Home program and is offering exclusive pricing for student and employee purchases. NM-Select provides a wide variety of display solutions with selections of CRT and LCD monitors with screen sizes of 15" and 22"
Go online to: www.fcps.edu/DIT/techathome/necdisplays.html

Dell for FCPS Staff
Dell offers up to 10% off home equipment, typically with a 1-year warranty. Equipment is consumer grade. The one exception is the Virginia state contract, which allows certified, classroom assigned teachers to purchase corporate grade equipment, such as Latitudes, for home. See Virginia Teacher PC Purchasse link below. Complete FCPS information can be found on the IT Intranet site.

HP for FCPS Staff
Hewlett-Packard has created a secure web site for Fairfax County Public Schools offering discounts on a variety of equipment. HP discounts include Desktops, Media Centers, Notebooks, Pocket PCs, Calculators, Music Devices, Monitors, Projectors, CD/DVD writers, Printers, Printer Supplies, Digital Cameras, and Televisions. Complete FCPS information can be found on the IT Intranet site.

Sprint for FCPS Staff
Sprint offers FCPS employees discounts on service plans and mobile devices for personal use. For information on service plans, product details, and ordering, see: http://pcsorders.com/fcps/

Virginia Teacher PC Purchase Program
Certified, classroom-assigned teachers can purchase corporate grade equipment, such as Latitudes, for home.
Go online to: www.vita.virginia.gov/procurement/teacher/