[CASL-L] HS Library Computer Lab - 1-to-1 Chromebooks

[Goraieb, Juliet]

We are a 1:1 high school with about 900 students as well - this is year 3.
I have created a MakerSpace with several new Mac computers and other Maker
things (3D printers, green screen, basic wood tools, paint, etc) - we also
have computer labs throughout the school with new Mac computers for a
variety of classes - 3D animation and audio/video.

My LMC does not have any computers in it besides what's in the MakerSpace.
We use a cloud printing system for students to print from printing.  We are
in the process of creating more of a Learning Commons - as we have minimal
"Media" stuff.

On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 10:56 AM Rocca, Jennifer <Roccaj at brookfieldps.org>
wrote:

> We are a 1:1 high school of about 900 students. We still have a couple of
> computer labs in the building that get regular use (but they are decaying
> as the computers age). I still have a lab in the library with 30 computers
> and it was recently upgraded so the computers are fairly new. We have a few
> online textbooks with interactive elements that don't work on chromebooks.
> The science uses a number of computer simulations from PHET that will not
> run on chromebooks. When students are taking a typed assessment, the
> teachers like to use the lab because it is easier to monitor all of the
> screens and students can print more easily.
>
> Our lab gets a bit less use since going 1:1 eight years ago but, even now,
> teachers still sometimes jockey for lab space and our existing labs get
> regular use.
>
> On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 8:21 AM Michele Eligio <
> meligio at northbranfordschools.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>> I know this question has been addressed multiple times; however, I would
>> appreciate an up to the minute snapshot of what everyone currently has in
>> their districts with respect to retaining a library computer lab with a
>> 1-to-1 Chromebook initiative.
>>
>> We are a new 1-to-1 Chromebook school. We have many computer labs that
>> the district is contemplating closing and most likely re-purposing to
>> learning lab centers. The district technology director recently asked me to
>> begin considering dismantling the computer lab in the library - 32
>> hardwired computers.
>>
>> I have some reservation as the lab is periodically used for testing, for
>> student printing, etc... Plus, if the district is already considering the
>> possibility of utilizing one or more of its labs to designate them as
>> learning centers, I think this would be a natural fit for our library
>> learning commons model to have such a center here. However, I am not sure
>> we would need all 32 computers. I also don't know if because we are new to
>> the 1-to-1 Chromebook initiative, if as time passes, we will find that the
>> hard wired computers are used less and less.
>>
>> Therefore, I would greatly appreciate it if those of you at the HS level
>> who have had 1-to-1 programs in your districts for a while would share your
>> insight on this issue.
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Michele Eligio
>>
>> North Branford High School Librarian
>>
>> 49 Caputo Road
>>
>> North Branford, CT  06471
>>
>> (203) 484-1465
>>
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Juliet Goraieb
Library Media Specialist
East Haven High School
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