[CASL-L] 1:1 Chromebook charging preparation?

[LaPlante, Casey]

Here at the HS level, after 4 years of 1:1 Chromebook deployment, we have taken a hard stance on loaning additional devices or chargers, which is that we never loan additional equipment due to students' failure to come to class prepared. If students knew that they could borrow a second device to use at school, NO ONE would bother to carry theirs back and forth. We used to loan out chargers and they NEVER came back and would end up costing the students in the end. I tell students that we've issued you one device and one charger and that's it. We have a charging station in the MC, and teachers have at least one charger in their rooms, but the students need to learn the hard way that it is their responsibility to bring a charged Chromebook to school each day.

Casey LaPlante
Library Media Specialist
Granby Memorial HS
Granby, CT

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From: CASL-L <casl-l-bounces at mylist.net> On Behalf Of Leslie Poulos via CASL-L
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 4:07 PM
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Subject: [CASL-L] 1:1 Chromebook charging preparation?

Hello library colleagues

We are a 7/8 middle school and were fortunate to go 1:1 this year with Chromebooks-and our students take them home at night. Understanding that there will always be some need for loaners with middle school students, we are finding that a significant number of students are not charging their chromebooks regularly and are unprepared for class. They come to get loaners from us.

We have talked to kids, helped them set reminders on phones, sent letters home when they borrow 3 times a month, emailed parents, etc but still are finding this to be very time consuming and disruptive to learning/classroom instruction/library. We don’t have charging stations in every room- just a few strategically placed in building- one per team and in the library.

1. Do you have charging stations in each room?
2. Do you have loaners in classrooms or in library?
4. Do you have a cut off time for getting loaners in library? First few periods only?
3. Are there any disciplinary consequences for chronic offenders? On team? Office?

We need to revisit this issue, especially with SBAC coming up and the need for students to come with charged devices-and are looking for ideas from others.

Thank you!


Leslie Poulos
Silas Deane MS
Wethersfield
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