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

[Jodie D'Alexander]

We have been 1:1 for the past 3 years.  Currently we have 20 "loaner"
Chromebooks available to borrow in the Media Center. Students must complete
an electronic ticket for borrowing (for our records) when they come to the
Media Center.  Our loaners are for  "occasional" borrowing (we do have
repeat offenders for sure) as well as for those Chromebooks that need
repair.  Because we do check out the loaners through Destiny, we do have a
history of borrowing for students and can have administration intervene if
we notice it's a continual problem.

We had been noticing an increase in charging requests this year.  Last week
we set up a self-serve charging station in the Media Center that the
students can use independently.   We didn't advertise this to the school
but we are hoping to eliminate some of the service requests we receive for
Chromebooks  by making this charging station readily available.

*When we first rolled out our 1:1 it was *recommended* that teachers hold
students accountable for being prepared with their Chromebooks charged and
ready each school day.

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02/21/19,
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On Thu, Feb 21, 2019 at 9:57 AM LaPlante, Casey <LaPlanteC at granby.k12.ct.us>
wrote:

> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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
> To: casl-l <casl-l at mylist.net>
> 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
> Sent from my iPhone
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*Mrs. Jodie D’Alexander*
Library Media Specialist
Woodland Regional High School
135 Back Rimmon Road
Beacon Falls, CT  06403
(203) 881-5551  ext. 7241

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