Tracy Earnshaw
Teacher Librarian
Coginchaug Regional High School (M, T, Th)
Brewster Elementary School (W, F)
Regional School District 13
Coginchaug Regional High School
135 Pickett Lane | P.O. Box 280 | Durham, CT 06422
O: 860.349.7215 X221 | tearnshaw@rsd13.org
Visit us at: http://crhs.rsd13ct.org
CONFIDENTIALITY: This email (including any attachments) may contain confidential, proprietary and privileged information, and unauthorized disclosure or use is prohibited. If you received this email in error, please notify the sender and delete this email from your system.
Hi Michele,We are 1 to 1. At our high school, we still maintain a computer lab/area. Right now we are down to 23 working computers. Students use them to print (since they can't print from their chromebooks) and they help support students that may need them for certain programs they cannot use on their chromebooks. The technology classes have desktops for these programs, but sometimes kids come up during their study halls or after school (if the tech rooms are locked). Students also use them when they don't have their chromebooks and teachers send them with a pass to do work. We plan on keeping the computers as they still get enough use. The only drawback is that they are old, running slow and takes a long time for students to log in. Money has been an issue for upgrading, but I believe we plan on replacing them with newer ones if/when money is available in the future.Respectfully,Loretta SullivanLibrary Media SpecialistManchester High School"I have always imagined that paradise will be a kind of library."- Jorge Luis Borges_______________________________________________On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 8:21 AM Michele Eligio <meligio@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
![]()
“Libraries store the energy that fuels the imagination. They open up windows to the world and inspire us to explore and achieve, and contribute to improving our quality of life. Libraries change lives for the better.” ~Sidney Sheldon
The information in this transmission is privileged and confidential and intended only for the recipient(s) listed above. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify us immediately by telephone or email and delete the original message and any attachments. Any review or use of the information contained in this email message by persons other than the intended recipient(s) is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the North Branford Public Schools immediately by telephone or email and destroy all copies of this message and any attachments._______________________________________________
CASL-L mailing list
CASL-L@mylist.net
https://mylist.net/listinfo/casl-l
CASL-L mailing list
CASL-L@mylist.net
https://mylist.net/listinfo/casl-l