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@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.

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Sincerely,
Michele Eligio
North Branford High School Librarian
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North Branford, CT 06471
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