[elearning] netbook management

[Taylor, Charmaine C]

Great!
Thank you Claire for your advice. 
Much appreciated.


Kind regards

Charmaine Taylor

Charmaine Taylor
Assistant Principal
Melton Secondary College

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From: elearning-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:elearning-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Claire Adams
Sent: Monday, 10 May 2010 11:49 AM
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Subject: Re: [elearning] netbook management

Hi Charmaine,

My school has them on trolleys (I'd recommend 1/2 class set trolleys
of 16ish, otherwise they are too heavy).
Teachers can book them (just like we would a computer room), or any
un-booked laptops can be borrowed individually by students. Our senior
students find this very useful for their study lines.
I'd like us to look into borrowing them through the library catalogue,
it seems to make a lot more sense (and would be better for tracking)
than the paper borrowing honour system we currently use.

Good Luck

Claire Adams
IT Teacher
Cummins Area School
South Australia.

On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 10:45 AM, Travis Parker
<Travis.Parker at beaconhills.vic.edu.au> wrote:
> Hi Charmaine,
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> At my current school (And previous school), both purchased trolleys to store
> the laptops. There are specially designed trolleys that allow for recharging
> points and security when finished. There are quite a few companies that make
> them.
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> Our library have about 26 on each trolley (A class set), and loan them out
> through "BookIt", so it's just like booking a computer room. A students will
> be sent over at the start of class to collect them, and they return them at
> the end of the class. They are then checked so that none are missing and all
> still functional etc and stored in a secure room. To avoid any potential
> security problems, my old school did the same thing with loaning them out,
> but classes could only use them within the library so they could be
> monitored more closely.
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> Neither has allowed students to borrow the laptops individually.
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> I think laptop management has become a much bigger issue since the Digital
> Revolution Grant which didn't initially allow for infrastructure so schools
> without spare buildings, cabling, desks, network infrastructure or even
> enough space purchased laptops instead.
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> Just my thoughts....
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> Travis Parker
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> Head of ICT
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> Beaconhills College Pakenham
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> ph: 1300 002 225 ext 3016
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> From: elearning-bounces at edulists.com.au
> [mailto:elearning-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Taylor, Charmaine C
> Sent: Monday, 10 May 2010 10:50 AM
> To: elearning at edulists.com.au
> Subject: [elearning] netbook management
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> Does anyone have advice about how to manage netbooks We are about to buy 100
> for student use.
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> Do we store them in the library on trolleys?
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> Do allow students to borrow them like books?
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> Kind regards
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> Charmaine Taylor
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> Charmaine Taylor
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> Assistant Principal
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> Melton Secondary College
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