[Year 12 IT Apps] laptop trolleys

[Meadows, Roslyn M]

Hello all,

The problems with laptop trolleys are minor compared to the damage that
can be done by little hands on keyboards, and the fact that not all
teachers check the condition of the laptops before they allow the class
to leave - a number of ours have had keys "pop off" and at $200 to
replace the keyboard we have pulled those laptops out of action. So now
there are "class sets" of 8 or 9 on a couple of the trolleys (we started
with 3 trolleys of 12 each)

Personally at this stage I would prefer to think about putting money
into subsidising students to purchase their own laptops rather than
purchasing them for the school, but maybe that is just a dream! Although
sure to become a reality in the next few years.

Cheers
Ros

Roslyn Meadows
Bentleigh Secondary College
9579 1044
0412 614 062	

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[mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Russell Edwards
Sent: Tuesday, 4 September 2007 1:33 PM
To: Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] laptop trolleys


On 04/09/2007, at 12:40 PM, Russell, Steven S wrote:

> Lwt.com.au        learning with technology

We have a couple of laptop trolleys that look like the ones on that  
site (though I can't 100% sure).

It is problematic in several ways:

1: the power cables get in a huge tangled mess in short order

2: the power plugs are prone to getting caught on the trolley frame  
when the laptop is inserted, thereby risking damage to the socket.  
Failures are bound to start occurring soon, in my opinion.

A better solution would be to cut a hole in the side of each bay so  
that the plug can be inserted after the laptop is in the bay. That  
way the cables could also be tied down with a minimal of slack to fix  
problem 1

3: Ours hold 12 laptops each, through 2 powerboards connected by a  
double adapter to a single power outlet. This exceeds the current  
rating of the powerboards and also of the power point, and frequently  
trips out the circuit breaker.

4: There is no power indicator, so it is a common occurrence that the  
laptops are put away but powered up correctly (usually because the  
circuit breaker's out), and hence they don't get charged and run out  
of power in the middle of class the next day.

Just my opinion

Russell Edwards
Whittlesea SC




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