Right now, we do a three year rotation. We give teachers two AC
adapters, one for home and one for school. We do not replace the
batteries. However, the teachers have the same model of laptops as our
4th - 8th grade students and we have 15 extra batteries that students
can use as swaps if theirs is not charged. So, if a teacher really
needed a battery, we could always grab one of the student ones to give
them. However, this is only the beginning of our third year with
teachers using laptops, so my answer might be completely different by
the end of this year :)=20
Renee Ramig
Director of Technology
Seven Hills School
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=09
If there were no schools to take the children away from home part of the
time, the insane asylums would be filled with mothers. ~Edgar W. Howe
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Subject: Faculty laptops and batteries
Hello,
We're facing the third year of many of our faculty tablets (Toshiba =20
R10s). As such, many of the batteries are only holding charge for a =20
few minutes. Our goal has been a model where we replace faculty =20
laptops every three years, which would mean many of these machines =20
would be up for replacement in the spring or next summer. =20
Replacement batteries run about $100 for our current models. We're =20
grappling with whether or not it's worthwhile to replace batteries =20
for faculty if we may be replacing the laptops in the next year or so.
I'm hoping you can provide some input on the following:
+ What's your current replacement model for faculty laptops? Every 2 =20
years? 3 years? 4 years? more?
+ Do you have a replacement schedule for batteries?
+ Which makes more sense for effective integration... 4 year =20
rotation of laptops with a battery replacement at 2 years or 3 year =20
rotation with no battery replacement?
+ Do you get extended warranties on faculty hardware? If so, do the =20
warranties include battery and/or charger replacement?
Any suggestions you might have in this area would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Tami Brass
http://www.tech4teaching.org
http://del.icio.us/brasst
tamilb@mac.com
tbrass@spa.edu
In times of change, learners inherit the Earth, while the learned =20
find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no =20
longer exists. -- Eric Hoffer
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