Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Re: Equipment Use

I'd be interested as well. This has only recently become an issue for
us, due in large part to the increasing number of resources being made
available and the seeming increase in damaged / inappeopeiately
returned items.

Ed Owens
Episcopal Day School

On Jan 12, 2010, at 10:02 AM, Ademola Popoola <popoola@gmail.com> wrote:

> Does anyone have a written policy covering loaning of equipment
> they'd be
> willing to share?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ademola Popoola
> Sacred Heart Schools Chicago
>
> On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 3:09 PM, Thorson, Janet
> <Janet.Thorson@duchesne.org>wrote:
>
>> We have everything barcoded and in our Technology database. We use
>> Track-it by Numara for inventory and for helpdesk.
>>
>> Janet Thorson
>> Director of Technology
>> Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart
>> 10202 Memorial Drive
>> Houston, Texas 77024
>> ph: 713-468-8211, ext. 128
>> fax: 713-465-9809
>>
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>> Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 6:57 AM
>> To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
>> Subject: Re: Equipment Use
>>
>> Renee,
>>
>> At RPS, for everything except laptops, equipment is checked out of
>> the
>> library and it is all coded in our library system in the same way
>> books
>> are. Laptops are more on the honor system.
>>
>>
>> Peter
>>
>> *Peter Richardson*
>> Director of Technical Services
>> Rutgers Preparatory School
>> 1345 Easton Avenue
>> Somerset, NJ 08873
>>
>> 732-545-5600 x238
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 7:46 PM, Renee Ramig
>> <rramig@sevenhillsschool.org>wrote:
>>
>>> I was wondering if you can share with me how you have checkout of
>>> equipment set up.
>>>
>>> This year, in middle school, we had 10 digital video cameras, 30
>> digital
>>> cameras, 40 laptops, cables, batteries and blank media (dvds, and
>>> cds)
>>> that were all borrowed by students from a central location (media
>>> center). The Ed Tech was often out in classrooms, so the students
>>> and
>>> teachers would just sign out the equipment on a clipboard.
>>>
>>> However, things would come back broken or not at all. Things that
>>> did
>>> make it back in one piece often were just "thrown" in the middle of
>> the
>>> room rather than put back properly.
>>>
>>> I want to have a checkout system that allows students and teachers
>>> to
>>> get what they need when they need it, but also I need better
>>> accountability.
>>>
>>> Do any of you have a system where students and teachers check out
>>> equipment without an adult present? How do you have it set up?
>>> What
>>> type of accountability system do you have in place to get equipment
>> back
>>> as well as repaired / replaced if broken or lost?
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>>
>>> Renee Ramig
>>> Seven Hills School
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