Independent School Educators' List (ISED-L): Re: Equipment Use

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Re: Equipment Use

I found a couple references in the archive, but would also be interested
in current documents. Thanks!

sherry

Sherry Ward
Director of Technology=20
Alexandria Country Day School
2400 Russell Road
Alexandria, VA 22301
703-837-1317 sward@acdsnet.org

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[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Ademola Popoola
Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 10:03 AM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: Equipment Use

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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> [mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Peter Richardson
> 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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