- Each dept has their own cart. So teachers don't fight over it as much.
- We install monitoring software on the laptops. We are utilizing an
undocumented bonus feature that came with JAMF Casper Suite that allowed us
to track our laptops.
- If you are looking for a free option, look into Adeona.
http://adeona.cs.washington.edu/
- We have laptops that can be borrowed from the library. In case anyone
needs a laptop, they can always (if one is available) get one from the
library.
Brian Lee
Manlius Pebble Hill School
> From: "Linda S. Robinson" <lrobinson@gannacademy.org>
> Reply-To: A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.E=
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> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:17:29 -0400
> To: <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
> Subject: Re: ISED-L Digest - 14 Mar 2010 to 15 Mar 2010 (#2010-74)
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> Management, as described here, continues to be a huge pain point for our
> small IT support staff and for teachers. Our application - carts on each
> floor that are moved from classroom to classroom is unworkable. For this
> reason, I look forward to the day when we no longer use carts at all. In
> fairness to the few teachers who make an attempt, they have very little
> time for management and supervision as they rush to different rooms,
> dragging or pulling the heavy load along with all the other things on
> their minds to start and finish classes. We also have difficulty with
> laptops that go missing from carts, "borrowed", and otherwise from facult=
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> storage areas.
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> Linda
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> A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> on
> Monday, March 15, 2010 at 11:00 PM -0400 wrote:
>> Granted, the MacBooks do seem significantly sturdier, but part of my
>> question is prompted by being caught between teachers who don't
>> supervise use of the lab (you wouldn't believe the difference between
>> how the lab goes out--cords neatly wrapped, laptops all in place--and
>> how it comes back--laptops in various states of charge / disarray,
>> adapters left out on top of the cart instead of plugged in, the
>> printer jammed) and administration who doesn't understand the amount
>> of triage that goes on between lab uses. I've begun rigorously
>> documenting everything (and I do mean everything), to include before
>> and after photographs, but would like to try to address as much of
>> this up front as possible...particularly with administrative support
>> behind astringent preemptive approach.
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> Linda S. Robinson
> Director of Technology
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