Scheduling

Sign up for the carts should be online

If the sign-up is done online it would also automatically allow for some charging time between long usage. This could all be logged. We are having a problem of the carts getting to the classroom and they are dead. With a sign-up it would be clear who used what cart, how many and if they didn’t POWER THEM OFF then it will be clear. This would also be effective if you only need 4 laptops as compared to the whole cart of 15. The computer would tell you whether you take the cart and plug it in your room, or you take the 4 laptops hand carried down. It would also indicate who is sharing what cart based on the schedule and where the optimal place to plug in the cart for the maximum voltage. I don’t want to get shocked any more when I am unplugging our laptops! There would also be a direct feedback that goes to our IT champion. (I gave him that name, with all this drama doesn’t he deserve it??) If laptop #4 from the C cart is ALWAYS dying right away, he needs to pull it and overhaul it. I also wish the laptops reset themselves every time you logged in. I don’t care if you renamed the icons with another NOT appropriate word, my kindies don’t get it and it’s not funny! If you feel like you always need the carts (or lab) at the same time, enter your objectives and it can be approved for six weeks at a time. At this point, it can be re-visited and if it still a good solid use of technology it can be renewed.