[ISLMA-Share] breakout EDU lock

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How do you use Breakout.edu in the high school?  Do the kids like it?  How
expensive is it?

On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 11:13 AM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> I might be a control freak, but I ask teachers to schedule their breakouts
> in the library whenever possible.  It will also help them to have a second
> person to help reset the breakout for the next period.  I have color-coded
> everything with fingernail polish.  When a breakout is done, I take a
> sticky note, punch a hole in it, write the current combo on the post-it,
> and put it around the hasp.  I ask everyone leave the locks open--not
> locked when they are done.  I set all the locks--I had a teacher helping me
> who misset a lock and we never figured out what she set it to.  It is time
> consuming, but I haven't got any locks set to mystery codes again.
>
>
> ​I did have to cut a lock off because a student "reset" it for me.​
>
> Kathy Wickline
> Unity Junior High Librarian
> Tolono, IL
> wicklinek at unity.k12.il.us
>
> Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @ujhslibrary
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>
>
> On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 9:35 AM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
> Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> Hey all,
>>
>>
>>
>> So what are your procedures for checking out the BreakoutEDU boxes?
>>
>>
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>> I just bought 5 boxes for my school. I’m thinking teachers leave the
>> locks open when teachers finish. Which do you prefer when they return
>> the boxes: default code or leaving the locks unlocked?
>>
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>> What other procedures do I need to address?
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>> Do you inventory each part (I’m thinking to barcode each lock) or the
>> entire box as a kit?
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>> I am also planning on replacing the key lock with another key lock that
>> is the same key for each and every lock. Anyone have key issues with a
>> solution?
>>
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>> Sincerely,
>>
>>
>>
>> Alan, Librarian serving Brooks Middle School
>>
>>
>>
>> "What a school thinks about its library is a measure of what it thinks
>> about education."
>> - Harold Howe, former U.S. Commissioner of Education
>>
>>
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>> *From:* islma-bounces at list.railslibraries.info [mailto:
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>> *Sent:* Thursday, May 04, 2017 8:01 AM
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>> *Subject:* Re: [ISLMA-Share] breakout EDU lock
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>> Lock cutter.
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>> I had to sacrifice one of my directional locks. Painful, but necessary!
>>
>>
>>
>> Another Breakout EDU hack that has helped me: paint the letter locks with
>> clear nail polish. Even after just a few uses, the printed letters were
>> rubbing off our locks.
>>
>>
>> *~Monica Tolva*
>>
>> *Library media specialist*
>>
>> *Google Educator*
>>
>> *Vernon Hills High School*
>>
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>>
>> *monica.tolva at d128.org <monica.tolva at d128.org>*
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>>
>> Currently reading *Don't You Cry
>> <http://titlepeek.fsc.follett.com/tp/query?action=3&subnumber=1206365&isbn=9780778319054&appid=4>*
>> by Mary Kubica
>>
>> Currently listening to *The School of Essential Ingredients
>> <https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4313522-the-school-of-essential-ingredients?from_search=true>*
>> by Erica Bauermeister
>>
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>> On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 7:43 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
>> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
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>> I have a breakout EDU lock that won’t come open and it is attached to my
>> box. It is the symbol lock. Any suggestions?
>>
>>
>>
>> *Tricia Coffman*
>>
>> *Limestone Middle School*
>>
>> *963 N. 5000 W. Rd. Kankakee, IL 60901*
>>
>> *Media Specialist*
>>
>> *coffmant at hcusd2.org <coffmant at hcusd2.org>*
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>>
>> *Currently Reading: Hour of the Bees by Lindsay Eagar*
>>
>> *Quote: Anyone can steer the ship when the sea is calm ~ anonymous*
>>
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>>
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