[ISLMA-Share] Breakout EDU locks getting reset - I'm getting disillusioned!

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I have completely given up on the locks that they have sent and use color
coded groups with locks purchased from home depot ($7 each).  You have to
have a quarter to turn the bottom while it's closed and set to the code
before you can change it. It's an extra step not everyone knows.  As the
teams finish I stay near the table and tell them to hand me the locks.
They are so focused on their groups color being announced and that they've
escaped that they don't realize I've strategically taken back the lock so
they don't mess with it.  Parking lot..........I may try too. When I need
more groups I simply tape a colored piece of paper to the bottom of the
lock to represent that group.  Hope this helps!

On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 2:50 PM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Dear friends,
> I am seeking advice (and commiseration?) about how to avoid replacing
> Breakout EDU box locks that get reset during a lesson. I can't decide if
> the teachers are not setting the locks correctly, or if students are
> sabotaging the boxes and resetting the locks themselves.
>
> After a recent class use of our 4 boxes, I have to toss 5 locks!
>
> Are you having the same issues? What are your solutions?
>
> *~Monica TolvaLibrary media specialistGoogle Educator Vernon Hills High
> School847-932-2039 <847-932-2039> monica.tolva at d128.org
> <monica.tolva at d128.org> *
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> *by John Green (yes,* that* John Green!)
> Currently listening to *A House Among the Trees
> <https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32337896-a-house-among-the-trees?ac=1&from_search=true>
> *by Julia Glass
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