[aisle] Cricut

[Leslie Brenner]

Great to hear that it's been going so well with the Cricut.  Love that
teachers get to check it out and take home.  What is your policy on how
long they can have the machine at home and if it were ever to break or get
lost, what's policy for that at your school?

Leslie Brenner

On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 11:25 AM Becky Johnson via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Hi!  We have one available in our library/makerspace. We created a generic
> account for teachers to use as a log in to start, but since this is now our
> third year with it, most teachers have created their own accounts.  I don't
> know if it would replace a die cut though.  Cheaper construction paper has
> a hard time peeling off even the least sticky mat.  It works better if you
> have the TruRay higher quality paper or scrapbook paper, but not so much
> the cheaper paper.  We bar coded our Cricut for teachers to take home on
> the weekends too.  They need to supply their own sticky mats, but anyone
> can take the machine home.  I figured if we want our kids to have a maker
> mindset, why not have the teachers "making" on the weekends too?
> Creativity encouraged!  I encourage both professional and personal use
> (thus the teacher's own accounts) for the machine. it's been widely
> successful and well used and hasn't broken.  Yet!  :)
>
> FYI -it does NOT work with a Chromebook.
>
> Hope this helps!
> Becky
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> On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 9:49 AM Cindy Beaudry via AISLE <
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>> Hello!
>>
>> For those of you who have a Cricut in your schools, could you share with
>> me how you have the account set up and any procedures you might have in
>> place for use of the device? We're thinking about getting one to replace
>> out dicot machine. Thanks!
>>
>> Cindy
>>
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Best regards,

Leslie Brenner
Librarian/Media Specialist
Saint Joseph High School
453 N. Notre Dame Ave.
South Bend, IN 46617
(574) 233-6137, ext. 200
saintjoehigh.com

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