[aisle] Using Cricut in a School

[Mrs. Hamernick]

For me, using the Cricut with students has been a technology disaster,
dealing with DO tech restrictions constantly.  Mind you they worked VERY
hard with me to make it work, but it's just too hard in my district.
Here's my thoughts:
We couldn't put the software on the students personal devices, so we used
5 generic student iPads that we had the software on for the students to
use.  The problem that I occured often was that Cricut updates all the
time.  So in order to update these iPads, I had to have DO do it
personally, since it wasn't in our general school system of where we can
update apps. Then we also struggled, b/c only 5 kids could design at a
time, but that's all the resources we could allocate for the machine.

On Thu, Feb 25, 2021 at 1:45 PM Lura O'Phelan via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Hello Everyone!
>
> We are considering purchasing several Cricut Maker machines for the staff
> at our primary elementary school to use for student projects and for
> classrooms (bulletin boards, wall decorations, etc). I have a few
> logistical questions that I'm hoping one or more of you can answer, if you
> have done the same at your school:
>
> 1. Will these machines hold up with heavy use?
> 2. How does your district deal with the pricey subscription and multiple
> users? It seems like there are limited resources in the free version.
> 3. How do you handle materials? Do you have certain materials available at
> no cost to the users? Do users "contribute"?
>
> I've been borrowing a Maker and trying it out in my library, and I love
> it! I just need to see if there's a way to make this work with multiple
> users. I'd love to get rid of our old die cuts!!
>
> Any suggestions or info is appreciated!
>
> Thank you!
> --
> *Mrs. Lura O'Phelan - ophelanl at skokie69.net <ophelanl at skokie69.net>*
> *Madison Librarian*
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-- 
Sincerely,
Amy Hamernick
Media Specialist
Apple Teacher
Century Jr. High
@AhamernickCJH
#CenturyWildcats


"If we always do what we've always done,
we will get what we've always got."
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