[aisle] 1:1--Loaners from Library

Fri Nov 5 09:17:19 CDT 2021

Thank you all SO MUCH!! You've definitely given me some ideas to work out
our issues. Greatly appreciated!!

Renee

On Thu, Nov 4, 2021 at 12:32 PM Joni Darby via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> I have 20 loaner iPads for the school of about 415. I record the date,
> student name, and end-of-day teacher on a form. I also include how many
> times they have charged or borrowed an iPad on the sheet and the iPad
> barcode. I also have the iPads in my library system but have forgone the
> extra step to scan the iPads into the system as the paper and pencil form
> works better. This could also be a Google Sheet if you want it all
> electronic.
>
> I tell them to return them at the end of the day. If not I call the office
> the last 15 minutes of the day to contact their room from the form which
> has the teacher named.
>
> They may borrow three times for free. The fourth time they have to see the
> Dean of Students and call home and involve the parents. Number five is a
> lunch detention. Usually, after I warn them on number 2 or 3 they do not
> come to borrow an iPad again. I have only have had one student get to five
> this year. This cures the repeat offenders. I also talk matter-of-factly to
> them to have a good plan to charge and bring them every day.
>
> I also ask the teachers to send students first thing in the morning 1st
> class period. Most of the time this works so I am not interrupted all day.
> I am trying to limit it to just first thing in the morning. If I have a
> class and am teaching they have to figure it out on their own or go
> without. Some teachers let them charge in their rooms.
>
> It is a work in progress but limiting the number of times borrowed before
> there is a consequence helps the students be more responsible.  I really
> only want the loaners to be of use for those that forget only one time not
> habitually.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Joni Darby
>
> Shepherd Middle School
> Library Information Specialist
> Ottawa Elementary 141
>
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> On Thu, Nov 4, 2021 at 10:03 AM Jennifer Walsh via AISLE <
> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> We've been 1:1 for a while, and it's definitely a culture change.  We had
>> to go through many iterations of computer loaner policies.  Right now,
>> here's where we're at....
>> students who forget their device are not allowed to borrow a loaner. Much
>> the same way they would have to make due if they forgot their textbook.
>> They use their phones to access Schoology (our LMS) or any thing that they
>> NEED to do for the day.  The only exception we make is when a student is
>> taking a test, and the teacher notifies the library and/ or the tech
>> director for specific permission to loan out a device for that period. We
>> then check out the device to the student for the period with a limited loan
>> period and then it's returned.  (the more hoops that need to be jumped
>> seems to deter the borrowing).  If a student didn't return a device, we are
>> able to put the device in LOST mode, with a message to return to the
>> library, which essentially makes it unusable and they return it to the
>> library.
>> We have a charging station at the circulation desk, but that requires the
>> to plug in their device and leave it at the circ desk (unattended) for a
>> period, while it charges up. (many students walk away and forget them and
>> return later for them... we leave them right where they are).  In
>> classrooms, teachers often allow students to charge their devices during
>> class (some do, some don't... it depends on the teacher). but that's
>> dependent on students carrying their chargers with them.
>>
>> Students also often leave devices charging in the cafe or commons, our
>> policy is that they are all returned to the library and placed in lost
>> mode. Students/ staff etc, know (now) to come to the library, first  if a
>> device is lost or missing.  This helps so there is one place for everyone
>> to go to start the search process.  Sometimes teachers would place a device
>> in a drawer or cabinet to give back to the student later.... but would
>> forget, etc. This eliminates a lot of confusion.
>>
>> We're always tweaking and trying to make it better.  But this is what we
>> have right now.  Hope this helps.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>> On Thu, Nov 4, 2021 at 9:43 AM Kathy Wickline via AISLE <
>> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>
>>> For students who forget their Chromebooks, they must first make a call
>>> to parents.  We find that if we make it inconvenient for the parents, the
>>> students must be getting reminders at home because very few are repeating.
>>> I have a cart of loaners for students whose parents can't bring theirs to
>>> school.  These are checked out in the library with a different color case
>>> than what the students use to carry theirs home.  At the end of the day,
>>> the teachers know if a student has this case to send the student to the
>>> library during the last few minutes of class to return that Chromebook.
>>>
>>> As far as charging goes, we just ask who in the classroom has a charger
>>> that can be used to recharge for the hour.  If no one has that, then the
>>> student is out of luck until the next hour, but we have never had that
>>> happen yet. . .   Our high school has a charging station in the study hall
>>> where students can leave their chromebooks during PE or charge if they have
>>> a study hall.
>>>
>>> Kathy Wickline
>>> Unity Junior High Librarian
>>> Tolono, IL
>>> wicklinek at unity.k12.il.us
>>>
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>>>
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>>>
>>> On Thu, Nov 4, 2021 at 8:38 AM Renee Kozeal via AISLE <
>>> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>> We have found our way into a 1:1 program over the last year and are
>>>> struggling with students who don't come with a charged machine every day.
>>>> For now, we are checking out daily loaners to students who have issues or
>>>> who show up without a charged machine. We are finding several students who
>>>> are habitually using loaners instead of bringing the 1:1 that they were
>>>> issued. How does your school handle this? What are the rules/processes at
>>>> your schools for students who don't show up with a charged machine?
>>>>
>>>> I would appreciate any help you can provide!
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Renee Kozeal
>>>> School Librarian
>>>> Varsity Scholastic Bowl Coach
>>>> Princeton High School
>>>> 815/875-3308, ext.1080
>>>> renee.kozeal at phs-il.org
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Renee Kozeal
School Librarian
Varsity Scholastic Bowl Coach
Princeton High School
815/875-3308, ext.1080
renee.kozeal at phs-il.org
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