Has anyone looked at how the kids take care of the textbooks they have????? Of course I am sure they would take care of a school owned laptop much better.
BTW: if they do damage it, how many parents can afford to repair or replace the laptop (like we do with books), also if a free or reduced kid breaks it do they have to fix it or do we charge enough for the other students to makeup that cost. I have enough issues with my teachers and laptops let alone the kids, but if you have a district where the kids take excellent care of their books and other school materials, please go for it. Thanks! Jon W. Hueser- MSE, Ed. S MS/HS Principal Technology Director East Greene CSD 405 12th Street South Grand Junction, IA 50107 515-738-2411 x241 Fax: 515-738-5719 ---------------------------------------- From: "Keith Stoeber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 8:53 AM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: RE: [info-tech] Text BooK Replacement We have not done a one to one, but have chosen to use the portable lab solution. We have six labs available for use and it seems to work. The biggest issue we face is repair the machines. As like Murray I work mostly with the network and have a part time aid to help. I think anyone looking at a one-to-one needs to have the proper staff to handle the repair and daily issues that will arise. Just my two cents. Keith Stoeber Sioux Central CSD 4440 US Highway 71 Sioux Rapids, IA 50585 (P) 712-283-2571 x 5900 (F) 712-283-2285 ---------------------------------------- From: "Murray Gafkjen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 8:23 AM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: RE: [info-tech] Text Boox Replacement Some of the hoops, Do the teachers want this? It's like buying a dress for your wife and she's not with you. We have about 1/3 of our books on the tablets, but most of the teachers are still using the books. Some of the ebooks use an earlier version of Acrobat, which causes problems when we standardized with version 8. (These publishers -vendors- insist that we use a CD in every machine. Some vendors will push an web-base textbook, but if the student lacks connections at home, then there's another problem. Price- it's really not cheaper than books, I don't have the numbers at hand. Currently software is still off the Silo tax list. When I shared direction of the 1:1 with the listserv, one of the questions was, "are you going to buy them a car as well?" Looking back, the car idea would have been better. We have 170 students with laptops, plus the staff. Teaching Special Education full-time, I try to focus on Network issues, we have a tech(paid at the level of an aide) that deal only with the desktop and repair. Yes, this will be quite an undertaking. I'm sure I have more, but Monday morning beckons, Murray Gafkjen Clay Central Everly From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richardson,Tony Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 4:12 AM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: [info-tech] Text Boox Replacement Hello all, It has been suggested to me in a meeting that we replace our paper text books at the High School with notebook computers. It sounds insane to me to give 400 high school kids a notebook computer not to mention the design and implementation of such a thing with only 1 tech person. The district is also going through bad financial times and probably would not hire any more full time help to support this. Is any other district out there doing this? If so what is your experiences with this? Thanks, Tony Richardson, Technology Coordinator Humboldt Community School District [EMAIL PROTECTED]
