Livingston Public Schools

Observations - Lynbrook Middle School
 
Mitch Wasserman, Technology Coach
Heritage and Mt. Pleasant Middle Schools

 

• Pens left in classroom to avoid loss, teachers have a class set of numbered pens to distribute to students during class
• Chargers left at home
• Meeting with parents for instruction on charging, procedures, etc
• 15 Loaners in media center for students who leave their device at home or is not working
• Used Dell for only one year and was a disaster
• Began using Surface since September 2015
• Extensive training for students
• Using OneNote for classroom, most teachers love it, some using Edmodo
• 10 percent screen breakage,  about 60, even with UAG armored case
• $26 insurance cost to parent for added insurance
• Office mix uses voice possibly screen casting
• 6th grade teachers first met weekly,  7th also,  now 6th grade biweekly
• Used a Parent link to survey parents
• Parent/student information night prior to device distribution. If the student came with the parents they would receive their device that night.
• MS insurance coverage covers tech support
• Parent aides from media center are first line of tech support when device needs attention
• Students that don't take device home drops it at media center at the end of the day
• Tech dept Used invisible pen to mark the device case to prevent students from turning in other students' device (ultraviolet light to expose the ink)
• Every classroom was using the device in some form or another. Students were excited to share what they were doing.