Mobile+Laptop+Lab+Carts

Our school currently has three mobile laptop carts. The purple cart and the star cart each contain 30 computers while the blue cart currently contains 26 Laptop computers. We will try to keep notes on the cart regarding computers that have been removed for repair. The sign up sheet for these labs is located in the Media Center on the circulation desk above the book drop. Please come down and sign up for times to use the lab.

Please make sure that you read and are prepared follow the mobile laptop cart expectations provided below (thank you to Kelly May and the tech team for creating this list):

Laptop Cart Expectations
 * 1) Please **sign out the cart** in the purple or blue binder in the media center. Do not ask Renee about availability, just sign out the cart for the day or time you need it. If someone has signed the cart out for the full day and you need it, please check with that teacher to see if they could make arrangements for you to have it for a certain time period.
 * 2) If you have signed up for **½ day** use you are **responsible for** communicating with the teacher who you will be **exchanging** with.
 * 3) Please plan to **take the entire cart**, regardless of how many computers you need. The laptop cart may not be separated from the computers that live with it.
 * 4) Keep the cart secure while you have it. **Only teachers should use the keys** as they can be bent easily. Please make sure the **key** is **returned with the cart**.
 * 5) If you have a **substitute** using the cart please make sure they are **aware** of **when and how** the computers should be **return**ed. Do not leave the lab in your sub plans unless you have already signed up for a time.
 * 6) Each laptop has a number and needs to always be put back on that **numbered shelf** in the cart.
 * 7) The screens are touch screen, but please make sure children have **clean hands** before using that capability. Older students really should not be using that option since they need to know how to scroll and highlight using touch pad and or mouse.
 * 8) All devices should be **shut down** before placed back on the shelves in the cart.
 * 9) Remember to **charge the computers** before returning them.
 * 10) The carts are to be returned at the end of each day. The afterschool tutoring program uses the mobile labs so they must be returned at the end of the school day. Please **return** the carts to **the production room** and plug the cart into the wall to charge.
 * 11) If a computer is **experiencing any issues** please place a sticky note on the computer, note the laptop number and let Renee or Becky know about the concern when the cart is returned.