Student Device Management Tips

Are you looking for some management tips for student devices in your classroom? Listed below are some suggestions that might provide some helpful tips.

1. Create a system: When managing devices it is important to have a system that your class is familiar with. Making sure your devices are labeled is a great way to keep track of what device is which. Try using a labeling method that is durable but doesn’t permanently engrave the device. If you need assistance labeling your devices feel free to ask a tech team member for help.

2. Create a Checkout Process: Assigning your students a number that corresponds to a specific device in your cart will help you keep track of which student has what device and will help narrow down the pool of responsible students if a device was to go missing or suffer damage. Try labeling your storage slots inside your cart so students know exactly where to place their device.

3. Use Collateral: If you are permitting your devices to be used outside of the classroom, make your students give you a piece of collateral. The best form of collateral would be a form of ID or a cell phone even. This will increase the chances that a student returns the device, but will also give you a way of knowing who took a device out of the classroom.

4. Do an hourly inventory: At the end of every hour, take a look at your cart to make sure all devices are in your charging cart and accounted for. If your storage slots are labeled, you will be able to do a quick glance and see which device is missing. You can then refer back to your checkout list to see which student last used the device.

5. Appoint a Student Tech: Appoint a responsible student who will be in charge of managing the device accountability system. It might be a good idea to appoint a few alternates as well. This will be useful when you have a substitute teacher in the room.

If a device of yours is missing from your cart, please alert a member of the tech team immediately. The longer you wait, the more difficult it is to track a device down. If it is confirmed that a device was stolen, we can notify the authorities and seek recovery or replacement of the device.

Deployed Devices

Throughout the years, our Tech & Media Team have deployed many different devices in the buildings in our district.  In many ways, these devices are our "students" that we are responsible for, much like teachers have their own students they are responsible for every day.  We strive to the most amount of up time for our devices and provide the best possible customer service to our staff and students.  As we often encourage our teachers to share cool things that are going in their classrooms or with their students, we thought we would share some of the cool things about our "students"!

Currently, the chart provided below shows the percentage of our total devices as they are distributed among the buildings in our district.
As the amount of devices has significant increased over the past 5 years, we thought we would take a moment to share a little breakdown of the kinds of devices found throughout our district as well as how they are spread among buildings.

Below is a chart that shows the types of devices deployed in each building.
Below is a similar chart that shows the type of device and how it is distributed throughout the district.
Further building breakdowns can be found via the links below.

• Early Childhood Center (ECC)
• Godfrey Elementary (GEL)
• Lee Middle School (LMS)
• Lee High School (LHS)
• East Lee Campus (ELC)
• Administration
• School Board
• District Overview