Reply to Teachers: Does your school use Chromebook carts or 1:1 model?

Forum Index » Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS)

Reply to "Teachers: Does your school use Chromebook carts or 1:1 model?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am not a teacher but a parent of middle schoolers so you can take my opinion fwiw. I can’t imagine returning to a cart model for this age student. Nearly assignments and hw (including math, music electives) are completed electronically. My kids use the chromebook at home to access due dates, check grades, email teacher if there’s a question or concern, in addition to finishing class work and completing hw daily. If they’ve been absent due to illness or a school-related field trip, they can stay on track and access what they missed on Canvas. They like that they can take good care of their device, and complained with the cart model that other devices were not maintained, were sticky and dirty, had keys that were not working, other operational issues.

MCPS has said they purchased a second set of charging cords for the schools to keep at school but my kids see no evidence that this statement is true. That would probably be helpful.

In our house, yes, they could log onto Canvas or their school gmail on our personal laptops. But not all families have that.

I think the cart model is appropriate for younger students but 1-1 is the better educational choice for secondary. [/quote]

You are misunderstanding how the cart model works. Middle school kids have a device at home they can use - either their own or one provided by the school that does not go back and forth every day and get damaged. At school they use a chrome book from the cart. It is INFINITELY better than adding a Chromebook to the already dangerously heavy back pack and works very smoothly. TPMS parent.[/quote]

You’re entitled to your opinion but I am not misunderstanding anything. The OP above, who is a teacher, said she was skeptical her school has enough devices to both stock the carts fully and provide for students to keep at home. That would be more than one device per student. Also, [b]students at our MS don’t really use backpacks because they aren’t allowed in the halls.[/b] They use those zip up trapper keeper binders and slip the chromebooks inside. It’s not that heavy. [/quote]

why? so they have to carry everything in their hands plus a Chromebook?[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics