MacBook+Carts

=__**MOBILE COMPUTER CARTS**__=

We have 50 Macbook laptops available for checkout to classroom teachers. The Macbooks come in carts of 20 and 10. We have two carts of 20 and one cart of 10. Depending on availability you can reserve up to 30 computers.

Because we share these resources it is important to appreciated the expense and the time it takes to have and maintain this resource. Please treat this equipment as if it were you own and that you had paid for it. We are much more likely to take good care of the things we value.

**__SIGNING OUT AND RESERVING THE CARTS:__**
In order to use this equipment you need to sign up for the dates and periods you need in the book behind the library's circulation desk. The book has 6 different slots for 6 different laptop carts. The PC carts are there as well as the Mac carts. Here are the carts available.

MAC310 = 20 Macbooks




__**USING LAPTOPS & CARTS IN THE CLASSROOM:**__
You can either get and return carts yourself or send two students down. Please send 2 students so that a no time will the laptops be left unattended in the hallway. One student can stay with the laptop while the other student comes into the library and lets on know if they are requesting or returning a cart.

When you check out the carts please make sure it is plugged into an electrical outlet when it is in your room so any that are not being used can continue being charged. Return the cart to the library when you are through with it. Please don't lend carts to another teacher without checking with the library staff. Please make sure carts are monitored at all times, do not leave a cart in your room when another class and teacher are in you room.

When you use a cart in your room you must remember to end the instruction prior to the bell (about 10 minutes or so) so that the students can put the laptops away properly and make sure they are neat and orderly. Return carts prior to the end of the period so students have time to get to next class. Here are some pictures of what the carts should look like when they are BOTH checked out and RETURNED.



Have two students return the cart to the west wing door of the library. Having two students allows for one student to stay with the cart while the other student alerts the library staff that computers are being returned.

__**THINGS THAT CAN GO WRONG:**__
Power charging cord that got stuck in the cart door.

Please wrap the electrical cords properly to cart. It doesn't take much for the wheel of the cart to cause serious damage.

Not sure if this was caused by yanking cord out of power socket or being ran over by cart. Either way you can imagine the frustration!