I am having major problems!! First of all, I've about decided I'm
running a computer lab, not a media center.
The cartridges & paper do not come out of my budget, and we are a Title
I school (very low socioeconomic) so I have not been charging for
printing. However, I am going through about a case of paper a WEEK and
a toner cartridge every 6 WEEKS. In spite of trying to police the
printing (I try to keep an eye out for lyric printing, cheat codes,
etc.), it is out of hand, though I admit that while I was doing the
technology inventory my supervision level was way down. I bet I threw
away a reem of paper yesterday that was "junk". I used to keep it as
scratch paper, but there is too much of it.
I am ready to disable the printers altogether and only allow printing
of finished work. Maybe have students copy their work (internet
articles & info) to disks and have them do all their work from the
computer. In fact, out of frustration I just told about 6 kids I am not
allowing any Internet printing, only finished work printing, and they
all left!
I brought this issue to my media/technology committee last fall, but no
one had any ideas, and I was too new to this school to have a feel for
where to go with this.
Any suggestions are appreciated.
Sue Fox
Media Specialist
McEvoy Middle School
Macon, GA
sfox.mcevoy@bibb.k12.ga.us
--------------------------------------------------------------------
All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law.
To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu
In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL
3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation.
LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/
Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/
EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://elann.biglist.com/el-announce/
LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html
--------------------------------------------------------------------
LM_NET
Mailing List Home