Computer Lab Set-up Tips for Your School

Use your wiki page to discuss and brainstorm the set up for your school for each of the areas below. This will be the beginning of a plan for your school site.

Organization

Lab set up:  arranged for easy access, each computer uniquely labeled, students assigned to a computer

Leadership and Accountability

Who on your school site is accountabile for all aspects of managing the lab?

Who are/is the main site contact between your school and the IT department?

Maintenance and Security

What has been done to assure that computers are in a secure location all the time?

What system does everyone routinely use to report hardware or software issues as they arrise?

Accessibility for All

How can you ensure equity and accessibility to the lab for all classes?

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For more information:

Strategies for Managing School Computer Labs and Classroom Computers

by Wesley Fryer

http://www.wtvi.com/teks/labstrategies/