My practicum day at Islands High School was very similar to last week at Coastal Middle. The funny thing is that the high school used to be Coastal Middle School. The high school took over the school about six years ago. The media center has changed little since then.
Ms. Beedle and Ms. Kicklighter welcomed me with open arms and were willing to answer my many questions about their daily activities. I inquired about student IDs, budgets, and technology. They have some neat security cases for their Chrome devices. Each of the six cases housed ten chrome books. The cases would lock and each one had power to charge the devices. The media staff just finished processing the devices the day before I arrived. I was able to assist them with a problem they were having with the cases. Each one was placed onto a metal cart that used to support an overhead projector. The carts have a lip that makes it difficult to open the cases. I discovered that there were adjustable feet on each case that when unscrewed would allow the door to open unhindered. I was glad to be able to help in some way.
There was a good bit of student traffic during the day. A few of them were checking out books, but for the most part they were in the MC for the computers. They would come in to type a paper or print documents. A small fee of ten cents per page for B&W and twenty-five cents per page for color was charged to the students. However, the staff let many of the students go without paying. It appeared as though these student were regulars to the MC. There was also a group of students that came through from time to time for a creative writing class the clerk, Ms. Kicklighter, started. She has ten or so students that are shooting for the goal of 30,000 word each. Each day they come in to record their new totals. IT was nice to see a staff that worked so well together.
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