Got Charge? Inside My BYOD Charging Lockers
Using The Magic Words "Pilot Test!" Last year I mentioned at the bottom of my Amazon Echo blog post that I was trying something NEW in our library, a BYOD Charging station. It consisted of a tall AV cart with 2 USB charging hubs and I bought a bunch of multi-ended charging cords. It was on the honor system - come into the Media Center, plug in your device, check out a book or read, and charge while you were here. Still had my disclaimer, though! Your device, Your Responsibility It worked like a dream for months! Until one kid had a beef with another and a tablet, left on it's own over many class periods, went missing. Le sigh. Unbowed, undeterred, and stubborn as all get out, I went back to the drawing board! Three years ago, while still on the ISTE Board of Directors, I was touring the fabulous Hillwood High School Library in Nashville, and I saw this amazing bank of lockers in a school library that had electrical outlets in them! WOW! It blew my m