Technology Equipment
Brooks Staff Members are grateful for the district's support of technology. At Brooks, students in grades K-5 are provided a chromebook to practice and reinforce skills, access Google Classroom for homework and daily activities, and the completion of projects.
Each year, we spend time reinforcing digital citizenship (how to safely and effectively use the chromebook) and care of the chromebook. Most of our students demonstrate responsibility by taking excellent care of the chromebook. We also recognize the chromebooks may break or malfunction due to normal usage.
However, we have a significant number of chromebooks being returned whose condition is unrelated to normal usage. This is where we seek your help:
1. Remind students the chromebooks are district property and should be treated in the same way your family's laptop or desktop is treated.
2. Chromebooks should be charged each evening. (Kindergarten chromebooks remain at school)
3. Chromebooks/chargers should be located in a safe place, away from younger siblings and pets.
4. Food and drinks should not be located near the chromebooks.
5. Keys should not be removed from the chromebook
6. Students should be reminded to hold the chromebooks firmly so they are not dropped.
If your child's chromebook is broken or is malfunctioning, he or she should notify the teacher or LMC Director, Sarah Cooley as soon as possible. If it cannot be fixed at school, it will be sent to our technology department for assessment. If it is determined the damage is not related to normal usage, your child's push-coin account will be charged for the cost of fixing or replacing the chromebook. Thank you for helping us promote responsible technology usage.
