Care For Your Device

Under the guidance of their teacher, students will:

• Be responsible users of technology devices.
• Understand how to clean their device properly.
• Be able to follow safety procedures for the use of digital equipment.

1. hygiene: Hygiene is keeping oneself clean. 
2. Infographic: An infographic is an online poster. 

• Here are videos to review for use with your students. They are for the different devices that might be used in your school. 
  • Take Care of Your Computer (3.10 minutes)
  • Taking Care of Your Chromebook (2.07)
  • iPad Care For Grades K-3 (2.54)
• View the posters technology lab rules for elementary classrooms in Pinterest. 
   
• Read the article Take Good Care of Your Laptop Computer.
   
• Here are some good rules to share with your students:
  • ​No food or drink
  • Carry the device shut
  • Keep it on the desk
  • Keep your workstation are neat
  • Log out
  • Have an anti-virus installed 
  • Have clean hands
  • Make sure there is nothing inside the device before you shut the cover. 
  • Pull the plug correctly and don't roll over it with your chair
  • Don't expose your device to extreme hot or cold temps
  • Don't place heavy things on the device
  • Listen and follow directions
  • Ask before printing
  • Don't change the settings
• Decide how you want your students to show how they have learned the rules.
  • Have them create posters using paper and markers.
  • Have them use an infographic poster tool.
    • Familiarize yourself with Canva or Easel.ly. Both are very easy to use and students will have a poster created with either of them in no time!
• ​Have the students create a poster with rules for the care of a device. 
   
• Have a contest and have the students vote on the top three to post in the computer lab. 

• See Accommodations Page and Charts on the 21things4students.net site in the Teacher Resources. 

1. The teacher will  go over with the students the rules for caring for a device.
2. The teacher will show one or more of the videos to the students. 
3. The teacher will have a discussion with the students about caring for a device. 
4. The teacher will have the students either create a poster of rules with paper and marker or digitally with tools like Canva and Easel.ly. 
5. The teacher may decide to have a contest to decide which posters should be posted in the classroom or computer lab. 

• Observations
• Check for understanding
• Have the students create a poster of the rules for the care of a device to determine how much they retained after the lesson. 
• Use a simple rubric that shows they have remembered:
  • five or more rules
  • spelled the rules correctly
  • the poster is easy to read
  • the poster is aesthetically pleasing