To understand WHY we need so much organization, here's a quick glimpse at what we started with:
We had one iPad, a charger, and I made some name tags to go into badge holders with two different colored lanyards (a green and a yellow). Students who were interested signed up, and a class per week (or sometimes a class for two weeks, depending on the calendar), hosted the student media interns. There were usually two students in a class so they could pair together and help troubleshoot issues or review instructions. A super duper fancy iridescent pouch held the iPad, two badges, a laminated instruction sheet, and a charger. The pouch was so gregarious that when students carried it down the hallway, folks were like, "Oh there go the media interns!" It also helped that they had badges that we had to pry out of their hands at the end of their rotation week--the students LOVED this program!
For 2019-2020, we will up the iPad count to SIX. I think. I don't really know for sure, but if I put it out there in the universe, the funding will come.
That's how education funding works, right?
With a higher number of media pouches, I knew I needed to be creative. The iridescent pouch cannot be reproduced as it was bought for a whopping $5 on a DSW clearance. I saw it on the rack five years ago and thought, "Buy it. It'll be amazing some day in your classroom."
You know what I'm talking about. We've ALL had that thought. That's why we have a closet or a bin of stuff our spouses look at and think, "that's school stuff."
Here's a picture of the pouches we'll use in 2019-2020:
These pouches measure big enough to hold a device and all the badges, instruction pages, chargers, etc. that come with being a Jaguar Media Intern. The pouch is waterproof (just a bonus, not a necessity for this purpose), it zips, and it has a handle. Oh, and did I mention it's made of iridescent mermaid fabric?! The tiny humans will be petting it all down the hallway when they retrieve it each morning. No way they'll forget to come and get their pouch!
Each pouch will have a luggage tag, which I purchased on sale from Samsonite. Each pouch has a different luggage tag to help students know which pouch is theirs for the week, since all the pouches look the same.
We've all been there.
I'm excited to increase our participation in the Jaguar Media Intern program for 2019-2020 and I'm even more excited to have a shimmery way to organize all of the moving parts!