It’s so easy and you can print reports of who is overdue and who lost books, etc… Best purchase I have made for my classroom! Paula Cull – OMG, I have the Intelliscanner and I LOOOOOOVE IT! I have a huge classroom library and instead of putting all the books in at first, put them in as the students check them out.I have over 1000 books in my classroom library and haven’t lost one yet since I started using it. It takes some time to scan them in, but it’s well worth it. It’s a library scanner with a computer program to log and check out books. Neither of them are wireless, and they both have to be connected to a computer to use them. In the image on the right, the Intelliscanner is shown at the top, and the cheaper, generic scanner is shown at the bottom. I’ve included links to those two devices so you can read the reviews on Amazon to see what you think. Several people recommended the Intelliscanner which is a bit pricy, but Elizabeth Odrap said she bought similar scanner that was quite a bit cheaper.
This category includes recommendations for apps that can be used with a mobile device, as well as hand-held barcode scanners. If you would like to read all of the ideas, you’ll find Ally’s question here on the Teaching Resources Facebook page. I organized all of the checkout systems into two categories: technology systems and traditional systems. There’s also a third category from teachers who explained why they don’t have ANY checkout system. Over 100 teachers responded, so I compiled the best answers and removed duplicates.
Doesn’t anyone have a process that has worked well and doesn’t result in lost time and lost books?” Wouldn’t you love to know how other teachers handle classroom library checkout? Read on to learn some tech-savvy methods as well as some tried-and-true ways to manage a classroom library.Īlly, a fan of the Teaching Resources Facebook page, asked for help with this issue, “I still struggle with my classroom library procedures. Otherwise, you’ll find your book collection dwindling throughout the year. Are you feeling the classroom library blues? Whether you have a huge book collection or you’re just getting started, the cure is finding a checkout system that works for you.
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