Ideas and Benefits For Using USB Drives In School
Christie Skelly | Aug 31, 2012 | 0 comments
USB Flash Drive Uses:
- Award Ceremonies – Many schools buy USB flash drives with their school logo printed on it and giving them out to all attendees. The USB drives can be pre-loaded with all the award categories and winners. Electronic versions of the award winners add a personal touch and another dimension to the ceremony.
- Open House – USB drives can be pre-loaded with all school info, events, policies, procedures, performance reports etc. to be handed out to parents during the event.
- School Shops – Many schools buy in bulk at a discount and then resell the USB flash drives in the school store. The profits from sales can flow back into the school for student trips or events.
- Freshmen Fairs – High Schools are giving out pre-loaded USB drives to their incoming freshmen class. The USB drives are pre-loaded with important school information, events, and clubs to join.
- Welcome Back For Staff – Part of welcome back gift for staff pre-loaded with important school information.
Classroom Benefits:
- Useful for both teachers and students
- Ideal for transferring files of any format from laptop, desktop, or network computers
- Much easier to carry around, simple to use, and fast to transfer
- A convenient storage place for daily lesson plans, presentations etc.
- An alternative way of providing relevant lesson and materials to students
- Able to store schoolwork, homework, videos, music, and pictures
- Able to copy class notes from interactive white boards
- Good for distribution of licensed software for installation on home computers
- Handy for sharing large presentations too big for email
- Helpful for students without a computer at home
Filed Under: For the Classroom
