Labeling

The Problem

I have been looking into a way to label the Chrome books so that they can stay labeled for the rest of the year or even future years. The problem is that the marker keeps being removed from regular use of the Chrome book. As you can see the marker is not working.








There is supposed to be a number to identify the
laptop, located next to the charging port. 


The Solution
I proposed that we should use a label maker to label all the computers. The immediate response was that the labels will be ripped off by the students. When that was stated I told them I can get really high strength labels that would not get ripped off. Thinking that was a good idea I was faced with the problem that the idea had to stay on the Chrome books and it had to be removable. These seem like conflicting ideas but it's really simple. The labels won't get ripped off, for example a sticky note is staying on and has been for the time we have been in our new building.The other part is that the label might have to be removed at the end of the year. I can                                                                                       take a credit card and remove a                                                                                                                 label so I don't think that is a problem.

Why Marker???

This is something I really don't understand. The markers that would be used in school to identify laptops are getting rubbed off with normal use; also, if we do get a better marker it will be hard or impossible to remove when school is over. I would like anyone to answer me on this, I really want to understated why marker?               

all city team for robotics

This is a picture of this year's robot for the First Robotics competition(FRC), but before we get to explaining the robot you should know what FRC is. FRC is a high school level robotics competition. Every year teams from many countries build a robot to complete a specific task. This year's task is moving totes (see the video).  We had six weeks to build a fully functional robot to compete with. Our robot has a forklift with 2-position opening arms to allow us to manipulate the totes and container. We will be competing in the finger lakes regional on March 26 through the 28th. As a city team, we would like to get support from the students so any RCSD students please come out and support your fellow students.    

3D printing for schools

As a first student I am very well introduced to new technology. One of my favorite pieces of technology is the 3D printer. It is so cool that you can print stuff that you literally just designed. Naturally I was happy when 3D Systems gave my first robotics team rock city robotics a 3D printer. After getting the 3D printer one of my mentors on the team played with it but could not get his designs to print on the printer. I, with great trouble, figured out why the printer was not printing. This printer is hard to set up but after this printer is set up it works without a problem and is a great learning platform for anyone who wants to go into engineering. As a FRC student I will be using the printer for prototyping parts for the robot that we build every year. In the classroom the 3D printer could be used for printing out whole designs that students make on the computer. This would be a cool and fun way to get students interested in engineering. Ms. slack, the technology teacher at my school, said, "I want one for my classroom! It would be so cool to have students design something on the computer and then get to watch it print." Having used this piece of technology I see the great benefit for our students to have use of a 3D printer.