[NTLK] eMate classroom

Hello Allen,

This is just amazing. You're working with the eMates in your classroom,
just as it was intended nearly a decade ago?

I'm quite impressed.

The anti-opening device seems efficient, but once the hinges are
repaired, is there any need to prevent the eMate from opening fully?

I bookmarked your amazing site, thanks for the great job.

Best regards from France,

Andreas

Le mercredi 19 avril 2006, newtontalk@newtontalk.net
(newtontalk@newtontalk.net) a écrit :

>Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 12:00:06 -0400
>From: Wayne Pepper <wapepper@comcast.net>
>Subject: [NTLK] eMate Assistance
>
>Hi All,
>
>I'm a school teacher and am looking for some advice. Last year I
>purchased over 40 eMates. Some needed new batteries, some needed cable
>replacements, and some were just perfect. I was also able to obtain 2
>eMate carts to go along with my collection. My students began using
>them this year. I had them set up with their own passwords and everyone
>worked. Now that I'm on spring break, I'm fixing the hinges on all of
>them. I'm putting washers on each one regardless of whether they
>currently need it or not. While I have them apart, I'm also wrapping
>the display cable just in case the hinge does ever break, it will not be
>punctured.
>
>I have found that the ones that did break were because the students
>opened the eMate all the way back, then the hinge would break or pop
>off. Hopefully my fix will solve that problem but I also have those
>students that would open them back to break them on purpose. I have
>several eMate parts and wanted to see if I could modify it some way that
>they couldn't open them all the way. There are pictures on the link
>below. It seems to work but just wanted to see what the Newton
>community thought and if anyone else had other ideas.
>
>Thanks,
>Allen Pepper
>wapepper@comcast.net
>
>http://home.comcast.net/~wapepper/emate.htm

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