AP Computer Science Chromebook

Repair Program
By: Michael Lavallee ​ (Class of 2020)
students must make the final determination as to what is

the root cause of the issue, and resolve it. This new

program assists the school, as well as the technology

department due to the large amount of chromebooks

that are turned in for repair. Students in the course are

working on other student computers throughout the

Students taking part in the AP Computer Science course district, so even the elementary and middle schools are

at NSHS have been tasked with assisting in reaping the benefits. Students are now able to get their

chromebook repairs for students in the school. Guided chromebooks repaired in a faster period of time,

by their teacher, Mr. Christopher LeBlanc, students are negating issues that were caused by a lack of loaner

learning how to complete a wide variety of computer chromebooks. This program has also increased the

repairs including replacing screens, repairing and number of available loaner computers, because when

replacing batteries, replacing memory, as well as they are not repairing student chromebooks, students

repairing other more specialized parts in the computer. are putting together working loaner computers for those

The goal of this new program is to teach students who need them. This frees up the technology

interested in computer science more about the inner department to focus their expertise on other issues,

workings of a computer, enriching the curriculum for greatly increasing productivity. This AP Computer

the course. It is additionally helpful in career Science Chromebook repair collaboration is beneficial

exploration because it exposes students to another not only to the students participating in the program,

sector of computer science. Another benefit that comes but to the school district as a whole, providing students

from this program is problem solving and with opportunities that were previously unavailable.

troubleshooting skills. This program builds these skills

because students are given chromebooks with either an

unspecified issue, or an issue listed on them, and