In my Photoshop and Multimedia classes, students are required to purchase SD cards to use for the cameras. However, I have struggled over the years managing how to keep them from losing their cards! If I let them keep them, I have to require a pencil case or something with a zipper. But, then they forget and leave them in the computers or they are found on the floor. And, half of the time, they try to write names in pencil or they rub off so I have no idea who a card belongs to.
I have had binders with those "baseball card" holders (9 per page) and even photo albums from the Dollar Tree with one SD card per slot. But, none of that is perfect. And the album pages would rip or they will fly out as the students turned pages.
But, I had an idea this year over Christmas! What about a jewelry holder? So, I went to Five Below, a store near me, and bought this pretty dotted one (yes for $5!). It actually had 30 small slots and three large at the bottom and it's perfect. I bought sticker dots and put numbers on each slot that correspond with my 30 student workstations (their assigned seat numbers). Then, I came up with a key! Each hour is assigned a different color (see the Spring 2016 card below). And, they put that sticker on the SD card and label with their initials, hour, and computer number. Then, everyone who sits in seat 1 will store their cards in slot 1 on this! And each has a different color so you can easily identify your card. Since it's not in an album, they aren't lined up waiting to turn the page and several can retrieve their cards at the same time.
I mean, maybe I'm a genius. Just kidding, but this idea is working out really well and had to share. Happy Friday!
