Session #7, June 9, am

In Which We share Our Social Stories

Ours stood up pretty well! They were all great, but I especially liked "how to stand in line for the water fountain."

Things Come Together
 Book Creator
Tuesday's staff meeting
All that talk about what things cost
iPads

At our staff meeting this week, we were talking about the laminator. The results.

1. It's broken. It will cost us $200 for a visit from the repair person, WHICH WILL NOT INCLUDE REPAIRS. 
2. We have found out that our lamintor is not properly ventilated, so we're probably in violation of code upon code. 
3. Laminators are environmentally unfriendly.
4. Laminators can make some people sick.
5. If if were fixed, we'd still have to buy film.
6. The whole process is labour-intensive. Especially for those of us who aren't good with scissors to begin with.
7. We're considering gathering up our materials to be laminated and bringing them to a print shop to be done. EVEN MORE EXPENSIVE.

On the other hand,

1. Lamination makes materials more durable and kid-friendly.
2. The Learning Centre is mostly made of laminated items. 
3. Our Learning Centre teacher will probably quit if we don't get a laminator. Which will leave our six autistic kids in Primary and Grade One out of luck.

It seems to me that while there may continue to be a place for lamination, and the next generation replacements thereof, a long-term cost-analysis of iPads versus laminators may show that the former are more affordable than first appears.

The PD-LM1100R. Whatever. Looks scary to me. 

Would you want to be left alone in a room with this thing?