M.A. Hochberg’s Technology for Teaching

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Getting tape off laptops

Laptops that get handled as much as those in elementary schools do get a lot of grime and fingerprints. Most fingerprints will come off the screen with a soft, water dampened cloth. Dirt and grime, as well as crayon marks come off the outside with a damp Mr. Clean Stain Eraser.

The one thing that doesn’t come off, though, is clear tape. Ordinary clear “Scotch” tape can stick on there as solidly as a barnacle. It even shreds the Stain Eraser to bits.

While searching for something stronger than my fingernails, I found a hard plastic eraser. A white Staedtler Mars plastic eraser does a wonderful job of removing tape from a laptop without harming the case. With just a few strokes, it was all gone.

Yeah for clean laptops!

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