LocknCharge

06/01/2026

Imagine spending just 5 minutes a day managing mobile devices...
Hudsonville High School used to spend 30 to 45 minutes every morning on loaner devices. Now it takes 5.
Same workflow. Different system.
Christopher Morse opens FUYL Portal in the morning, sees what's overdue, what's broken, and where to follow up, and gets to drink his coffee instead of chasing devices.
1,035 loaner checkouts last year. 6.6 a day. All self-serve.

🔗 Full case study 👉 https://www.lockncharge.com/blog/hudsonville-high-school-case-study

05/29/2026

Paul Symons started PC Locs in 1998, in the front seat of an old van, with a name he came up with on the way to a meeting and a problem he couldn't stop thinking about: 400 desktop computers, a new school, and no good way to keep them safe.

The first lockdown kits were built around the kitchen table with members of his family.
Twenty-seven years on, the work has changed shape. Charging stations. Carts. Smart lockers. Software that tells IT teams who has a device, how long they've had it, and when it's coming back. But the question underneath it all is the same one Paul asked in that van: can this be done a better way?

This is the story of how PC Locs and LocknCharge started, told by the people who lived it.
Watch the full film 👉 https://youtu.be/xYpUDRUTiOc?si=sfV4MNjbxcKHRzox

05/26/2026

Brasher Falls Central School got nine working weeks of their year back.

For 27 years, we've worked alongside IT teams in schools just like theirs, and the same story keeps coming up. Loaner requests, returns, audit trails. All of it logged by hand, all of it chasing time the team doesn't have.

That's the problem FUYL smart lockers were built to solve. Students self-serve at the tower. Every loan and return is logged automatically. IT keeps a full audit trail without lifting a finger.

For Brasher Falls, that worked out to 360 hours a year. Nine working weeks, handed back to a team that had real work waiting for them.

Read the full case study 👉 https://www.lockncharge.com/blog/brasher-falls-tech-team-time-savings-smart-lockers

05/20/2026

What does a fully charged classroom actually look like?
It looks like baskets full overnight. Devices ready before the first bell. Students walking up, grabbing what they need, and getting straight to work: no waiting, no troubleshooting, no teacher pulled away from the lesson to chase down a dead battery.
What's possible when the cart does its job: a morning that runs itself, and a teacher who gets to spend that first ten minutes actually teaching.
For the IT teams and school leaders we work with, this is the quiet win. Device readiness stops being a daily fire to fight, and starts being something the infrastructure handles in the background.

That's the goal. Not flashier hardware, fewer interruptions to learning.

05/18/2026

Hudsonville High School used to spend 30 to 45 minutes every morning on loaner devices. Now it takes 5.
Same workflow. Different system.
Christopher Morse opens FUYL Portal in the morning, sees what's overdue, what's broken, and where to follow up, and gets to drink his coffee instead of chasing devices.
1,035 loaner checkouts last year. 6.6 a day. All self-serve.

🔗 Full case study 👉 lockncharge.com/blog/hudsonville-high-school-case-study

07/16/2025

At St Andrews Christian College, launching a 1:1 program didn’t solve the problem — it revealed a new one.

Dead devices by period six.

The solution? Five FUYL Smart Lockers.

Now, students always have access to fully charged, ready-to-go laptops.

See how they made it work → https://hubs.la/Q03xzhwj0

07/03/2025

FUYL just leveled up: meet two new models transforming device workflows.

Designed to help IT teams deploy, loan, and manage devices with less hassle — and more confidence.

Discover what’s new → https://hubs.la/Q03vRRS30

04/18/2025

When the Chromebook chaos unfolds...'It's not my fault!' 🤷‍♂️💻
Watch Chromebook Horror Stories here: https://hubs.la/Q02-pR670

Hear some of the most outrageous, yet 100% true, Chromebook horror stories from real educators and tech professionals in K-12. They're so hilarious, you'd sw...

04/01/2025

We get it — between chasing overdue devices and coordinating repairs, IT teams have plenty on their plates.

Good news: this week, we’re launching updates to your FUYL Smart Locker System, designed to give you back control and valuable time.

Find out more here: https://hubs.la/Q03fpxJz0

04/01/2025

New Chromebook use unlocked 🔓 Ultimate Frisbee
Listen to these horror stories to learn how kids are using their Chromebooks! 😆
https://hubs.la/Q02-pwKD0

What Chromebook horror stories do you have?

Hear some of the most outrageous, yet 100% true, Chromebook horror stories from real educators and tech professionals in K-12. They're so hilarious, you'd sw...