First Few Days in the Barber Shop 💈

Important Links are all on Schoology, like the Daily Slide and our class-shared Google Doc, called "Cool Beans." During the first few days, we go over procedures, readying our laptops and our minds for a safe, fun building environment: 

• First Day Google Form (1 pt)
• Intro to the Barber Shop Slideshow
• Laptop Check '26-'27 (15 pts)
• How to Adobe Illustrator for a lasercutter (This is MY basic video how-to for a scribble. Mech XT students will use these skills to make much more advanced lasercuts after you make a BETTER how-to, for sharing with Mr. B on Google Drive and this website, ScreenPal.
• How to CAD a nametag on TinkerCad ... older version, but it leads you to making a small nametag. I suggest making SURE that your letters intersect and are BIG, BLOCK, AND CHONKIER.
• How to CAD for a Wood Shop Project

Click below to access a copy on Google Drive for printing: 

• Henley Shop/Technology/Education Class Competencies/Syllabi/Pacing Guides 2026-2027 (in English)
• Henley Media Permission/Safe Shop Rules/TinkerCad Permission Form 2026-2027 (in English) (En Español). <= I WILL NEED 3 SIGNED SHEETS AND ONE COMMUNICATION FROM YOUR GROWNUPS AT HOME.

What you need for a laptop check

Laptop Check 2026-2027

 Students must bookmark these 11 sites in a "Barber Folder" on their toolbar. (Here's how):

1. Barber Shop Website 
2. Barber of Cville Blog 
3. Henley Homepage 
4. Google Drive 
5. Schoology
6. PowerSchool 
7. TinkerCad (Please don't log in yet ... we will log in as a class)
8. maker:bit / Microsoft Make Code (Please don't log in yet ... we will log in as a class)
9. Scratch 
10. Cool Beans (students must find this in Schoology and break it out of Schoology before bookmarking!)
11. Daily Slideshow (students must find the link in Schoology that says "BOOKMARK THIS LINK" and break it out of Schoology before bookmarking!)
12. We will be adding other bookmarks as the year goes on ...

II. Your charger has 2 pieces, and, therefore, needs 2 labels, one on each part. You need a flag on your removable cord affixed with clear packing tape (your first and last name!), and you need to tape over your label with clear packing tape:

New Way (this year)- notice the shininess of the packing tape!

Old Way (past years when your charger didn't have a label)

III. You also need to pin shortcuts on your taskbar to the 2 apps we download:

• Arduino IDE- We download this from Software Center (quick download)
• Adobe Illustrator- We download Adobe Creative Cloud from Software Center, THEN we install Adobe Illustrator from CC. These will both take a LONG TIME! Close as many apps and tabs as you can!

Arduino

Adobe Creative Cloud

Adobe Illustrator

IV. Come show Mr. Barber when you're pretty sure you're going to get a good grade (not when you've done only a little of the Laptop Check ... I don't want to enter in a 4/15 F!!)