Behaviour Management

Challenges

Children off task

Problem - Lack of power - battery dies. Solution -As safely as possible, have power bars around the room, but make sure they're set up in a way that you don't create tripping hazards.

Subtopic

Subtopic

"This isn't working" - Solution - Student leaders: Find students who seem to be naturals with computers and use them to help with general troubleshooting and application help

Solutions

Spotting kids off task - when kids eyes are more fixated on the screen, or they are typing faster than normal, or their heads remain in a downward position longer than necessary

Demonstrate how their Intenet history can betraced!

Challenges

Problem Lack of equipment - Poor quality equipment and netwrok failures

Solutions

Back up plans, staggered login times, good network support

Challenges

Not having enough computers in the class.

Solutions

Other teachers encourage students to quickly print articles and read them at their desks while different students use the computer for new tasks. Though this rapid race to print may result in printing some articles that are unneeded, teachers find toner and paper much less expensive than additional computers.

Allow a set amount of time for each student at the computer station. Students are responsible for getting to the station at the appointed time. •Draw Popsicle sticks. Write each student's name on a Popsicle stick. Place the can of Popsicle sticks at the computer station. Draw a stick at the start of the day. The person whose name is on the stick will start the day at the station. That student will draw a stick to determine who goes next. •Establish color-coded groups. Divide the class into five groups. Write the names of each group on a different sheet of colored paper, and post the papers by the computer station. The students in each group will spend time at the computer on a given day (for example, the students in the red group will have computer time on Mondays). The students within a group will go to the computer in assigned or random order.

Portability, data sharing - this is for both stuent and pupil alike

Immediate data access - use in field trips, out of the school environmnt etc

Immediate feedback and next steps for pupils