Common Troubleshooting Tips
Article: Read-Think-Pair-Share
Read one of the following Articles and then partner up with someone who read one the other article to discuss some of the tips that you feel will be the most useful.
Read one of the following Articles and then partner up with someone who read one the other article to discuss some of the tips that you feel will be the most useful.
- One to One Computing and Classroom Management: http://www.techlearning.com/from-the-classroom/0015/one-to-one-computing-and-classroom-management/44472
- Student Laptops and Classroom Management: http://www.k12converge.com/?p=118
- How to Take Good Care of Your Laptop Computer: http://www.wikihow.com/Take-Good-Care-of-Your-Laptop-Computer
Tech Tip Poster: Pick a tip from the reading that you feel is especially important and create a poster for your students that explains the tip using Poster My Wall.
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Quick Classroom Management Strategies: Click on one of the strategies and then share it with the group.
1. Opening Class:: demonstrates student procedures as they come into the classroom.
2. Layered Instruction:: Layering multiple activities allows the teacher to be flexible as well as ensure that the students are engaged at all times.
3. Peer Instruction:: When students teach students, they are empowered and teacher workload is reduced, allowing you to focus on management and high need instruction.
4. Positioning Behind Screens:: Putting yourself behind the screens allows you to monitor each students laptop, encouraging each student to stay on task.
5. Positioning Combined with Student Assistance:: Using a student to show an example of their work frees you to monitor student work and provide quick feedback to individuals from your position at the back of the room.
6. Proximity/Monitoring/Feedback:: demonstrates continuous monitoring of student activity (not policing) incorporating feedback to student work.
1. Opening Class:: demonstrates student procedures as they come into the classroom.
2. Layered Instruction:: Layering multiple activities allows the teacher to be flexible as well as ensure that the students are engaged at all times.
3. Peer Instruction:: When students teach students, they are empowered and teacher workload is reduced, allowing you to focus on management and high need instruction.
4. Positioning Behind Screens:: Putting yourself behind the screens allows you to monitor each students laptop, encouraging each student to stay on task.
5. Positioning Combined with Student Assistance:: Using a student to show an example of their work frees you to monitor student work and provide quick feedback to individuals from your position at the back of the room.
6. Proximity/Monitoring/Feedback:: demonstrates continuous monitoring of student activity (not policing) incorporating feedback to student work.