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Michael Walker

Classroom Management of Laptops - School Computing - 1 views

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1:1 laptops classroom-management tips

shared by Michael Walker on 15 Dec 09 - Cached
  • the teacher must circulate in the classroom
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      Michael Walker on 15 Dec 09
       
      This is the "Bottom Line!"
  • Don’t forget your established classroom management skills.
  • Try to find ways to celebrate all sorts of different successes.
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  • Catch them being good
  • Teach good note-taking skills!
  • For better discussion, lower laptop screens
  • Designate a scribe. Consider designating a student as scribe for the day and have him/her take notes for the class. Allow other students to use the laptop only during student-centered activities and not during teacher-centered lessons.
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      Michael Walker on 15 Dec 09
       
      Then the scribe can share with the rest of the class.
  • Hold students accountable.
  • Remember, it's about them; not you. You don't have to be a master of technology, nor do you have to understand everything kids can do with technology. Create a framework for an engaging, student-centered assignment and let students surprise you with their innovative contributions!
  • disruptive behavior with laptops is also more likely to occur when laptops are integrated into a learning activity where they aren't essential, or in the classrooms of teachers who have discipline issues without laptops.
Michael Walker

Do iPods Belong in School? | The Tattered Leaf - 3 views

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ipod classroom disruption

shared by Michael Walker on 07 Mar 10 - Cached
  • Michael Walker on 07 Mar 10
     
    Interesting article given the discussion amongst the 8th grade team a few weeks ago...
  • Nicole Nuckley on 08 Mar 10
     
    I think iPod Thursday is an innovative and creative way to start to make the tech integration in our schools that we all know we need. The AP had many good refective questions that they should look for answers for as they go forward. One that was suspiciously absent, and the one that our discussion at the 8th grade meeting was really about, was equity. He cites iPod thursday as a "perk for all," but is it really benefitting all? I know that even in Edina, mp3 players of any kind are not 100% ubiquitous. The subtext of our 8th grade conversation was less about actual iPods, and more about continuing to address the growing social, racial and economic tensions that have been evident this year and are affecting student learning and achievement--things we've been discussing in our meetings all year.
  • Michael Walker on 08 Mar 10
     
    Nicole, Thanks for expanding on this! Do you think if the district were to change the model of allowing kids to bring their own laptop that we would only increase the "inequity" even if those without had a district supplied device that may not be as "flashy" or full featured as what some could afford?
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