managing students by omar
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What is going on?
Schools are increasingly integrating technology into the learning environment.
More and more laptops and other mobile devices are presented in the school setting.
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Student engagement
A physical barrier between
the teacher and his/her students.
Strong distraction
Multitasking by students
What is the problem?
Laptops and computer technology have allowed us to automate routine tasks.
learners benefit greatly from using their laptops to take notes or from specialized software on their laptops.
Laptops and wireless technologies allow students to immediately access information relevant to class topics.
Laptops can be used for in-class group work, clicker questions, to work through interactive web resources, to contribute to class discussion boards, or even comment on a lecture backchannel such as a twitter feed.
Let’s not forget
What it all comes down to is Classroom
management. It is indispensable.
Managing a classroom of students with laptops is mostly about managing the students.
Luckily
What techniques do you use for classroom management?
. Do it not because it is a trend. You have to believe in it.
Do you think that technology will make your life easier?
Why am I doing this? And how does this fit me and my students?
Teachers need to feel in the driver seat.
1.Think through your stance and belief.
2. Focus on key goals for students’
learning What is a good lesson plan?
Learning goals are to determine the technology use in the classroom. The presence of laptops in a classroom should not dictate the nature of lesson design
Use technology to optimize students’ learning.
Use the right tool.
Con:Focus on key goals…
LESSON PLAN
Your learning outcomes determines the use of technology, should not be the other way around.
Spell out exactly what you expect your student do with their laptops, make sure that any use of laptop in class is appropriate, and not its own distraction
The idea is that you don't learn "computers" but you "use" computers to learn something else - the way you use any other tool.
3.Create a culture of good laptop use
Students’ behaviors: either support or undermine learning
Pay attention to attitudes and norms.
Set classroom Rules and have a Visual Instruction Plan for laptop use.
Set your expectations
Create consequences of violating rules.
Pick your battles
Consistency
Con:3.Create a culture of Example of Laptop policies
Con:3.Create a culture
Most important aspects in classroom culture:1. Attention2.Collaboration3.Resourcefulness4.Responsibilities5.Persistence
4. Landscape your classroom to
serve the learning objectives.
The most popular classroom design.
The arrangement should serve learning
Some arrangements are better than others?
See the students while they are working
- Decide whether the activity need laptop use, or not.
- Distinguish between productive and acceptable browsing in contrast with diversionary wandering.
Con:4. Landscape your classroom
5. Improve techniques to keep
students on task Management by Walking Around
Makes sure you circulate in a way that allows you to see the most in one view.
Focused assignment: all students work at the same time.
Signs of “Off task students”:
Eyes are more fixed on the screen
Are typing faster than normal
Their heads remain in a download position than necessary
Cont… Use timers so that students know that they do not have
all the day.
Expect and Plan activities for those who finish their tasks earlier than others in the class.
Reward them not punishing them by giving them more work.
Find student leaders who are natural with laptops and use them to help with troubleshooting.
Have a back-up plan
Vary instruction as much as often as reasonable.
6. Use a variety of training and
professional development formats
Technology changes at the speed of the light and so do the needs of the teachers.
You have to update yourself.
7. Improve your technological
skills
Learn how to check HISTORY in Internet Explorer and Safari, and how to use Undeletable History (Oh My Web History- MS only.)
Thank You
QUESTIONS
Omar Al Noursi
Institute of Applied technology
www:https://sites.google.com/site/ainrocks/
Email: [email protected]