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Making the Most of Your Limited Computer Lab Time with Engaging Primary Activities and Ideas

Making the Most of Your Limited Computer Lab Time with Engaging Primary Activities and Ideas. Prep Work. *Get in the “I can do this” mindset *Class Page www.weebly.com *Challenges *Choosing a time *Stick To It! Consistency=  *Computer Troubles *Set Your Rules

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Making the Most of Your Limited Computer Lab Time with Engaging Primary Activities and Ideas

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  1. Making the Most of Your Limited Computer Lab Time with Engaging Primary Activities and Ideas

  2. Prep Work *Get in the “I can do this” mindset *Class Page www.weebly.com *Challenges *Choosing a time *Stick To It! Consistency=  *Computer Troubles *Set Your Rules *Keep it simple!

  3. Rule Sample Pages!

  4. Your Class Web Page *Is it student and teacher friendly? *Surveys www.surveymonkey.com *Think like a ___ grader when setting up your student pages. *Then think like a parent of a __ grader when setting up their page.

  5. Your Class Web Page *www.weebly.com *As simple as drag, drop, and type *Clip art and fun fonts *www.teacherspayteachers.com *Check out their pages

  6. Your Class Web Page *Get permission to post student names and photos!! *See Web Page Permission file *What if a parent says no for their name? *What if parents say no to their photo?

  7. Your Class Web Page *When setting it up, ask yourself… *Is it easily maintained? *Does it display the important things? *5 or less sentence rule *Also applies to e-mails *Speaking of which. . .

  8. Parent Communication *Parent-Teacher-Student Communication *www.remind101.com *Make a Parent Contact group *To: Yourself *BCC: Parent Contact List *They can’t see or e-mail each other, only you

  9. Parent Communication *Teach your children your class web address, don’t just teach them to click on the link *From 24% to 84%

  10. It’s Computer Lab Time! *Talk through it before you go *Make a list (6-7 steps maxium) Open the internet. Type www.missploutz.weebly.com Do this task.

  11. It’s Computer Lab Time! *Make up index cards with your class web address on them, laminate them, hole punch a corner, and keep them on a ring *Once you are lined up, review the rules and your task for the day

  12. Class Tech Guru(s) *Tech Savvy Student Helper(s) *May very from class to class *Getting an extra set of eyes and hands at the beginning of the year would be perfect *Parent helper *IA

  13. What to Expect *Lab time is like, a roller coaster that slowly turns into the old fashion cars ride at an amusement park *Keep Calm and Teach On *Students will mimic what they see in you

  14. Learning the Language *Remember the first time you ever baked a cake? Tried to crochet/knit/sew something? *Repetition *Talk through it *More than the one student you are talking to will hear it *If you give a man a fish. . .

  15. ,mn Using Microsoft Word *Samples

  16. Using Tagxedo www.tagxedo.com

  17. Using Power Point *Samples

  18. Other Ideas *Morning Messages *Sample *Special messages when you are going to be out *Tellagami- app

  19. Remember. . . *What is your end goal? *How could I go about that in a fun and educational way? *Keep Calm and Teach On

  20. Contact Information Amber Ploutz aploutz@gws.k12.in.us

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