Laptops

LAPTOPS

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Put in a picture of the classroom in which all students are using laptops.

Laptops are required. Every day. Ready to go.

We all have to sell this approach. I need your help to do so. You need to talk up the enjoyment of using your laptop for maximum learning.

My necessity to put my trust in you: Your parents have to do it. God has to do it.

You need to keep each other accountable, because I don't want to be the cop or can't be in a room this size.

Most other teachers want to believe that students will ding around. They will pooh-pooh the learning that we say takes place, if they can have anecdotal material on someone who purportedly dinged around. If you are dinging around, or see others doing so, and then you tell outsiders how easy it is to fool me, we lose out on a good thing.

Responsible laptop usage pledge


 * LAPTOP ETIQUETTE**

My current thoughts on classroom laptop etiquette:

1. I am thrown off stride when only a few students look at me when I am talking.

2. Is this an issue of good manners? (I am probably wrong in thinking so.)

3. I accept multi-tasking but somehow am not comfortable with that during our class.

4. Talk to me about how you are trying to process our work as our class session proceeds.

a. Help me understand the issues you have in doing so.

b. Are you taking so many notes that you need to concentrate on your computer? (I don't think you need to take down much more than the notes that are already provided.)

c. Are you working on non-class-related things? If so, that presents a dilemma for me. I have put my trust in you to concentrate on our class material.

d. If you are trying to keep up with me because I am moving too fast, then let me know.

e. If you are working ahead, hold yourself back.

f. If you want to get your 250-word reaction done so you won't have to do any of that work outside of class time, that—from my standpoint—is counterproductive.