Welcome 1:1 Teachers

August 18, 2011

Northern Vance HS

Goals for this Professional Development

Session• Identify various 1:1 classroom

management strategies and develop procedures for YOUR class

• Learn how to incorporate Moodle within YOUR course instruction

• Explore some Web 2.0 tools and plan for their use within YOUR class

Addressing Last Year’s ConcernsLack of Teacher Training

• 1:1 Professional Development & Trainings will be on-going throughout the school-year

• Web-Based Trainings & Content-Specific Resources will be housed on the VCS Moodle site

• Technology showcases like Tech Tuesdays and Wired Wednesdays will occur on a weekly basis

Addressing Last Year’s Concerns

Software Use ProhibitedDownloading software such as Java to run

instructional applets is not strictly prohibited.

• Seek approval from your Tech Director in advance

• Facilitate the students’ download to ensure that it’s done correctly

Addressing Last Year’s Concerns

Turnaround Time for Repairs

Students who submit their laptops for repairs and pay the applicable repair fee will be issued a loaner laptop on a daily basis.

Details of the procedure are forthcoming from your on-site Tech Specialist and/or Principal

Addressing Last Year’s Concerns

Incompatible CoursesThese teachers should still assign tasks

that utilizes the laptops outside of the classroom.

Performance Classes Computer Classes

Addressing Last Year’s ConcernsIncomplete Class Sets/Mixed Classes

ALL students will be assigned a laptop…

Does this mean that ALL students will have a laptop everyday for your class??

Assign Pairs/ Groups Provide Printouts

Create alternative means of achieving the same goal

Addressing Last Year’s Concerns

Lack of Classroom Acceptable Use Policy

Guidelines for class use of the laptops and consequences for misuse were at the teacher’s discretion.

We need to :• Create a CAUP specific to our class or

department• Suggest an appropriate discipline system to be

enforced by all teachers and supported by all administrators

Instructions• Login into Moodle

http://moodle.vcs.k12.nc/moodle• Select Instructional Technology from

the Course Categories• Select 1:1 Professional Development

VCSIf prompted to enroll in the course, select

YES

• Under the CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT topic, click and Open the file

“Classroom Acceptable Use Policy”

On the Word document, list all of your rules and expectations of the students’ use of the laptops within your classroom.

SAVE the final document as it will be yours to provide to your students.

Instructions

Now that we have class rules that relates to the laptops, let’s

suggest to our administrators possible consequences

for breaking them

Addressing Last Year’s ConcernsStudents’ Misuse

The students’ use (and misuse) of the laptops has much to do with Classroom

Management.

The following are the TOP 5 strategies of managinglaptops in the classroom

Student-Tech Helpers

• Identify 2 or 3 tech-savvy students, per class

• Use those students to address common technical issues

• This prevents whole-group instructional time from being wasted

ALWAYS Have a Backup Plan

*Have at least a class set of back-up work

*Try having a related “placeholder” activity (i.e. posting on a discussion board or practice problems on a website) for minor glitches

*Doing so maintains the continuity of you curricular objectives

Have a Schedule/Routine

• Allow the students to become familiar with the formatin which you intend to use the laptops

• When possible, post a daily agenda so they’ll know what to expect

• Have some system that indicates laptop activity/inactivity

Mobility and Visibility

• Monitor by Walking Around“If the laptops are up, you should be too!”

• Rearrange your desks to allow you to navigate with ease; if possible, have your desk behind the student

Engaging Lessons*Students that are engaged in their

learning are less likely to get off task

*Create meaningful activities that utilizes the laptops; lessons should be:

RIGOROUS, RELEVANT & ENGAGING

*Avoid using the laptops for rote practices that could be done with the textbook or worksheets

1:1 Classroom Management Video Clip #1

Jot down your

observations

Carolyn Singley, English Teacher, Irving Independent School District

1:1 Classroom Management Video Clip #2

Jot down your

observations

Carolyn Singley, English Teacher, Irving Independent School District

1:1 Classroom Management Video Clip #3

Jot down your

observations

Carolyn Singley, English Teacher, Irving Independent School District

1:1 Classroom Management Video Clip #4

Jot down your

observations

Carolyn Singley, English Teacher, Irving Independent School District

YOUR 1:1 Managing Strategies• Return to the 1:1 Professional

Development VCS Moodle http://moodle.vcs.k12.nc/moodle

• Under the CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT topic, select the discussion forum

“Managing YOUR 1:1 Class”• Describe how you plan to manage your course this

upcoming semester by addressing each prompt.

• Read and reply to at least one other teacher’s post

SANDBOX with MOODLE

Get a better feel for Moodle and several of its features

SANDBOX with MOODLEIf you haven’t already done so, add the following items to your Moodle course site:•Course Resources (Syllabus, Course Description, YOUR 1:1 CAUP, Rules & Procedures, etc.)

•Calendar dates of upcoming course events

•Headers/Topics for units of at least the 1st Six-Weeks

•Assignments, Links to Wikis and/or Activities