Training Teachers for the Computer Classroom

Over the years we've trained teachers, we've noticed that they bring up the same concerns, year after year. To help you anticipate the questions teachers might have in your training program, we offer responses to these regularly occuring questions.

For each question noted here, we cover in linked sections some of the training tips that we've accumulated over the years.

• What am I teaching: computers or writing?
• Are my students going to know more about computers than I do?
• Can I use the same syllabus I taught in the traditional classroom?
• How do classroom management techniques change for the computer classroom?
• How can I make large-group discussion work?
• Do students know they're signing up in a computer classroom?
• What do I do when the computers don't work?
• What should I know about "hackers"?