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Teaching GuidesTraining Teachers for the Computer Classroom |
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Teaching GuidesTraining Teachers for the Computer Classroom |
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Planning a successful training program Help teachers decide if the computer classroom is right for them Teacher Commentary: perceived advantages of the computer classroom Teacher Commentary: perceived disadvantages of the computer classroom Model good computer-classroom teaching techniques during the training sessions 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? Using the "tools" in your computer classroom Help teachers decide if the computer classroom is right for them Model good computer-classroom teaching techniques during the training sessions |
What Do I Do When the Computers Don’t WorkOne reason we insist that teachers "play" with the hardware and software in our computer classrooms during training sessions is that they discover they already know how to answer many of the questions students will have about our computer tools. ("How do I save on the network drive?" "I clicked on Open but I don’t see my DAILY prompt?") These "play" sessions also give us time to cover some of the basic troubleshooting teachers can do in the classroom--rebooting the printer after they clear a paper jam, making sure students haven’t kicked the plug out of the wall when a computer screen suddenly goes blank, and so on. We emphasize, however, that we don’t expect our teachers to be computer experts. Instead we highlight two strategies that generally calm most of their fears of technical glitches: |
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