ClassroomManagement


 *  Classroom Management for 1:1 and BYDS Environments **

//1. Choose some "commands" for classroom management, and practice them with your students from day one of implementation. Some ideas for various devices: // //2. Plan, prepare, share, and test (and no, I did not create yet another acronym for us to remember): //
 * Suggestions for Classroom Management **
 * 45 your screens - students lower their screens to approx 45 degrees so the computers won't overheat or sleep, but students won't be distracted by the screen
 * Devices down, Screens down, Roll 'em over, Flip that pancake! - students turn tablets/smartphones screen-side down
 * Lids down, I want to hear 20 clicks, Close 'em - close the computer; all eyes on the teacher
 * Hands on your heads, Reach for the stars...-hands off the computers and someplace where you can see them
 * Tech Time Out! - Redirect the students' focus away from the technology when needed
 * Shut down, 5 minute warning - Shut down the device (as needed) and pack it up.
 * Teacher lowers screen - student isn't allowed to raise the screen until teacher conference or the teacher raises it (when a student doesn't comply as directed).
 * Nonverbals - music, chimes, light flash, bells, buzzers, timers, etc. can be used effectively to gain student attention during projects
 * Visuals - give students a "flag" (colored index card, post-it, etc.) to put out when they need you for a non-emergency question rather than impatiently raising a hand.
 * Plan to seamlessly incorporate technologies when appropriate. Not all lessons nor all students have to have technology in use everyday. Select technologies that will enhance the lesson, not detract from your learning objectives.
 * Prepare students and devices for technology to be used. Make certain that students know to charge and bring their personal devices prior to lessons in which they will be used. Charge school/district owned equipment overnight. If free mobile apps will be used during lessons, ask students at least 24 hours prior to download the app. Provide the students links to the app downloads within Google Play and iTunes (for Android and Apple devices respectively). Keep parents informed via email, Edmodo, and/or your class website on the apps being utilized during instructional time so that they can assist their child/children with any downloads.
 * Share your ideas with other at grade level/subject area PLCs, and ask for their feedback prior to trying it out in the classroom. Your colleagues may help you anticipate issues and provide possible solutions or alternatives to improve your lesson.
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Test what you have access to prior to integrating technologies in lessons. If websites are being used, open them on campus from a mobile device before asking students to do so. Some sites might not work on campus or may not be mobile-friendly.


 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Student-Centered Learning: Creating Centers **

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">"The curriculum for a learner-centered class is likely to be integrated thematically. After planning globally, the teacher discusses specific items to study and ways to learn content with the class before putting into motion lesson plans that form a framework to guide instruction. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">The time spent on various subject areas is determined in part by how much enthusiasm is generated in the learning process. A skilled instructor can inspire interest that results in students not wanting to go to recess, lunch, or home at the end of the day. Authentic projects require the large time blocks in elementary school schedules and block scheduling in high school." - []

//<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Advice for Creating Centers with 1:1 Devices //
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Use print outs of @QR codes on color paper or folders to individualize instruction for students.
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Have a wide variety of activities with simple, step-by-step instructions to promote independent learning & to meet varied learning styles.
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Monitor student work during & after class. Give each student a weekly checklist (made in Numbers using a template) of goals to achieve. Your goals for students should match the activities provided that week in centers. See "File Management" below to explore options for submission of student work.
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Go paperless. Avoid the use of worksheets in centers. Work to find apps that will help students meet learning objectives.
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Don't reinvent the wheel. If strategies worked without the use of technology, they will probably work with it. Technology is simply a vehicle for learning. Use it to your advantage. If the technology integration doesn't work the way that you had anticipated the first time, talk to colleagues, tweak it, & try it again.
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Set clear expectations & procedures for your students. Praise positive behavior as you observe it. Focusing on the positive will improve discipline issues. Be certain that students understand positive & negative consequences while in centers & that you fairly & consistently follow through with said consequences.
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Try to complete the activities yourself prior to having students do them. Notice the length of time that it takes you, an adult, to complete the task, & allow more time for students to move through the activities. Ensure that all websites/apps work. Many interactive websites are Flash supported, which means that you will be unable to access them on Apple devices. Open the sites/apps on the iPad/MacBook the day before to check. Have a backup plan just in case the technology isn't working properly.


 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Supporting and Preparing for the BYDS Initiative **

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">//Advice for Media Specialists & Tech Champions//
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Hold Tech Petting Zoos for teachers. Get every mobile (school/district-owned & personal) device you can from staff members (iPhones, iPads, iPod Touches, Galaxy Tabs, Lenovo tablets, laptops PC, MacBook Pro, Kindle and more). During informal lunch/planning period sessions, have the teachers visit the zoo and "pet" the technology so they can see what can be done. Offer suggestions but mostly get them talking about their own ideas. Share those ideas in a Google Doc, and continue to grow the list. Consider holding a Parent Tech Petting Zoo in preparation for the new initiative next school year.
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Continue to provide training and support on our Five Pillars of Technology and the ITES with BYDS in mind.
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Be an active participant in our Media-Tech Edmodo group. Share what's working and what's not. Find others with whom to partner at other schools with similar BYDS challenges, and support one another.


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 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Resources: **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Classroom Management in a 1:1 Environment
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">The Basics of Centers
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">It's Clean Up Time: Tips for Cleaning Up the Classroom
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Literacy Centers for the Elementary Classroom
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Teach One to One: Every student has a computer. Now what?
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Ideas for Managing the Cell Phone Classroom
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Ten Ideas for Educating Innovatively with Phone Casting (aka Podcasting made easy)
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Student Ideas for Using Cell Phones in the Classroom


 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Interesting Reads: **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">The Student-Centered Classroom
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Designing Mobile Learning in School Contexts
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">One-to-One Computing Programs Only as Effective as Their Teachers
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">One-to-One K-12 Computing Handbook
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Two Approaches to 1-to-1
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Paradigm Shift: Prototyping BYOD
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">What Can You Learn from a Cell Phone? Almost Anything
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Pockets of Potential: Using Mobile Technologies to Promote Children's Learning
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Student Inspires Educators to Think Outside the Ban
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">When Students Run the Help Desk
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Keeping Students Engaged in a 1:1 Project-based Classroom