Computer Lab
True or False:
It is okay for a student to pick his/her computer up.
False!
Allowing students to pickup computers and devices can lead to the device being damaged.
True or False:
Children are allowed to adjust the brightness to whatever they want.
False!
It is bad for the battery life to keep the iPads at a high brightness.
True or False:
Student's must create an account before they're able to use a Chromebook.
False!
Students are assigned a login by the school. If they do not know this login then please ask a director for help.
True or False:
Drinks and snacks are not allowed in the computer lab.
True!
You should never allow a student to place food, let alone a drink, next to their device.
True or False:
It is okay for multiple students to share one iPad.
True!
Depending on circumstances this is sometimes necessary. Actually, some games (e.g. Game of Life) are meant to played with multiple people on one device.
True or False:
Students are allowed to download and add any extensions they want.
False!
The school is unable to block many of Chrome's extensions and not everything in the extension store is harmless. Some extensions are inappropriate, some allow for students to avoid the school's restrictions entirely, and some are just straight up scams.
Mr. Kason's group has just finished their computer lab time and they're all really excited to go to their next center; active! Mr. Kason's excited too and hastily lines up all of his kids.
What should Mr. Kason have his kids do before having them line up?
(Answers)
Push their chairs in
Put their equipment back neatly (e.g. headphones)
Close out of any program they were in (Command Q)
Mr. Jayden is really bad at Geometry Dash. However, he thinks he's only losing because of the screen protector. He thinks to himself, "I'm in charge around here; I'll just take it off!"
Where has Mr. Jayden gone wrong?
1) Mr. Jayden should be more concerned with watching his kids than playing Geometry Dash.
2) Nobody, unless told otherwise, is allowed to remove the case or screen protectors.
3) Mr. Jayden just needs to "get good".
Good Idea or Bad Idea?
Ms. Erin is tasked with packing up all the Chromebooks. She has the bright idea to have some of her students help her.
Bad Idea!
Her students could drop them in transit.
A) Restart the computer.
B) Try a different browser.
C) Restart the monitor.
B.
Flash is becoming less and less supported as time goes on. However, some browsers support it better than others. Chrome has actually stopped supporting Flash entirely.
Which of the following is not okay?
A) Letting student's pickup their iPads.
B) Letting student's play with their iPads at a low volume.
C) Letting student's plugin their iPads with low battery.
A & C
You should never allow a student pickup their iPad off the table. The cases have stands for a reason!
B - This is up to the instructor but iPads are typically a quiet center. So, low volume needs to stay... well, low.
Mr. Braden's group has just finished with their Chromebooks. Several Chromebooks are about to die. What should Mr. Braden do?
A) Have his students bring him the Chromebooks that are about to die and plug them in.
B) Do nothing. It is not his job to plug in the Chromebooks.
C) Manually collect the Chromebooks with low battery and plug them in himself.
C.
Although you may not be able to do this every time--if you are able it is very helpful. If you have two, or more, instructors in your group then it should be easy.