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Answering In A Computer Lab

There is a big difference in how teachers or leaders prepare students for composing text and typing it in the lab. Preparation is key!

Suggestions:

Lack of time to think and compose thoughtful answers is a common challenge, and the reason why many teachers ask their students to prepare their answers before going to the lab. A teacher may make it a 2-3 day lesson of the four questions (even longer if time allows).
  1. Present the four questions to your class. Invite group discussion of their meanings. Listen/read examples from others. Browse the online archives and make 2 categories:
    1. Really thoughtful responses - top quality work
      • Why are they good? What makes them appealing to you?
      • Do you learn lots about the person? Would you like to be their online friend?
      • How can you tell that these students care about the world we live in?
    2. Little to no effort - poor responses - low quality work
      • Why aren't they good? What's missing?
      • How could they be better?
  2. Begin to answer the questions in class on paper. Perhaps finish at home with more time for thinking. quietly. Revise answers. Be more specific... add details: I want to be a __________ when I grow up because..... To be more specific I want to _______. Edit responses.... correct spelling errors, etc. Language Arts teacher could handle this piece of the lesson. Students give their own responses a grade or score. More revising if needed.
  3. Go to the lab and submit answers in the web form (or type in word processor for copy/paste later.
  4. (optional) Create a work of art that visualizes one of the answers.
  5. (optional) Play the "4Q" game:  Take names off the responses, pass the papers around the room and see if classmates can guess who wrote each response. How well do the students know their own classmates?


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Very young | Can type but not much | Need more time | Computer lab | Only one computer

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