• Be able to evaluate the purposes behind specific management strategies and make appropriate choices based on that information
• Become familiar with various community-building strategies for use in eMINTS classrooms
• Develop management plans to implement in eMINTS classrooms
• Promote Internet safety for students.

eMINTS Links: http://resources.emints.org/links/buildingcommunity/

• Community Building and Tootsie Pops: 
  • Cross-Talk Model for Classroom Discussions- "What challenges do you face because of the of technology in your classroom?"
  • Reflect and Discuss-
    • How is the Cross-Talk model different than the discussion technique you are using now?

    • How could you modify this model for use with your students?

• Working Together: As a team you will arrange the parts of a process into a sequence that makes sense.
  • Reflect and Discuss-
    • How do activities such as this build community?

    • How would your response be different if your salary was determined by the whole group’s accomplishments?

    • How can you prepare students to handle difficult situations that arise when working in a learning community?
       

• What is a Community?:  As a team, we will create a Concept Map of Community Building Strategies.

  • We will brainstorm to identify the characteristics that foster classroom community and what we dream for our classrooms.

  • We will use the module and online resources to find or develop strategies to address the characteristics and dreams.

  • Reflect and Discuss-

    • How does brainstorming a topic that students know well help them set goals for new situations?
       

• Dinner Break

• Setting Norms and What About Consequences?: 
  • What if.....?
  • Reflect and Discuss-

    • What challenges and success have you experienced when attempting to set group norms or rules in your classroom?

• Management: Technology access and use in eMINTS classrooms requires adjustments to traditional classroom management strategies.

  • Using the information presented in the module, each one teach one of the following topics:

  Lining Up

  Sharing a Mouse and Keyboard

  Printing

  Saving Work

  Class Parties

  Storing Personal Items

  Computer Rules

  Violations

  • Create a Top Five lists of management ideas you definitely want to implement in your classroom.
  • Reflect and Discuss-
    • How will you make changes in classroom procedures?
    • How will you deal with resistance?
    • How will you stick to your management plan after the honeymoon period?
       
• NetSmartz:  Resource for teaching students guidelines for Internet safety

  • Explore the NetSmartz website: http://netsmartz.org

  • Download content and activities not available from the general NetSmartz website: http://www.netsmartz.org/education/mo/

  • Download Internet Safety Screen Savers to remind students of safety guidelines:  http://www.techcorps.org/resources/internetsafety/pcscreens.html
     

• Evaluate the session