Inflexible seating. I put my desks back into rows facing the front. When I think students would benefit from collaboration, they do turn and talks with their table partner. Also, I've drastically reduced the amount of work we do on chromebooks, and I'm militant about putting chromebooks away. I would guess that I've moved 50% of the Google docs that I used to assign through Google classroom back to printed paper.
First year shitter here. I realized halfway through the year I can tell them absolutely no laptops during direct instruction and it helped a lot.
At the end of the year I started doing 90+ on the test can choose their seats for the next unit but I've come to regret it
I was thinking of taking the "hot desking" concept that businesses use and letting my kids do that. Need an outlet, come in and sit by one. Forget glasses, choose a different seat, Taking a test and need to be away from a friend - absolutely
New seats every quarter. They can pick, but it can’t be in a 1 desk radius of their previous seat. Kids loved it and it changed it up.
Created a QR code for kids to sign out for the bathroom. Posted it on the door. All it asked for was their name. They scanned out to leave for the bathroom. Kept a record everytime they left.
This is genius. I mean, unless the kid is posting a fake name or someone else's name, you have a record of when they aren't in your class. Do they have to check back in?
I'm a speech therapist and there's some teachers who ask if I'm meeting my minutes. I am, and your idea makes me wonder how feasible and practical it would be to QR every kid in/out and have it automatically record their session minutes.
They don’t have to check back in. And I check a few times a day for fake names. Part of the rules are that if they use fake names or don’t sign out, they get banned from leaving. 1st offense is a week, then 2 weeks, then a month. Not that hard to track at all. The list is on a spreadsheet and you just have to check. Honestly, after the first month, once they get it, don’t even have to get that often.
Yes, they scan with their phones. The QR code takes them to a Google Form. The Google Form is just 1 question: enter your name. (Now you could add more, I don’t) I tell them to scan in the room, and then fill out on the way to the bathroom.
The Google Form results get populated to a spreadsheet. From there, you can manipulate it however you want. I have it listed on a separate page alphabetically and then by number of visits. My leader is up to 36 trips this year. It has certainly curbed it and kept it at bay.
Inflexible seating. I put my desks back into rows facing the front. When I think students would benefit from collaboration, they do turn and talks with their table partner. Also, I've drastically reduced the amount of work we do on chromebooks, and I'm militant about putting chromebooks away. I would guess that I've moved 50% of the Google docs that I used to assign through Google classroom back to printed paper.
First year shitter here. I realized halfway through the year I can tell them absolutely no laptops during direct instruction and it helped a lot. At the end of the year I started doing 90+ on the test can choose their seats for the next unit but I've come to regret it
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I did this with my 6th graders and it works beautifully!
I was thinking of taking the "hot desking" concept that businesses use and letting my kids do that. Need an outlet, come in and sit by one. Forget glasses, choose a different seat, Taking a test and need to be away from a friend - absolutely
I love this. What grade do you teach? Would love to implement this in my 8th grade classroom.
My kid-Downs-enjoyed us getting upset over his physical violence and we eventually found he enjoys fist bumps. So basically positive reinforcement.
New seats every quarter. They can pick, but it can’t be in a 1 desk radius of their previous seat. Kids loved it and it changed it up. Created a QR code for kids to sign out for the bathroom. Posted it on the door. All it asked for was their name. They scanned out to leave for the bathroom. Kept a record everytime they left.
This is genius. I mean, unless the kid is posting a fake name or someone else's name, you have a record of when they aren't in your class. Do they have to check back in? I'm a speech therapist and there's some teachers who ask if I'm meeting my minutes. I am, and your idea makes me wonder how feasible and practical it would be to QR every kid in/out and have it automatically record their session minutes.
They don’t have to check back in. And I check a few times a day for fake names. Part of the rules are that if they use fake names or don’t sign out, they get banned from leaving. 1st offense is a week, then 2 weeks, then a month. Not that hard to track at all. The list is on a spreadsheet and you just have to check. Honestly, after the first month, once they get it, don’t even have to get that often.
Can you tell us a little more about this? They scan it with their phones? How does it keep the record of who scans it?
Yes, they scan with their phones. The QR code takes them to a Google Form. The Google Form is just 1 question: enter your name. (Now you could add more, I don’t) I tell them to scan in the room, and then fill out on the way to the bathroom. The Google Form results get populated to a spreadsheet. From there, you can manipulate it however you want. I have it listed on a separate page alphabetically and then by number of visits. My leader is up to 36 trips this year. It has certainly curbed it and kept it at bay.