Managing the Electronic Classroom

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Managing the Electronic Classroom
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Classroom distraction challenge

• Activities chat, web surfing, games, video
• Missing important class material
• Distracting other students
• Impacts teaching (connection lacking)
• What is that drilling sound I hear?

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Classroom distraction solutions

• What others have done
• Leave it home
• No Laptop Thursdays
• Network cables out
• Connected to class activities works best
• 1/3 class exercises
• 1/3 students use
• 1/3 Lids locked
• It must matter
• Wait for the lid click

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Laptop Teaching challenge

• The laptop creates a barrier even if the students
  are using them for class work
• Physical
• Focus
• Mental

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Laptop Teaching solutions

• State class policies from the start (games etc..)
• Get away from the podium
• Get close
• Teach backwards
• Stir the class
• Force Interaction (not just teacher student)

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Electronic Test Challenges

• Students passing notes (cables and wireless)
• Network folders
• Wiki websites
• Ram key
• Infrared communication
• Translation programs

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Electronic Test Solutions

• Proctoring
• Creative test creation
• Require unique input
• Provide unique tests
• Shuffling multiple choice (ACME)
• Policy for other programs appearing on screen
• Exam Proctor
• Blocks access (network, drives, programs)
• View student screens
• Indicates connection status

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Electronic assignment challenges

• Email with attached assignment got lost on route
• Document failed to load on ACME
• Trouble loading assignments on Plato
• Failing hard drives that delete papers

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Electronic assignment solutions

• Emailing assignments is not a good choice
• I tell my students I will not accept any final
  assignments via email
• Document failed to load on ACME (home)
• Do not depend on off campus access
• If you cannot see the document then neither can I
• Trouble loading assignments on Plato
• Files must not be loaded directly from
  application (Word, Excel,)
• If student makes a mistake tell them to save it
  again with a different filename (including their
  name)

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Electronic assignment solutions

• Failing hard drives that delete papers
• Create a class backup policy together
• How many hours
• Location CD, ACME, Plato, Axe, Stick, gmail,
  icq?
• Set up assignments with multiple check points
• Use group assignments
• Create a bonus date

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Plagiarism Challenge

• The prevalence of cut and paste plagiarism has
  increased dramatically in the last few years as a
  result of access to the internet.

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Plagiarism Solutions

• Set the stage from the beginning
• Define expectations
• Put it in writing
• Provide examples
• Get them involved
• Assignments
• Timeline
• Unique perspective
• Combine topics
• Current events
• Oral presentations
• Peer review

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Technology Plagiarism Solutions
Citation Guides Online
Online Tutorials