Issues With ICE

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Issues With ICE

• With Frick Frack

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Fracks Team

• Equipment space
• storage
• lack of prerequisites
• intensity of stuff
• class size
• budget resources
• equipment management
• training professional development
• reference resources
• funding of equipment, hardware, learning
  materials
• teacher training

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Fricks Team

• Safety
• lack of equipment
• lack of resources
• overall course content
• access to expertise
• time to learn
• making it accessible to all students

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Frick-Frack Solutions

• elect a new government
• pool resources
• mentor other teachers
• attend conferences
• buy books
• be good to yourself
• be flexible
• co-operative learning
• peer teaching
• finding out more about community resources
• make friends with your principal
• make friends with the budget secretary

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Frick-Frack Solutions

• Squeak, squeak, squeak
• participate in subject councils
• participate in professional organisations
• If you know, you owe (expect students to share
  their knowledge)
• list of good web sites
• classroom monitors
• find ways to celebrate student achievement
• display student projects in the school, outside
  the technical area
• work with the guidance department they need to
  know what your course work involves
• teach problem solving skills
• Ask three before you ask me (encourage peer
  learning)

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Frick-Frack Solutions

• have students put their name on the board for
  help
• students must have a test line before they ask
  for help (in circuit design)
• many classes? - stagger the units
• back-to-back 10s 11s? - regular expectations
  that students will move their partially completed
  work to a storage area
• collect film canister for storage of little bits
• resistor sorting - late students owe x amount of
  time
• consistent rules for computer lab use - There
  have to be consequences!
• encourage resource sharing and expect mutual
  respect from your colleagues
• encourage school-wide team building and
  professional respect

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Frick-Frack-lusion

• If youre wondering why we are acting like fools
  apart from the fact that we are fools,
• Computer Engineering in high school should be
  fun. Have fun!
• We do a better job when we dont take ourselves
  too seriously
• If you need help, LOOK FOR IT
• If you see someone who needs help, GIVE IT