Blog assigment #4

I had no idea what to say about my computer class management skills until I had to do an activity in a computer laboratory with my practicum groups. I was a little scared about the idea to bring them in a computer lab because I knew that it wouldn’t be easy to control the whole class there.

At the moment the secondary 2 students learned they were going to the lab, they became really excited. So, before to leave the class, I made sure everyone was really aware of the rules they had to follow there. I repeated over and over again the same rules just to make sure everything will be taken seriously.

Finally, it went very well there. Nothing special happened. What I realized there is you never know what’s going to happen. The only control you can have is to give enough info to the kids to the rules and what could be the consequences that might happen if they don’t follow them. The rest is unknown.

I guess being calm is the key to succeed in this environment. I know I’m not the best with computers, but I can be incredibly well prepared to advise the students!