Hi Shauna, We have 6 desktop rooms with 30 or so students. I rotate my students by setting up a list with 6 students on each list. I keep the list on my wall and call off groups when it is an appropriate computer time (as in--no lesson being taught--small group or independent instruction or else class working time). I keep a pin next to the group I called last , so that the next time we have time available, a different group is called. If a student is in small group instruction when their computer time is called--they generally make a computer-time trade with some other student. Students have a host of activities they do on the desktops: sync their handhelds, format their writing, go online with an international discussion group of students, visit our social studies text site where they can watch videos, practice vocab, hear the text read to them, etc, and math applets. Typically three groups (18 children) get time each day--about 30 minutes or so.
:)Bonita ---- Shauna Covell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was wondering if any of you have a small computer cluster in your > classroom (a group of 3-6 computers), and how you utilize the machines on a > daily basis. Any examples and feedback would be much appreciated. > Best, > Shauna _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
