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I am not a blogging person, I needed to create a blog for a class. The first blogs are related to this course, the next ones are going to be about myself, my life, my adventures. Feel free to add comments and enjoy!

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Computer Class Management

As a future teacher, I have a few worries about how to deal with some problems related to computer class. In a computer class, as each student has his computer, it is hard to control which site they surf on.

What should I do with students being caught on porn site? And HOW talk about it... What is the best way of approaching a student being caught on a porn web site?! On one hand, you want to intervene to this student but in another hand, you do not want to embarass this student in front of his peers. It sure is an important subject to talk about in class, but how to introduce it? Should we talk about it in class, in a subtle way or wait until the end of the class, and see personally the student?!

It's hard to think about a good way of approaching students as I haven't been in such situation.
Another worry I have is the plagiarism. I know how to find out if a student has cheated, but once again it's the "how to tell the student" and what to do with it. Do you give him a second chance of redoing his work or it's a final zero, and too bad for you?!?

I have so many worries about how to deal with taboo subjects. I guess the best way would be to discuss about it in class, in a way where you are not accusing the at fault student, but still... And I think it would be appropriate to get in touch with the parents and tell them the situation.

I still think that it's with the present moment situation that I will know what to do, but until then , I still have those worries.

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