| It's often said that pupils learn the most from what their | | | | with "hard disk space".Back up your work regularly.Use |
| teachers do, rather than what they say. Here are | | | | ICT to produce signs for displays.Use computers for |
| eleven good practices you need to adopt if you want | | | | administrative tasks, such as producing lists of pupils, |
| your kids to lean good habits rather than bad.Ensure | | | | producing quality worksheets, communicating with |
| that computers and software are set up and working | | | | other schools, exchanging data with examination |
| properly before the lesson.Observe health and safety | | | | boards and so on.Use ICT overtly for real tasks, such |
| regulations and common-sense rules, such as not | | | | as giving each pupil a sticky label with his/her name |
| eating or drinking at the computer.Observe the correct | | | | and class on, obviously mail-merged.As you can see, |
| procedures for using the equipment, such as by | | | | none of this is rocket science -- or even complicated. |
| shutting down properly rather than simply switching the | | | | Makes a big difference, though, especially when carried |
| computer off.Save your files in folders on the hard disk | | | | out day in and day out, week in, week out.Terry |
| or on the network with meaningful names, not Doc1, | | | | Freedman writes and advises on all aspects of |
| Doc2, or Joan1, Joan2 etc -- in fact, you should have a | | | | teaching and managing educational technology in |
| system for naming your files.Organise your computer | | | | schools. Visit his website for even more hints and tips, |
| workspace well.Save your work frequently.Use the | | | | an the opportunity to sign up for a free newsletter |
| correct terminology, and not confuse "memory", say, | | | | called Computers in Classrooms. |