Classroom Management Q&A

Hey everyone! It's time ⏰ for some Q&A on Technology and Classroom Management. (Anyone else think I sound like a game show 🎤 host?) 

But instead of you asking and me answering, I am going to ask AND answer. Feel free to post questions at the bottom and I will answer those too! 😀

Q1: What day-to-day processes and procedures has technology made easier for you? What else might you use to help make routine tasks even easier?

A1: Technology has definitely made lesson planning easier, because...

• I use the internet to find fun and interesting ideas
• I use Microsoft Word to type them out
• I also use Dropbox to store them online so I don’t lose them

⮞I think I could also use technology for routine tasks like grading and doing assessments in the future. I like the idea of tracking students’ data with technology and making charts comparing test scores or other things so students can be motivated to improve next time. 📊

Q2: How do you see technology supporting your efforts to maintain an orderly classroom environment? How might this translate into improved student behavior?

A2: One way I could do this is by tracking student behavior – positive and negative – and situations that arise in class to help see what students need additional help and instruction.

⮞Other options could be using apps to take roll, monitor student talking, and have digital timers. ⏲ The ClassDojo App sounds interesting and helps with some of these aspects (I’ll have to test it out).

⮞Using technology can help students improve behavior because they know it is being monitored and behavior problems are addressed more consistently.

Q3: Explain how technology can help strengthen and support the home-school connection.

A3: Home/parents and school/teachers are very different places for children, but the amazing thing is that when you connect the two, children benefit academically, socially, and behavior.

⮞Like was talked about in a previous post, technology helps parents and teachers work together to support each other and the students. 👪

⮞The main way technology does this is through forms of communication, such as: classroom websites, newsletters, email/text

Q4: What do you see as the greatest value technology has to offer with regard to managing time, space, and people?

A4: My two greatest values for technology concerning classroom management are... 

1. Researching fun methods, activities, games and making creative lesson plans 🎲
2. Parent-teacher communication to increase student’s chances for success 💬
3. If I had to add a third one, it would be keeping track of student information like behavior and grades 😉

Like I said above 👆, if you have any other questions about this topic, that you would like my opinion on, please feel free to comment below 👇!