E-learning Scenario 1 Activity B

Before starting any lessons, rules, regulations and instructions must be established so that students would know what they are required to do or not do. Mrs Xing have to be firm and clear in giving instructions.

As majority of the class are not familiar with the computers, Mrs Xing should touch on the basics of using the computer and the software before they are allowed to start working on it. Disciplinary actions would be carried out if students do not follow instructions. Even though there is a limited time to complete her lesson objectives, she should still reinforce her class rules.

She should assign a few students who are good in IT (IT representatives) to help her to attend to students who need help in operating the program and only come to her when the IT students could not solve the problem. This would minimize the number of students coming to her and thus concentrate in facilitating her lessons. Also, she had too high expectation when she hoped to be able to go through two rounds of editing by the end of the lesson whereby she was not very familiar with it herself. She should consult experienced teachers and to put lower expectations as it was her first time conducting ICT lesson.

I agree with the class arrangement which Jia min had posted, by doing so, Mrs Xing can monitor her students better. The video clip on managing a full-computer lab learning environment is useful, it shows a good method whereby students change their cups from blue to red on top of the monitor screen when they need help. That would minimize students to create noises and movements in class.