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<DIV>Hi Paul -</DIV>
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<DIV>I'm a tech, not a teacher, and part of my work includes looking after the computer labs here. I'm also pedantic and opinionated, and have severe knowitallism.</DIV>
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<DIV>The big problem I see here is the range of sizes in your students - in p-6 there is a bigger difference than in 7-12. A lab for senior school kids can have adult sized desks and chairs. However, a preppie might be as short as 1m, a yr6 might be 1.8m tall. (In the last 10 yrs we've had about 3 grade 5 and 6 girls who were taller than me - I'm 1.75m - and many more not much shorter). The little kids (p-2) do not have great fine motor skills and are forever doing rwong things with the mouse eg accidentally moving folders into nearby ones.</DIV>
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<DIV>All our labs (used by kids from P-12) have adult sized furniture, and it pains me to see the little kids struggle with it.</DIV>
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<DIV>Anyway, I reckon you should look at having different/variable sized furniture and equipment to suit the different sized kids. </DIV>
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<DIV>rgds</DIV>
<DIV>Jim (did I mention that I'm retiring in 2 weeks?)<BR><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana>Jim Maunder<BR>Laptop Technician<BR>Ruyton Girls School<BR>Melbourne, Australia<BR>ph 9290 9374</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana></FONT> </DIV>>>> Paul <jpgorton@gmail.com> 22/06/2010 5:43 PM >>><BR>We are lucky enough that we are about to convert a classroom into a computer lab for use by our prep - 6 students.</DIV>
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<DIV>Any thoughts? Ideas? Encouraging contributions to my big dreams?</DIV>
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<DIV>Paul Gorton</DIV>
<DIV>ICT / Computer Services Manager</DIV>
<DIV>Narre Warren South P-12 College</DIV></BODY></HTML>