[elearning] new computer lab - ideas?

[Jim Maunder]

Hi Paul -
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
Anyway, I reckon you should look at having different/variable sized furniture and equipment to suit the different sized kids. 
 
rgds
Jim (did I mention that I'm retiring in 2 weeks?)

 

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Jim Maunder
Laptop Technician
Ruyton Girls School
Melbourne, Australia
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>>> Paul <jpgorton at gmail.com> 22/06/2010 5:43 PM >>>
We are lucky enough that we are about to convert a classroom into a computer lab for use by our prep - 6 students.
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Any thoughts? Ideas? Encouraging contributions to my big dreams?

Paul Gorton
ICT / Computer Services Manager
Narre Warren South P-12 College
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