[Year 12 IPM] RE: Computer Lab usage-ipm Digest, Vol 19, Issue 1

[Michael Walker]

>>> Soufi, Amin A<soufi.amin.a at edumail.vic.gov.au> 09/01/06 11:23am >>>

>>     Current issues and questions revolve around the following:
>>     Should students be allowed into a lab without teacher supervision?
>>     Should one of the labs be set up in such a way that it is
>>     supervised all the time (by a tech or a teacher) and teachers are
>>     free to send small groups of kids there at any time knowing that
>>     they will be supervised.

>Technicians can supervise the computers but who is going to supervise the students? unless the duty of care is not relevant, I don't think that alternative form of supervision is valid.

My understanding was that technicians / SSOs were not in a position to be able to supervise students without a teacher present.

Michael Walker
CGSC IT tech.