Lab Schedule Ideas 10/24

Question: Do you have any ideas on how to go about scheduling "regular" classes into the computer lab?  

Answer:

Here are several suggestions from lab teachers around the district (elementary) - 

From: Rebecca Aronson  

We have two computer labs. The one I teach in and then another that the teachers use on their own time. I have a sign-up sheet that I post in the lounge every Thursday afternoon. They are allowed to sign up for two time slots initially.  On Monday’s I post the sign-up sheet outside of the lab…at that time it is a free for all to sign up for the remaining spots.

From: Jennifer Wyatt 

I do not have any open times except one hour in the morning. Pre-K has used that time for iStation.  For the others, I  have them check out the mobile carts that we have for each grade level. 

From: Shari Willis
We have a weekly sign-up sheet that is posted outside the lab. The times are in 30 min. increments. Several months are posted to allow teachers to sign up ahead of time. Any slot empty is up for grabs. Since 3^rd and 4^th grade pods have computers in their pods, we allow K-2 to sign up first. Some of the lower grades sign up for the same time two or three times a week. For those teachers, their name is typed on the master schedule before running it off, so that the other teachers can just sign up as needed.

From: Marie Alanis
I use facilities and events in Eduphoria.  Teachers can reserve the lab themselves if it is available. Takes a little work on the front end to reserve classes for lab rotation classes and then the rest the teachers do.  It works well for us.  Sandy Dickerson (x-78103) can help with this.