Block2BugBrainstorms

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 * Internet goes down/lesson relies too heavily on outside content
 * to the library!
 * send kids home early
 * use books
 * give handouts/hard copies of the information
 * panic
 * find out what students already know
 * watch a movie
 * export what you need and have it available as backup on your laptop and not on the Internet
 * something catches on fire
 * put out the fire
 * pull the fire alarm and get out
 * rubrics disappear
 * remake it
 * back up your stuff
 * hand out hard copies
 * find another rubric online that's similar/close enough
 * make a makeshift rubric
 * make a checklist
 * have the class generate a rubric together
 * technology is incompatible
 * "Turning Point" horror story
 * try a different browser
 * try a different machine
 * wing it
 * know the technology well enough to figure out a workaround
 * go back to a prior version
 * find another software
 * test it out before you want to use it
 * find a compatible technology
 * ask colleagues what they do
 * corruption of files etc
 * back up your stuff
 * try to export it
 * figure out a workaround
 * Google troubleshooting
 * if someone sent it to you have them resend it in a different format
 * look at printout and retype it
 * projector doesn't work/projector bulb explodes/forget dongle/dongle doesn't work
 * "gather around" the monitor
 * have students look at content on their laptops
 * Web pages aren't there anymore
 * download the information / files and have them available
 * look for the cached version
 * it's going to take too much time focusing on the technology
 * find an interchangeable version
 * find a paper/physical replacement
 * students use technology inappropriately/everyone is on Twitter or Facebook./
 * find a paper/physical replacement
 * students use technology inappropriately/everyone is on Twitter or Facebook./
 * teachable moment on digital citizenship
 * set up classroom so screens are easily viewable
 * take away the technology
 * use the "lids down" approach so they only have laptops open at appropriate times
 * work with tech team about blocking/filtering
 * bad ads/dirty ads/accidentally get on REALLY inappropriate sites/lesson relies too heavily on outside content
 * deal with the medical emergency
 * close the lid
 * x out of the site
 * hit the back arrow
 * quit the browser/clear the cache/history
 * replace the site in your lesson plans
 * access to technology/not everyone has equal access
 * use the computer lab
 * work in groups
 * have a fund raiser/start a petition/write a grant
 * kids don't have laptop chargers
 * borrow someone else's charger
 * partner up with someone
 * go to tech room and swap dead battery for charged battery
 * students know more about technology than you do
 * embrace it!
 * let them teach you
 * let them teach the class
 * get them to write up directions/create tutorials
 * make a screen cast
 * have a pre-assessment/group accordingly
 * certain gifs / videos can set off epileptic seizures and other medical issues
 * deal with the medical issue
 * avoid gif-heavy sites
 * find out ahead of time if you have any students with that medical issue
 * contact school nurse at beginning of year to find out
 * use the "reader" button on iOS devices (others?) to pull out just the text on a website
 * updates/ students don't have the same version of software/browser/app; what you used to have is no longer compatible/ technology is outdated so fast and new ones come out all the time
 * don't do the updates
 * find a machine that isn't updated and use that on the projector
 * attend seminars and Professional Development (PD) to keep up with latest
 * aliens take over the world with technology
 * read Alison and Tori's chapter on dealing with emergencies
 * make foil hats
 * laptops aren't issued until November/laptops are taken back for inventory in May
 * scream
 * picket
 * don't let them take them away
 * teach the old fashioned way
 * see "Internet goes down" above
 * certain students don't have laptops (taken away, lost, forgot, broken, cracked screen,...)
 * look on with someone
 * partner up
 * work with tech team to find a loaner laptop
 * let them use your laptop (if you REALLY trust the student)
 * schedule out time with student so they can use computer lab or library
 * make the student a "teacher aid" for the day (as long as it's not like shaming them)
 * kids spill stuff on their laptop
 * hope laptop is okay and doesn't short circuit
 * don't turn it on and let the liquid dry before turning it on
 * keep a bag of rice (big bag for laptop)