bug+possibilities

Incorporated ads Inappropriate pop ups || * Ad blocker Wikispaces bolding/copying/pasting || * Type all your text in a word document first and copy and paste it Forget password/forced to change password || * Reset password Forget to turn sound off || * Get really good at closing out fast Plug in dongle but it doesn’t get detected Projector bulb pops Can’t sync a device to a projector || * Retry for a little bit Blue screen of death Computer freezes || * Take battery out to restart Doesn’t save Lose work || * Were you backing up? Kids aren’t allowed to use Internet or laptops because detention/behavior || * paper handouts / textbooks / non-tech alternative
 * Pop ups
 * Popup blocker settings in browser
 * Be familiar with the site so you know
 * Don’t use the site/find alternative
 * Only use school laptop for school things (personal use may bring personal-related ads)
 * Get really good at closing out fast
 * If you really need the site, only you go to it, have it preloaded on your laptop, keep refreshing until appropriate ad comes up
 * Put the information from that site in another place (be sure to give credit!) ||
 * Online editing not saving
 * (use the html or wikitexteditor side to paste into so the formatting gets removed)
 * Take a deep breath
 * Double check after you finish it
 * Have files in multiple places
 * Select All and Copy before leaving page/ put it in a word document OR take screen shot of good stuff before you lose it ||
 * System update and it won’t work without it || * Talk to your tech folks at school about this one
 * Find a device that does have the update
 * Internet goes out || * Have backup paper options
 * Use textbooks
 * Go the library
 * Go to the computer center ||
 * Wrong password
 * Wrong password
 * Contact site administrator
 * Use password software
 * Update and you can’t do what you need to || * Become a member of a forum and look for changes in that forum
 * Look at patch notes
 * Google it/youtube search and look at dates of the entries ||
 * A screen open on laptop that goes on projector that isn’t for public
 * A screen open on laptop that goes on projector that isn’t for public
 * Unplug the projector
 * Stand in front of the projector (at the projector, not the screen)
 * Use the mute button (instead of up/down volume button) ||
 * Dongle doesn’t work
 * Double check that it’s plugged into the right port
 * Change the sequence of plugging in
 * Restart your computer and/or the projector
 * Double check projector is on right system (VGA/source 1/etc.)
 * Gather around one machine
 * Have all the students go to the page you wanted on their laptop ||
 * Spinning wheel/beachball of death
 * Be patient and wait just a bit
 * Close laptop lid and open back up
 * Push down on the power button and hold until it restarts
 * Know the key combination for your laptop to restart:
 * Control-alt-delete on Windows
 * Command -option-escape
 * Escape key twice ||
 * You lose everything on your laptop (it died/virus/…)
 * Breathe
 * Visit Tech person in school ||
 * Teacher computer battery is about to die and plug is too far || * Use an extension cord
 * borrow a student laptop (from a student in the moment or from tech department)
 * recharge quickly inbetween classes
 * rearrange the room so there’s a cord/powerstrip /plug nearby ||
 * Kids batteries die || * share with a partner
 * use charging stations
 * visit the tech guy and swap batteries if that’s a possibility
 * let them use your charger (make sure your charger has your name on it so you can get it back)
 * paper handouts ||
 * Kids don’t bring laptops
 * have off-line versions of the sites or a screen shot of the site available that you can give to students on a jump drive ||
 * Google is down and everything you have is on Google Drive || * were you backing up?
 * Email your files to yourself
 * Download files from Google

Application is installed incorrectly Not everyone has the same software or the software you’re trying to use Uploading pages or documents that are too big Students don’t have same skillset Program gets discontinued Good website that you want to use forever just dies (URL doesn’t work)

Cell phones Inappropriate use of technology Get off task due to technology Too many available uses of technology Kids are using facebook/twitter

Not knowing how to cite sources/plagiarism Not looking at a website close enough before class and you can’t use it well enough in class

Internet sites get blocked/filtered Filter doesn’t block something it should’ve

What you see is not what you get Formatting overlaps Your mouse can’t be found Typing into Google search and inappropriate fill-ins show up

Internet is overloaded and is going too slow