Learning for meaning – Tinkering

I agree with John Seely Brown when he says that things changed. Imagination needs to be part of the classroom. Without imaginative there's nothing created. I think this is what develop critical learning. Collaborative learning is a good way to increase the opportunities for the students to learn. In fact, there is not only the teacher that can transfer knowledge. Students are also sharing their knowledge and make their learning progress public. Other students can consequently compare and improve their own work and eventually perform better. By interacting each other, they create their own identity. Social interaction is now an important aspect to include into the classroom. By all the technologies that surround the new generation, it is important to adapt nowadays classrooms.

My computer class management skills, ideas and values

I think I would feel comfortable to manage a computer class. I've already had a computer class to supervise before and I think I did pretty well. I had the grade 5 and 6. At this age, the begin to think about XXX stuff but they usually went on online game ( or try to!! ). I think the rules need to be applied. When a student did not follow the rules establish by the school, I had them return to the classroom(there was another teacher with me) or had them work on a paper. Since it was a French class,(and they were anglophone!) they had to visit only French website and talk only in French. For them, it is easier to go on English website and it was the most difficult thing to manage. Every students had regular place to sit. They were also asked to sit at the same place in other class. If there was special needs( a student who keeps talking with a neighboor for example) I made the change needed, noted the place but I not necessarly told the other teachers.
If I would have a student going on XXX website for exemple, i believe I would tell him to close the window and talk with him quietly and explain the consequense. I think I would give him a warning before punishing. Afterward, maybe back to the classroom I would make a speech about that and make clear that next time I see that consequence will apply and people outside the classroom will know.