Block2BugBrainstorms


 * Bugs || Possible Solutions/Resolutions ||
 * auto correct || turn it off; find specific app that doesn't use auto correct; ||
 * losing Internet access--technical issue with crashed server || mobile hot spot; break out the textbooks; Type I technologies that don't need Internet; downloading or exporting your content as a backup; paper backup--printout of the needed page; watch a movie that you have on DVD or VHS ||
 * losing Internet access--an individual student loses that privilege || sharing with another student if appropriate (depending on situation, school policy, parent directives, etc.) paper backup ||
 * distraction || standing in places where you can see the screens (rearrange furniture if needed); take away distracting equipment (or use phone coffin or laptop kennel) ||
 * sites that you need are blocked (sometimes on all computers; sometimes only half the class) || contact technology guru in your school; download on the teacher machine and show it to the class or just show from teacher laptop; paper backup ||
 * power cord doesn't charge; computer doesn't charge; students didn't charge their laptop || plug it in (use somebody else's charger or yours if needed); let them go get their charger; go to tech guru and swap uncharged battery for a charged battery; if it's a situation where student is abusing this privilege: paper backup, ||
 * Google Drive network (dropbox, skydrive, ...) wouldn't cooperate so students couldn't do their work || back up work to a local drive ||
 * student had universal remote and turned everybody else's laptop off and turned music on the teacher's laptop || recognize the creativity and then address the inappropriateness where possible redirect that creativity to something positive ||
 * smartphones--students cheating
 * listen to a podcast with the answers on it
 * going to the restroom and then looking up info on the Internet or in your notes
 * do a Google search for the answer (Wolfram Alpha for math)
 * text classmates to get answers
 * during exam a student will email/text the question to a student outside of class to get answer but also to warn them what's on the test
 * take a picture of answer key and text it to everyone || * everyone go to the bathroom before but not during
 * put your phone in the phone coffin
 * don't allow iPods/smartphones/etc
 * teacher puts on background music and no one else is allowed (provide earplugs for those who don't want background music)
 * don't give exams with fill in the blank, multiple choice, or other easily cheatable items
 * have multiple forms of the exam ||
 * texting; chatting on email || * use signal blocker (if it's legal in your district/state/municipality)
 * phone coffin/take away
 * embarrass them by reading it out loud, etc. (inappropriate solution)
 * consider incorporating texting in class ||
 * being on other websites and not the one they're supposed to be on; youtube music; inappropriate videos; || close laptops; redirect them; blocking/filtering software; teacher position in the room "proximity"; rearrange furniture ||
 * students lose work--hard drive crashes; forget to save; save it but don't know where it is; send it an email that doesn't go through || flash drives; class hard drive that everyone has to put their work on; class email address that everyone sends work to as attachment; Google Drive/SkyDrive/DropBox/iCloud/wikispaces where you can upload ||
 * students play minecraft || incorporate minecraft into a lesson (has great educational potential) -- geometry; design; logic; ||
 * forgetting/sharing headphones; blasting || as long as no one else around can hear it (sharing earbuds is not an option) ||