Re: uGH Fourth and fifth grades
Posted by Kevin on 9/06/08
On 9/04/08, Susie wrote:
> Kevin,
> if you can check out 4 books each to 20 kids in 5-10minutes,
> more power to ya!
I've never been in a position to time checkout, but an off-the-cuff
estimate is about 10 seconds per kid plus 5 seconds per book,
speeding up later in the year, which would be about 10 minutes for
20 kids.
> i know how to use ALex...my barcode scanner is persnickety and I
> could only get about 50% of the barcodes, had to type the rest.
Ah--malfunctioning equipment. Double the above time estimates. Now
you have problems. Do you know if the problem is hardware or
software? Replacing buggy hardware can be pretty cheap and save a
lot of grief.
> Today we did a little self check out...I turned the notebook
> around (we do have them preprinted by class in a binder) and
> they could find their own name, then scan their own books. We
> will work on that a bit.
Self checkout is good, if you trust the kids not to check out in
someone else's name.
> As for sitting and reading when they have checked out their
> books...these kids are smart enough to know that if they take a
> lonnnnnnnng time looking for a book, they will spend less time
> sitting down!
If they are behaving reasonably as they "look for books", what's
the harm?
> It was better today. But still, doesn't feel like they are
> getting much out of it.
Posts on this thread, including this one
- uGH Fourth and fifth grades, 9/03/08, by Susie.
- Re: uGH Fourth and fifth grades, 9/03/08, by Kevin.
- Re: uGH Fourth and fifth grades, 9/03/08, by Kathy/WA.
- Re: uGH Fourth and fifth grades, 9/04/08, by mpslib.
- Re: uGH Fourth and fifth grades, 9/04/08, by Susie.
- Re: uGH Fourth and fifth grades, 9/06/08, by Kevin.
- Re: uGH Fourth and fifth grades, 9/11/08, by Susie.
- Re: uGH Fourth and fifth grades, 9/11/08, by Kevin.
- Re: uGH Fourth and fifth grades, 9/17/08, by Jillian.
- Re: uGH Fourth and fifth grades, 9/18/08, by LMS in NY.