Once a week, I bring my lecture classes to the computer lab. It's a break from me having to lecture, and it's a break for my students from having to hear me lecture. I let my students know what they need to do, and they do it. It's that simple.
Unless you're my fourth period class this semester. The first time I took them to the computer lab, I had two faculty members come to the lab to ask my students to keep the noise down. Embarrassing, but not the worst thing that's happened during a computer lab day to me.
That was on Wednesday. I had one (or several) students throwing staples and other assorted things across the room. After 5 or 6 times, I told them if it happened again, we were leaving the computer lab to go back to the classroom.
It happened again. I had not been that furious in a long time. The next day, one of my students told me I was so mad my lip was quivering. I had my students write three paragraphs--one about being a professional, one about following rules and one about how to improve the behavior of the class. The suggestions I got back were actually fairly reasonable. Most of them involved sending kids to the principal's office quicker. Maybe I should try that. No matter what, things have to change in that class.
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