Block1TechBugs

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 * what could possibly go wrong
 * what will you do?
 * what's your backup plan if that doesn't work?
 * what's another idea?
 * Teacher has mechanical issues with his/her laptop (drop a laptop and it doesn't work anymore; either teacher or student, keys popping out, computers not holding charge; students not charging laptop,..., spinning wheel of death; bluescreen)
 * be friends with the tech guy
 * have a laptop-less lesson in your pocket ready to go
 * journal entries on paper
 * use VCR / DVD player to show video
 * be patient
 * get an overhead projector
 * silent sustained reading
 * have reading material ready on paper
 * borrow a laptop
 * Student has mechanical issues with one laptop or a few (drop a laptop and it doesn't work anymore; either teacher or student, keys popping out, computers not holding charge; students not charging laptop,..., spinning wheel of death; bluescreen)
 * buddy up/look on with someone else
 * be friends with the tech person
 * have printouts ready for alternative
 * have a printer in your room
 * stockpile laptops and have a secret closet full
 * borrow a charger from the tech center
 * switch from 1-to-1 to whole class activity
 * improv--come up with a skit that connects to the learning
 * if it's just 1 person, let them use your laptop with supervision
 * servers down and no one can get online; virus; site you want is blocked;soooooo slow; Internet goes out and then comes back; wireless doesn't work--individual laptops or school-wide or just in classroom; Website you plan on using goes down; youtube video got taken down
 * have a laptop-less lesson in your pocket ready to go
 * give a lesson on how they "used to teach school"
 * use white boards
 * download video ahead of time and have it available
 * improv the video/ role play the video
 * watch a movie on VHS/DVD
 * laptops not issued to students for 5 weeks or more
 * laptop-less unit in your backpocket
 * switch from 1-to-1 to whole class activity
 * just have an alternative plan so that you can pull it off without technology
 * chalk talk
 * watch 5 weeks of movies
 * inappropriate use of technology
 * students lose access to laptop due to inappropriate use; lose laptop privileges
 * some students not getting laptops at same time as everyone else
 * kids playing games
 * laptop catches on fire; overheats
 * projector or smartboard doesn't work; projector not available
 * Website you plan on using goes down; youtube video got taken down
 * dongle gets forgotten or gets fried
 * video works but audio doesn't or vice versa or out of sync
 * video was ready but got closed and now it needs to re-load
 * video works but audio doesn't or vice versa or out of sync
 * video was ready but got closed and now it needs to re-load