Scenario 1: Teacher moving about the room when students are working on computers -challenging, checking, monitoring, assisting and intervening or supporting as necessary.
Scenario 2: Moving the furniture around to match the landscape to the activity.
Scenario 3: Teacher scanning the room with frequency to figure out where to move next but will also use eyeballing and eye contact to make some of those movements less necessary as many students respond well to such gestures.
Scenario 4: Teacher announcing any shift of activity with enough time so that students can wrap up what they are doing. "In two minutes I will be asking you to turn around and join me for the next activity."
Scenario 5: Teacher asking students to "shut screens" when a single computer shared by a pair or trio works better than one-on-one. Sometimes a group discussion is best served by cooling computers down.
Scenario 6: Teacher calling for complete attention prior to demonstrating a series of instructions. "I need 100 per cent eye contact now."
Scenario 7: Teacher holding conferences with individual students and teams, guiding, suggesting, encouraging and supporting their work in various ways.
Scenario 8: Teacher devoting energy and time to assessment, most of it informal, asking how things are going and what needs to be adjusted.
I tried to be the student where these scenarios are practiced, and I found it stifling. Any comments please?
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