Ms. Swartwout
Today we will:
 Talk about classroom
rules and consequences
 Learn classroom
procedures
 Learn how to log on and
out of the computers
Classroom Rules
1.
Listen and raise your hand to talk.
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2.
Stay in your seat and work quietly.
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3.
Questions? Answers? Comments? Concerns? Need something?
Raise your hand and wait silently until you are called on.
No one gets up without permission.
NO food, drinks, gum, or candy in the computer lab.
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If I give you candy as a reward, it is to be eaten OUTSIDE of this
room.
4. Keep your hands, feet, and objects to yourself.
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5.
NO exceptions.
RESPECT everyone and everything.
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Be kind to each other as well as the equipment and furniture.
Consequences
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5.
Warning
Half Recess Detention
Full Recess Detention
After School/Lunch Detention
Parent Conference
*Severe or repeat offenses will skip
steps.
**Essays may be involved in
detention.
***Cussing, fowl language,
inappropriate comments =
automatic Full Recess and/or
Lunch Detention
Classroom Procedures - Entrance
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Enter the room quietly, in an orderly manner and sit in your assigned
seat.
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Be SILENT as soon as I start talking.
Check your workstation.
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Computer, Desk, Supply Box, Floor, headphones bucket.
Report any issues to your teacher before you begin working.
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Missing items from the supply box.
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Writing on the desk or computer.
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Something broken.
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Trash on desk or floor.
Log into the computer.
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Do this right away unless told otherwise.
Go to TJTechClass.com to read what we will be working on that day.
Get your headphones ready. (IF needed)
Classroom Procedures – During
 Leaving Log
 Raise your hand if you need to leave the classroom for any reason.
 Sign the leaving log (Date, Name, Destination, Time Out)
 Take the pass with you and don’t forget to return it.
 When you return hang the pass back up and write what time you returned.
 Tissues
 Raise your hand to ask to get up to get a tissue. If I am in the middle of teaching WAIT
until I am done before asking. Emergencies are the ONLY exception.
 There are 5 tissue boxes around the room so use the one that is closest to where you are
sitting.
 Trash
 Raise your hand to ask to go to the trash can. If I am in the middle of teaching WAIT until I
am done before asking.
 There are 5 trash cans around the room so use the one that is closest to where you are
sitting.
 Need help?
 Raise your hand to ask for help and wait to be called on.
 Do not ask your neighbor unless I have said that is allowed.
Classroom Procedures - Exiting
1)
Log out of the computer.
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If needed, be SURE to SAVE your work before logging out.
2) Check your workstation.
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Computer, Desk, Supply Box, Floor
Take care of any issues that you can take care of.
3) Report issues to the teacher.
4) Put your headphones away NEATLY
5) Push in your chair.
6) Take your belongings.
What’s new?
Say goodbye to Student#,
Student# logins and
hello to your own
individual login
information!
A message from
Baltimore City Public
Schools CEO, Dr.
Gregory Thornton:
http://cityschools2013public.sharepoint.com/P
ages/StudentLogins.aspx
Individual Student Logins
 Username = your student
ID number.
 Password = you will create
your own
 Be SURE it is something
you can easily remember.
 Must be 8 characters long
and have at least:
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1 CAPITAL LETTER
lowercase letters
1 number
 CANNOT have any part of
your name.
 Need password ideas?
 Pick two of these:
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Favorite Color
Favorite Food
Favorite Sports Team
Favorite Activity
Favorite Subject
 Add your favorite number.
 Example:
 PurpleCat3
 RedPizza4
 MAKE SURE IT IS
SOMETHING YOU CAN
EASILY REMEMBER
Individual Student Logins
 Grades 2 – 4 watch this video.
 Grades– 5- 8 watch this video.
Now:
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2)
Turn on your computer
Enter your Student ID as the
Username
3) Enter Welcome2015 as the initial
password
4) It will prompt you to create a new
password
5) Enter your new password then
enter it again to confirm the
password.
1) You must type it in EXACTLY
the same way both times.
Don’t Forget…
 …to LOG OFF when class
ends every time.
 Be SURE you SAVED your
work first!
1) Click on the Start menu in
the bottom left hand corner
of your screen.
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2)
Click on the little arrow
NEXT TO Shut Down
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3)
It’s the circle icon with a
colorful window in it.
DO NOT click on Shut
Down
Click on “Log Off”
Logging on After Resetting Your
Password
 After you have reset
your password to
have your own
unique password,
this is how the log in
screen will look
from now on…
Reminders
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TWO papers will go home today
 Student Computer Login Card for Homework
 Technology Information Sheet
Extra Credit
 Have your parents email me at jaswartwout@bcps.k12.md.us to earn you extra credit. They MUST put your Name
and Homeroom number or teacher in the subject line.
Homework
 Grades 3 – 8
 Weekly
 Access it on TJTechClass.com
Coach Class - Tuesday from 2:30 to 3:30.
 Priority is given to students who are working on assignments for me but if there are computers available you are
welcome to work on assignments for other classes.
 Coach class is for WORKING on assignments and typing, not for playing games.
 DO NOT come to me on the morning an assignment is due, or while I am with a class, and ask to type an
assignment or print something. If you need to work on an assignment or print something in the computer lab,
you need to PLAN AHEAD to come to Coach Class.
Grades
 Home – 20%
 Effort – 10%
 Everything Else = 70%