Student Contributor: E. Kruse
This tool is a collection of paint chip cards which is used to keep track of student’s login information for school computers and accounts. Each student gets their own strip, and they will know where to find it so if they ever forget their login, they can easily check to remember.
Each student will get their own paint chip card. Each has multiple shades of one color on it, so at the top, you would write their name, and then for each of the sections add password or login information that they need to remember for school. Keep all students strips on a binder ring and put somewhere in the classroom that is accessible to all students. If, throughout the year, a student forgets his/her login information, they can go to this booklet of strips, find theirs and look at the password. Make sure that your students know this is not something to be accessed in the middle of teaching time, unless specifically asked.
I placed this tool in the Preventative phase because it eliminates the risk of students forgetting their passwords and having to ask for them and potentially having to reset them. This tool allows for students to find their passwords for themselves. Also, this tool falls into the student-directed part of the spectrum because the students know where to go when they have forgotten their passwords and they can find it themselves without help from the teacher.
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Tool Source: I found this idea on Pinterest.
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I tried this in a Kindergarten classroom, with 20 students, and my school is in a rural area. My mentor teacher already had something like this tool in the classroom. It was something I hadn’t thought of, but I am glad she had this tool, so I can use it in my future classroom. Having student computer logins is extremely helpful to have in a kindergarten classroom, because we allow the students to use them during centers, but they are not familiar with the workings of a computer. Having the computer logins ready when they are needing to sign into the computer both saves time, and prevent frustration from the students when they do not know how to log in. The only difference with the logins my mentor teacher uses, is that they are QR codes, so when students open the computer, they just show the QR code in the camera, and they are logged in. This is one adjustment I will make for a kindergarten classroom if the computers have cameras, just because kindergartners are not as tech savvy. Great tool!