Bill Glass
On Wed, 15 Jan 1997, Maveal, Michael wrote:
> Bill Glass asked "Why do students steal mouse rollers?"
>
> I think some of them steal the rollers because they are frustrated. They are
> not willing to put out the effort to learn how to use the computers, but they
> are able to figure out how to remove the roller ball. Students with a 40%
> absenteee rate get behind and stay behind. When they do show up they see the
> others achieving, become frustrated and jealous, and begin looking for
> something to get into, roller balls are an easy mark. With 28 students per
> class it is very difficult to monitor. I've even set up a special table where
> students can disassemble junk machinery from PC's to sewing machines to movie
> projectors. We save all magnets, speakers, and motors to use on later projects.
> Believe it or not they steal the wrenches and pliers when they can. I started
> buying sets of lego logo robotic kits but I have to stay real simple because of
> the 41 minute classes. Our school is a very unique atmosphere. Out of 700
> seventh and eighth graders we average about 200 per day absent. It is difficult
> to do long term projects do to the absence rate. The Dacta Lego Logo robot kits
> are great but expensive and parts are hard to replace. If anybody out ther know
> a cheap source of robot kits please let me know.
>
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> Mike Maveal
> mmaveal@foxberry.net
>
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