1. Welcome to Mrs. Henderson’s Class!

2. Classroom Rules!
1. Be Prepared

3. Materials Needed Flash drive Notebook or Paper and Folder
Writing Utensil
Planner (no planner, no pass)
Student Connect Password

4. 2. Listen and follow directions
Classroom Rules!
2. Listen and follow directions

5. Classroom Rules!
3. Raise your hand
to speak

6. Classroom Rules!
4. Use your
manners

7. 5. Do not disrupt learning or teaching
Classroom Rules!
5. Do not disrupt learning or teaching

8. Dress smart
Because the computers heat up the room, the air will kick on from
time to time in the lab. Get a sweater or
sweatshirt and keep it in your lockers so that
you won’t have to freeze!

9. How to care for your computer

10. Food, candy, gum, beverages?

11. Your monitor (screen)
DO NOT ever touch the screen (using your hands or any other object)
DO NOT move your monitor to any position other than straight ahead.
Leave monitors on unless instructed otherwise by the teacher.

12. Your disk drives
Do not insert anything into the disk drives unless instructed by the teacher.
Do not insert any disk or other object that does not belong in the drive.

13. Flash drives and/or thumb drives
***If possible please have you parents
purchase a flash drive for you to use this
year to save your work. You can find a
2GB for about $5 which will store quite of
bit of data.***

14. Your Keyboard
Do not press more than one key at a time unless instructed by the teacher.
Do not ever pound on the keys.
Always keep your hands in home row position when typing.

15. Your mouse Do not hold down the mouse button.
Only click one side of the mouse at a time, never both at the same time.
Always click the left side of the mouse (the sticker side), unless otherwise instructed by the teacher.

16. Headphones/Ear buds
You can bring in ear buds or headphones to use while working independently or when you have earned free time. You will be able to listen to music but only when you’ve been told that it is okay.

17. Printers Do not touch any of the buttons on the printer.
Do not ever print unless you have permission from the teacher.

18. Entering the Classroom
Come in quietly
Find your assigned seat
Get logged into your computer

19. Beginning of Class Go to my website: www.strongcomputers.weebly.com
Go to the correct page for your grade
Prepare for what we’ll be doing that day (open any files, etc.)

20. During Instruction Listen quietly Raise your hand to ask questions
Follow along so you know what you’re doing

21. Independent Work Time Do your own work
Follow the directions to ensure full points
If allowed, you may listen to music

22. Turning in assignments
All assignments will be submitted to my dropbox account. You will use the following format for saving all of your work: hour, first and last name, assignment name.
Password: strong

23. Leaving the Lab Exit out of all programs Log off computers
Push in chair
Walk out quietly

24. Passes You will receive 2 bathroom passes during the quarter.
No planner, no pass!
Remember to use your 4 minutes in between class wisely!

25. Student Connect
You will be required to log into Student Connect at least once a week to make sure that you have all assignments turned in.
Do this for all of your classes and stay on top of things this quarter!
If you do not know your password, bring your planner up to my desk at an appropriate time and you can write it down.

26. Zero Hour
Approximately 7:15 am
All subjects
School work
Extra help

27. Fire Drill
Calming and quietly get up and move toward door (last person close door)
Stay together as class and walk toward the outside door by Mrs. McLaughlin’s room
Once outside, walk back toward the trees and get into alphabetical order

28. Tornado Drill Calmly and quietly move toward door
Line up outside on the wall with Mrs. Dimilia’s door
Once that row is filled up make another row behind those students (usually need 3 rows)
You sit facing the wall, Indian style, hands covering your head
NO talking!