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thoreau
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 Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 8:40 am Post subject: Flurry of low-level public school questions |
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cruisemonkey
Joined: 04 Jul 2005
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| Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 11:13 am Post subject: Re: Flurry of low-level public school questions |
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| 1. do you have your own computer to use while at school or are you sharing? |
You should have your own.
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| 2. how much of your school day (not counting lesson planning and research) requires a computer? |
None. The computers in the classrooms at my school are undependable, old, slow, virus-ridden junk.
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| Do you communicate with the school via email or by phone/walk-in? |
99.9% by 'walk-in' (maybe twice a year, I'll phone my co-teacher/handler about something).
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| Could you go a week without a computer at school (assuming lesson planning was done.) |
Yes, but I'd be bored silly when I didn't have classes.
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| 3. if you use your own computer, did you have problems connecting it to the school's network? |
N/A
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| 4. how is 'lesson planning' defined? Could I just sit in a chair and read a book to fulfill that time? Could I play an online game during those hours? What if I was outside the office building but still on school grounds reading a book? |
Probably.
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| 5. does your school/co-teacher have your mobile phone number? Would it be ok to say, 'I really prefer if you contact me through email.' |
I don't have a mobile. It's unlikely they will ever phone anyway. |
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dean_burrito
Joined: 12 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 3:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Everyone of these questions will vary from school to school. What most likely won't be a variable is the fact that the computer will operate in Korean. So if you don't know about www.openoffice.org you should learn about it and use that. It's a free word/powerpoint program that you an run in Engish. |
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egrog1717
Joined: 12 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 4:40 pm Post subject: Re: Flurry of low-level public school questions |
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| thoreau wrote: |
Hi
The search function has answered a lot of my questions but there are a few nuts and bolts things I still wonder about.
I will be teaching in a public school through EPIK. I know there is a lot of variation from school to school but generally speaking:
1. do you have your own computer to use while at school or are you sharing?
2. how much of your school day (not counting lesson planning and research) requires a computer? Do you communicate with the school via email or by phone/walk-in? Could you go a week without a computer at school (assuming lesson planning was done.)
3. if you use your own computer, did you have problems connecting it to the school's network?
4. how is 'lesson planning' defined? Could I just sit in a chair and read a book to fulfill that time? Could I play an online game during those hours? What if I was outside the office building but still on school grounds reading a book?
5. does your school/co-teacher have your mobile phone number? Would it be ok to say, 'I really prefer if you contact me through email.'
Thanks for the help. |
As others have said, it all depends on your school... I can also only speak about SMOE, not EPIK... Your experiences may vary, see in store for details 
For me:
1. I have my own, but some of my friends share with their co-teachers
2. My lessons are all computer based (the curriculum from the government that my co-teachers want to teach - Read: Are addicted to - is all computer based off of a CD-Rom... No real way to get around it)...
Any time I've needed my co-teacher outside of the school setting I've texted/phoned... Don't have their email addresses, nor do they have mine. (Says in my contract that I have to phone in if I'm sick, but texting has worked as well when I've had no voice, LOL)
I suppose I could go a week without a computer at my school, but with more than 18 hours downtime in my "week" I'd probably go crazy...
3. N/A... Two problems I see with this is A) Most schools probably don't have wireless, and B) They would have to have a repair guy come in and set up a port for you... Which they might not want to spend time and money on... All depends on your school.
4. Today is exam day, so I only have two classes... The rest of my time will be filled catching up on useless paperwork (maybe an hour), then alternating between FB, ESL Daves, talking to my co-teachers, or walking around the school talking to my friends about how bored we all are during exam week ... but again, your school will probably be different... Nothing to stop me from walking down to the bank or McDonalds or anything like that when I don't have class... But I have friends who have been told to stay in their office at all times when they're not teaching... (Gooooo inprisonment!)
5. I keep saying it, but it really does depend on your school, lol...
And Dean: +1 on OpenOffice... I made it a mandatory addition to all of the computers in my office (I share with my co-teachers), lol... No way in hell I was gonna try and work with HWP or the Korean version of MS Word (I hate Word with a fiery passion anyway, lol) |
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 4:47 pm Post subject: Re: Flurry of low-level public school questions |
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| thoreau wrote: |
5. does your school/co-teacher have your mobile phone number? Would it be ok to say, 'I really prefer if you contact me through email.'
Thanks for the help. |
All of the teachers' phone numbers are expected to be public knowledge at a public school. Don't worry - the students will get tired of texting you about nothing in particular after the novelty wears off after a week or two. |
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egrog1717
Joined: 12 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 6:07 pm Post subject: Re: Flurry of low-level public school questions |
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| Yu_Bum_suk wrote: |
| thoreau wrote: |
5. does your school/co-teacher have your mobile phone number? Would it be ok to say, 'I really prefer if you contact me through email.'
Thanks for the help. |
All of the teachers' phone numbers are expected to be public knowledge at a public school. Don't worry - the students will get tired of texting you about nothing in particular after the novelty wears off after a week or two. |
In other words, do your best to avoid letting your number get out...Tell your co-teachers right off the bat that you do not want students to have your number... They'll probably get it anyway, but it never hurts to try |
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