Students to the Rescue

Teachers, sometimes your students can be a very valuable technology resource. Don't be afraid to ask for help. They will be more than happy to pitch in and help you with problems if they can. Many of them are "old hands" at using a lot of the software out there.

If some of you are interested in putting together a team newsletter, my applications students are just finishing up a unit on creating professional newsletters using Microsoft Word. Some of them might be willing to head up a team of other student "reporters" to help you publish your next issue.

Students are also pretty good at digging up information from the Web. If you have that student who always finishes early, challenge him or her to find some information that you might use in one of your future lessons. They could find Web sites, pictures, articles, or whatever you need and either save the information to a flash drive, network drive, or write down information for you to review at a later time. You could refer to them as your research assistant or maybe reward them with extra credit or something else of more intellectual value.