Online "living" can sure be a distraction for our students, especially when we've got laptops as part of our learning. Read how one teacher uses humor--with firmness--to handle the pull of these computer-game worlds:
ME, to the student on a laptop--who is clearly not being productive: Stop playing FarmVille.
STUDENT: It's not FarmVille. . . . . It's College Town.
ME: Don't care.
STUDENT: But it's a really fun game, Miss M. You should play it.
ME: Really? What can I do? Can I assign homework and give out Fs? Oh wait! I get to do that ...in real life!
STUDENT: Hahaha. You're funny.
ME: I know I am. Now close your laptop.
I always remember that fondly. That particular student and I had some good tit-for-tat at times. All good-natured, of course. ^_^
LOL!! I read this to my daughter while she was playing ZELDA. ;-D
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