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saha
26-02-2006, 01:57 PM
I was wondering if a more durable design of activotes is in the works.

I teach big classes of 28 students each.
Everyone once in a while students will accidentally drop an activote.
depending on what height it was dropped from, it will separate and split into the various components...the cover, the flexible activote button piece and the circuit board.

So far when I have put it back together it has still worked.

Perhaps two screws that will hold the whole activote together will do the trick.

Any feedback on this?
Maybe also change the shape of the activotes to give it better shock impact when it hit the floor??
Westlake
27-02-2006, 05:04 AM
'big' classes = 28 ?? In New Zealand secondary schools, class sizes can exceed 30...
ACTIVotes - yes, we dropped one at a Conference last week. VERY interesting to see its insides, but unfortunately it didn't work even after gently pressing the sides back together.
Hilary :(
daverosthorn
27-02-2006, 08:36 AM
Eeeep!!! What a shame!
Charlotte
27-02-2006, 11:05 AM
28 30 call those big classes!! At Sacred Heart we have classes of 36 and that includes exam classes! We also have 10 sets of ActiVotes and so far not one has broken. They seem to 'bounce' a little when dropped.... maybe I have just been really lucky so far.... :eek:
saha
27-02-2006, 04:22 PM
28 students in a high school class in an american public school is quite different from 35 or 40 students in a high school class in NZ, UK or India.

Personally I would prefer to have 45 students in a high school in NZ or UK.

The politics and unproductive paperwork that a teacher has to go through in a public in America is beyond ridicilous.
Mike Dawson
27-02-2006, 07:14 PM
28 students in a high school class in an american public school is quite different from 35 or 40 students in a high school class in NZ, UK or India.

Personally I would prefer to have 45 students in a high school in NZ or UK.

The politics and unproductive paperwork that a teacher has to go through in a public in America is beyond ridicilous.

I'll add an amen to that! California seems to have twice as much as anywhere else (although I'm sure I am just imagining that.)
Charlotte
27-02-2006, 08:05 PM
Try 'light touch' 'no warning' Ofsteds!!! The grass always seems greener....