Last Wednesday was a half day at the ACCS. Today, however, we continued on the bead loom software. There were four instructors, including me. There were also only 13 kids. The kids were familiar with the bead loom by now. They were using the rectangle tool and the line tools to create their own designs.
There were some problems with the laptops randomly restarting but that wasn’t really an issue. I worked with a table of six and made sure that the kids did not visit random websites. They were very rowdy and would often encourage each other to go on other websites. I also helped them create new designs and find ways to create new designs. Some examples were concentric squares, rectangles, and symmetrical, diagonal lines. I started doing this after I realized that the students were not making symmetrical designs. Some students unfortunately seem to be losing interest in the program. I believe that they should be encouraged to make designs out of pop culture references they like instead of ancient Native American designs. One laptop had a desktop screen of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 on it. When the kid using the laptop opened it up, he and all his friends became very excited.
There was some trouble saving the file and we could not open it afterwards. Today, it didn’t matter because those designs were easily reproducible. I suggest that we put the software on the computer, restrict internet access to only a few websites, and have them save the file on the desktop as well as online.
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