How do you keep your students on task when you are working in the computer lab? Do you use the monitor feature to simply observe what they are doing?

With middle grades students it is especially tough to keep them focused on the lesson at hand. Music videos, Internet games and chat are top of the list of computer-based distractions. A teacher has the difficult task of trying to ensure all students are working on the assignment while answering questions and making sure that students are learning the objectives.

Kiosking in Vision and Vision Pro allow teachers to limit the applications a student has access to. It is easy to use and ensures students stay on task by removing other computer based distractions.

Do you use Kiosking in your class? Is it effective and how do your students react to it?