Review of Articles - by Mike Spottiswoode
 
Discipline In the Classroom

                                                 http://www.csrnet.org/csrnet/articles/discipline-in-classroom.html

     By: Dr. A.C. Fortosis

Perhaps as many as eight out of every ten teachers who do not return after their first year of teaching drop out because they are unable to control their pupils in the classroom.

This is a very good article because it is easy to read and gets right to the point.  The article talks about three things that are essential to have control in the classroom and ensuring that discipline is maintained.  The three areas that the author talks about are 1) Authority, 2) Climate and 3) Discipline in Love.  I would have to say that this first area is the most important and the author begins this section of the article by stating that. As far as the second area is concerned I feel it goes with out saying that the classroom surrounding is essential to learning and classroom mood. The author of the article states this same belief with the following quote, "Along with quiet, firm sense of authority, there must be a warm, nurturing climate in the classroom." The third area is often the hardest to provide on a daily basis but is just as essential as the others.  The author of the article speaks of "discipline in love" in religious terms, which I am neither proposing or opposing.  I do believe that some sort of love for the students is needed, a caring if you will.  The article goes on to discuss ways of implementing discipline and is a good source of information, but not the be all end all.
 

http://edweb.gsn.org/resource.cntnts.html

 This is a great article and tool. It is broken down into several categories from a crash course on HTML to education reforms in the 21st century.  The article discusses kids and computers and goes on to list sites that give examples of useful software to how teachers can make use of older computers.  This site is also full of lists of other useful sites for questions or specific topics such as History and Historiography, where you can subscribe to various literature.
 

 http://www.creativeclassroom.org/jf00tech/index.html

This is a great web site with some excellent articles, lessons and stories sent back by teachers.  The words written at the beginning of  the article are so important, "Teaching with computers doesn't mean abandoning successful lesson plans in favor of high-tech instruction.  This article does a good job of giving examples of how teachers can incorporate the web into their lessons.  One such lesson is titled Show Me The Money!  In this unit the teacher goes over money with the students using coins and then puts them on computers in pairs using a program titled Coin Critters.  This is a really useful sight and easy to read with information for teachers at all levels.

WARNINGS AND CONSEQUENCES
http://www.kuddlekids.com/discipline2d.html
A WARNING is a statement of a CONSEQUENCE you will give your child/student unless he/she starts or stops a certain
behavior.
This site/article discusses warning and consequences and give clear definitions of what these terms mean, this is a good site for parents as well as teachers who are having difficulty with a child(s).  The article does a good job of breaking each category down with a solid definition as well as examples of how to deal with a problem.  The site/article goes on to discuss setting limits and discusses various options with regard to discipline.  The site lists options from time out to parent/child conferences.  This site is very informative and gives some very good information and suggestions.  Furthermore it lists other sites that can be visited such as  a link to education and ADHD, http://www.kuddlekids.com/education.html . This is a worht while site to visit.