1. Pencils that resharpen themselves or NEVER go dull.
2. Keyless Entry.
3. Robot Desk Cleaners.
4. Glass houses for children that talk to much.
5. Markers that never dry out.
6. Printers that don't jam.
7. School attics for storage.
8. A reminder list of all of the little things that need to go into a lesson: Character Ed, Habits of Mind, Thinking Alloud, ect.
9. Paid vacations. Need I say more.
10. Happy spray <like in a mace can> for those crazy parents that slip into your classroom when you least expect it.
11. A bouncer for teachers--sort of like a bodyguard.
12. Automatic grading.
13. Automatic planning.
14. Computers that never crash.
15. Tape that really sticks to the wall, but doesn't yank the paint off.
16. A timer than can stop time so that you can stay on schedule.
17. Classroom Lie Detectors
18. Electric pencil sharpeners that never quit.
I may add to this list, so keep watching. Can you add anything? Post below!!
This year I've been pining for a wristband that would lightly vibrate once a minute or so to remind kids to pay attention or get back to work (so that I don't have to do the reminding EVERY MINUTE of the day).
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Magnetic library system so that books CANNOT be put back in the wrong bin.
Pen that remembers the last thing I wrote while grading and will write it on the next paper for me with a touch of a button. (Because usually if one kid didn't follow directions, there are 5 more.)
Supply boxes that automatically replenish supplies and sharpen pencils when they're put inside.
A force field I can turn on and off around my desk, so that during certain parts of the day, kids are not even able to come up to my desk or reading table.
A bulletin board machine that makes them for me!
A device that will automatically relabel everything at the beginning of next year with my new class list of names.
You had a lot of really good ones! :)
I think you and I would work well together. =) I love the idea of the force field around the reading table. The closest I come to achievng that is wearing a goofy hat that signals them to leave the reading group alone!
ReplyDeleteGreat list luckeyfrog!! I could use all of those things!
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