As a substitute teacher, I find there are many on-line resources that are helpful to keep students off Facebook and non-cerebral games, and on to doing more enlightened things. The biggest problem with computers and Subs is that students will tell you: " But she let's us play games!" And I bet he or she does, but it's certainly not the games students find.
One day I saw several nasty little seventh graders playing the stupidest, most disgusting and revolting game, of possibly all time. It consisted of a faceless, featureless body handing by the wrists from chains. The students then, most likely utilizing their human body knowledge gleaned from biology class, decide from an assortment of weapons and torture devices to inflict damage to this bleak swinging body. Chainsaws rip arms off and blood rushes out at the screen like a scene in "The Shinning." Highly educational. Another student, a girl, caught a glimpse and recoiled in horror. That was how I discovered it, and I immediately intervened.
However, there actually is useful stuff on the Internet to keep students busy, and some that can even feed people. The website freerice.com is a site where students can pick an area for questioning, anything from math to geography, for example, and if they get the questions right, the earn several grains of rice that the company sponsors. Get enough questions right, and it's possible to actually feed people, and I find that much more intuitive that feeding people sharp weapons.
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