CAT-room Management?

So I have begun to teach two computer classes, Drafting 12 and Graphic Design 10. These classes are quite different then my Electrnics blocks or STEM or senior wood work. They are different in one respect: I now have to manage 30 computers and about a billion websites. The projects and work is fun and engaging, at least for most of the students most of the time. There always seems to be 4 or 5 students that, as I circulate the room, always change their monitor to look as if they are working when I can see a tab from a game still open. It is rather funny that they think that I do not notice this. Anyways, I recently employed a new tactic to inspire on task behaviour. If I catch a student on a gaming website, they have to draw me a cat picture, with their name on it and I will hang it up in class. Now this tactic would either be a disaster or a success, but I was willing to give it a try. For this perticular class, it worked very well. They do not like to go off computer and hand draw so they are less likely to simply troll the internet for fear of loosing internet privileges. I have featured a few cat pictures below for your enjoyment.

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