Last Tuesday morning I was called to cover a photography class. As we're doing things virtually, that means I roll out of bed and then log in.
The school sends me an invitation to join the Google Classroom classes. I logged into the four classes and perused the lesson plan.
Four classes? I should have five.
I verified that the teacher did, in fact, have a full schedule. (Some teachers don't.) I then emailed the school to let them know I was missing a class.
I started first period.
The class I was missing was immediately after first period. (We're on a block schedule, so we go periods 1-3-5 one day and periods 2-4-6 the next.) But the staff is busy, so I wasn't concerned right away. I got first period going with instructions and attendance and such.
Halfway into the period, I still had no response. Time for a follow up email.
I got a response that time. The secretary's email said she was having technical difficulties, and did I get the invitation that time?
Technical difficulties? You don't say...
If I didn't have technical difficulty posts, this blog would have been blank for weeks.
Luckily the invitation went through, and I was good to go in time for the class.
Of course, that wasn't the only technical difficulty I had this week, but that's another post.
Yeah, lots of technical difficulties.
ReplyDeleteYesterday the entire Northeast Corridor had a technical issue ... Verizon Wi-Fi glitched.
Yikes. But I guess that's kind of like a snow day, eh? No school (or work) for anyone ;)
DeleteTechnical difficulties cover a very large range of problems!
ReplyDeleteI like the 'rolling out of bed' part of your work day's start. The tech difficulties I could do without. :)
ReplyDeleteThat's always been part of the start of the day. Now I just don't have to go anywhere after :)
DeleteI'm guessing there are a lot more technological issues these days.
ReplyDelete"Roll out the barrel, we'll have a barrel of fun." That's what came to my mind when I read about you rolling out of bed. That's the best kind of commute in my book.
ReplyDeleteI'm fascinated by there being a photography class. High school isn't like the one I went to in the late 60's (obviously).
ReplyDeleteReally? I went to high school in the late '80s, and I took photography. It's shifting into more digital photography nowadays. It's popular. (It satisfies the art requirement, so it's going to stick around.)
Deletethe real questions is do you wear pants during your meets?
ReplyDeleteI have to laugh at Powdered Toast Man’s question and ask...do you? hahaaaaa. I’m glad it wasn’t too drastic but I guess thes are par for the course right now. I wear sweats by the way.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I wear sweatpants, too. When it was warmer, I wore shorts.
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