I had to redo my online lessons for two classes this morning before my first group at 9:30 (this is the “get ready!” photo for my favorite first grade project). The day did not progress upwardly from this point. I don’t know whether the “highlight” was when a parent screamed so loud at me during one of my virtual lessons that four kids and I each jumped in our little Zoom frames or the three hours I spent with my ITC from 7 p.m. until 10 p.m. in which I learned I would have to re-do all my Zoom links and add 435 kids to my courses by Friday. Gee, the pandemic is fun.
435 kids?! Sigh. I don't know how teachers do it. I'm just a volunteer, but right before our training session on how to use Teams IT informed our coordinator they were switching to Google Meet "because that is what the children use." They couldn't have figured that out earlier?
@eudora Oh no, nothing can be figured out earlier! I don’t know if it makes me feel better or worse that you are going through the same things! My son’s girlfriend teaches high school. He said she sends him frantic texts throughout the day that range from “it's horrible, I have to quit!” to “oh no, I fixed it” and back again. It’s a roller coaster. In my county, the kindergarteners are using the same platform I used in grad school three years ago. I don’t know who thought up that bright idea. Best of luck to you!
