A Gentle Reminder

Hello, all.
Wednesday the 28th, Day 2 of AIMS re-takes. I don't know if we will have access to the Library or not. And it doesn't look like there is a lab available so getting access to a computer may be somewhat problematic. I know the timing is not good considering that Part I is due Friday. If absolutely necessary, do your Journal entry as a Word document and import it to your Wikispace when you get the chance.

If there were any time when I wish my classes had computers in the room all the time for your exclusive use, this is it. Especially when you consider that 3 of the previous computer labs are now full time classrooms. That means that there is only one mobile lab and two room labs for the entire school of 3000 students and nearly 200 teachers. And this is supposed to be a tech magnet school? To make the problem even more acute, the equipment we do have is unreliable to say the least. How I ask can students do the work when they don't know from one day to the next if they will even be able to log on? Don't even mention the server crashes which bring the whole system down for everyone. Propositions 401 and 402 are supposed to pay for new computers and an upgraded network, if they get approved. We'll see.

In the meantime, we are supposed to be doing 21st century learning with 20th century equipment. On that note, I must go

Take care.