Today was the first day of school. My students walked in and took their seats. I turned on the Promethium Board in my room and a lovely blue screen appeared indiciating that I was not going to have access to the technology I had planned to use for today's class. Ummmm.... Not good. However, I did not panic or even truly stress; I simply sent an email to our Technology guru screaming electronic-style HELP! and continued to greet my students. Ten minutes into the discussion of class rules and procedures, Meg appeared, tinkered with my board for another ten minutes, and solved the problem. I was back on schedule!!
Now, I am a panicker by nature, but this year, I had over-prepared. I had a slide show of the rules and procedures, but I also had a handout of them. I knew exactly what my students were doing and had backups to the planned activities if I needed to modify. I was prepared just in case something went wrong. Do you have a backup plan in your class in case technology doesn't work?
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