Technology

Some things you take for granted until they no longer work, or you no longer have access. When I arrived at Lincoln today I logged on to my computer, but I did not have access to my files or the department files. I logged out and tried again, but still no love. So I called IT. Within a minute I was talking with a real person. In the middle of our conversation she said, hold on someone just walked in saying something, and put me on hold. She came back after talking with that person who had said, "Lincoln is down." Her advice, since it was noon, was to have lunch and then try again, hopefully it would be fixed by then. My smartboard lessons were all online, as well as the test that I was giving out 7th period, and had not printed, thinking I can always do that Friday. Since I could not use my smartboard I looked around my classroom and realized that I do not have a chalkboard nor a white board. If my technology stayed down I was screwed.
So I went to another teacher giving the same PreCalc test and borrowed one so I could copy it for my class, and think what was I going to do the first day with my Algebra 3/4 with no smartboard. By the time I finished copying the test we were back online, so it was not a problem. In the future I will try and also photocopy everything a day in advance, and just hide my tests.