There are times where all you can do is wait. Today was one of those days. Sure, I could have started manipulating student data and creating user accounts for the 4-5 software systems students log into. Yeah, it wold be great to start collecting data with students working on individualized learning software. However, Why duplicate work and take the chance of getting it wrong.
Here at Edith Bowen there are several networked and online systems that allow students to log into a personal account and for teachers to track progress. Pearson Successnet, FasttMath, Type to Learn, Spelling City. It's nice to have these tools available. It would be really nice to have an open directory system or a 'connect to Facebook' option that all these products and company use. However, just like in real life, you must create and manage passwords for EACH and EVERY web site that requires a username. You know how it is. Cool web site. Create a user account. Try to remember the username and password for every account. If you are lucky, you will be able to always use the same username and password. I hope you are luckier than me.
So, back to waiting. I am waiting for our fabulous tech support staff to create user accounts and passwords on our school's server. It will make my life much easier when they are able to send me a file of those accounts. I can manipulate that data to import into all the other systems I need to create student accounts in. So much easier than typing (or mistyping) the data over and over again. So much easier than generating usernames and passwords only to discover some of them don't match what was created on the server. Let's face it. With 7 year olds, this is a big issue. The same username and password make life sooooooo much easier.
There were plenty of other busy work tasks that occupied my day. Sure, they weren't as important as getting the user accounts up and running. But, sometimes it's good to wait. Today is one of those days.
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