What a day

So I ran late this morning, not really that of a problem since the school is not far. But as luck would have it, my car did not even make it to my front gate.

Not sure what the problem was, I put my keys away and started speed walking to school.

I left the house at 7:05 and reached the staff room seconds before the meeting started.

12 students were used to count the Matric ballots. It only took us 6 hours to count and recount the ballots.

The ballots was paper, only recoding the final answers electronically.

After such a long day I had to walk home since my lift that was arranged was still in a meeting till 15:00.

WiFi connected

So I'm finally connected to the school's WiFi.

I am not sure if the learners even know how lucky they are to have access to Wireless internet at their school. I know I matriculated in one of the best schools in North West, and we didn't have WiFi there and I believe they still don't offer that for learners.

I used the WiFi to check in on ClickUP and do some research. At times the connection was slow, but not as bad as I have experienced before.

I'm not sure about the regulations for students using their smartphones in class, for academic purposes but if I followed my HOD correctly I'm welcome to use Kahoot or other medium in class to work with.

1st day at Menlo Park High-school

Today started chaotically.

More info on that on my other blog.

So I met my HOD, who is a great lady. She has some experience behind her name.
I was so struck when I heard her say she wants us, her LO students, to create a kahoot for every grade.
She is so driven to use more technology, and I love it.

The school is very technologically orientated, with alot of the school stuff being on a server or cloud, still not sure which they are using.

Every class I have been to have WiFi and all have projectors. I even saw some of the classes have a telephone line. One of the teachers used it to call a parent as well as to call another teacher.

I hope my mentor teacher uses the technology in class and allow me to use it in my teaching.