Apps Aquisition

This plan was to move forward and try to have the old laptops run the apps we need for this class. IT took  all other programs off the computers to keep the equipment from running background programs. I found the apps I wanted the students to add to their Google Drive from the Chrome Store. Since it is early dismissal for parent conferences today, going on a virtual shopping trip was the perfect way to lighten spirits with visual progress.

I went to the Chrome Store, got EasyBib, Diigo, Idea Mapper, dictionary.com, Google Maps (which I didn't need because it's in Drive already, as is Google Calendar). The students arrived, got logged in and then signed in, and when trying to get the apps they were met with warning boxes saying they had no access.

Back to another Plan B, which was to revisit the Blogger lesson and writing their first post about the first lesson: What is a Researcher? based on a YouTube I showed them yesterday (which they could not access from the Google Site themselves, so I had to show it on my desktop computer--totally defeating thec concept of self-pacing).

What's the point of having targeted tutorials for self-pacing lessons if I have to gather everyone whether they are ready or not for a communal viewing? Now I'm wondering, do I go back and prepare handouts and binders again?

We are behind and it seems that many students need to have their hand held for every click they make. Very different than the digital literacy survey would have me think their abilities are.