...Oh NO!!!

I arrived to my office earlier than usual yesterday because I was leading a field trip at 8am and therefore needed to set up the laptops outside my door into the library, with all the appropriate cords and power strips, so the students would get the best connection possible without the librarians having to call IT.

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Upon opening the door I saw the new Chrome Books on the table where the laptops had been. I knew I was supposed to be thrilled [at any other time I would have been] but at the time I was furious. There had been no notice, no warning, or training or orientation for using the new equipment and I was leaving in 45 minutes...and leaving students with no laptops and no way to use the new stuff.

I never did so much hustling and preparation for alternative plans [Plan C] if Plan B did not work out...which was to work some political magic to get the librarians to let my students use all the library computers for two periods!  Luckily, she worked around some classes that were scheduled to arrive and my students got the desktops for the morning. Thank You Librarians! I had to make sure the IT folks knew not to do anything until I returned. I was NOT going to have my classes oriented to equipment I had not touched myself.

Later when I returned I learned the IT folks from the SBO couldn't get the Chromebooks to connect to the internet anyway. The lead expert said it was because they did not recognize our domain yet. Yikes!!  My students would have been sitting and waiting for the NEW equipment to log in?  Their confidence would be lower than it already IS!

We are scheduled for a Monday orientation so hopefully all will be well at that time.