The internet went down at school yesterday and was still out when we started school today. It is crazy how much of our job now relies on the internet. Emailing. Looking up information. Finding a student’s schedule. Attendance. The phones. The security system in the building.

And we all come to a screeching halt when it doesn’t work. It’s like we don’t know what to do with ourselves. It was great to see students engaging in conversations with one another instead of their heads being buried in their computers.

It makes me think back to when I was in high school and the internet was a fairly new thing. We had to take notes by a teacher using a projector or writing on a chalkboard. Whiteboards were still not used on a regular basis. Maybe I’m dating myself but it wasn’t that long ago, at least it doesn’t feel that long ago. And it’s crazy to think of what the world will look like in another 20 years!