Two weeks ago I would have said they are not necessary anymore. Today, I would not say the same thing! About two weeks ago, our server that has our Moodle system on started acting strange and working very s-l-o-w-l-y. It was a rickety old computer that it was housed in and we needed to update. To give you a little background about our school: We are a MacBook air, one to one school. Teachers have MacBook pros. The upgrade was a disaster, the program, in the best way I can describe it- imploded, costing me all my materials, test questions and my entire classroom platform. We are talking two days before my last chapter test and one week before my cumulative final and I have no testing platform! The Moodle front had collapsed and I was in panic mode. The only thing I could lean on was that file cabinet with some old tests in it. I paper tested the French Revolution, by the way I hate checking tests manually- never liked it. I also hate reading hand written essays! The lesson to be learned here is that keeping paper copies of assignments and tests is not such a bad idea. Hopefully you never have to use them, but you never know! Now I’m off to find a new learning platform for 2nd semester. Wish me luck, or send me some suggestions:) Mr. Harms
