Feeling sick in the middle of the night and the fever in the morning when the alarm goes off can make it pretty easy to make that sick day call. But what about my plans, my students, the lessons....
Here's what I did today to make it work and feel better about not being well enough to be there.
I already have a wiki set up in my class with my students and we've used it several times. So when I realized I wouldn't be in. I did what I had to do. I emailed my hourly plans to my neighbor teacher for my substitute. I also added some other assignments and resources to my wiki since a few of my classes have tests tomorrow.
During one of my classes, the students were told to get on my wiki and follow the link to a video or article and make a comment on the wiki about what they read or watched. I sat and watched under the blanket on my couch live as students started commenting and when they ran into trouble or started getting lazy with their comments, I surprised them by commenting back and let them know how I felt about the work they were submitting.
Once I commented it was 5 minutes before anyone posted. The reality set in that I was still there, reading, and watching.
After the 5 minutes passed, the comments started pouring in, much better and revised.
Score! Technology saved me on my sick day!
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