Last Thursday I walked into our special education classroom for grade 8, since I am the first to arrive, I turned on the lights upon entering. The only thing was...they didn't turn on. A few moments later I find out that the school is out of power and are running on a backup generator. The elementary school, which sits right next to the middle school, was completely blackout because they don't have a generator. So the day began, just like any ordinary day, except...no lights, no Wi-Fi, no checking email, no using the projector, Smart board, and pencil sharpeners. I figured we'd only be out of power for a few hours but before I knew it, it was time to go home. Today, Monday, was day 3 of not having power. They finally found the break in a wire that was underground this afternoon and can now fix it.
The real focus of this post is about how power, electricity, affects schools. It affects it greatly! Yes, school can go on, we can get by without it, but 3 days of no electricity makes your realize how beneficial and efficient it really is.
So what did teachers do, how did they improvise? The Social Studies teacher of one of the classes I am in "did it old school" today. She took a lesson that happened to be coming up anyways and decided to teach it today in class. The reason she did this was because the lesson involved no technology and was just plain "old school." We are getting towards the end of the Constitution unit in History right now. The teacher explained that the approximate 10-15 years between the Constitution and the Louisiana Purchase was a period of down time with not much going on, therefore she goes over it very briefly. One Day briefly. The students just answered some questions relating to Chapter 8 in their book after the teachers spiel. Since they were going to be doing this soon anyways, and the activity doesn't involve technology, she just did it today.
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