Wednesday, April 30, 2025

What A Month!

My son got dental surgery, then false teeth upper and lower.

I got a brief stomach bug.

My website's links to VOA's great ESL lessons went dead (of course).

We adopted a wonderful, new dog!

I stubbed (probably broke) my toe.

My grandson's new puppy broke his leg. (He is healing OK.)

My granddaughter made plans to move to California.

I "cut the cord" on my cable TV subscription and now do everything over the Internet.

With all this I've made only a little progress on starting up online classes again! This time around I will try not just one-on-one classes but small groups. With a more complicated schedule, I must utilize more sophisticated software to not just present material but keep me organized and enable students to sign up for classes independently.  Google Classroom paired with Google Meet looks very promising but trying to link in a free student signup is proving to be more complicated.