Decisions

We're all in a state of flux... I think it's the nature of an educational professional to constantly evalutate, adjust and change. Sure, lots of ideas get recycled; tweeked and presented as new, but it is in our nature. Problems arise when things change for reasons that are not thought out or focused so tightly that the change causes more problems in keeping that focus.

This summer our district chose to change it's online presence. The reason for this was because the old system could not be searched for on a search engine. Yes, this change had to be made because no one could "go*gle" us. Sadly, no one in our tech department (that one guy) made the connection in how google ranks it's links... and why "googling" kept bring up numerous links to G*&eatSchools.

Two years ago, the old system was installed because it was very compatible with our electronic gradebooks, making it easy to put grades online. Guess what the new system does not do? And so, six weeks into the year, we will be told tomorrow that all the assignments in the electronic gradebook will have to move to a new electronic gradebook. Because it's more important to be able to be searched. Did I mention that the URL for our school website is townname.com?

I'm going back to paper. If I have time move it within the next six weeks, maybe I will. Otherwise screw it.