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Coventina

(29,979 posts) Thu Mar 19, 2020, 06:08 PM Mar 2020

Today is my last day in the office. I'm being forced to work at home from now on. [View all]

I'm trying to figure out what I need to take home:

My computer
My plants
My textbooks

I have to teach all online now.

I don't even have high speed internet at home.

And the public libraries are closed.

This should be fun.....

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Today is my last day in the office. I'm being forced to work at home from now on. [View all] Coventina Mar 2020 OP

I taught my first two online classes yesterday. Ms. Toad Mar 2020 #1

We're being told that we must do asynchronous work. Coventina Mar 2020 #8

We're prohibited from doing asynchronous. Ms. Toad Mar 2020 #21

Yikes! My hat is off to you! Coventina Mar 2020 #25

It's not going to be fun. Ms. Toad Mar 2020 #28

Get out of my house frazzled Mar 2020 #30

Hahaha! Thanks!! Coventina Mar 2020 #43

Hang in there. Try to take it all a day at a time... First Speaker Mar 2020 #2

Tech and phone companies are giving free access to students DonaldsRump Mar 2020 #3

I moved home at noon today. worked from home before so won't be a thing. Thomas Hurt Mar 2020 #4

You could be laid off Nature Man Mar 2020 #5

Taking my 1200 dollars and stashing it away in case that very thing happens. Thomas Hurt Mar 2020 #6

Point taken. Coventina Mar 2020 #10

No you don't need to take your pants home... PoliticAverse Mar 2020 #7

LOL! Coventina Mar 2020 #11

Yeah....you can sit there in your underwear.... sdfernando Mar 2020 #40

If you have cable tv consider a new provider and go with internet only. LuvLoogie Mar 2020 #9

Cox and only Cox. Coventina Mar 2020 #12

What is your package now? Perhaps they'll let you change your plan? LuvLoogie Mar 2020 #20

I'll check, thanks!! Coventina Mar 2020 #22

That could help a lot - but check their policies csziggy Mar 2020 #45

COX just upped bandwidth for everyone due to this crisis at no charge.... sdfernando Mar 2020 #41

Quelle Surprise! Thanks for the info, I'll take a look! Coventina Mar 2020 #42

That Will Probably Require A New Modem ProfessorGAC Mar 2020 #52

I've had my current cable modem for almost 10 years sdfernando Mar 2020 #54

I start distance learning from home Monday jpak Mar 2020 #13

I was up for the challenge until I heard I wasn't allowed to work from my office. Coventina Mar 2020 #15

LOL the Cornel can rock Gloria Gayner jpak Mar 2020 #23

That's great! lunatica Mar 2020 #29

I'm kind of agreeing with this one: petronius Mar 2020 #31

LOL how true jpak Mar 2020 #32

Hahaha! That's a great visual metaphor! Coventina Mar 2020 #34

Where I am living now we don't have wifi so I have it through my car and tethered to... TreasonousBastard Mar 2020 #14

Been doing it for years! High-Speed Internet, CAT5 to router for solid connection. Nice workspace. TheBlackAdder Mar 2020 #16

I think I might have understood 5 words of that like: Your first sentence.. Coventina Mar 2020 #17

OK. TheBlackAdder Mar 2020 #50

Most of the libraries have online access mcar Mar 2020 #18

our library closed...... getagrip_already Mar 2020 #27

You need to see this note from a Berkeley TA I posted in the Lounge a few days ago. NNadir Mar 2020 #19

If he moves to the wilderness, he can use RFC 1149 - Standard for the transmission of IP datagrams o csziggy Mar 2020 #48

Wow! And I thought he was thinking ahead! NNadir Mar 2020 #49

LOL! I'd be terrible csziggy Mar 2020 #51

Take everything home lunatica Mar 2020 #24

Guys, leverage Google classroom. LuvLoogie Mar 2020 #26

Each school is adopting its own protocol. frazzled Mar 2020 #33

I'm coming from a per school district level perspective at elementary/high school LuvLoogie Mar 2020 #35

College, yes. Coventina Mar 2020 #38

I might suggest creating a Facebook page for your class. LuvLoogie Mar 2020 #47

Sorry, don't know about the op frazzled Mar 2020 #39

I'm adopting the KISS thingy jpak Mar 2020 #37

The good news MoonlitKnight Mar 2020 #36

Welp, this is it, guys. I'm shutting down now. Coventina Mar 2020 #44

Do you get to do it off of an inky dinky laptop screen? Generic Brad Mar 2020 #46

Is the sessions going to be interactive? Blue_true Mar 2020 #53