Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021

8:16 a.m. - I'm home today remote teaching.  Amber had a COVID test yesterday, so that means that I have to remain home until the test results are back.  This morning I did, then have some extra time to watch the today show and see some of the coverage of yesterday's inauguration.  I don't mean to sound too weird, but I had a much calmer feeling watching that coverage then I did the day after the inauguration of our former president four years ago.  

Teaching from home was a little more complicated this time because Mrs. Mitola is no longer available to make everything work from school.  I simplified things by posting a 10-minute Google Meets recording on the stream.  In this fashion, I just checked in on the livestream Google Meets link and pointed them to the presentation and then to the assignment.

 Things to do for school

• plan for return to school
• Indigenous American Unit/African Slave Unit
• score Accuplacer Essays and enter scores in Lumen
• enter FRW scores 1-20
• decide what to do with Jan. 21 assignment - highlighting of questions
• decide what to do with Jan. 22 assignment - answering of questions...not due until Jan. 25

• Daily
• edit today's agenda on the Stream with recorded class session
• create the next day's agenda and schedule post to stream - for Jan. 22
• add assignments/activities/resources to Google Classroom as needed - for Jan. 22
• score assignments and record into Lumen as needed
• respond to student/parent emails and update grades
• TUES - schedule FRW assignment for Wed.

Things I Could Do or Need to Do In the Future

• Pick up car at Slayden's?
• Fri., Jan. 22 at Assumption girls varsity vs. West - 7:30 p.m.
• Sat. Jan. 23 at Beyond the Baseline youth games starting at 4:15 p.m.
• Take care of insurance stuff with school with colonoscopy payments
• Get 2020 officiating report for taxes
• Listen to Google Tribe podcast
• Listen to IF podcasts
• fix the green door.
• Check gmail messages.
• Have shin guards fixed somewhere and Kenzie's slippers?

Things that I NOW think about with the coronavirus. (1/21)

Reported hospitalizations dipped below 700 today, which was great to see.  Numbers in all categories still seem to be ever slowly continuing to decline.  If this situation can occur and vaccine distribution can be improved, perhaps that light at the end of the tunnel can be brighter.


• ILLINOIS PREVIOUS DAY
• hospitalizations - 713
• ILLINOIS YESTERDAY
• hospitalizations - 722
• ILLINOIS TODAY
• hospitalizations - 662

• ROCK ISLAND COUNTY
• YESTERDAY
• RI County - 11,977 positive cases; 262 deaths
• 61284 - 186 reported positive cases
• TODAY
• RI County - 12,027 positive cases; 262  deaths
• 61284 - 186 reported positive cases

Holy Spirit...

Help me have... 

    a pure heart, that I may see;
    a humble heart, that I may hear;
    a heart of love, that I may serve;
    a heart of faith, that I may abide in the spirit.