What I did in school today: 5/13/13

A belated Happy Mothers Day to all the moms and moms-to-be out there.  I'm fortunate to still have my mom around, and at 87, she is still relatively healthy and independent.  (My father just turned 90 last month!)  My wife and I spent the day with our son at Colonial Williamsburg, where he works.  Our other son lives out of town, but we got to see him earlier in the week.

So, today was the first day of SOL testing.  We had no incidents that involved computer malfunctions or user error that led to computer malfunctions.  Testing was the main focus of the day, so there is nothing particularly interesting to share.  I had one lesson planned for today, but I rescheduled it for tomorrow in anticipation of being needed to solve computer issues, which as it turns out was not necessary.  Actually, there was one small issue (that happened twice).  On the online version of these tests, occasionally the screen will be completely gray.  The solution is to move the mouse around, which erases parts of the gray, and when the PREVIOUS button reappears, go back and then return to that question.  The gray will be gone.  I guess that's not exactly heavy lifting, but it's what I did in school today.