Snow Jam 2014? ClusterFlake?

Whatever it is called by the media, the past week has been challenging for those of us who are educators. High stakes testing will come to my county the third week of April.  Could we request snow for that week?  The test is coming sure as the night is followed by the day.

Missing students the last week of January for 3 days delayed plans.  My Professional Learning Community in 7th Grade Math worked to condense and streamline the curriculum, but now we have missed 3 more student days.  The missed days may have to be made up at the end of the school year, but the teaching days prior to the testing week are gone!

I suggest that students be given the opportunity to become responsible for their own education via the use of technology.  Students need to be educated using 21st century skills, so let's incorporate those same tools into the school and classroom.  I am totally in favor of increasing student engagement through the use of technology and educating students in an online environment.