Summer is almost here

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We just about made it through the 2019/2020 school year. What a crazy one it was. Things just went down hill right after Christmas it seems. Who would have thought what would happen then? But we made it through, zooming, Google Meetings, online assignments almost no one did. I will prepare better for the next time this will happen. I even already made out a presentation I will share over the summer that will feature 15 practical online teaching tools for teachers. We can do this. Really.

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