Friday, April 4, 2014

Paranormal APPtivity

The short story below is from my teammate, Carol.  She provided her grace in me quoting her, here:

"Paranormal activity?  So today during 5th period my projector shut off. It did this once yesterday so I didn’t think too much of it. Then, it came back on, and then off again. It did this during the entire class time maybe ten times or so. I kept switching from writing on the board to showing the video/ppt. The students were so distracted, “It’s back on, Miss!” etc. THEN, they hollered, “The TV’s on!” and it was! And guess what it was showing? Sex and the City! It was thankfully not as bad as it could have been, but there was kissing involved. I have no remote for the TV, couldn’t reach to see a button, but in an effort to protect the eyes of my innocent students, I found the strength to shove over my bookshelf to reach behind it to unplug the TV.

Then the projector came back on and NEVER went back off again. The projector remote was sitting on the cart then entire time.

My TV shall remain unplugged. I have never turned it on- ever. I don’t even know how. If it comes on again while it’s unplugged, I’m going home.


Yes, I completed an SOS. I’m sure they are getting a good laugh out of it."

<SOS:  literally, what it sounds like, except it's created for the district technology staff to blessedly assist with varied tech problems.>

After some discussion with other colleagues, the culprit may not be paranormal activity but rather wily, tech-savvy students who have found one of the many device apps available that can tinker with nearby electronic equipment.  

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