ICT is the devil!

Oh FFS!

And just when you thought it was safe to plug in your computer, the ICT anti-christ raises its ugly head again (note: ICT anti-christ will feature heavily in this blog – it is the devil sent up through the fibre-optic caballing to thwart all my attempts to teach both with AND without my computer!)

Today’s lesson was really supposed to be a no-brainer:
1. Get computer. Check – was assigned to me against will, but I have it.
2. Get VSG (or some such) cable. Check – pretty adept at using this thing by now, although have had lots of practice getting new ones because they are broken all the time. In fact, have returned them to audiovisual techs so many times, I’m probably getting my old ones back in the rotation!)
3. Get DVD. Check – what an awesome lesson this will be. Love this movie. Am sure kids will love it too as they have worked diligently through the original text, and are looking forward to this adaptation. Can’t wait.

Which brings me to “Oh FFS!”

Why is it that, on the rare occasions that I have everything sorted, the ICT anti-christ has to be there? It’s like it’s a bad movie, in which he is my constant nemesis! Suffice to say, I hooked everything up correctly and then threw a hissy fit because I couldn’t get the sound to work. Only to be told: Oh no, Miss, there’s no sound with the projector in this room.

Of course there isn’t!

Check-mate, it would seem. I had to get a tv, with 29 kids crammed around it. Definitely not the effect I was going for – not the optimum viewing/teaching experience. (But on a side-note, the humble tv proves its reliability once again! Screw you unnecessary Windows Media Player!)

Tvs are allowed in Namibia. And I will see them soon.