Google glitch, snowstorm bring virtual learning frustrations
By Kantele Franko - Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) It wasn’t the weather that delayed school this week, at least not the first time.
Students in the Northeast might be giddily anticipating a storm that the National Weather Service says could drop a foot or more of snow across the region Wednesday and Thursday.
The glitch that came Monday, though, wasn’t in the forecast.
“Google is down across the globe, which is the COVID version of a snow day,” Superintendent Joe Clark tweeted to followers from his Nordonia Hills City School District in northern Ohio. “Until it’s back up, Nordonia students, read some books, play outside, and help your parents around the house.”
Google glitch, snowstorm bring virtual learning frustrations
by Kantele Franko, The Associated Press
Posted Dec 16, 2020 1:58 pm EDT
Last Updated Dec 16, 2020 at 2:14 pm EDT
FILE - A child runs across a sidewalk in front of New York s City Hall decorated with graffiti in favor of keeping open public schools, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020. A Google services outage this week and potential impacts from a snowstorm in the Northeast highlight the fragile chain of connectivity that s powering widespread remote learning during the coronavirus pandemic. One Ohio school superintendent called Monday s Google outage “the COVID version of a snow day. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)