The cursed iOS 7 update

This past weekend was a nice 4 holiday in Taiwan, as the annual Moon Festival fell on a Thursday, and the government was kind enough to give us the Friday off as well, in fair exchange for the country having to work the previous Saturday. I took the opportunity to upgrade to iOS 7, as did most students.

I like the slick new look, but the transition to the classroom was hardly slick. Upon Monday morning's early arrival there greeted me an update reminder for Airserver, specifically for compatibility with iOS7. Better get that.

What I didn't count on was standing in front of 25 kids, ready to show them something drastically important, and only to find myself completely ignorant as to how to connect to Airserver. The new OS has a whole new look and new way to connect. I should have foreseen this, but it was a Monday. After a long, long weekend. What do I do? Fortunately for me, there were about 25 people, give or take, on hand to tell me how to do so.

The lessons:

1. when upgrading your operating system, re-learn everything at the expense of your long-weekend.
2. relax. Your students know how to do it.