September 30, 2010

Thursday: I am going to start teaching everyone how to make Cat5 Patch cables. I started with some of the afternoon people today. So if I forget that I haven't taught you, please remind me. FYI: I will be gone Monday and Tuesday. I will have an assignment on the blog for you on Monday. Please read it Monday and follow the directions. You can sit in the lab and work on it or if it is full, in my office.

September 29, 2010

Wednesday: I am going to try to get some odds and ends wrapped up with different things I have started and haven't finished. We'll see how that goes. Your worksheets are due tomorrow so turn those in to me--even if I don't ask! Have a great day!

September 28, 2010 part 2

Here is a teaching moment for me and a learning one for you. A MS teacher's pc came into the office today that has a pop-up window that says Microsoft Security Essentials has found a trojan on this pc and it shows where the trojan is located. We tried doing a restore point and restore was disabled probably by this program. There is such a thing as MSE but we didn't install it so immediately I'm suspicious that it is a virus in an of itself. I googled the title and found an artilce that explains very well how this works. I want ALL of YOU to read this artcile: http://news.softpedia.com/news/New-Scareware-Displays-Fake-Microsoft-Security-Essentials-Alerts-156892.shtml Then read the comments at the bottom of it because it explains how to get rid of the "scareware". That is a new term for you that I want you to understand. When you find a problem on a PC that you don't know how to fix, always look it up on the Internet because you will find an answer--may not always be the first thing you look at, but you'll find it. After you read this article, post a comment that you have read it.

September 28, 2010

Tuesday: One of my goals today is to work on our School Messenger system. This system will automatically dial home phones or cell phones when we have a school emergency or announcement. The whole system needs to be overhauled so I'm going to figure out what we need and then contact their customer support and see what I have to do. The calls for support are getting to be less and less so we will start learning some new stuff soon I think.

September 27, 2010

Monday: Hope everyone had a good weekend. Mine went by too fast as usual. I would like everyone to finish and turn in the packet I gave you about computer history by Thursday this week. I will be gone on Monday and Tuesday of next week and I'll give you another project for those days. Have a good Homecoming week.

September 24, 2010

Friday: My goal is to clean my desk off to some degree today. There are a few problems I've already got lined up and we'll see what else comes along. Have a great weekend.

September 23, 2010

Thursday: I noticed that some of you have not blogged for every day of the week. I will be giving a grade on blogging. I'll scan back through and see who is missing their blogs and deduct some points. It is very important for you to blog every day. If you forget, go back and do it the next day.

I'm doing training after school today for all the secretaries in the district on how to use some tools in PowerSchool. So most of my day is going to be devoted to getting the materials ready for them to hand out later today.

September 22, 2010

Wednesday: I have an on-line webinar at 11:45 today with DESE about reporting special services in Core Data. Core Data is a big part of my job and requires me to sit at my computer for long periods--way too long of periods. October is a huge core data month and I'll be very aggrivated before it is all over. So bear with me through those cranky days.

September 21, 2010

Tuesday: I sent out an e-mail yesterday asking if any teachers had problems we needed to attend to and I did get several e-mails back. So we will work our way through that list today and tomorrow.

Please be sure to put the tools back where they belong and clean up any work area so that CD's, screws, etc... aren't lost and our counter doesn't look trashy. thanks!

September 20, 2010

Monday: I am going to focus on some PowerSchool things I need to do, like create the new attendance conversions for this school year, fix some permenant record label problems the secretaries told me about recently, and prepare for the October core data reporting that I have to do. I could work on the core data from now until November probably. Most of you will finish taking your computer apart and puttting it back together except Conner who is starting that today.

September 16, 2010

Thursday: I decided today to get a few different projects going. Within the next week each of you will be taking a computer completely apart and putting it back together. This gets you familiar with how the parts go in and out and that the inside of a computer is not so scary. I will also be giving you a packet to read and some worksheets to fill out as you read it on the history of computers and a little about the Internet. I want you to be well-rounded individuals and know a little bit about as much as possible when it comes to computers. It is not difficult material and some of it is dated but usually history and the nuts and bolts of how computers work does not change. You will work on this packet when we have down time from computer problems.

September 15, 2010

Wednesday: I'm late blogging for today so you will have to remember what you did on Wednesday. I've been busy with getting two of the cafeteria computers set up so that I can log into them remotely and set them up to share a program they use for their recipes and menus. I've also worked on some billing issues from software we needed to renew and purchases we've made this year. Mr. Holtmeyer has brought his classes in today for a 15 minute overview of PowerPoint that I am also giving. The day has flown and I need to spend time on ordering more equipment. :( Hope you have a good evening.

September 14, 2010

Tuesday: I have a webinar from 9-11 on troubleshooting the new Promethean boards that we are installing in 6 of the HS classrooms. I'm in the middle of it now and it is getting long. I still haven't graded your quizzes but it is on my list for today. :) We are going to get the HS lab ready for EOC testing which will not be until the beginning of Dec. but I need to know now if the computers can't handle the task of an entire classroom testing at the same time. Eventually all students will test over the computers.

September 13, 2010

Monday: Hope everyone had a good weekend. I was very busy with sports for my 9 year old. He had 4 soccer games and 2 football games and I went to the Mizzou game which was boring because they were winning by so much. We are going to concentrate on getting the MS lab all up and running. It is having lots of error messages from Vexira and such so probably about everyone will spend time there today. :)

September 10, 2010

Friday: TGIF. Why does a 4-day week seem longer than a regular week some times. This has been crazy and stressful week with me missing several hours taking my son to the dentist several times. But all in all, we got a lot done and kept up with the requests. A few odds and ends today and hopefully delivering a few machines and all will be good. Everyone have a safe weekend and see you Monday.

September 9, 2010

Thursday: Everyone will have a short quiz today over IP numbering, finding the right screen, and device manager. We will finish up a few computers to be delivered tomorrow because it is supposed to rain most of today. I'll have another assignment for you to work on over the next week with a quiz next Thursday or Friday.

September 8, 2010

Wednesday: I will be coming in late today because my son is having his teeth worked on after his accident last week. I don't have any new e-mails for work that needs to be done. Caleb and Devun, you can have a study hall 2nd hour and probably Zach 3rd hour also. I should be back by 4th hour. See you soon.

September 7, 2010

Tuesday: Hope everyone had a great weekend. We were productive at my house with reseeding the yard and trimming etc... We will work on getting some PC's reformatted or set up to put in classrooms today and tomorrow. Remember you will have a quiz on Thursday!!!

September 3, 2010

Friday: Well, another week down. We were pretty productive this week and some major things have been marked off my list. We got Mrs. Lackman's Promethian board hooked up this morning and I fixed the sound for Mrs. Farris. We will deliver some pc's today and see what else is on the list. Hope all of you have a relaxing and fun 3-day weekend. See you Tuesday.

September 2, 2010

Thursday: Everyone will have a quiz next week. You need to be able to tell me how to get to Device Manager and how to get to the screen to put in IP addresses. You also need to memorize the subnet mask, gateway, all 3 DNS numbers and know the numbering scheme for IP addresses. Ex: 10.10.4.xx numbers go to which building and for what group of people. Monday is a holiday so we will plan on the quiz on Thursday.

September 2, 2010

Wednesday: Well, yesterday afternoon was eventful. My 9 year old son fell at school and busted a tooth out, broke another, and loosened a third. So, I'm way behind for the day and need to stick to my pc to get some core data done from summer school and still research ordering some equipment for the special services department. I'm hoping you all will get some pc's ready for other buildings in the next day or two and then on Friday we will deliver.
Have a great day!