Your Name: Katie Schilling

Today’s Date: 2011/3/13

Day(s) worked or described: F (11-2:30)

Total hours for week: 3.5

The School: Dumas Technology Academy

Kind of Work: Helping Teacher

Main Report or Narrative:

Dumas was closed Monday, and I collided with a 15,000 word lab report on Wednesday, so I worked on Friday.  I came in and took apart a teacher's keyboard to remove something lodged under her enter key.  I then showed another teacher how to customize the settings and restore some iPods that had been incorrectly synced.  The bulk of my time was spent setting up new writing software (Writing with Symbols) on several laptops for a teacher.  He also has a new smartboard, so I helped him with a few minor customization details.  While using the board, his computer crashed (flash video in internet explorer, a classic).  I switched him over to google chrome and showed him how to clear his cookies, etc.  It turns out he had let the kids use his laptop, and they had downloaded extra toolbars and programs.  I'll be going in on Monday and Tuesday of next week to make sure nothing is going to explode while I'm on break.  ;)

The keyboards from Mitch are working out excellently.  I'm trying to convince Ms. Johnson or Ms. Allen to take the defective keyboard home for a trip through the dishwasher, but they are having a hard time believing me (I am, too.).

Hope you all have a relaxing break!