Your Name: Dana Lutenegger

Today’s Date: 2007/11/18

Day(s) worked or described: W (12:30-3:30), F (1:30-3:30)

Total hours for week: 5

The School: Fermi Elementary

Kind of Work: Tech general, Helping Teacher

Main Report or Narrative:

On Wednesday, I was grappling with the prospect of installing new RAM onto a computer in Ms. Alexander's room. I opened up the computer and gave it a shot, but I ended up not being able to reach the RAM slots, so after trying to remove various parts of the computer's internals for some time, I decided to wait for a little more guidance. I did help Ms. Alexander with some other minor problems she was having, however. I also stopped in 105 and tried to get that computer up and running after its reimage. I'm not sure that that is a successful technique, because the computer was still slow and buggy. On a side note, Mitch, do you know why the remediation script to create standard accounts doesn't create a "school" account? That would seem to be a good idea, but I've had to create it manually several times.

I came in at 1:30 on Friday, because I had an academic thing. I was intending to try to install the RAM again, but I got caught up in some other things instead. First, Mr. Smith's kids were in the computer lab, so I helped them log on and get set up. Then, I asked Dr. Sanders about the 5 new computers that had been donated to the school. Apparently, they had been donated by the mother of a student in Ms. Covington's class, so Ms. Covington was supposed to get first pick of them. She requested three originally, but it looks like she will only need two. I set up one of them on Friday. It is connected to the internet and ready to go. Of the four that are left, one will go into Ms. Covington's room as well, one will go into Ms. Alexander's room (120), one will go into 121, and the last one is not certain yet, but Ms. Stokley is making a case for herself in 207.