<strong>Your Name:</strong> E rwin Carl

<strong>Today’s Date:</strong> 2011/01/14

<strong>Day(s) worked or described:</strong> M W F/ MWF

<strong>Total hours for week: </strong><strong>6.6/6.5
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<strong>Kind of Work:</strong> Tech general

<strong>Main Report or Narrative:</strong> Sorry for the late posts. First week I got back, Mon. 1/3/11, I talked about the future schedule and tried to install Windows Office from fiske-adm01 site. The cps-full-install.exe did not work for some reason and since I did not have the product key, I emailed Mitch to get it. On Wed. 1/5/11 Mr. Miller and Ms. Knox were at a meeting so I did nothing. Once the school gets settled down, hopefully I have a way for teachers to tell me about current tech problems I can fix so I have things to do. On Fri. 1/7/11, I helped clean up the 2nd floor computer labs by putting the broken computers down in the basement. It seems like many computers have one or two problems wrong with them that prevent them from being usable.

This week, Mon. 1/10/11 I finally got down to installing Windows Office now that I had the product key. I also started downloading and installing Photoshop and Premier Elements on the computers that didn't have them. I also brainstormed some activities I could do with the kids relating to tech. On Wed. 1/12/11, I did some troubleshooting of monitor problems. It seemed like the computer was fine except the graphics card input. When a monitor was plugged in, it would say something to the extent of "in power saving mode, change using the computer," but since the computer wasn't on the screen I was not able to fix it. The problem was with the computer since the monitors worked fine with other computers. I talked to Ms. Knox about the activities I had brainstormed so I could get some one-on-one time with the kids. The first thing I would do is work with 2nd/3rd graders on a book report in video presentation format using either iMovie or Windows Movie Maker. From then on we would continue into other projects non-academic related but heavily involved with technology. This way I could get some interaction with the students instead of running around fixing tech problems. Today Fri. 1/14/11, I manage to build a computer that worked for the kitchen hall in the basement. Some of the computers had power supply problems and would not properly turn on. One computer had hard drive problems but a workable power supply. I switched the HDD out of the broken power supply one into the workable power supply one. I also replaced the CMOS battery so the computer would not say 'system voltage low' on startup. By switching parts I was able to create one fully functionable computer.