Your Name: Brad Langel

Today’s Date: 2009/11/04

Day(s) worked or described: M T  F

Total hours for week: 8.5

The School: Reavis Elementary School

Kind of Work: Tech General

Main Report or Narrative: Monday:  I finished putting shortcuts to Scantron on all of the computers in the lab. Fixed a monitor that wouldn't turn on; easy fix the power just wasn't connected securely enough.  Fixed the wireless on one of the computer's in the lab. It wasn't working because the WEP key wasn't correct. Also there is a computer that runs very slowly in the lab, any ideas to boost its speed would be appreciated. Also I tested a few computers in the elementary lab because soon we will be integrating those into classrooms. I also worked on some computers in room 219 that don't totally function right.
Tuesday: I made an inventory list of the computers/monitors that are in the Elementary lab. I tried to get Ms. Barry's printer to print black ink again, but even after cleaning the cartridges' heads 9 times, it still didn't work. I then worked on a computer in room 216, I believe, that's monitor didn't work. But it also turns out that none of the usb ports were working either. So, I think its that none of the ports on the computer work, so if any one has any ideas on a fix to this, it would be greatly appreciated!
Friday: The computers in room 219 I got to function better. They all three have wireless internet now and the only problem is that the startup time is a tad slow, but they work just fine. So hopefully the school can put good use to them now, especially since these computers are wireless. I helped out a teacher who couldn't get on the  gradebook website. It was due to the domain being workgroup and not instr, I think. Also the mouse wasn't working on the computer in the classroom so I replaced it with one that does work. I also did a survey of most of the rooms in the elementary side of the school so that I would know how to tackle the integration of more computers in the classroom. I have a couple of concerns though which are, not enough space in the classrooms to put more computers and also the lack of outlets in the rooms. I will hopefully finish my survey of the  few classrooms I left on Monday and then hopefully start putting computers into rooms that need them.
And that was my week 2 at Reavis!!