<strong>Your Name:</strong> Grace Sonnabend

<strong>Today’s Date:</strong> January 28th, 2011

<strong>Day(s) worked or described:</strong> Week Three--T,W/Week 4: M,T

<strong>Total hours for week: </strong>Week 3: 5.5/Week 4: 5

<strong>Kind of Work:</strong> Teacher support &amp; asset mgmt

<strong>Main Report or Narrative:</strong>

I did not work Monday the 17th because of MLK Day.

Tuesday the 18th I spent the bulk of my time working on a Word installation on a teacher's laptop. It was unusually difficult--I could get the files onto the desktop and unzipped, but nothing happened when I attempted to install. When I returned on the 19th I took another approach to the install and managed to get it to work. As the laptop was brand-new, I assisted the teacher in customizing the desktop and Start Menu options to match her preferences. I also removed a few superfluous programs (an OpenOffice type of thing she no longer needed given that she had Word) to free up disk space.

Monday the 24th I took a quick visual inventory of what was in Room #004 in terms of unwanted computer equipment, making sure to salvage usable parts like cables and power strips. With the help of a teacher, I also located various unwanted printers and copiers around the building in order to leave a comprehensive pickup guide for the company Fiske uses to remove their unwanted assets.

On Tuesday the 25th I returned to Room #004. This time, I went through the GX270 units to see if any were in working condition. I was pleasantly surprised to discover that about half were working and could be used elsewhere in the building. I encountered two main problems with those that were not working 1) the blinking amber light which has plagued us in the past; 2) a keyboard error on boot which has me stumped. I hooked up different varieties of keyboards, but the machines refused to recognize them. I believe there was also a unit that didn't start up at all.

I did not work on the 26th due to illness.