Your Name: Katie Schilling

Today’s Date: 2010/11/5

Day(s) worked or described: M W F

Total hours for week: 12

The School: Dumas Technology Academy

Kind of Work: General Security, Software Management, Helped Teacher

Main Report or Narrative:

I started off the week working on the computers in 313 setting up the needed user accounts.  In setting up the new user accounts, I saw that there was no admin on three of the computers.  I didn't know that could happen, so I popped in an install disc and booted from it, and saw that there was a phantom remote admin account.  I broke into that account and saw that it wasn't actually an admin-- just a standard account...  strange.  I did some research and found that Mac allows its users to delete the admin account without making a new one.  I don't know how that logically makes sense, but it's Mac, I guess.

I ended up fiddling with the accounts and the permissions, but I couldn't make a new admin account, so I reinstalled the OS.  The good thing about Mac is that you can have varying levels of "cleanliness" on the reinstall.  So, I archived all the files in case a student desperately needed a project and erased the users and network settings.  The machines are now up and running just fine, though I had to reinstall a couple of programs (Comic Life, First Class).  I just have to install the adobe suite when it comes in next week and do the final login set up (appearance wise).

I spent some of the time waiting for the OS reinstalls researching some cool ideas for technology-themed bulletin boards and links for teachers.  I'm hoping to make a page on the wiki for links and slowly integrate the idea of clickers back into the environment here.

On Friday, I helped Mr. Moore in the lab with his class and solved some file issues for the kids.  A student somehow saved her iMovie project to a strange folder and needed an admin to find it.  Mr. Moore could get photos to transfer from the camera to the computers, so I fixed that. I spent the rest of my time researching for the bulletin board and links and doing some software updates.

I'm hoping to help teachers in the lab more often, as it seems like they need it.  I offered to Mr. Moore that I have a box in the office and that I'm here MWF to help.  I also told Ms. Johnson and Ms. Allen to let teachers know that I'm a resource.