November 14-18

I've been interested in learning how to connect and set up technology devices such as printers and projectors. In the past, when I came back from summer break my computer equipment had been disconnected and I always had to call our technology person to help me figure out which cords go where. I know how to hook up the computer and printer alone, but once you start adding other things like projectors, Elmos, and SMART Boards I get confused and have never had the opportunity to learn these simple skills. Since this would be my job duty if I decided to apply for an E.T. position one day, I figured what better time to learn this than now. Last week I expressed an interest in learning about this when talking to Mike so he taught me how to connect these devices this week. After learning, I was able to apply my new knowledge by removing some unwanted projectors and Elmos from teachers' classrooms. We sent an email out asking teachers to let us know if they weren't using their Elmos or projectors.Since we all have SMART Boards and no one needs a projector anymore, after I removed them from the classrooms, I put them in storage. Also, I removed Elmos from the classrooms that teachers no longer wanted. A few teachers responsed and said they wanted the Elmos. I was able to set up one classroom with an Elmo. I am glad I got to work on this throughout the week. Now I am able to make the "service runs" to remove or connect the different equipment.