1-11-07

Clean up

1. Remove materials from lockers
2. Return tools to tool cabinet
3. Sort tools in tool cabinet
4. Clear out areas that you have worked in

 

 

DocumentationofProjects

1. check out the link for more information
2. Use text, pictures and links to answer the questions below:
3. What did you set out to do originally?
4. What did you do?
5. What did you have to do differently than you thought?
6. How would you approach this project differently, knowing what you do now?

 

 

1-10-07

Current Projects

1. Today is the last day of project work
2. Make sure you have created good documentation
3. Check this link for info about the documentation - http://duxtech.pbwiki.com/DocumentationofProjects
4. DocumentationofProjects

 

1-9-07

• Current Projects

1. You have three classes this week
2. The last class of the week will be a clean up period
3. Time to finish up

 

• EndOfSemesterQuestions

1. What did you think you were going to learn?
2. What can you do now that you couldn't do before the class?
3. How can the stuff you learned in class help you outside of class/later in life?

 

• EndOfProjectQuestions

1. What did you set out to do?
2. What did you get done that you antipated?
3. What did you end up doing that you didn't realize at the start?
4. How would you approach the problem differently now?

 

1-4-07

 

• WeeklyUpdate

1. Due tomorrow

 

• Current Projects

1. Keep on with your current project
2. When you reach a sensible transition point, write up a description of what you have done and how it has changed the computer.
3. You should have a ReportontheComputer for the beginning and end of the project.
4. Make sure you clean up the random parts and stuff in your work area

 

1-2-07

• Current projects

1. Keep on with your current project
2. When you reach a sensible transition point, write up a description of what you have done and how it has changed the computer.
3. You should have a ReportontheComputer for the beginning and end of the project.
4. Make sure you clean up the random parts and stuff in your work area

 

 

12-22-06

• WeeklyUpdate

1. Hand it in

 

• Current projects

1. Keep on with your current project
2. When you reach a sensible transition point, write up a description of what you have done and how it has changed the computer.
3. You should have a ReportontheComputer for the beginning and end of the project.
4. Make sure you clean up the random parts and stuff in your work area

 

• Cleanup

1. Before the period ends, the room needs an extra round of clutter control
2. Make sure tools are put away before vacation
3. Get the random stuff put away
4. Bustified computers should be put near the roll up door in the big shop so they can go to the dump

 

Ho Ho Ho

 

 

12-21-06

• Current projects

1. Keep on with your current project
2. When you reach a sensible transition point, write up a description of what you have done and how it has changed the computer.
3. You should have a ReportontheComputer for the beginning and end of the project.
4. Make sure you clean up the random parts and stuff in your work area

 

• WeeklyUpdade

1. due tomorrow at the start of the period
2. Hand it in when you arrive to class

 

12-19-06

• Current projects

1. Keep on with your current project
2. When you reach a sensible transition point, write up a description of what you have done and how it has changed the computer.
3. You should have a ReportontheComputer for the beginning and end of the project.
4. Make sure you clean up the random parts and stuff in your work area

 

12-18-06

• Current projects

1. Keep on with your current project
2. When you reach a sensible transition point, write up a description of what you have done and how it has changed the computer.
3. You should have a ReportontheComputer for the beginning and end of the project.
4. Make sure you clean up the random parts and stuff in your work area

 

12-14-06

• WeeklyUpdate

1. hand it in

 

• Current projects

1. Keep on with your current project
2. When you reach a sensible transition point, write up a description of what you have done and how it has changed the computer.
3. You should have a ReportontheComputer for the beginning and end of the project.
4. Make sure you clean up the random parts and stuff in your work area

 

• MidtermReport

1. Did you hand it in?

 

12-13-06

• Midterm Report - Due Today at the start of class

1. What have you accomplished this term?
2. What are three things you want to do before the end of the term?
3. What do you need to be successful in #2?

 

• Current projects

1. Keep on with your current project
2. When you reach a sensible transition point, write up a description of what you have done and how it has changed the computer.
3. You should have a ReportontheComputer for the beginning and end of the project.
4. Make sure you clean up the random parts and stuff in your work area

 

 

12-12-06

• MidtermReport - Due Tomorrow at the start of class

1. What have you accomplished this term?
2. What are three things you want to do before the end of the term?
3. What do you need to be successful in #2?

 

• Current projects

1. Keep on with your current project
2. When you reach a sensible transition point, write up a description of what you have done and how it has changed the computer.
3. You should have a ReportontheComputer for the beginning and end of the project.
4. Make sure you clean up the random parts and stuff in your work area

 

 

12-8-06

• Current projects

1. Keep on with your current project
2. When you reach a sensible transition point, write up a description of what you have done and how it has changed the computer.
3. You should have a ReportontheComputer for the beginning and end of the project.
4. Make sure you clean up the random parts and stuff in your work area

 

• Weekly Update

1. Hand it in
2. Late updates will be taken after class ends

 

12-07-06

• Current projects

1. Keep on with your current project
2. When you reach a sensible transition point, write up a description of what you have done and how it has changed the computer.
3. You should have a ReportontheComputer for the beginning and end of the project.
4. Make sure you clean up the random parts and stuff in your work area

 

• Workspace concerns

1. Make sure your area is kept relatively clear of debris during the period
2. If you have an imac project going, make sure you put it away out of the way after class
3. Imac mice are in short supply
4. You will need to proved your own usb mouse when they are gone

 

• WeeklyUpdade

1. due tomorrow at the start of the period
2. Hand it in when you arrive to class
3. late hand ins will be accepted after class has ended.

 

12-5-06

• Current projects

1. Keep on with your current project
2. When you reach a sensible transition point, write up a description of what you have done and how it has changed the computer.
3. You should have a ReportontheComputer for the beginning and end of the project.
4. Make sure you clean up the random parts and stuff in your work area

 

• Audio opportunities

1. WATD is looking for some people who can edit audio
2. It would probably be sports news
3. It would probably be after christmas
4. It would probably be paid
5. It could help us get towards the goal of creating a radio station in Duxbury
6. Talk with Mr. Connors if you are interested.

 

12-4-06

• Current projects

1. Keep on with your current project
2. When you reach a sensible transition point, write up a description of what you have done and how it has changed the computer.
3. You should have a ReportontheComputer for the beginning and end of the project.
4. Make sure you clean up the random parts and stuff in your work area

 

• Audio opportunities

1. WATD is looking for some people who can edit audio
2. It would probably be sports news
3. It would probably be after christmas
4. It would probably be paid
5. It could help us get towards the goal of creating a radio station in Duxbury
6. Talk with Mr. Connors if you are interested.

 

12-1-06

 

• WeeklyUpdate

1. Due At the start of the period
2. Include last week in your writing

 

• 50Imacs

1. Check the newly found comments on TAUW
2. Here it is on the unofficial apple weblog - http://www.tuaw.com/2006/11/24/flickr-find-what-to-do-with-50-imacs/
3. In your documentation, make sure you include the text of the comment that you are working towards
4. Get a link to Mr. Connors to your documentation of this project

 

• Current projects

1. Keep on with your current project
2. When you reach a sensible transition point, write up a description of what you have done and how it has changed the computer.
3. You should have a ReportontheComputer for the beginning and end of the project.
4. Make sure you clean up the random parts and stuff in your work area

 

11-29-06

• 50Imacs

1. In your documentation, you should link directly to the comments that you are working towards.
2. Your documentation should include quoted copies of the comments that you are working towards.
3. Your documentation should be one long page with the newest information at the top.
4. Check out the project description for directions on how to proceed
5. you will be posting documentation to demonstrate your efforts to the many people who are interested in the project
6. Check your idea with Mr. Connors before proceeding

 

• Current projects

1. Keep on with your current project
2. When you reach a sensible transition point, write up a description of what you have done and how it has changed the computer.
3. You should have a ReportontheComputer for the beginning and end of the project.
4. Make sure you clean up the random parts and stuff in your work area

 

• WeeklyUpdate

1. Due Friday of this week
2. Include last week in your writing

 

11-28-06

• 50Imacs

1. Buzz has been created about this project
2. Check out the project description for directions on how to proceed
3. you will be posting documentation to demonstrate your efforts to the many people who are interested in the project
4. Create some buzz of your own

 

• Current projects

1. Keep on with your current project
2. When you reach a sensible transition point, write up a description of what you have done and how it has changed the computer.
3. Make sure you clean up the random parts and stuff in your work area

 

• WeeklyUpdate

1. Due Friday of this week
2. Include last week in your writing

 

 

11-21-06

• Current projects

1. Keep on with your current project
2. When you reach a sensible transition point, write up a description of what you have done and how it has changed the computer.
3. Make sure you clean up the random parts and stuff in your work area

 

• Computer Transition

1. ReportontheComputer
2. Check with Mr. Connors about what to do next
3. Write up a proposal about what you would like to do next.

 

• 80pentiumIIIs

1. What would you do with 80 Pentium IIIs?

 

11-20-06

• Current projects

1. Keep on with your current project
2. When you reach a sensible transition point, write up a description of what you have done and how it has changed the computer.
3. This week's WeeklyUpdate will include last week's abbreviated week.

 

• Computer Transition

1. ReportontheComputer
2. Check with Mr. Connors about what to do next
3. Write up a proposal about what you would like to do next.

 

• 80pentiumIIIs

1. What would you do with 80 Pentium IIIs?

 

• WeeklyUpdate

1. Due at the start of class today
2. Include last week and this week

 

11-16-06

• Current projects

1. Keep on with your current project
2. When you reach a sensible transition point, write up a description of what you have done and how it has changed the computer.
3. This week's WeeklyUpdate will include last week's abbreviated week.

 

• Computer Transition

1. ReportontheComputer
2. Check with Mr. Connors about what to do next
3. Write up a proposal about what you would like to do next.

 

WeeklyUpdate

1. Due at the start of class today
2. Include last week and this week

 

11-13-06

• Current projects

1. Keep on with your current project
2. When you reach a sensible transition point, write up a description of what you have done and how it has changed the computer.
3. This week's WeeklyUpdate will include last week's abbreviated week.

 

• Donor Computers

1. A member of the community has offered up to 600 Pentium 2's and 3's
2. What would you do with 600 computers?
3. Mr. Connors has asked a few people the above question, no real answers yet.

 

• Imacs

1. If you are interested in working with the Imacs let Mr.Connors know
2. You will need a plan before you start working with the imacs
3. Mr. Hagan says they were called "gumdrop" macs
4. Cam says they have g3's
5. Once you separate the monitor, there isn't a whole lot there physically, motherboard, hard drive, cd drive, power supply. Not much else.

 

11-8-06

 

• Imac harvest

1. We go to the middle school
2. Everybody grabs two imacs
3. bring them back, put them in the loft in the other room
4. Organize them so we can get at them later
5. What could we do with a mac g3?

 

• Room, Supplies, Storage

1. This needs to be a project for a few people
2. Ideally, it should be some people new to the program and some upperclassmen
3. Go through the pile near the white board and organize it by type
4. Make the white organizer do its work

 

11-7-06

• Room, Supplies, Work Storage

1. Parts of the room are getting real messy
2. We need to be aware that other people use the room
3. Picking at piles of stuff and leaving it messier doesn't help
4. Taking things apart can lead to a bigger mess
5. Choose the thing you will take apart carefully
6. If the parts are already out of another device, don't scavenge a fresh device.
7. Some of the stuff that looks like junk is in fact back up equipment.
8. If you can help make a change on storage, let Mr. Connors know

 

 

• FixingBrokenComputers

1. Keep your machine from opening unwanted programs
2. Go into the Programs directory, clear out the startup folder
3. Press Control Alt delete, see what is running
4. Open any programs that you don't want running and check their preferences