October

October 3 – Hackett Schools to assist with D2SC online testing and set up 8e6 web filter

October 4 – attend the TCC meeting over CIV then worked on inventory, paperwork and technology issues that had built up while I was on leave.

October 5 – Hosted/attended a two day Ecessa / 8e6 workshop taught by Krissy Cross from DIS.

October 6 – Day 2 of workshop and worked with Krissy to improve my Ecessa firewall

October 7 – Office to correct issues created by modifying the filter and lost password then to Mountainburg to assist with e-rate and technology planning

October 10 – caught up email, worked more on inventory, set up computers for workshop, worked on Linda's computer, assisted Elda with e-mail pop up

october 11 – worked with Paris on Forefront instruction. We made it through the process more quickly but still don't have the steps in great order. We believe there will need to be one more installation and plan to do that at the coop on coop server

October 12 – Worked on and completed inventory, went to Paris to help Jodi with e-rate

October 13 – Worked on catching up calendar and journal while assisting with D2SC (Bonneville) and email (Harvie and Elda)

September

September 1 – ran the AP teleconference and took half day leave

September 2 – worked on updating information on co-op web site, assisted Jay (Scranton) with e-rate and finished up the web site update

September 6 – Attended the TCC meeting at Arch Ford

September 7 – ran the CIV for ADE State reporting and made some corrections to the web site that I had overlooked

September 8 – E-rate 472, 468 and beginners overview workshop for area schoools and set up computers for workshop in conf J, set up some of the ECP iPads

September 9 – Leave

September 12 – Stopped by co-op to see if workshops were getting under way and then went to Paris to assist technology coordinator Jason to get Forefront Protection services running

September 13 – Assisted with target assessment / CCSS workshop for testing coordinators and technology coordinators, set up more ECP iPads

September 14 – taught erate 470 workshop, set up more ECP iPads

September 15 – set up remainder of ECP iPads, ran CIV for OSR monitoring meeting, made sure that computers were ready for Early childhood workshop.

September 16 – CIV conversations

September 19 – broke down all portable computer labs and replaced in containers, caught up on email, updated all servers including migrant. Linux servers had issues and had to work until 7:30pm

September 20 – finished up the updating servers and various other minor issues with computers, email and printers that have built up over the last 2 weeks.

September 21 – D2SC online testing training at Arch Ford

September 22 – assisted schools with e-rate and attended the Supt meeting. Provided a MOU for distaster recovery operations to the supt.

September 23 – Office time to prepare presentation for D2SC on Monday and work with John and Harvie on setting up portable CIV system in conf J

September 26 – D2SC workshops for online testing to tech coordinators and testing coordinators (two sessions so all day)

September 27 – set up for night workshop, left to take trailer to Fay., came back to help host the School Board workshop from 5 to 9

September 28 – came in the morning to make sure all CIV sessions were working then took off for BBB (leave)

September 29 – Leave

September 30 – Leave

August part Deux

Monday August 22 - set up computers for APSCN workshop and then continued to work on ECP computers and iPad issues.

Tuesday August 23 - Caught up the journal for the month so far.  Worked with Shelby on the ECP computers for Alma, Clarksville and Branch

Wednesday August 24 - went to Greenwood to set up ECP computers/scanner/printers.  about noon left for lunch and came back and finished up.  Then drove to Fort Smith to help Jan Carr get her ECP computer attached to her home network since she works mostly from home.  Then drove to Alma to set up Laura C computer since she is also based in Alma not just Greenwood.  Worked very late trying to get the laptop to accept scans from the printer/scanner.  the interface for that MFP is not very good and the user/pwd has to be entered on a number pad (old school texting style)

Thursday August 25 - CIV for Supt and then Supt meeting

Friday August 26 - Run CIV system for two programs

Monday August 29 - Caught up email and scheduled e-rate workshops and tried to work on scheduling tech workshop but was called for emergency CIV equipment check for PV.  Decided to put my time to good use since I would be close to Alma and would be close to Clarksville in the afternoon due to Westside school visit and packed up the ECP computers to try to deliver.  Checked out PV CIV and conversed with the principal and tech coordinator then headed to Alma and configured the ECP computers to the printer.  stopped to eat lunch and then to westside to set up and configure the replacement CIV equipment and to bring ours back home.  Harvie assisted.  Westside didn't get done until after 3:00 so I was unable to make it with the laptops to Clarksville.

August so far

This has been a very busy month and I haven't taken the needed time to keep the journal up-to-date.

August 1 - 5 was spent providing support for workshops, trying to clean clutter out of the network closets and sort through old equipment for discardability.  I also had a CIV over AYP that I managed the CIV system for.  I also had to take off a few afternoons for MIL health issues

August 8 - 12 was also spent providing support and setting up computers for various workshops at the coop.  I also did some troubleshooting and set up for CIV labs at schools including Mansfield, Westside, and Mountainburg.  Hartford and Hackett also.  Harvie and I did a test call to all the systems and made sure they were ready for school for the next week.  I began setting up ECP computers on Wednesday trying to get them ready ASAP.  Thursday I set up for some workshops and worked on ECP laptops and ran the Child Nutrition CIV.  Friday I presented IDEAS and iTunes U at the Paris multi-district conference.  I also had to take off a few afternoons due to MIL health issues.

August 15 - 19 was spend working mostly on the ECP laptops (there are 20 new laptops that we are trying to get out into the staff hands)  Thursday I went to Little Rock for a tech meeting with DIS.  Friday I took leave to go visit the doctor and to try and sort through MIL financial situation.

July 25, 26, 27, 28,

Monday - arrived at the coop and picked up CIV equipment to run tests at a couple of schools.  Harvie and I went to Mansfield and hooked up their system that had not been used in a few years and made sure it was working.  We then went to Mountainburg and talked to their tech guy and he said that the system was working he thought but when we went to check it, it was doing the same thing it had done when i was there the week before.  So we connected our spare system hooked up and tested all the connections and everything seemed to be in working order before we left.

Tuesday - Arrived early to set up computers at County Line school for ELF workshop.  after getting the computers delivered and placed on tables, Harvie and I did dial in tests for all the other CIV  systems that would be used for classes during the school year.  We contacted the Principals, Supt and Tech at each district that system did not work and some of them got right back to us and we did a second check.  we will continue to verify systems and work with facilitators and principals to make sure that the beginning of the year goes off without a hitch.  Also assisted Eric P with some computer set ups and discussed his BEE situation since it wasn't much better than ours.

Wednesday - Arrived early to make sure that all the computers would work for the ELF workshop.  Harvie and I went to Hackett after lunch and hooked up their system and verified that it was now working.  I stayed after Harvie went back to the coop to consult with the supt on ideas to provide filtering and spam catching for his district

Thursday - Worked with Shelby on computer issues after making sure that all workshops were running successfully.  Also made some changes to the web pages requested by Pat.  Also gathered up the computers from County Line and again consulted with Eric P about technology issues and possible workshops.  Also prepared lab for workshop that was requested at the last minute by presenters in another building.

Friday - Took Leave but worked from home on web page issues for Pat dealing with TIA and TA and CCSS information.  Will have to discuss this more on Tuesday when she returns to work.

July 18, 19, 20, 21, 22

Monday July 18 - arrive early to get workshops set up.  Spent the rest of the day taking care of computer issues and cleaning up part of office (card board recycle)

Tuesday July 19 - Arrive early to get workshops set up since I have to run CIV for Heat Illness Session.  Ran CIV and then worked on getting ready to set up the Ecessa box for the DSL connection and working with Warren G (DIS) to get the connection working..

Wednesday July 20  - Arrived at 7:55 and got workshops ready.  afterwards went to Scranton to visit with their new tech (Jay) and help him with e-rate and tech planning.  Stopped back by the coop on way to Dr office and talked to Shelby about the new DSL connection

Thursday July 21 - Arrived at 7:45 and began getting rooms ready for workshops.  after workshops started, worked on computer issues with Shelby.  Tried to get Curtis' new computer to hit wireless network to no avail.  also ran CIV for presentation about Moodle by Fort Smith teacher to the rest of the state participants.

Friday July 22 - Arrived at 7:32 due to reported outage with DIS .. had a very hard time pinpointing the issue because of the new DSL connection.  I will need to remember that we will still be able to get to the internet even if the T1 lines are down due to the DSL.   Also had issues with the connection in finance dept.  Not sure what fixed it but at about 10:20 go the issue solved.  Worked with Shelby to explain what was going on with the connection and how the DSL connected to our network.  Started creating patch cables for wiring closet and a bit more office cleaning.  Also added the APSCN SMS workshops to my calendar.

July 12, 13, 14, 15

Tuesday - Arrive at 7:45 and get computers and tech equipment ready for workshops.   Attend the Google Doc workshop (assisted with tech issues as needed while attending workshop)

Wednesday - Arrive at 7:39 and get computers set up for workshops.  worked with AT&T and other civ sites across state to establish CIV workshop ... AM didn't work .. stayed to make sure the afternoon workshop started correctly and then took half day leave to go to dr with my father.

Thursday - Arrive at PV school to check CIV equipment with Harvie N.  went to Mulberry to check CIV equipt.  Went to MtBurg and checked CIV equipment and assisted Asst to Supt with technology needs for presentation to school board

Friday - Arrive at 7:52 and get computers ready for workshops.  Worked on Enterasys wireless system, worked on tech forum site. (caught up journal)
checked the wireless setup.  broke down and returned computers from county line workshop back to coop location.

Monday July 11, 2011

arrive at 7:48 and load up computers to take to CL school for workshops
hook up and connect computers for workshop use.  Finish by 9:00 before workshops start (barely)

check on other workshops at base location to verify that technology is working correctly

catch up on e-mail

start configuring and deploying more WAP for set up in other buildings on location.

July 8, 2011

Thursday July 7 - arrived at 7:40 and set up computers for workshop and removed computer equipment from conf F from the previous workshop.  spent the day in Tier II training and making sure that equipment for that workshop worked correctly at County Line school and in our Conf center for the afternoon session.

Friday July 8 - arrived at 8:03 and got computer lab ready for workshop and checked on other workshops technology needs.
9:03 - worked with Linda B on fixing access for area teacher to the media site (password forgotten)
worked on email and contact and lists with Gina for the new Supt
worked with Tisha on the iPad purchase

July 6, 2011

Tuesday July 5 - arrived at 7:50 to prepare computers for tomorrow's workshops and to install the new wireless access controller and access points.  Left at 3:45

Wednesday July 6 - Arrived at 7:50 to get labs and computers ready for presenters.
9:10 attended workshop on involving Latino parents in the school, during the workshop I was called out for a variety of computer related issues but attended most of the workshop.
3:45 to 4:04 took down the mobile lab to make room for non tech workshop in F tomorrow
4:04 - updated blog
4:06 - shut down and get ready to head home

Wednesday June 29

Arrived at 7:20 to open computer lab for todays presenter and got computers ready for them
went to DL lab and started installing Smart Notebook on remainder of laptops.
came back over to Conf F and made sure the presenters there had what they needed including microphones
back to DLL and continued installing Smart Notebook
10:30 - called Victoria at Apple about my need for invoice today.
Discussed financial situation with bookkeeping.
Continued installing Smart Notebook on laptop computers
3:00 started preparing to work on Wireless upgrade by gathering materials and start the planning the network installation

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Arrived at 7:50 and checked on tech needs for workshops
turned in travel form for purchases that are to be reimbursed to me as well as calculated the remaining funds needed to be processed
9:45 - tomorrows presenters arrived to prepare and practice.  determined that they needed Smart Notebook software on the computers so began the process of download and will install when i get the software burned to CD
worked on install on 12 mac/windows computers til 3:00 then moved to the H room to install on as many as I could until 4:00 .. I have sign language class tonight so can not stay over.

Monday June 27, 2011

Arrive at 7:40 and begin setting up for worksohps in G
8:45 - head to County Line Schools to assist with tech issues in a workshop at that location
9:10 - work on Jessica B laptop (all updates and office installed.  returned to Shelby)
10:15 - began working on finance issues and purchase problems with Apple
11:00 - Consulted with Shelby about the purchase of a server for running Windows 2008R2 server.
12:15 - investigated android tablet devices
1:15 - discussed budget issues with Patsy and Mr Fenter
2:00 - worked with Shelby on Jessica B computer
3:28 - started to shut down computers after workshop and did more research on the android tablets
4:40 - headed home

arrived at 7:40 and started setting up for workshops
after workshop set up, worked on financial stuff and schedule stuff
11:00 - started working on Jessica B (Migrant computer) it has real issues.. going to try to restore it again.
3:00 still working on JB computer (updates etc)
gonna shut down  computers from workshops and head out

Wednesday June 22

arrived at 7:42 and set up for workshops
8:45 went to DL Room to run CIV Field Trips
3:40 after shutting down all computers, i helped get sound ready for Thursday workshop.
4:12 home

Tuesday June 21, 2011

arrive at 7:45 and begin getting computers ready for workshop in G
get presentation computer ready for presenter in H
run CIV from 8:45 to 12 for Art workshop
12:45 check on presenter for afternoon art session
check prices for computers/servers and catch up on e-mail
2:30 start to clean office a bit by checking used equipment for failure, and marked for discard 10 switches that failed.
picked up iPad from main office
talked to shelby about JB computer
got rooms ready for workshops tomorrow and batteries in chargers

Monday June 20, 2011

arrive at 7:20 and begin setting up for workshops
9:00 finish workshop set up just in time
work with Shelby on Jessica B computer
work on various computer issues
3:30 start putting away computers from workshops in rooms that don't need computers for the next day's workshops
4:15 head home

Friday, June 17 2011

Arrived at 7:30 to get computers taken down for workshop in H today that doesn't need computers.  Took some time to get the schedule of computers and tech needs for workshops figured out for the next week.  I will evidently have to work Sunday to get the computers set up for Monday's workshops.  I will take some exchange time later.
8:00 - head to H to see if the presenter needs any help with arrainging the room.
9:00 - Finished setting up computers for Claire's workshop (missing a power supply for Dell computer) will  hunt around for it and the packing list for the 10 iPads.
iPad list found and turned in.. no luck on the Dell power supply.  picked up the Wireless Controller from the main office.
Cleaning office and checking prices on purchases.

June 16, 2011

Arrived at 7:30 to set up for CIV workshops needing computers and to try to solve the issue with networking that occurred Monday while i was on vacation.  Got the computers set up in H for the workshop and went to work on the computer issue in G.  Didn't get the issue solved before CIV was to start.  Ran CIV workshop and assisted with computer issues for participants.  At break, got PO filled out for iPad purchase and corrected some paper work.  Returned to run workshop.  Quickly ate lunch and worked on the networking issue.  Returned to CIV workshop.  More issues popped up so left the workshop in Harvie's care and worked on network issue for Trish.  Continued to work on network issue in G and finally solved it.  Loopback was created by someone trying to assist me I am sure.. :)

Tuesday June 7, 2011

Arrived a smidge late due to forgetting something at home
Started working on the connectivity for the BEE bandwidth project to work with Warren at 10:00 today
noticed that there was no way to split the DSL from the phone line.  Emailed Warren, and continued to hook up the fiber and LAN for the modem and power on the Ecessa device.  Also reconfigured the core switch to use the M86 correctly.
worked on budget issues
worked with Richard (mansfield) on Tech Plan and CIV issues (will set date for school visit)
determined that we need a DSL filter (Wal Mart) before we can hookup the modem.
visit to Clarksville and lunch
arrive back at coop and catch up on e-mail.  and also work on PD server
time to head home.. :)

Monday June 6

Arrive at 7:50 and  check e-mail from weekend
Work out room scheduling and computer issues with Marcia for summer workshops in June
Check on Patsy, Harvie iPad success over the weekend
Teach Tisha how to gather MAC address information from computers to give to Debbie at Greenwood so that the 3-5 laptops can be added to the less filtered network.
back up the database for Media/PD so it can be exchanged with Paris this afternoon
Boot the various laptops housed in presentation rooms to verify the cmos settings and versions of Office installed
work on Gina's computer
Exchange backup with Paris (Jason)
continue checking tub computers and connecting with Eric P at CL to work out networking and filtering setup for summer workshops
Decided to try install of Office 2007 on tub computers to see how it would work.  they currently only have 2002 installed.  They only have 512 ram and 40 gig HD we shall see.  worked.. and not too bad. guess I will install on the remainder of the tub labs.

Friday, June 3

Arrive at 7:45 - answered call from Joan J (County Line) about IDEAS registrations and helped her recover her user name
Checked and caught up on e-mail from yesterday
Discussed with Tisha email connection at the Greenwood location
Discussed with Sherry L (APSCN) access through the firewall to SMS site.  determined that it might be something on the provider end and she is going to contact DIS help desk and turn in a ticket
Caught up on blog for yesterdays meeting and afternoon activities
contact DIS about phone company leaving modem for bandwidth increase.
Set up iPad for John W (and iTunes)

Thursday June, 2

Arrived at 7:45 - assisted with wireless issues in PD/3-5 building
Attended TCC meeting with Debbie Coffman and other coop TCC
prepared and turned in the PD survey from Patsy S
set up iPad for Harvie N
other minor computer questions as needed

Tuesday May 31

Arrived at 8:09 (a bit late due to traffic in Van Buren).  some issues with Novell login computers.. (forgot to restart the WAESC server since it was in a different building.  Got everyone logged in and accessing the internet.
Caught up journal from last week.
worked on financial and purchasing questions with Mr. Fenter and Patsy
Left at 11:45 to go to dentist (yeah.. not)

Tuesday May 31 Catch up from previous week

Friday May 27 - Electricity came back on so I came in on the holiday and made sure that all the servers in the tech office and the dl office were running correctly.  I also switched the firewall to intercept ALL traffic directly from the router rather than in line with the LAN.

Thursday May 26 - Coop closed due to Electrical outage

Wednesday May 25 - was supposed to have workshop but Coop had electrical outage to due storms and near by tornadoes.  worked at the office for a bit and went to Alma to assist with IDEAS login issues (STINs for non-teachers and STINs for Administrative personnel)

Tuesday May 24 - worked on setting up BigBlueButton on Virtual Server and various minor computer issues

Monday May 23 - Leave to assist my son who lost everything in the Joplin tornado

May 20, 2011

Catch up for the week

Wednesday - Windows 2008 server workshop

Thursday - assisted Alma with STIN, assisted Charleston with e-rate, cleaned up room from workshop, worked to install windows 2008 server on Nobilis, checked on prices for servers since the nobilis was not going to be able to use 2008r and various computer issues such as g-mail on IE9, then Supt Meeting

Friday - CIV Conversations with Debbie Coffman for the morning, checked on VMWare for the Nobilis (not supported - needed the V mb which we don't have).  Helped MtBurg with STIN issue.  decided to try and install VMWare on the Nobilis server anyway and it seemed to work just fine.  Will know more when I try to install OS and APPS on Monday.

Tuesday May 17

Server 2008 workshop
worked til 6:00 trying to get server installed on coop computer.

at 9:15 pm called teacher from County Line school and explained how to access his records from IDEAS to show his PD coordinator.

Monday May 16

Arrived at 8:00 and caught up journal from Friday when Blogger was down.
worked on Marilyn M computer to provide private static IP and verify that system would work as needed for her data base.  This is in preparation for the addition of DSL, and Aggregator for additional bandwidth needs.
9:00 started patching servers (monday routine)
9:50 discovered that the web server was not accessing the internet or accessible from the internet.  checked configuration and looked fine so re-boot to see if that correct issue.  also checked the patch cables and they seemed fine.
worked on Lorrie S computer, running Malwarebytes to see if issue may be malware
email tech coord about Impero free promotion to the coops and cost for volume license purchase and can still bill each school separately
Assist Jennifer H with setting up work email on cell phone
check out IE9 to help decide if we need to upgrade at coop level
set up for Windows 2008 workshop

Friday May 13

worked on various computer issues and phone support for IDEAS, AR Digital Sandbox and APSCN installation issues.  

provided workshop webinar for AR Digital Sandbox for Media Specialist meeting and then added the media specialist users into the AR Digital Sandbox system.

Thursday May 12

Arrived at 8:01 and immediately received a call from Earthwalk checking on our equipment.  sent in the SN of the two powerbricks that were not functioning correctly so we can get replacements.
Talked to Sheila about setting up her computer in PD area to attend webinar next week.  She couldn't attach to the public wireless so I recommended she use a cable that was available instead of the wireless.  I will need to check the wireless access later today.
Talked to Marcia and Allison about setting up for webinar on AR Digital Sandbox tomorrow
Talked to Carl about the upcomming workshop and how we wanted to proceed
worked on budgeting and travel expenses
took wireless tablet to pd area to check connectivity issue.  seemed fine in the PD area and through out the building.  I talked to Sheila and it seems she didn't do very well on the wire either (weird) so she moved to J conf room and connected just fine.. She didn't have time for me to troubleshoot the issue and she was just going to use the J Conf room for her webinar
Checked with Warren about connectivity and we can get 6 mg from the 635 line number.. so I told him to have the phone company start the install.. YAHOO
Talked with Mr. Fenter about budget and bandwidth situation
worked on IP configuration and location information to update lists preparing for new broadband connectivity.
Talked to Marilyn about moving her database server to private IP
worked with Sheila to get connection on the ethernet cable
set up CIV for Pat in H
1:30 left for Fendale for TIE work this evening

May 2 - 6 Journal

May 6 - Federal Program Coordinators meeting in Little Rock (due to travel with wife and TIE Module workday failed

May 5 - CoopTCC Meeting, TIE Module development, Tech Plan CIV (4 - 5:30) at Camden

May 4 - APSRC Technology Institute (Attended iPad, iTunes, Digital Sandbox, and Cyberbullying workshops

May 3 - Worked on Budget issues and ordering Wireless and iPad for co-op as well as worked on various computer problems

May 2 - Worked with Shelby on Pam Van Meters new computer, patched the Migrant and PD servers (updates), exchanged back up harddrives with Jason and worked on Paris CIV system to enable recording for the Friday Tech Plan CIV.

May 9

Started to catch up on journal and accidently wiped out a weeks worth of actions.  I was frustrated and decided to work on E-rate instead.  Will return to the journal later after stress relief.  No news from E-rate yet so must still be in review process but no PIA activity yet.
8:45 - head to main office to check mail and messages from the week.
Sent out messages to e-rate coord about Item 21 attachments with instructions
send out messages to tech coord about windows 2008 server workshop and May monthly meeting.  Contacted Debbie S about presenting on Live@edu for the tech bunch.
Talked to Robin F (Alma) about IDEAS (emails were getting blocked on both sides)
Talked to Paul E (Charleston) about issues with internet connectivity
Talked to Rick Siddiq about Impero demo lab at coop.. will check with Mr Fenter for permission
Talked to Bill F (Telecomp) about not getting the job of the wireless he wanted to know how off he was and I told him that I wasn't sure I could do that but that if given permission I would let him know but he wasn't WAAY off.
Talked to Jason about exchange of hard drives.
worked with Scott Organ on CIV issues
worked with Warren on BEE project issues, the connectivity was less than desired on the 965 number so he is doing the test on the 635 number since Eric had gotten 6 mg connectivity on his line.
also discussed the idea of using the Ecessa box as our firewall device.  Share that info with Shelby and she thought that was a great idea since DIS would be able to give support for that device.  I also told her that would be helpful if I were to retire that the next tech person would not be saddled with another of my OpenSource devices especially if they were not comfortable with Linux OS.
4:30 - 4:50 - helped Pat Yick overcome password issue with Google Mail and Internet Explorer

8:00 catch up on email
8:30 migrant computer virus on Marilyn workstation.. used norton removal tool and seemed to get rid of virus but then user desktop was messed up.
9:25 caught up on email and wireless upgrade for coop contacted Jana R about meeting at SC next week
10:15 went to talk to Mr Fenter
11:00 came back to office and checked email
11:30 - 11:45 assisted Stacy L from DIS with migration in Google Mail from Groupwise
12:00 left for Ft Smith and VB

Thursday April 28

8:00 migrant computer trojan and virus repair
9:00 Cedarville COOP need for printer access for checks due to AT&T connection not working
9:40 migrant computer trojan and virus repair
10:00 - 1:00 remove migrant recycle electronics and take to Paris for recycle day
1:00  help Paris with CIV recording issues
3:00 left to attend visitation for Mr Dyer since I had to attend class at school this evening

March Catch Up

I have fallen behind on the posts for the journal so I am taking this post to catch up some activity that I have missed

March 14 - Taught workshop for the Franklin County Retired Teachers Assn. on uses of electronic white boards and tablet computers in classrooms.  Received a nice letter from the president of the assn thanking me for helping keep them up to date with technology.  I also shared the IDEAS web site for those that were recently retired, if they wanted to retain their certification.

March 15 - Worked on the web site for the coop and the Migrant program and meet with Jim Sutton from Howard Computing about upgrading the wireless at the coop using the Xirrus system.

March 16 - participated and managed the CIV for the TCC meeting and worked on web page layout

March 17 - worked on Migrant server for about 2 hours and then worked on Coop server and helped schools that were still trying to overcome e-rate issues.  also went to Charleston and registered teachers for IDEAS and also taught a train the trainer for the middle school and high school librarian so they could register their own teachers.

March 18 - participated in the ADE Conversations with Debbie C and then did some technical assistance work around the coop as well as assistance for schools still working on e-rate.  left at 2:30 to head to the airport for the spring break cruise.

March 21 - 25 Spring Break but did do some work remotely while in San Juan since they had internet available and Verizon was on local access.

March 28 - Worked on Migrant and coop web servers for updates and page layouts

March 29 - I actually forgot what I did and this is why daily journal entry is the best method.  I know I was at the office and worked on stuff but I just don't remember what it was

March 30 - Served on the state technology plan committee meeting in Little Rock.  Was assigned to the local tech plan committee.

March 31 - set up computers for APSCN workshop and worked on rebuilding the web site

April 1 - worked on rebuilding the web site

April 2 - drove to Hot Springs for the AAIM conf

April 3 - AAIM conference

April 4 - AAIM Conference

April 5 - AAIM Conference

April 6 - Enteresys walk through for wireless improvement and then drive to Hope for monthly Tech meeting

April 7 - CTCC Meeting and vendor lunch and learn about Okidata printers, Xirrus wireless, and Epson e projector

April 8 - Leave

arrived at 7:55 and started updating servers

9:00 started working on web page but had to stop and try to upgrade the editor to include tables

got interrupted on that by scheduling CIV issues and trying to find fill in operators for Wed sessions.. worked it out that Marcia was going to do both the day session and the afternoon Leg update session.

some time in there got request from Belinda to help her in testing the techplan upload procedure.  Still not working from my end.  In between working with Belinda I took a couple of phone support calls and tried to fix the editor on CMSMadeSimple

Got the editor fixed to allow tables and table editing (whew)

worked with Mr. Fenter concerning the supt lists that are available for use by employees and helped him understand the difference between HIS dist list and the co-op wide lists.

12:20 heading to H to run the CIV this afternoon

Monday March 28
Arrive at 7:53 and begin catching up on all the email that has built up over the last week.  Also got the Coop in the CIV session tomorrow that some how we missed because Pat or Elda were not on the ADE e-mail registration list or something.  Talked to Sandra Smithson to assure her that we would be having the AYP session here at the coop tomorrow.  Also processed registration for APSRC tech conf and AAIM Tech Conference.  and fixed the group list for the supt. for Mr Fenter.
Also worked with Pat to make sure that the AYP meeting is schedules and helped Sheri with the APSCN CIV for thursday.
10:00 got email from Bruce that the cooptc list was down and sent it out to the list I set up on google that included Debbie.  Continued to work on issues with lists and email.
11:20 started a little clean up from the paper work related to the grant proposal and budget expenses.
2:15 - worked with R Johnson (Lamar) on fixing IDEAS account and login
2:30 - worked on trying to recreate the web site from the crash and set up meeting with Jim Sutton and Enterysys partner since date did not work that we originally set up.
4:15 - shutting down for the day.  need to catch up my blog from the week of March 15 - 18 when e-rate and grant consumed most of my time.

March 14 - arrive at 7:40 and begin installing Smart software on laptop for workshop this afternoon, while that was going on I caught up on travel paperwork and reimbursement forms.
10:00 - checked with John Whitman about assisting with the Smart session I am doing for the retired teachers this afternoon.  I am not a Smart board user and this maybe a pretty lame session
10:10 - got the smartboard hooked up to the computer and tested the connection.  Downloaded an educational game for the demo and also tested the Smart Recorder and the text conversion process for something to demonstrate.
10:25 - got the Airliner and started to mess around with it and the doc camera for the demo this afternoon and also got the Smart Podium (Sympodium) hooked up and running
11:30 - Lunch with the Franklin County retired teachers Assn. and then the Smart Board presentation
1:30 - return to office and work on e-rate data for 471
3:30 - having issues with the bulk upload in 471 .. may have to type them in by hand.. YUCK busy night for me.  and Still have to get the grant done.. whew

well I am out a here gotta run by Fort Smith before heading home.

week of March 7 - March 11

Friday March 11 - Worked with Tim V, Christy T on the grant information for the TCC Grant

Thursday March 10 - Moodle Training

Wednesday March 9 - Moodle Training and after Grant development

Tuesday March 8 - Booneville Jr High IDEAS registrations and travel to Conway

Monday March 7 - Booneville Sr High IDEAS registrations and work on grant proposal

Tues- arrive at 7:45 and get computer lab ready for workshop
8:40 - start working with David L to upgrade the Media Interface and also change the server IP numbers in relation to the BEE project.
2:00 - Leave for Scranton to do IDEAS workshop
3:00 - 4:00 IDEAS workshop and registration for 15 teachers (some already had registered and I helped them recover their accounts)

Wed - Arrived at 7:50 and started getting conf. rooms and comp lab ready for workshops.  Had to make a change to the computers for the workshop but got it all completed before workshops started at 9:00
9:00 worked on Migrant server and talked to Marilyn about date for change over of her data computer
10:30 helped the presenter in H get ready for her presentation
10:45 - emailed answers to various schools concerning e-rate questions and technology questions
11:10 - fixed Media computer ODBC link to the database after the IP change over yesterday and discussed changes to the Media program that Linda wanted to see due to missing materials.  Told her that I understood her need and would convey it to David L but only after we talked to Pat about whether she wanted to pay for the changes.  Also, showed Shelby the new Media program checkout interface
11:35 - emailed more responses to e-rate questions and volunteered go assist on my way to Scranton
11:38 - started eating lunch and assisted presenter
11:45 - eating and cleaning desk at the same time
12:00 - talked to Mr Fenter and Shelby about improving the wireless access for the co-op
12:30 - leaving for Paris to help with e-rate and then on to Scranton for IDEAS workshop (will return as soon as possible to run the CIV for Leg update from AAEA

Monday - 8:45 - Arrived at the co-op and spent the morning taking care of e-rate, cooptcc, and bandwidth paper work and business.
12:05 went to lunch

Wed, Feb 23 - Attended TICAL sessions and participated in a webinar with Debbie Coffman
Thurs Feb 24 - Attended TICAL session and headed home

Friday - Arrived at 7:45 and started to work out problems with the web page
8:10 - called Pam to get the number for Sandy at Fort Smith with the survey issues.  Called and talked about the issue.. suggested she call Debbie C office at ADE since I had no idea about the survey that they were doing
9:00 worked with Gina about email timing out and losing messages.  Didn't find a solution but did discover that if you use Google Chrome browser  you can get pop up messages on the screen when new mail arrives.  I will share the with Shelby and see how she wants to proceed
10:00 worked on finding SNMP module for the GLPI help desk software
10:15 think i have the web page issue figured out. now to find someone that can check the progress outside our network
also during those efforts I answered some email, posted the minutes from the last TCC meeting etc
10:22 - found someone at a school to test the web page and they said it looked normal now.  I will now work to recreate the data for TIA/TA and Technology pages and move forward with correcting the site.
10:30 - started to create group for use to send things to supt with out everyone having to have their own distribution list in Google Mail
11:00 - Attended the Supt meeting
3:36 - headed home a bit early to pick up motorcyle seat

spent the morning in a session at TICAL for new iPad users.  Very interesting information. 
Came back to the hotel after lunch and worked on coop issues through email
Went to intermediate session from 4:30 to 7:00 pm
appsolutely.posterous.com and ipadtical2011.posterous.com were the two web sites that contained most of the information from the workshops today.

Arrived at 7:55 and got ready for the Conversations CIV session with Debbie Coffman
talked to Marilyn about getting her server database on the private side of the network some time the first of March.
Watched the conversations CIV while also updating the blog.  Interesting take on classroom management from Dr Howe
Talked to Pat about the updates to the PD/Media servers and workshop notification on Facebook/Twitter
12:00 - headed to lunch and Mountainburg to work on e-rate with Martha.

Week Catch up

Tuesday Night (at home) continued to work on trying to fix the web server issue to no avail

Wednesday 16th - arrived at Ozark Schools at 8:00 to assist the IDEAS registration for the Kindergarten and High School buildings. 
Finished the registration around 12:00 and went to lunch with the Ozark Tech guys and discussed technology planning and e-rate and other technology issues while we enjoyed a home cooked fried chicken dinner at the Eagles club at Altus.
Arrived back at the coop around 1:00 and got busy working to fix the web server issue.  I was able to set up a temporary page with the 2 main links at first and then kept working and actually got a hobbled version of the server back up.  There are a lot of lost files and images due to the crash. 
3:30 went to the DL lab to run the AAEA presentation. 
5:00 left for home

Thursday 17th - Worked on installation of the new web server and the recreation of the pages as best I could with the missing files.  about 12:00 I got most of it set up and took a break and went to lunch.  I just was tired of typing and typing :) 
After returning from lunch I was able to switch the new server on after a few more changes and adding all the users back in the system.  I still have work to do but, the core look and links are back up.  We will have to recover documents from the original creators (Marcia, Shane Gordan etc) before the site is completely back up.
Talked to Mr Fenter and Shelby about the progress on the BEE project and Mr. Fenter said he decided to purchase the Filter device rather than rent.  Also he was considering the purchase of the aggregator too.  I contacted Warren (DIS) to tell him our decision and see if that posed any problems.  He assured me that there was no problem and that I would have to purchase the devices from the state vendor and not DIS directly.  I will have to get PO etc.  Also talked to Shelby about upgrading the wireless connections in the buildings to provide better access and better management.  Also discussed improving our switches in the main buildings to managed switches that were capable of doing gigabit connectivity.
Left for home about 4:40

last night (Monday 14) I tried to remotely reboot the firewall to clear the cache and get ready for changes that need to be made.  It hung and computers at the coop were not able to reach the internet this morning.  I was aware of the situation (since I had caused it) and as soon as I got to work I corrected the issue and rebooted the firewall and now all is right in the internet world at WAESC.  I will still need to change the public number of the firewall to .14 but will wait until Wed night to do that and then go to Greenwood and fix the VPN connections for the ECP users there.

Goals for the day

1. Continue entering IP number corrections in Google Docs to share with Shelby
2. Work to configure PFSense to replace the IPCop in the near future
3. Manage CIV session for Teacher eval in Conf room F

8:48 - begin correcting IP numbers in doc

9:00 - issues with the web server could not seem to correct the issues so started installing the new server.  Hope to get it up and running so I can work on it from home tonight.

12:00 - move to Conf F to get ready for the CIV on teacher evaluations this afternoon

Monday Feb 14 - Happy Valentines Day - Arrived at 7:55 and edited web page to remove the snow notices.  The internet connection was out in Western AR or I would have fixed it from home last night.  DIS reported CenturyLink had an outage in the western area of the state.
GOALS for today -

1. move IP numbers out of the range needed for the BEE Bandwidth Project. 
2. backup PD data and exchange with Paris
3. demonstrate the G-Tablet to Paris tech coordinators

8:00 started and checked the backup process and checked email

8:10 to 10:45 - worked on the IP changes with Gary (DIS) and staff.  Checked APSCN Printers (working) checked Web server DNS - still not updates but this may take a bit.

10:45 - 12:00 worked on updating the spread sheet for IP numbers - had to create a new spreadsheet and start over.. have now uploaded to GoogleDocs to share with Shelby

12:00 headed to Paris to exchange backups and to demo the G-Tablet

Feb 8 - Arrived at 7:55 and caught up my journal.
8:20 Watched a presentation that Jeff shared on VuTube from M86.  cool application to allow protected video content for schools.
8:30 Catch up calendar and work on a project timeline for various projects that will need to be completed before the B.E.E. project is in place.  (New firewall system, new main switches, all IP behind firewall device,  router closet cleaned up and organized, servers prepared for new IP numbers.
8:45 prepare data for sharing to Fort Smith schools from the PD surveys (convert to xls and upload to google docs)
9:00 participagted in webinar about VRSpot
10:00 helped Marilyn (Mig Ed) with email spam issues
10:10 worked with Sandra (Lavaca) with IDEAS registration questions and offered to assist her in getting teachers registered.  Followed up with email on how to contact IDEAS to correct problems that teachers are having due to forgotten password, name changes etc.
10:40 catch up on email
10:50 to 11:50 work on trying to figure out why some at Ft Smith can't open the excel files created and shared from the PD survey.
11:55 - 12:53 convert FS data files to office 2003 and share to FS Staff on Google Docs
12:53 - caught up on email E-rate questions from Mountainburg
12:55 - ate my lunch while working on project planning for BEE initiative
1:20 - FS needed district wide data, so created that report and shared it
1:30 - while waiting for FS report, got screen shot for us to comment on from David L
1:32 - talked to Cody (Waldron) about aggregator and other e-rate and BEE issues
1:45 - extracted and uploaded and shared the district data to George and Kathleen
2:00 - installed CrossLoop on Lindas computer so she could work with David L on the updates to the media program.
2:15 - email catch up with FS and TCC group
2:21 - email Dana T about Aggregator pricing
2:49 - Talked to Angie Schockey IDEAS issues

Feb 3 and 7

I was pretty busy yesterday and forgot to post my activities from last thursday and yesterday.
Feb 3 - attended IDEAS training on producing an on-line coure for IDEAS and then our monthly TCC meeting.

Feb 7 - Got to work at 7:45 and started getting the data out of the PD survey for the Fort Smith School District.  This is a long process and I worked on it all day as I worked on other things.  Fort Smith wanted the data seperated by buildings and they have a lot of buildings.. :)
Checked on messages and mail that I missed from being out with snow and meetings and leave the week before.  Communicated with Bridge (Scranton) about alternat date for IDEAS registration processing
Talked to Mr. Fenter about the B.E.E. project and determined that we would participate and to alleviate issues would use DIS for the bandwidth contract and rent the M86 filter from DIS and only use 1 line so we would use the current router as our aggregator.
Called DIS and got ticket for B.E.E. SD26151.
Received call from Warren (DIS) and set up process to get the ball rolling on the B.E.E. bandwidth project.
Received call from Ryan (Waldron) about e-rate and assisted him.
1:30 completed data for Fort Smith
1:45 conference call with David (Rabboar) about the new Media program additions.  In attendance were Shelby, Pat, Pam, and Linda.  We viewed the new system and responded to the additions and modifications that were made.  We determined that more explaination needed to be provided for users to make it more 'friendly'.  We will print out a screen shot and provide text to David.
3:00 talked to Shelby about B.E.E. project with Mr. Fenter
3:25 emailed Kathleen (Fort Smith) about how we wanted to deliver the data for her staff to manipulate to make it best suited for the schools
3:30 left for lunch :)

Arrive at 7:45 and begin back up of PD data for exchange with Paris.  Server update for Migrant web server.
8:45 Contact Cedarville about IDEAS training, catch up on e-mail, talk to Bridge (Scranton) about IDEAS training wed with the possible weather issue.  Decided to postpone to next week.  check on TCCs that need CIV session for Thursday.  Sent out NORMES info from Debbie C.  Caught up on some paper work that piled up while I was out doing IDEAS workshops and tech workshops last week.
9:45 - 10:30 Assist Susan (Charleston) with e-rate issuse
10:30 - 11:20 paperwork for absences and travel requests
11:20 - 12:00 worked on coop new web server
12:00 - 12:10 check email
12:10 head to Paris for the afternoon
Checked out the set up for the BEE project and the effect of the new internet connection on bandwidth usage.

Friday, Jan 28 - I spent the day at Ozark middle school and Ozark junior high processing registrations for IDEAS and explaining what IDEAS makes available.  I still have the kindergarten and high school to do Feb 9th.  Loss of passwords for teachers that have moved to new districts and non-up-to-date information on recently hired new teachers (1 or 2 years and not always consistant) has made the process a little more difficult, but I pass along the address of IDEAS support and the information needed by IDEAS to correct those issues.

Tech Coord Meeting and Booneville IDEAS

Wednesday - hosted a monthly coop area tech coordinators meeting.  Dana Thompson discussed DIS service concerns and also discussed the B.E.E. Bandwidth initiative.  Warren assisted schools with Windows 2008 server concerns and further talked about actual environmental changes needed to participate in the B.E.E. initiative.  Everyone remarked on how valuable the information was.  After the meeting I worked to repair Hackett mailfilter that failed Tuesday.  I finally got it working and left the co-op about 5:30

Thursday - Went to Booneville and sat in the teachers workroom and registered teachers for IDEAS.  I reached everyone in grades 4 - 6 (33 teachers).  There were some new teachers that were not in the system and some others that had forgotten their passwords.  I provided the contact information for IDEAS and the information they would need to provide so that IDEAS could fix those accounts.
Came back to the co-op and made some settings changes to the Hackett Mailfilter because when the server rebooted the filter didn't restart.  Checked the settings by restarting the computer after allowing the mail to pass through for about 45 minutes.  Didn't start automatically.  Will have to work on this issue.

Arrived at Ozark Elem at 8:00 and waited for Chad to arrive to begin registering teachers for IDEAS.  We got X teachers registered at the lower elementary site and X registered at the upper elementary site.  We also assisted X teachers in recovering their accounts.  There were some teachers that were new that were not in the system and provided information for them to contact IDEAS to get that worked out. We planned sessions for the remaining campuses, and discussed other technology issues like migrating to Windows Server, Google Apps for Education, technology planning and future workshops at the co-op.  Met Chad's new assistant Aaron.
from 7:00 to 8:00pm participated in an on-line workshop presented by IBM on using GarageBand to create podcasts and posting podcasts to Posterous.
8:00 to 9:30 pm worked on connecting to Novell server from home location through UVNC with a non-Novell client Windows box using the Windows Novell client.  Seemed to work and should be a solution for the remote access to the PD application requested by Pat Yick.  I emailed Pat, Pam, Shelby and Fenter about my progress and also Emailed David L to verify that my solution would not mess up anything in the program.

catch up

Thursday Jan 20 was a 'Snow Day'.  I came in at 7:50 thinking that maybe they would have the CIV but as I approached the co-op the snow started getting worse and worse.  I called Amber (GT) and she told me the CIV session was cancelled.  Seeing that no one else was arriving and the snow was getting worse, I drove back home.

Friday Jan 21 did some minor work on web page and hosted the CIV on Common Core Language.  I also worked on Twitter and Facebook accounts to set them up for mobile access so we could do weather related closing info etc.  (per Shelby per Pat request)

Monday Jan 24 held the e-rate workshop and helped 8 districts fill out 471s and a few to create new 470s for the consumer bandwidth project.  Also worked with Shelby concerning access to the network PD app from home locations.  From 3:15 to 5:45 worked with Kay (County Line) produce a DVD for her National Board Cert project.  After getting home and eating dinner, I worked from 7:30 to 9:45pm on setting up and correcting errors in the VPN access to the Co-op's internal network IP numbers using OpenVPN on Apple MBP and Windows.  This is to possibly access the application of PD from home locations.

Went to Lamar School district to try and get all their certified staff registered in IDEAS.  There were about 12 faculty that didn't have IDEAS registrations.  1 needed to update his school of record, 3 were not in the system, 1 was central office and not listed in the school data from IDEAS, 1 was registered but hadn't done the turtorials, the rest we got registered today.
Got back to the coop at 12:00 and caught up on e-mail etc and then took a bit of time for lunch.
discussed excel dump with Pat
discussed excel dump with Shelby
discussed Tonia's computer issues with Shclby
Follow up with Roy (Lamar) about the teachers that didn't appear in the IDEAS system
Going to head to the CIV room to run the Legislative update session for Supt.

Arrived at 7:40 and began working on using Google Apps to upload video that can be somewhat securely shared for Laura Cooke as she works on a new Special Ed certification.  Found that I have to white list users to be able to upload videos.  white listed both mine and Laura's address and refreshed and nothing.  logged out and logged back in, nothing.  Started wondering if there was a time delay as the rights propagated to all the google servers.  So caught up Friday's blog and started today's.
8:05 started working on google sites while waiting to see if the rights issue was related to server propagation.
8:25 checked back on the video rights and they were now correct.  uploaded a video and waited for it to complete processing.  At 8:30 I refreshed the page and the video shows processing complete.  I don't know when it really got finished, to it may be important to refresh the page occasionally.
10:40 stopped working on the template page for google site.  going to have to learn more of how it works.  also needed to get skype up and running to help Eric tomorrow as we try to get some remote teaching/learning set up for a home bound student.
2:40 sent out information on the commissioners memo about the required 479 to all e-rate coordinators with instructions on how to fill it out and where to send it.
been messing around a bit in social networking and other things waiting for teacher to show up that needed help with video editing.. It is nearly 4:00, I am not sure they are going to show.

Friday Jan 14

Had a very busy day Friday doing paperwork and then headed to Alma to do a train the trainer for IDEAS portal and registration.  Alma is very interested in the system getting up and going so they can start recording their own workshops and using the system for record keeping.

Arrived at 7:55 - Goals for the day:  take care of some requests by Pat Yick about the survey.  E-rate 470 for bandwidth, more work on the new web server, set up next TCC meeting, work with Christy to create a PBWorks site for TCC group, exchange back up drives with Jason at Paris, get ready for meeting with Robin at Alma on Friday.
started with Pat Yick requests
8:48 - started on the 470 for bandwidth
9:10 - finished the 470 and went to the office bldg to get financial papers and turn in travel request for TICAL and fill out PO for TICAL
10:00 - got login and password from Leon for the survey and created a report for Fort Smith to see how it worked.. still running at 10:03 finished 10:04  guess it just takes some time.. was worried a bit.
Assisted Tim Vent in getting the PBWorks site so he could provide his grant evaluation.
worked on the new PBWiki site for TCC group
11:30 - left for Paris to discuss technical issues with Jason K and to exchange hd for DRPlan procedures
1:10 - back at the coop and discussed tech issues with Shelby
1:50 - discussed setting up Skype for a student homebound and using it in the classroom as a remote learning system with Eric P.
2:10 - Worked with Susan B. on Erate issues
3:30 - caught up on e-mail
4:00 - Helped Pat Yick with issues in using Excel to see the results of the survey appendix questions
4:06 - I have not gotten to work on the web server at all today booo.. did some more work on the new wiki site and checked on the progress of TCC's that hadn't submitted their grant eval documentation yet.
4:40 - think I will head to the house

Arrived at 7:45 and began getting computer lab ready for a CWT workshop.  Got all computers turned on and logged in and attached to the network for the presenters
Discussed with one of the presenters (Paris) about getting teachers on IDEAS and how to find STIN numbers.  They plan to try to get their teachers registered themselves but might change their mind and have me come in for a presentation and registration workshop.
8:30 set up computers for a small APSCN workshop (impromptu) that was requested by 2 people at a district.  Computers did not have the APSCN program on them and had to install it.
8:45 caught up on email
9:00 made some entry in the journal for days that I had not made entry for before I forgot what I had done
9:05 begin working to solve issue with the web server from last week
10:05 solved the web server issue changed some configuration in the config.php to indicate the server IP number instead of the 'localhost' simple change dificult to find
10:05 start adding modules to the web server to prepare to move files from old server to new server
10:30 worked to create the layout like the current web server with footprints in the sand and menu layout
1:15 finished the layout settings (whew)
1:25 adding modules
continued working on web server until 4:00 then went to CIV room to check on session that was supposed to start.  guess it was cancelled, so went home

some catch up entries

Jan 6th we had the monthly meeting of the TCC group in Little Rock after which I went to the DIS program on emerging technologies in cellular communications.

Jan 7th Worked on IDEAS communications with the schools and set up a number of training sessions
worked on a couple of staff computers
11:00 left for Mountainburg to get teachers registered and help others update their district and other information.  Reached 7 teachers

Jan 10th - Snowed out
Jan 11th - Leave

Spent the day trouble shooting Hartford's network to locate a rouge DHCP server.  Divide and conquer still took a long time.  I think the district was satisfied with my work and diligence and assistance.  Did send some emails about IDEAS Registration to 4 districts and answered a call from Jason (Paris) about crossover cable for the CIV system.

Jan 4 2011

Good Morning,  Got here at 7:50 and started up the day by checking e-mail to see if any of the Supt had responded to my information on the IDEAS Registration.  Only the two from yesterday so far but it is early.  I will be monitoring a CIV session this morning in Conf H. I will only have to make sure it is working since it is staff members only.  My goals for today are to work on the Web server by backing up the site and setting up a new box to see if the site is still working (DR testing), and to continue communicating with the Supt about the IDEAS Registration.  I will be using OpenSuse 11.2 for the server install and keep with CMSMadeSimple as the CMS product for the server.

9:30 Call from Laura C (ECP Greenwood) needing help with video recording and security about special ed students for observation this was a long conversation due to security and technical issues.  suggested using google apps with a security share only to the person that needed the video.  Also suggested that she contact special ed people to verify the restrictions on security with special ed students that that issue was not technical.  Explained packet capturing and other issues that could limit the security of the video through the internet

Talked to Pat about CIV for Friday Morning for the Media Center Coordinators

10:10 Returned to installing CMSMadeSimple
contact Ozark about IDEAS Training
11:10 Worked with Gina A (Greenwood) to correct naming in the PD / Leadership survey
then checked mail and helped Dean (Hackett) with E-rate issues.

11:20 Watched Google Security webcast

12:15 Worked on email issue with Marcia trying to fix Google forward with embedded images
 Contacted  Alma about IDEAS Training
12:53 back to the google webcast
1:12 check in at the main office for mail etc and share with Shelby computer and server issues
2:20 back to office and check e-mail
2:30 talk to Dana (DIS) - set up possible presentation on Jan 26
3:05 back to web server install
3:48 worked with Shelby to order MS Office licenses for mini labs
4:20 Finished the installation of CMSMadeSimple : will backup data from current server tomorrow and try to import it into the new system.
4:21 heading home

I have decided to move my work journal to Blogger.  I think the organization that is built in will be better suited for this information than me having to create monthly pages and then labeling dates.  Blogger will just keep the dates in order for me.  I probably should have followed David Henderson's lead when he created his work journal this way.
I don't know if I will keep a timed journal or just a running summary of activities at this time and in fact may use a bit of both if the mood strikes me.

So far this morning I got my blog set up, caught up on email from the holidays and began updating servers.   I also sent out a few communications concerning the TCC group and our plans for the rest of the year.

I will also be using this page to maintain links to various technology related sites that can be of assistance to me as well as other techs in my coop area.

Anyway, off to work on the server updates.

Contact Jason Kersh about server back up exchange at lunch
Assisted school with e-rate questions

Separated school district IDEAS registered users lists in preparation to sending to Supt and Principals for information and generating workshop or workdays for me to assist in getting every teacher registered

Worked with County Line school discussing their possible migration to Google Apps and Mail.

well the google share didn't share only a worksheet it shared the entire spreadsheet so I will have to research if that is possible

met with Harvie about BEE project confusion.  got some information cleared up.

Research how to back up the web site to make some repairs to the system.

Work on IDEAS spreadsheets.  unfortunate learning today..  you can't share individual sheets in a workbook in Google Apps.  I will have to do a spreadsheet copy into a new spreadsheet for each district YUCK

Had to interrupt the IDEAS work to assist Pat with her computer and while I was doing that i was asked by Curtis to look at a broken shift key on his laptop.  I referred him to Shelby.  I will have to do some research on why Pat's computer is acting crazy.

Work on converting IDEAS to individual spreadsheets.

Set up a CIV with Southwest for tomorrow

discussed electronic submission of the annual report to ADE

Still working on sending the IDEAS registration sheets to send to district central office admins
have gotten some feedback from schools wanting to clear up their user data and also set up some workroom times to catch straggler registrations.

Sent all the districts their currently registered teachers lists time: 3:46
Caught up on some e-mail, checked a PLN and got ready to shut down Time: 4:04