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__**Kaitlin Bryant's Work as a Tech. Mentor:**__ - Helped set up printers for people - Showed a person how to access her email and add the address to her bookmarks bar - Met with principal, IIT chair, and teacher to discuss need for technology in our school and what to do to acquire more - Found document cameras for the principal to order for the school (gave him all necessary ordering information) - Met with Anastasia to plan for October Tech. Mentor workshop - Created Technology Workshop Survey for staff to complete, thus giving me and Anastasia an idea of staff needs regarding educational technology. - Hung up survey near both mailboxes and distributed it during faculty meetings. - Created handout with basic instructions for setting up and using the document camera (staff members that attended the workshop then took notes on the instructional uses of docucams).
 * __Sept./Oct.__**

__**Nov:**__ - Met with technology committee to discuss tech. proposal - Met with teacher to help her create visual dictionary template using Word. - Met with Anastasia to plan for next workshop. Explored Raz-Kids. - Worked with Roger to get signed up for Vocabulary A-Z. - Explored Vocab. A-Z. - Created Flier for November workshop. - Updated Raz-Kids Letter home to parents with current times for public facilities that offer computer and internet access. - Gave workshop on Raz-Kids and Vocab. A-Z : "Want to offer your students individualized reading opportunities? With Raz-Kids, students can have in class and at-home reading practice at their level. We will show you how to set up a class using district assessment scores and give you forms to send home showing families how & where to access the program. We will also explain how this fits in with the common core standards. We will also introduce Vocabulary A-Z! Our district has recently subscribed to this service and we will provide opportunities to set up accounts and explore how this tool can be used to enhance the curriculum."

//**-**// Printers were down: sent out email to staff updating them about situation and giving them directions on how to connect to the copy machine to print there. - Helped two teachers connect to the copy machine and print off instructional materials. - Helped a teacher download attachments through her ICSD email, use Excel spreadsheet for student data, and show her to share student voice threads with others. - Helped a teacher mirror displays between computer and projector. - Helped a teacher create a document for her students to collect and record facts with. - Helped a teacher create a google group to communicate more effectively and share google documents with parents.
 * __Dec:__**

- Helped teacher with Voice Thread. - Helped two teachers with printing. - Helped principal with connecting his computer to his new TV in the conference room (tried to do it wirelessly using Apple TV but it did not work - short term solution was to hook it up directly) - Helped principal try to connect his new MacBookAir to the color printer using Self Service and "Connect to Server" option - server was not working - put in a Snoopy for him. - Created a survey for the Leadership Team using Survey Monkey. - Attended Tech. Mentor Meeting NEW EQUIPMENT WORK - Worked with Anastasia to discuss steps and plan out how to help teachers that received new equipment. - Emailed teachers that were receiving new equipment information about their new equipment and old equipment. - Worked with Anastasia to go over all the steps needed to transfer files from old computers to new computers. - Discussed with Anastasia my available times to work with teachers one-on-one to help them transfer files. - Created jing videos that walk teachers through how to organize files, move files to their H-drive, and export bookmarks: http://screencast.com/t/zN5MKqNZXn
 * __January:__**

http://screencast.com/t/hz2bhlxk5R - Emailed teachers jing videos with reminders about old equipment - Worked with Anastasia to decide date for iPad workshop (February 1st) - Showed a teacher how to connect his new MacBook to the internet at home. - Met with teachers to help them transfer their files from their old computers to their new ones. - Created announcement and emailed teachers about iPad workshop.

- Met with teachers to help them re-enroll their iPads using Peter's instructions. - Emailed Peter in regards to two iPad issues - one iPad was asking to be reconfigured, and the other did not have Self Service and could therefore not be re-enrolled (informed both teachers to put in a snoopy and go to the help desk with their devices). - Anastasia and I held an iPad workshop that introduced users to the iPads basic functions and the educational apps they could use. - Helped a teacher connect wirelessly to the internet with her HP mini. - Attended //School Net// training with Belle Sherman Principal; will be giving training to staff on this database. - Assisted a teacher with her downloading her pictures to print. - Assisted teachers with printing (printer was down and I had to clear out previous jobs). - Met with Anastasia to discuss future Tech. Mentor Workshop dates. - Attended //Imagine Learning// training to get introduced to the online program that our school has just started piloting.
 * __February:__**

- Prepared for and gave a workshop to the ESPs on Document Cameras/Media Carts and Flip Cameras and how they can be used in the classroom for teaching and learning. - Helped a teacher find her downloaded pictures to print. - Created, laminated, and posted sign-up calendar and computer use guidelines for new computer lab cart. - Helped with setting up Imagine Learning on new computers; got ethernet cord, contacted IM Help Desk several times, assisted teacher's aide with setup, etc. - Created six bookmarks on all new computer labs in Lab A. - Helped teacher with installing new software.
 * __March:__**

__**April:**__ - Worked with Anastasia to give iPad Apps for Educational Use workshop. - Downloaded Flip video of iPad Apps workshop and created movie to give out to teachers who could not attend. - Helped teacher with Imagine Learning issue (froze whole computer and had to force quit program). - Gave teacher IM Help Desk information for Imagine Learning issue. - Helped a teacher find the Software Update on her computer (urgent request that Peter sent out). - Prepared for Tech. Mentor Meeting - went over new.schoolnotes.com and met with Anastasia to plan out workshop. - Helped a teacher three times with computer crashing. - Helped a staff member to download Imagine Learning on new computers. - Helped a teacher capture part of the computer screen to take and print a picture of that screen image. - Helped a teacher to download Imagine Learning on her new computers in the classroom. - Renamed files to indicate grade levels and posted the files from our March PLC day to our school's wiki for our principal.

- Put in Snoopy about printer problem with a specific lab computer - Emailed IT regarding new color printer and setting it up with computers (email communication = 4 emails). - Helped some staff with connecting to new color printer (only those with Self Service). - Met with Anastasia to map out remaining tech. mentor workshops. - Created announcement and flyer for May 7th workshop: - Connected a two computers to the new color printer. - Tried connecting two more computers, but they failed to connect. A snoopy was put in for these two devices. - Worked on computer loading issue (would log in but nothing would load except the wallpaper). Put in a snoopy. - Connected to Public Server for bs.student (4 times). - Showed 9 students how to save to the public folder and access it. - Helped a teacher that was locked out of the computer. - Helped 3 students that were locked out of bs.student - Helped a teacher take a screen shot and copy it to a word document (2 times). - Created a Jing video showing teachers how to connect to the color printer and emailed BSE this video. (link: http://screencast.com/t/7Rz6welDoIqb) - Helped substitute administrator log in to computer and connect to the internet. - Helped three students access their documents (problems with server and connecting to the internet). - Called IT dept. to inform them that we were having issues with all computers connecting to the server for bs.student public folder, and that our wireless was down. - Helped a teacher connect to the color printer. - Showed another teacher which printer to select as the new color printer. - Helped two students scan their pictures and print them. - Submitted My Learning Plan request for Google Forms and Docs. workshop. - Printed fliers and posted around buildings advertising Google workshop. - WORKSHOP - Google Forms and Docs. Anastasia and I led a workshop on google docs and forms. - Showed a class how to save their documents (File: Save As,) and how to save them to the public folder. - Helped Principal set up for ESP meeting (brought up youtube videos on five computers). - Connected computer to printer. - Put in 2 snoopys for two laptops (Lab A cart) that were having issues. - Called IT department to inform them of slow wireless and server connectivity issues. - Helped clerk with printer set-up issues. - Helped two students connect their computers to the printer. - Worked with Imagine Learning help desk to fix IL issue on macbooks (issue with black box on black screen). Discovered that we had to force quit IL in order to return computers to normal status); emailed BS staff the steps to force quit to resolve the black screen issue.
 * __May:__**

- Helped a teacher with six of her computers (used for Imagine Learning pilot) that had poor internet connectivity; put in a Snoopy and called IT. - Called IT again about above internet issue. - Helped a teacher find a course on MLP and helped her sign up for it. - Touched base with Anastasia about June workshop. - Wrote and submitted announcement for June workshop. - Created wiki Belle Sherman Games and searched for and added educational games to this wiki. - Co-led Educational Online Games for Classroom Use workshop with Anastasia.
 * __June:__**