Down On My Knees

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

Day 4:

• Arrive at 0830, there's no one in the lab
• Grab Swifter, 409 and paper towels, appalled at the filth of the key boards (why don't we invest in the plastic covers that are able to be cleaned?)...cleaning I will go!
• 0905...Scott to the rescue! Monitor malfunction...blue cable, white cable, power cord, CPU
• Is the knee bone connected to the shin bone or is the shine bone connected to the knee bone?LOL...
• Stand up, sit down, kneel down...
• Trial and error, the blue cable doesn't work, the white cable doesn't work, the power cable worked!
• Stand up, sit down, kneel down...
• Next the second white cable still not working, hallelujah, the blue cord works...the DVI cable is the white cable, what's the blue cable?
• Next, room 111, monitor not working!
• Stand up, sit down, kneel down...I know what to do! A lesson learned, a monitor fixed!
• Learned to work scanner!
• Downloaded software on laptops
• A very productive day in the Computer Lab!

Lift Up Your Face!

Wednesday, September 29th, 2010

The third day of Computer Lab...I arrived at 12 noon, tidied up the die-cuts, construction paper, paper cutters, made sure there was paper in the printers and dusted the window sills (they looked like they hadn't been dusted since I graduated from OU in 1986!)

As I walked around to see if anyone needed help, I noticed that no one was looking at anyone, were listening to their music and typing away. As the students left one by one I smiled and said "Hi, how are you today?", one by one they looked at me as if I had the plague!

Not much more happened Wednesday in the Computer Lab. However, as I walked back to Grover (yep, I walked up Jeff Hill) through the College Green, I noticed the same thing. Everyone walking, with earphones in or texting as they walked and not making eye contact. Once again, I made it a point to look people in the eye and say hello...as I continued walking everyone began to say hello in return.

Long story short...lift up your face, smile and say hello to everyone you pass! You may make someone's day a little brighter!

Refresh to Be Refreshed

Thursday, September 23, 2010. Day 2 of Computer Lab

As I entered the Computer Lab today I was quite surprised to see that it was still basically organized the way I had organized it the day before. The beginning to my "shift" was dedicated to a little dusting and cleaning of monitors, key boards and mouses (is that proper verbiage?). As a nurse and having OCD, the inability to clean/scrub the key boards was a bit stressful. Thinking of the hands that had touched this technology and where those hands have been...can you imagine?

Scott to the rescue! Can you download this program onto 7 of the computers? Absolutely...directions and passwords were pass on, downloading I go...After completing the downloads two other 880 students arrived...Guess where I took them? You guessed it...the basement!

We were sent to find a replacement CPU for room 124...sorting through the surplus and "keep" CPUs we were unable to find exactly what we needed. With a brief explanation to Scott, on to the next project...

A student approached me and asked for help! "I can't get my document to print"...a trip to their computer station...explanation and education success! The student thanked me for helping her complete her assignment! So, long story short, I was able to re-fresh the student's confidence and in return I was able to refresh my confidence...a great way to succeed in education!

"He who refreshes others will himself be refreshed."

~Proverbs 11:25~