Wednesday, October 27th

Today is wonderful day to be alive....it is a day that God has made. Although I do like my Thursday and Friday mornings in the Computer Lab I must be honest when I say Wednesdays are much more exciting!

Noon, on Wednesdays in the computer lab of McCracken always seem to be very busy. There are students in both labs, generally a class in the far room and students in the 'library' section. Now that I've learned a bit more about the computers and the lab I've started making rounds. I try to go around to all of the students to say "hello, how are you and do you need any help?" My favorite part is the smiles on their faces or the surprised looks on their faces!

Today I had a little bit of a different experience. I had an older student, she was probably close to my age, trying to put together a Power Point Presentation and then print it out...thank goodness I am very comfortable with PP and was able to help her...she seemed to be at her wits end...she was very appreciative and relieved at the end of our session...most of the younger students are tech savvy and only need help when a techy issue occurs, which I'm not always able to help with yet! I'll get there though!

God always puts us in the right place at the right time!

Friday, October 29th

• 0800 Arrive in Computer Lab: Not a soul in the lab
• Swifter, 409, Clorox Wipes, Paper Towels, yada, yada, yada....
• Fill the printers with paper
• OCD kicked in...arranged keyboards, monitors, chairs and CPUs
• Die-cuts organized, contruction paper organized by color and size
• 0930 A Student arrives....no help needed bummer!
• 0945 The Student leaves....
• Tick-tock, tick-tock....
• 1030 A few students in and out, no help needed
• I answer a few emails, help find the MAC hidden printer Icon....
• Head on to Grover Center....

"Be Still And Know That I am God"

Wednesday, November 3rd

• High Noon: The Lab Is CRAZY! I don't see a computer station open!
• Printers not working
• Rebooting all computers
• Printers working
• Hidden Printer Icons (Love those MACs)
• Today was very exciting for me! The GAs were very busy with the rebooting of computers, a printer wasn't working in one of the offices...I went by myself, did some computer tech steps, plugged, un-plugged, more computer tech steps and IT WORKED! Yay ME!

This was the first day in computer lab that I didn't sit down the entire time I was there!

Thursday, November 4th

• 0830 Arrived in Computer Lab: one student there....football player, wished him luck for tonight's game, asked if he needed help, small talk...he's good to go!
• Printers filled with paper, key boards cleaned, screens cleaned, counters dusted
• 0915  a couple of faculty/staff/GA emails configured to Outlook, some prefer to stay with G-mail, but like the Outlook Calendar!
• 1100 Back to the lab, several students in the lab now...looks like end of quarter project time, panicked looks and voices!
• A few MAC issues, I'm still not real sure about about those Apples!