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November 10 (Tuesday)

  • Today I met with the entire 5th grade class. I also got to see my cousin Laquan in class doing his work. I watched and helped some of the students on their typing pals. I also did work on the computers. I used programs such as Excel and Google docs. I cleaned up the classroom a little, by wiping down the computer screens. My thoughts on how my day went today were good. I like the kids they're smart, funny and respectful. I had a good day working with them and Steve. I like the work that the kids do because its not only helpful its interesting and that's what keeps the kids working hard. I like how when it's lunch time some kids come back up to finish some of their work. I had a good day today.

    November 12 (Thursday)

  • Today was my second day interning at The Childrens Storefront. Today was a good day. Today I worked with the seventh graders with their work on the Harlem Renaissance. I helped them research more information about the person the are assigned to that was involved with the Harlem Renaissance. I also helped Steve And Ms Jamie with the computers inside of the church. Ms Jamie also showed me how to image the computers and what to do when they are finished being imaged. Todays day went by pretty fast which probably means I had fun because when I'm having fun the day goes by pretty fast.

    November 17 (Tuesday)

  • Today was another productive day. Today I worked with the 5th graders with there's apples and also starting up their first class accounts. We ran into some problems such as the students forgetting their passwords but we got everything done. The 5th graders also made me laugh. They are some really funny students also very smart. Today I also made a video with the camera to show what things where in the basement and where they where located.

    December 1 (Tuesday)

  • Today was an exciting day. Today I got to work with the 5th graders again. I helped the students learn how to send a message with a attachment in it. I also got to stand up in front of the class and teach the students how and what the needed to do. There were a few students that went through the whole assignment by themselves with no help from me. While there were also some that needed my help after I explained it but they understood after me helping them hands-on. Today I used my first class account to install files to the laptops. On the black laptops I installed two files onto them which were flash player and Finance Center. On the white laptops I just installed flash player. I also just learned more about photoshop. I learned things like canvas and image size.

    December 4 (Thursday)

  • Today was another fun productive day. Today I worked with the seventh graders. I worked with Micheal today and I helped him with his Harlem Renaissance project. I also helped him with his bibliography about his famous person Louis Armstrong who was involved with the Harlem Renaissance. Another thing I got to do was work with the inside of the CPU of a computer. I learned that everything is connected to the motherboard and would not work unless it is. In addition to that I learned how to take out different pieces that are inside of the computer. We are thinking about starting up a little project where the 7th graders take apart computers and put them back together.

    • December 8 (Tuesday)

  • Today was a good day. Today I worked with the 5th graders. Today along side of the 5th graders I also learned what binary codes are and how to read them. Steve also told me a little poem which goes 2, 4, 6, 8 don't forget to communicate. That's what I had to do today because I was running late so I texted Steve to let him know that I was running late. I did work downstairs in the basement with the emac computers just bringing a couple upstairs so that they can be brought over to the church and be imaged.

    • December 10 (Thursday)

  • Today was a very funny day. I worked with the 7th graders again. Today I got to take notes on the students work determining who completed what and how needs to catch up. I also helped them a little more on the Harlem Renaissance projects. The students played a game where they had to memorize students names from two different schools that are also doing a project on the Harlem Renaissance. In Addition to that they got the chance to actually come back at 12:45 to introduce themselves and meet the others students through a program called skype. It was really cool and I enjoyed watching them and I think they enjoyed doing it. I did a little bit more work downstairs with the emacs and bringing them to the church to be imaged.

    • December 15 (Tuesday)

  • Today was a good day. Today I worked with the 5 graders. I watch some of the kids do their apples and I told some to use the correct fingers. Their were some students that didn't complete their homework and Mr. Bergen handled them with with zeros and a phone call home. Some of the students were upset and acted out but I think Mr. Bergen handled it correctly. On the other hand we watched a video about "slow food," which was about kids eating other foods such as beans and none processed food instead of fast foods all of the time. The video was very helpful for both me and the students because I learned some things i didn't know as well as the kids. I also got to image two laptop computers and while the where imaging, I organized the new keyboards and marked them with labels. In addition to that I got to do some grading on the 6th graders and their apples.

    • January 5 (Tuesday)

  • Today was also another good day. I worked with the fifth graders again. They worked on learning Binary codes and how to use them. They learned the difference between decimal numbers and binary numbers. I also learned a couple of things about Binary numbers like what each place means. There is one fifth grade class but they are split into two sections so that there won't be to many students at once. The first section had a little bit of trouble trying to figure out Binary codes even after Steve explained it multiple time but eventually they got it. The second section really didn't have any trouble at all. As soon as Steve explained it to them once they understood quickly. I did some work outside the classroom which was taking some Pcs over in the church. In addition to that i did some organizing over in the church as well.

    • January 7 (Thursday)

  • Today was an okay day. Today I worked with the seventh graders again. They did some work on the program Microsoft Excel. They used Microsoft Excel for Binary and how to use equations in the cells to place numbers in without constantly entering them 1 by 1. I also worked with one student hands on to make sure she was getting the help she needed. She had a little trouble on some of the problems but after i had showed her how and what to do she understood and finished on her own. I got to also learn a little bit more about hexadecimal and what that means and also some more HTML codes. I learned codes like how to make the font color different on a web page things of that source. At about 12:30 I got a chance to work on a computer hands-on with Jamie and Allison. We took apart and put together a computer. We took out almost all of the components and put them all back with minor issues. It was really fun and I enjoyed it. We did this to see what it would be like showing the kids how to take apart and put the components back into the computers by themselves with guidance from us.

    January 12 (Tuesday)

  • Today was a good day. I got to work with the fifth graders again. They were going to go on a trip to an Art museum but they didn't go because their bus broke down. In addition to them going I had to teach the fifth grade girls how to use the flip video camcorders so that they could use it on the bus while going to the museum. Them not being able to go brung them back into class to do some work. They did a quick quiz on binary numbers and their speed on typing. I got a chance also to grade the students' quizzes. This morning Steve also taught me an important lesson which is to always speak up so that people can hear me.

    Febuary 4 (Thursday)

  • Today was a really exciting day. Today was the first day we worked on the computer project with the seventh graders. It was really fun and I think the kids also enjoyed it as much as I did. They got to learn all the different components of the computer. In addition to that they also had got a chance to take apart and put back all the components in the computers. They took out parts such as the hard drive, the RAM memory chips, the heat sink and even the cpu its self. They also learn what each component does and how it works. I myself also learned a thing or two due to this project. I learned that when the information is being sent its travels through unit calls buses and all of the external memory is stored on the ROM not the RAM. The RAM is just the temporary memory holder.

    Febuary 11 (Thursday)

  • Today was a great day. Today was the second day working on the computer project with he seventh graders. It was once again successful and really fun. The students got to learn more parts about the computer such as the ports. They learned what the usb was and what it is used for. They also learned other ports like where the monitor, printer, keyboard and mouse goes and other things like that.

    Febuary 25 (Thursday)

  • Today was a good day. Today my teacher Brandon and Mr. Bergen got a chance to finally meet. My teacher not only got a chance to me Mr. Bergen he also got to meet some of the 7th Grade students. Brandon also got to see what kind of work I do while I am here. He enjoyed the work I do as well as I do. Today the students did many of things one which I liked was the contest where they had to memorize PI or 3.14. I also learned more about PI other then just 3.14. The students also had a homework assignment thanking Ms. Jamie, Ms. Alison, Mr. Ryan from Minnesota and myself for helping them with the BUILD a computer project. In addition to that I helped them with the wiki project on The Harlem Renaissance.

    March 2 (Tuesday)

  • Today was a fun day. Today I worked with the fifth graders once again. I also helped Mr. Bergen out with some grading. I graded the students homework on Black History Month. In addition to that I also graded some of the six graders homework as well It was kind of complicated in the beginning but eventually I got the hang of it and finished it quickly. Today I also went over to the church and imaged some more computers with the ubuntu software.

    March 4 (Thursday)

  • Today was a good day. Today I worked with the 7th graders, mostly the boys. I helped them with multiple things. I helped some of the students with their typing pals. I had to coach some students who were having some trouble typing. Some were getting frustrated and wanted their speeds on their typing pals lowered. After they were lower they completed their work. A couple of students even tested themselves even more by putting a piece of tissue on the hands so that they won't look down and the keyboard. Later on in the day we went over to the church to do some more work on imaging the computers with ubuntu and edubuntu software. Ms. Jamie showed me how to install the edubuntu software because on Tuesday when I was by myself I wasn't able to figure it out on my own. After that I did some work on the computers in the lab by either installing firefox or making firefox the primary internet source and getting rid of safari.

    March 8 (Tuesday)

  • Today was a good day. Today I worked along with the 5th graders. Today was the day they had a chance to enter the PI contest and if they won Mr. Bergen would Bake them a pie of their choice. I also helped them with their typing pals. While Mr. Bergen was in da hall giving the contest, I had to monitor the kids behavior and their work. I had to make sure they were using the correct fingers on their typing pals. If not I would give them a warning and if I had to warn them a second time, then they would have to start all over even if they had 30 or 3 apples done. Later when the 5th grade class let, I did some more work on the computers fixing up the firefox installation. I had to update the firefox version from either 3.0 or 2.0 to 3.6. In addition to that I also installed a newer version of the google sketch up onto every last computer.

    March 18 (Thursday)

  • Today was a cool day. Today I worked with the seventh graders. I mostly did work on the computers figuring out which computers typing pal did not function on correctly. There were only two out of the many computers that had this problem. I tried re-installing firefox to both the computers but that didn’t work. So next Steve told me I should re-image the computer with another working computer. That is something else that learned. So after it was finished being re-imaged the computer worked fine with no problems.

    April 8 (Thursday)

  • Today was a good day. Today I worked with the seventh graders. Today their was a camera crew that was here today filming the school. Some of the seventh graders got to work with camera crew in showing them some of the things they have worked on in class and work on, on a daily bases. I did some work on all the students from 1st grade up to the 6th grade, checking and recording how many apples they had completed. Steve and I also did some work over in the church organizing things and just basically fixing it up making some more room.

    April 13 (Tuesday)

  • Today was a fast day. Today I didn't get to work with any of the fifth graders today. Most of the day I was over in the church doing some organizing. I had to put things that where the same into its own seperate boxes, move monitors and look for which computer had the special server cd inside of it. Later on I lerned some more HTML codes such as how to make certain things bigger on a wbsite, even making indents in paragraphs. Today we are working with the sixth graders on a topic about internet saftey. To view the website that we will be using with the sixth graders Click here.

    April 22 (Thursday)

  • Today was a great day. Today I worked with the seventh graders once again. I also did some work with Jamie on Imagingin the Ibook lapop computers. In additon to that the students had to read a book for the first graders while I recored them. With that being done I put the videos onto the computer and did some work with the progra Imovie. I did things like split the videos into multiple sections and then gave them a specific name. It took my a really long time but i got it done. It also was some bumps in the process but I eventually firgured it out with Steve.

    April 27 (Tuesday)

  • Today was a good day. Today was my day to work with the fifth graders again. The students did a fun activity which the liked, which was using google earth. They got to look at many different locations such as the homes, friends home and even The White House. I also did some work on the computers helping Steve create accounts for the six grade class on kidblog.org.

    April 29 (Thursday)

  • Today was an exciting day. Today I worked with the seventh graders. The students had to work on an activity dealing with punctuation and grammar. They had to find all of the errors and mistakes in the activity and correct them. They also, as well as myself, learned how to do different steps while using microsoft word like HEADER and FOOTER. The students where only suppose to do some of the work but could as much as they could. Therefore some of the students got almost the whole assignment completed. I also did some work over in the church with Jamie on imaging some of the emac computers.

    May 11 (Tuesday)

  • Today was another good day. Today was the day when I worked with the fifth graders. I really didn't get anytime to work directly with them because Mr. Bergen showed me some more html skills. I learned how to make tables and make certain patterns in the table a certain color. I also got a chance to check out the sixth graders blog about the internet safety project with the other sixth graders over in Japan.

    May 13 (Thursday)

  • Today was a really good day. I worked with the seventh graders again today. In the morning the students had study hall and were just working on some work. I helped some students that were using google sketch up, on how to use it. Later on I also helped them some of them with their homework that was due today. I made sure that they had everything thing that they needed before handing in thier homework to Mr.Bergen. I did some more work over in the church with Mr.Bergen imaging some of the pcs. In addtion to that I also finnshed up the work I was doing with the Nagoya project by fixing up the html codes so that the kids could take their test online.

    May 25 (Tuesday)

  • Today was a Good day. Today I worked with the fifth and sixth graders, mostly the fifth graders. I helped them with a lil quiz review game that the did today. They were paired up into teams and were quizzed on things like binary, ASCII numbers and the proper format when saving their documents. It was really fun and the kids, as well as I, really enjoyed it. Later on I did some work over in the church with Steve organizing the Tech Staurdays room. After that was done I finished up the Nagoya quiz links for the six grade class.