Week 2 Cedu 521

Here it is Week 2 and already I'm behind. I'm a little late with the Blogging this week...funny story, or I'm sure it will be in 10-15 years. I needed a new desktop computer and about 2 weeks ago Best Buy had the one I wanted on sale, so my husband and I went to get it. All the while I kept telling my husband (we'll call him Mike) that I needed to clean a bunch of things off the old computer and back them up, and under no circumstances was he to switch them before I had a chance to do it. I also warned him it would be a few weeks before I had time. Well, last Saturday I got home from 13 hours of riding on a cold school bus and judging 4 rounds of forensics competitions--you guessed it, he had switched the computers. Not only will the old computer not boot up so I can get everything off of it (including my action research, but our wireless internet wasn't working. Well, a new router and a new receiver later, I have the two desk tops working and 2 laptops going, but one laptop is still crippled. No luck getting info. off the old computer either. Mike's still alive, but it might be temporary. Maybe that's one of my leadership skills. When there was a mess everyone looked to me to clean up the mess. Gee thanks.

I have found that people I work with see me as compassionate, understanding and organized. They look to me to solve their technology problems, which is great because I enjoy solving the problems and explaining to them how they can do it themselves. i think a lot of times people think I'm organized because I use Excel a lot to keep the things in my life organized. Lists I can manipulate and merge. I also use my outlook calendar to keep all aspects of my life merged. I have trained the members of my department how to use Outlook calendar to schedule meetings and invite/remind attendees. They are amazed at how simple it makes things.