Practicum Experience 1

At the request from teachers in the building who required help with technology needs, I spent an hour working with two different teachers.  The first teacher, Mrs. Burkett, had her bulb blow out on her SmartBoard projector.  The media center happened to be out of bulbs, so I set up a temporary projector for her to use until her bulb can be replaced.  This task sounded simple on the surface of it, I would just simply by hooking up the projector to her current desktop set up in the room.  However, when I arrived to set the projector up I found what many call a "rat's nest", where the computer cords are all tangled.  The bulk of my time working in Mrs. Burkett's room was spent untangling the Gordian's Knot that had formed in her cables.  The second teacher, Mrs. Norman, had an issue with her SmartBoard as well.  She was able to project, control the screen through the SmartBoard.  The main issue was that she was unable to write on her board because the pens were not responsive.  I went through steps to attempt to address the problem such as re-calibrating the board, restarting Smart Ink, etc.  After restarting the computer and unplugging the SmartBoard to re-set the board, SmartInk went back to working as it should.