I've learnt soooo much since starting my new job and am still incredibly happy there.
Why did I leave it so long to go into education????
I have now got every machine online and printing.
I've had to set up a pc as a print server as the poor printer can't cope otherwise.
In order to get all the pcs/laptops to use this machine I've had to make sure they're all service pack 2 for Windows XP. The few laptops that use Windows ME will have to continue printing directly to the server for the time being.
Some windows cp pcs are having issues connecting to the print server. I've not had time to find out why so will let them print direct to the printer for the time being.
I've worked out how to "let" staff take their laptops home and connect to their own hown network / internet connection and still be able to reconnect to the school network when they return.
Basically I have to set the main ip/tcp protocol as obtain and IP and DNS automatically and then set the alternative config as the schools set IP addresses. Took me an hour or so last night but am really pleased that I worked it out and the staff that I've sorted it out with are very grateful.
Really it just saves me having to go and re enter their settings if they go home and change them.
I've got to perform an audit on the systems that we have, in preparation for a visit from RM with respect to the installation of a server. Hope to get this done on Fris 2oth and finish any last bits on the Monday after half-term.
I found a paper file in a box which the old deupty head had done which should hopefully give me most of the required info and save me trawling round the machines.
Had a couple of really nice chats after work with 2 of the teachers. Discussing "problem" pupils and the ways that they deal with them.
Can't wait for half term to catch up with some work on my course.
It's really hard to get it done at home as I rarely sit down to do it until gone 9 by which time I'm shattered. And when I've stayed late at work I just tend to carry on doing work things. I need to find somewhere to go that is just my space. Wishful thinking.
I'm sure that once I've settled into the role more (though I do feel very much at home there) I will be able to manage my time more effectivley.
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Day 2 at Guston Primary School
This is for LA1 on the investigating the work piece module.
Really it's just notes to assist me when I get to write it.
I apologise for boring the pants of anyone reading it.
Arrive at school at 09:05. HG asks me to have a look at the interactive white board in the classrom she's using. "No signal" message was being displayed on white board. I checked all the connections were good then restarted the laptop and the projector.
As the same error was displayed I decided to go and check the connections on a working installation. The plug inserted into the laptop was different to the one on HG's so I thought she may have put the wrong plug in. Went back but discovered she'd got the correct plugs in the correct sockets. As her class was starting we agreed that we'd leave it and wait until the teacher that normally uses that laptop was back from her course.
Some engineers were supposed to be coming to install 2 new white boards and I hoped that I would be able to watch how they set them up. I asked our receptionist to let me know when they arrived.
As all the pc's / laptops have manually installed ip addresses I decided that I needed to know exactly what was allocated to which unit. I also needed to check the Subnet Mask, Default gateway, Primary dns and Secondary Dns settings on all machines.
I had already got the required info from some pc's in the reception class and verified this with some documentation from EIS.
It took the rest of the morning to get the required info from classes 1 - 4. Class 3 had completely different information to the others and I amended them to have the same basic network settings. I have left their ip addresses as set (even though they're incorrect). As all IP addresses are manually set rather than allocated by DHCP i need to know which ones are correctly allocated before I can change the incorrect ones.
The main ICT headache facing the staff at the moment is the tempremantal printing to the main laser printer. AS it is set up as a local printer on each machine rather than networked printer I need to check each machine individually. It's incredibly time consuming and frustrating.
The Head acknowledges that their current network needs reaplcing and we have a quote for a company to hardwire the school. To complement this I have contacted EIS and arranged for someone to come and give us some advise on a newtwork server. He confirmed that he will be able to come at 14:00 on Monday 16th October. I checked with the Head that this was ok and she showed me where the school diary is kept to make a note of such appointments.
After Lunch I planned to get the IP addresses for the remaining classes. I was however asked by one of the teachers to assist her to print the slides from a powerpoint presentation.
I got her laptop to print a test page ok and some text from a notepad file, but couldn't get the damn power point to print
Eventually got 4 of the 8 slides to print from the laser printer and did the other 4 on her inkjet.
This took about an hour so I spent the last hour getting more IP addresses.
At about 5 to 3 ( I finish at 3) the Head introduced me to one of the schools governors who is involved in the LEA ICT support team. She was giving an after school meeting for the staff. I sat in on it to gain some more knowledge.
Really it's just notes to assist me when I get to write it.
I apologise for boring the pants of anyone reading it.
Arrive at school at 09:05. HG asks me to have a look at the interactive white board in the classrom she's using. "No signal" message was being displayed on white board. I checked all the connections were good then restarted the laptop and the projector.
As the same error was displayed I decided to go and check the connections on a working installation. The plug inserted into the laptop was different to the one on HG's so I thought she may have put the wrong plug in. Went back but discovered she'd got the correct plugs in the correct sockets. As her class was starting we agreed that we'd leave it and wait until the teacher that normally uses that laptop was back from her course.
Some engineers were supposed to be coming to install 2 new white boards and I hoped that I would be able to watch how they set them up. I asked our receptionist to let me know when they arrived.
As all the pc's / laptops have manually installed ip addresses I decided that I needed to know exactly what was allocated to which unit. I also needed to check the Subnet Mask, Default gateway, Primary dns and Secondary Dns settings on all machines.
I had already got the required info from some pc's in the reception class and verified this with some documentation from EIS.
It took the rest of the morning to get the required info from classes 1 - 4. Class 3 had completely different information to the others and I amended them to have the same basic network settings. I have left their ip addresses as set (even though they're incorrect). As all IP addresses are manually set rather than allocated by DHCP i need to know which ones are correctly allocated before I can change the incorrect ones.
The main ICT headache facing the staff at the moment is the tempremantal printing to the main laser printer. AS it is set up as a local printer on each machine rather than networked printer I need to check each machine individually. It's incredibly time consuming and frustrating.
The Head acknowledges that their current network needs reaplcing and we have a quote for a company to hardwire the school. To complement this I have contacted EIS and arranged for someone to come and give us some advise on a newtwork server. He confirmed that he will be able to come at 14:00 on Monday 16th October. I checked with the Head that this was ok and she showed me where the school diary is kept to make a note of such appointments.
After Lunch I planned to get the IP addresses for the remaining classes. I was however asked by one of the teachers to assist her to print the slides from a powerpoint presentation.
I got her laptop to print a test page ok and some text from a notepad file, but couldn't get the damn power point to print
Eventually got 4 of the 8 slides to print from the laser printer and did the other 4 on her inkjet.
This took about an hour so I spent the last hour getting more IP addresses.
At about 5 to 3 ( I finish at 3) the Head introduced me to one of the schools governors who is involved in the LEA ICT support team. She was giving an after school meeting for the staff. I sat in on it to gain some more knowledge.
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