All I can say is I feel your pain. I had one that called me and said her computer wasn't working. She moved the monitor from one spot on the desk to another and pulled the power cord out. Another one said his computer wasn't working. When I walked down to the classroom, he hadn't turned the monitor on. He shouldn't have asked what the problem was, because I told him and there was a room full of students. I can't even go into all of the stuff that our "computer teacher" (really keyboarding and word processing) has done. It would take me all day to type the email. I'll just say that her organizational skills are somewhere between slim and none, her file management skills are worse, is completely resistant to any kind of change, and refuses to listen. All of that has resulted in a ton of lost data and pictures. Of course, it's all my fault. Luckily, every time she didn't listen and I had to correct something, it was documented on the trouble ticket system.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Heath Henderson Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 7:59 PM To: Tech-Geeks Mailing List Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] frustration of the day...AACK! What about those teachers who have a broken smartboard. Upon entrance into their room discovering the projector is on but can't connect to a video source I look on the wall next to the computer and see the video cable looped up and the end dangling over the laptop. After connecting the cable I walked across the hall and told her and the other three people who worked on it until heir hair was pulled out. "I fixed your smartboard!" -Heath Henderson On Aug 24, 2010, at 4:18 PM, "Williams, Scott" <[email protected]> wrote: > I had to pat the back of a teacher today that is finally realizing 4 years of > work are down the drain. > > I recycled 150, 10 year old machines this summer and of course all her work > was on one of those old GX-150's local hard Drive. > > > I don't know how many times I preach that if it's of any importance, please > save it on their Home (H:) drive for safe keeping. MAYBE even put it on your > own thumb-drive just incase since it's so important. > > Maybe, to be PC, I should not have patted her on the back, but my only other > option in my head was a firm grasp around the neck. > > > Scott > > > > > > ________________________________________ > From: [email protected] > [[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ben Story > [[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 4:00 PM > To: Tech-Geeks Mailing List > Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] frustration of the day...AACK! > > I've gotten to the point where I spoon feed the parts list and diagrams to > the architect and/or general contractors if I can't just use my own cabling > vendors. > > On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 3:53 PM, Steele, Thomas C > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > As Ron Egolf has pointed out countless times – architects don’t have a clue > about voice and data! > > Thomas C. Steele > Technology Director > Manteno CUSD #5 > > > From: > [email protected]<mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks > .org> > [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@te > ch-geeks.org>] On Behalf Of Bob Morse > Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 3:32 PM > To: 'Tech-Geeks Mailing List' > Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] frustration of the day...AACK! > > Last year during planning stages of adding multipurpose rooms to each school > and also swapping the Jr High Office with the Jr High Library I posed the > question “will all new phone wiring be tied into the existing system?” and I > got the response from the architect and engineer “everything will be taken > care of”. Last Monday, which is a week and 3 days before school starts (it > starts this Thursday) I had a call from the Jr High Principal stating “when > will “I” get the phones up and running?” which I replied “the plans were that > “they” would take care of everything”. After contacting my Buildings and > Grounds guy and the architect I was told it had been taken care of. Their > idea of taking care of it was punching it down to a new block without tying > it into the existing system. I then had to call my existing phone people to > beg them to come out and tie the whole thing together ASAP! As you can > imagine they were not happy and we just got our phones up and running in > that building yesterday. Talk about YIKES and AACK!!!!!!!!!!! > > > From: > [email protected]<mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks > .org> > [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@te > ch-geeks.org>] On Behalf Of Dan Ragen > Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 11:23 AM > To: Tech-Geeks Mailing List > Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] frustration of the day...AACK! > > My ACK is simiiar, but with READ 180. > > Teacher - My students can't login. > ME - I told her my pa and login and said to try that, they all have > basically the same and it don't vary to much unless a brother or sister are > involved and she said OK. > Teacher - (Next Day). My kids can't login ME - Did your try the > method I gave you? > Teacher - Yes, Ok I look at it after classes. > Spent and hour after classes login in kids, etc. in different reading lab > machined - No problems. > Next Morning - > HS Principal - (He's wise to her). Did you give those kids password, etc.? > Me - I gave all the kids login and passwords and they all worked last night. > Principal - No these are the NEW kids she gets in the class. > Me - What new kids? > Principal - The kids we assigned her last Friday. > Me - She never told me abut them. > > To shorted the story, I talked to her again his morning and she still has not > given me the kids names to enter. > > This stuff really wastes my time this time of year. How many days until the > end of May????? > On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 9:47 AM, Nancy Sullivan > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > First day of school for us yesterday…this was one of my head-desk moments. > > Lab supervisor: The computers in the lab won’t work. > Me: What specifically is wrong with them? > Lab supervisor: Well, there is some sort of installer running. (He > knows this because there is a big graphic on the screen that says > “STOP: Technical Services is installing software on this machine. Do > not turn it off or restart. When the installer is finished, the > computer will restart automatically.”) > Me: That would be the installer that is putting your new software on the > machines. > Lab supervisor: But we need to use the computers. > Me: Why do you need to use the computers? > Lab supervisor: We need to use the new software. > Me: That is what is being installed on the computer now. The new software > won’t be on the machines until the installer finishes. > Lab supervisor: OK. > > Ten minutes later… > Lab supervisor: The computers still aren’t working. > Me: Is the installer still running? > Lab supervisor: Yes. > Me: Your new software (CAD program and simulator) does take quite a while to > load. > Lab supervisor: Well, I thought it would be quicker if I just restarted the > computers. > Me: WHAT?!?! > Lab supervisor: I restarted the computers. I thought that would fix the > problem. > Me: There was no problem to “fix.” Your new software was being installed. > Lab supervisor: But we couldn’t log in. I figured I’d just reboot them all so > we could log in, but that installer is running again. > Me: That’s because it needs to install your new software before you can use > the software. You have to let the installer finish BEFORE you can use the > software. Don’t turn them off…let the installer finish running. > Lab supervisor: OK. But we need to log on to use the new software. > Me (internally): AACK!!!! > > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | > > > > -- > Daniel E. Ragen > District Technology Coordinator > Dupo CUSD 196 > 600 Louisa Ave > Dupo, IL 62239 > Phone - 618-286-3214 x2141 > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > 'My reading of history convinces me > that most bad government > results from too much government.' > Thomas Jefferson > > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | > > > > -- > -- > Ben Story > CCSP, CCNA, CCNA Wireless, CCDA > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > "You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today. > -- Abraham Lincoln > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org| | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org |
