Monthly+Intership+Reflection+-+November+2010

For the month of November I was given a project to complete by my campus mentor that lasted for approximately two weeks. This project was based on the Technology Facilitator Standard IV.B. The task consisted of me accessing several files that were located on the school's network and designing a new Excel file that used the information that was gathered to create an Enrollment record of the students and teachers of Waltrip high school. This enrollment file would be used by the science teachers to see what teacher the student was being placed with and the subject that they student were take in addition to other information. After the file was created, the teachers would be shown how to access the information that was contained in the file. This activity really taught me more about how I can manipulate data in Excel. I was always familiar with how to use the basic functions in the program to create various results and also how to create graphs from the information contained in the worksheet. But the activity that my mentor gave me pushed me beyond what I knew and taught me how to use functions that gathered data from not only other files but multiple files at the same time to create a new table. In addition to the Enrollment file activity, I also was able to assist one of the Spanish language teachers in using a website that her students would use to learn Spanish. I help her show the kids how to access the site, log in and find the different activities that they would use from that point forward. This month also saw me continue with my Gradespeed strategy, which has continued to provide positive results. I have continued to open the lab in the mornings and during lunch to allow the students access to the computers for research and homework purposes.


 * Standards Met: ** TF – I. B, TF - II.B, TF -II.D, TF - II.E, TF - IV.B, TF - III.A, TF - III.D, TF - V.B, TF - VI.E, TF - VIII.E