Semester 2 (Weeks 21-39)

Week 21 Jan 21-25 Three day week due to MKL and institute day.
Self-tutoring with Flash. Worked on department photography history and criticism blog.
Week 22 Jan 28-Feb 1
Updated website. Searched for art history blogs (high school) and AP art websites for ideas for upcoming FHS AP Art History website and blog.
Week 23 Feb 4-8 Four day week due to snow day.
Created informative PowerPoint for art department. Gave to Jason and discussed/explored better and best presentations in PowerPoint.
Week 24 Feb 11-15 Four day week due to snow day.
Emails and research about Panther, Ilife and Adobe products.
Week 25 Feb 18-22 Three day week due to Presidents’ and Institute days.
Meeting about tablet PC.
Week 25 Feb 24-29
Contact with ed tech to replace cyan, yellow print cartridges for the 4600. Lew Hubbard was having trouble with the overhead projector in room 4: it would not project at all. I switched the projector’s output cable from the front of the VCR/DVD player to another socket on the wall mounted black box and it worked fine. Helped art staff with using NHA rating and attaining new passwords.
Week 26 Mar 3-7
Long email discussion with teachers from St. Charles East High School about graphics tablets: they wanted to get some thoughts and advice as they are in the process of purchasing them. Some security measures were considered for keeping the tablets safer.
Week 27 Mar 10-14
One hour trailblazer meeting. Researched delicious art related links. Research for capital budget concerns in art technology. Tended to tech emails.
Week 28 Mar 17-21 (4-day week due to Good Friday)
Tended to tech emails. District art technology meeting (2 hours).
Week 29 Mar 24-28
(Spring Break)
Week 30 Mar 31-April 4
Updated FHS art website: LISA show. Looked for online art history resources for art faculty. Tended to tech emails.
Week 31 April 7-11
Help/Tutoring for J.Malinowski with Adobe Illustrator. Need to call EdTech for new ink cartridge. Tended to tech emails.

Week 31 April 14-18
Tech coach meeting. Research and creation of art-related “Social Bookmarks”.


Week 33 April 21-25
Research for tech Booster Gifts for Art Clubs. Paperwork for tech Booster Gifts for Art Clubs.

Week 34 April 28- May 2
Updating FHS Art Dept website. Consulting with L. Hubbard re: website building.
Week 35 May 5-9
Worked on updating FHS Art website:4x5 show. Discussed Amorphium/Leopard issue with Mike Bachrodt.
Week 36 May 12-16
Research on Leopard working/not supporting Amorphium—nothing found online denotes any possibility of an upgrade or patch. Surveying art faculty about Mac lab problems. Log updating.
Week 37 May 19-23
One hour Trailblazer meeting on MS OneNote. Log updating. Discussion with art staff at other buildings about 3D software to replace Amorphium. Research on Z-Brush 3D program.
Week 38 May 26-30
Emailing various art teachers and tech coordinators throughout the district about the Amorphium issue. Responding to various emails about this issue. Preparing to take inventory of computer issues throughout the art department.
Week 39 June 2-6
Met with J.Malinowski re: gradebook also Microsoft Word/Adobe Illustrator.
Surveying/investigating individual computer issues in room 3.