Thursday, March 25, 2010

GSA Oral Presentation

This week I analyzed and organized data of GSA survey. Moreover, I participated in the presentation on Wednesday. It was a great experience!

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Preparation for GSA Oral Presentation next Wednesday

This week I worked with Yeonjeong to prepare for GSA Oral Presentation next Wednesday. So far we have designed a questionnaire (6 questions included)and distributed to all GAs. We will analyze data gathered and work on presentation slides.

P.S. 6 questions in the questionnaire
Q1: What knowledge and skills concerning learning and researching have you gained from your lab working experiences?

Q2: What are the best and worst working experiences of you when you work in the lab?

Q3: What service and functions do you think ET Lab can provide for potential customers (such as students, staff, faculty, etc.)?

Q4: Certain instructional approaches and methods that have been utilized in the lab work include instructional scaffolding (from easy/simple to challenging/complex tasks), solving real problems in the lab, using existing manuals, instructions, and equipment, getting the assistance of more experienced peers, collaborating with others…
How do you think of the effectiveness of these instructional approaches and methods being utilized in the lab work?

Q5: Several asynchronous communication tools (such as e-mail, Scholar web calendar, Scholar e-portfolio, and Blogger) have been utilized in ET Lab to support effective communication and collaboration among lab GAs.
As a lab GA, What do you think the effectiveness of such asynchronous communication tools in facilitating your communication and collaboration with others?

Q6: What’s your reflection on 1st ET Lab EXPO and what suggestions do you have for future ET Lab EXPO ?

Computer Maintenance Process

My rask is to maintain instructor stations. So far I have finished maintenance work in 220F, 220G, and 220L. Next week I will work for 218, 400, and East Egglestone 301.

More information about PC power supplies at the front desk

The following is the information concerning PC power suppliles at the front
desk.

In the cart, we have nine new 90 watt power supplies for new blue laptops and
fifteen old 65 watt power supplies for old grey laptops.

In the drawer, we have nineteen old 90 watt power supplies and five old 65 watt
power supplies left.

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Power Supplies at the Front Desk

This week I worked on power supplies at the front desk: sorting, labelling, testing...

Concerning power supplies in the drawer, I have figured out that 90 watt power supplies in the drawer match those new blue PC laptops in the cabinet. I labelled those 90 watt power supplies with rectangle stickers. Since there are four differents kinds, I labelled them in different colors (orange, yellow, green, and pink).

There are some 65 watt power supplies in the drawer which don't match those
new laptops. I labelled them with tiny round blue stickers. These 65 watt
power supplies still work well with old grey PC laptops in the cabinet.

Also, 90 watt power supplies are bigger than 65 watt ones. For our convenience,
I put 90 watt power supplies in the front of the drawer and 65 watt ones at the back of it.