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=**IT​ 2010 Class Wiki**=

Found something interesting to do with IT? Here is the place to stuff it! Link it, embed it, write about it... do whatever! As long as that little voice in your head is OK with it (and you're not on heavy medication to supress the voice in your head), then post it here!

Wednesday 9th June, Lesson 2 and Thursday 10th June, Lesson 4
Hi guys - I'm in town today, and off to Griffith Thursday, can you go on with the websites and be good boys for me? You'll have to go to the library on Thursday for some reason, so if you could head down there to work on Thursday, that would be great.

Do you paperwork so that I can see it on Tuesday please. Gantt, Feasability... the rest... check the website task. Thanks :)

WEBSITE DESIGN TASK:

Wednesday
So bad news... I hear there is too much CS and not enough work been going on.(<<< that's a lie ... you can never have too much CS!!!!) I have only 2 emails are required from Monday's work. This, and all the other things that have been asked on this Wiki, will be checked when I get back on Thurs. I suggest you catch up this lesson, and overnight if needs be to avoid my Samuel Jackson impersonation.

Paperwork needs to be in by FRIDAY too... forget it at your peril!

Google Sites need to be up to scratch as per the list in yesterday's work.

Dreamweaver sites which utilize your school space need to have something up, nothing much, but something!

Webtrain modules for CONNECT INTERNAL HARDWARE COMPONENTS and CONNECT HARDWARE PERIPHERALS needs to have some progress on them...

And if you're finished all of the above, then you can think about CS, or do some past papers. Actually there is a good thing for you to read here: http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/syllabus_hsc/pdf_doc/2010-sample-vet-questions.pdf

See you soon Mr Carroll

Tuesday 18th May
First Question - Why have I only got ONE email about helpdesk software? I will come with a glorious vengeance (like Samuel Jackson in Pulp Fiction, or perhaps even in the Incredibles, when he says "Woman? Where's my Supersuit?") unless people get me those emails by the conclusion of todays lesson.

Second Question - Ok, this isn't a question. But since I asked a first question, I needed to put a second question heading. Second... err... thing. Mr Gilham is coming to check that you know what the hell is going on for work placement. I think he might try and get you access to a phone to call your employers and work out a time to meet up with them before Friday this week, so you can get your paperwork signed...and of course returned to the school by Friday. (http://www.compact.org.au/uploads/CSO%20Student%20Placement%20Record%202005.pdf) Capish? (Is that how you spell Ka-peesh?) Tom you are OK to go to with Mitchell Nabkey and Gary Xuereb too if you want (I think you should want). I'll get you his phone number.

Third heading - You need to have your Google site ready for inspection by Thursday, which is when I shall return. I want to see the following items in it, if you have not already got them...
 * Images (some custom made)
 * Links
 * Consistent colour scheme (not like something my colourblind halfwit friend Cletus would make!)
 * A form (perhaps of the Google variety?)
 * A spreadsheet or linked data grid
 * At least 5 sections

If you have done all of the above, you are in front, and can spend your time wisely on some other assignment, such as IPT!

See you all soon - Mr "No I don't think WoW is awesome" Carroll

Monday 17th May === Good morning everyone, Hope your weekend was as nice as mine. We took Joshua for walks, did some gardening, went visiting relatives, it was really nice. I think for the first time I am starting to feel like a real daddy! Anyways, I thought today we'd look at something that we haven't specifically looked at yet, but that touches on lots of the units we've already covered. Helpdesk. Helpdesk is a very important part of IT - although it tends to get the label of the 'tail end' of IT jobs. Some people enjoy it - diagnosing problems, meeting new people, a sense of accomplishment, but the average career length in a helpdesk situation is pretty short. The most important part of this job, aside from the actual diagnosis of a problem, is the logging and keeping of records. Software is generally used to keep track of these jobs and record problems for later reference. Today look at the following:

Thanks! See you guys later in the week. Work well.
 * Read this case study (a biassed Novell one, but one nonetheless!) http://www2.grouplink.net/news/success/wcboe/
 * Various Helpdesk Software Packages available. If someone can take a run up to see Ben Lloyd and get a link off him to see what the school helpdesk situation is like, that might be good.
 * Pick one of these packages for use by your company - and post it in the page on the left called "Help Desk Software Choice". Consult other group members to decide which one to choose.
 * Imagining I'm your boss, write me a formal email stating your company's choice of software for this purpose. Include things that you are looking for in your software, and it's features. Do this individually, not per group. (More than 150 words)
 * Any spare time, either Multiple choice online questions, or finish that Webtrain work from Friday.

Friday -===

Hi everyone - Righteo - people will need headphones and microphones - there are some in the library I'm pretty sure, so can someone run and grab some? At 20 past I will be online in skype (username is ncandlc) and I'd love it if you all added me and jumped on in to a Skype session. People with laptops with cameras, this should be easy for you.

So whilst your getting that sorted, here is some background work that you can do whilst you await a connection from me...

Remember this website? vet.webtrain.com.au

well...lets do a bit from here. I know you've got your websites to do, which is great, and you can keep hacking away at them when you get a chance, but I'll throw this into the mixer too, just to spice things up. Please attempt the modules called ICAI3021A - Connect Internal Hardware Components and ICAS2014A - Connect Hardware Peripherals

I'll hope to see you online today during the lesson!

Thanks NC

MORE WORK YOU SAY? HOHOHOHO Here it is!

1 - check this site out - download and install as admin if possible.... let me know what you think [] It might help with collaboration in IPT even?

2 - Also, install sykpe please, and post your skype username on the page SKYPE NAMES on the left, and we'll have a Webinar next lesson.

3 - I want you to include a 'Google Form' as part of your google site...Google forms are great for getting info off people who visit your site - Mac used one in his wagga floor hockey site in the 'coaches corner' section. Create a new google form and insert it into your website so it is usable by people who surf to it.

Ok guys - firstly congrats to the guys who have got their wiki markup language editing on and put the strikethrough Darcy's name. Well done to those who have uploaded some stuff onto their school space using FTP and Dreamweaver, and well done to those who have been progressing on their Google Site. *insert hat doff here*.

Secondly, boo and hiss and evil looks from old ladies to those of you who are either not turning up to school, not turning up to class, getting to class so late that you might as well not come at all, not checking this wiki, or plainly just ignoring the directions that I've been giving. May you find sand in your underpants and get a job as a toilet brush bristle straightener after you finish school.

Today you are going to get your sunscreen out, your body suit on and do some surfing. Being a good web designer really requires you to know what the latest, coolest ways of making web pages are all about. I am putting the challenge out there to see who can find the best website on the internet. Each person must nominate 1 or 2 websites that they think is the coolest site on the net, and right quickly why it is cool. Post your site into the page on the left called 'COOLEST WEBSITE'. What things should you be considering when you are looking? Here are the checkpoints I will be judging your nominations on:


 * Usability - the site works well, it quick, does what it should
 * Sweetness - the site combines good looks with good content
 * Addictiveness - there is something about this site that just makes you want to come back
 * Originality - there is something fresh to the site
 * X Factor - that certain something that just makes you go (in the words of Kramer) 'a-di-di-di'

Good luck, look forward to checking out your posts!

=== Oh, and check your email and book in that date that I wrote to you about. It should be a good day.

MONDAY 10th May===

Hi again all, hope you're fit and ready today... I wanted to change it up a bit for you today again, and get you guys to hook into some dreamweaver stuff. Start making a page in Dreamweaver that is the same content as your other google site, but with different layout and features etc... it will be a good job to just compare the functionality of each method. Yes, you can copy and paste from the google site!

Upload it to the web server. Perhaps one of you guys ... maybe Prowen (not Macca cos hes lazy) can take the main computer and show everyone how to connect to the web server again, upload and download in dreamweaver (put and get), and start integrating some graphics from Fireworks and Photoshop?

Also, can you all send me the details (email) of where you're going on work placement please? We need to get things rolling there with contacting them etc...

Have a good day guys, be good and do some work... Well done on those google sites, I've checked them all out, but a couple are still missing - Darcy - Rodda... Tom... what goes on?

THURSDAY - 6th May, 2010

K not bad, your strike rate is not too shabby. For those who are obviously not doing the work or away, you need to do it. This schizz is not optional. You will need to catch up, and yes, oh yes my friends, the day of reckoning is coming, when I shall return to you and say "Where is the fruit of what I gave to thee?"

Today you need to get you butts back into your google site and BEFORE you leave this lesson, you must post the link to that google site on this wiki, in your own page on the left so I can see it. If you fail to do so, then check outside your window around 2am in the morning and look out for the shadow of peadaphillia that will be approaching.

Good luck. Oh and for those wondering (thanks for the thoughts!), as of 5pm Wed, no bub yet. ___

WEDNESDAY, 5th of May, 2010 Results are in - Tuesday's efforts scrape in with a pass mark, some of you got the hang of it, some of you other lazy bums didn't contribute much at all. Anyways, if you were away or just didn't do the work, that is now homework, you will need to catch up and make 1 post to each of the discussion topics.

So, if everything is going to schedule, when you read this I will be a daddy. Lauren is going to be induced tonight and it should all start happening tomorrow. Yikes. There is a new discussion post which some of you might like to contribute to regarding this event.

Today you guys need to do the following:
 * 1) In your own page that you have configured down the left hand side there, create a review on one diagnostic tool that you have chosen to test for the lesson. Remember a diagnostic tool is something that helps you gauge how a computer or one of its components is running, or tests to see if it is running at all. They help isolate and fix problems. Hopefully you have admin rights on your rig, if you don't then you'll have to borrow someone's machine that does have admin rights after they have finished with it. If worst comes to worst, you have your Google Site and Dreamweaver site to go on with.
 * 2) After you have tested and reviewed your diag tool, you need to make a post at the end of the lesson in the discussion section stating who you think has written the best reviews (other than your own!) in order 1, 2 and 3. (Like the hockey star system).

I'll check back again soon lads, good luck.

TUESDAY 4th of May, 2010 G'day Vet-erenarians, hope you find this post without any problems. As you may know, I will be away for a bit over the coming weeks as I have to play with a new baby, although today Im actually at a VET network meeting with other IT teachers from around the Riverina. So this will be the new one-stop-shop for knowing what to be doing if I am not physically there with you.

So you have been working on some website stuff over the last few lessons, which has been good, but as I said before we started doing the websites, we will alternate between that unit and the unit called 'Running Standard Diagnostic Tests'.

Remember at the end of the lesson today you are being joined by all the other VET students to meet with Fiona from Wagga Compact, so you have until about 2.45 to finish this.

TASK: We are going to hold some virtual discussions about some possible scenarios that might take place in an IT work environment. If you check the discussion section tab above, you will see some topics open for discussion that I have started. I would like you to put your opinion in there for each of the situations. I would like EVERYONE to participate, meaning that you have to do this or I will hunt you down. 1 comment at least in each of the topics. Think about them, research if necessary. I will add some thoughts when I check and give you tomorrow's work. Good luck.

CONFIGURING YOUR OWN WEBSPACE:

Information for uploading to your WEBSPACE! Use these configuration settings in Dreamweaver: Your webspace: www.mdccww.catholic.edu.au/home/[yourusername] Username: [you]@mdccww.catholic.edu.au Password: [your internet password]

the ftp server you need to enter in is: [|ftp.mdccww.catholic.edu.au] OH - and this just in - If Roderick makes an edit on this wiki, he will get a reward. Please spread the word.