The Last Week Before Spring Break

Week in Review: A Reflection of March 11 – 17

Despite the snow and cold temperatures, last week really was the final week before spring break. I’m jealous that a handful of MPTC students probably spent their week packing for spring break in London, but I’m also happy for them since it’s an awesome opportunity to travel and learn.

I had to stay focused on my classes, because we are in the middle of lots of important material. In our current learning plan for Computer Essentials, we’re learning the real nuts and bolts of computer technology. I know a lot about computers, but I didn’t really know how they worked. I have a better sense of what a processor does, how RAM works, and what it takes for the parts of the computer to communicate with each other. I’m in awe of what humans were able to create. I’m hoping that since I know more about how a computer works that I’ll be able to better troubleshoot and fix my own problems.

Speaking of problems, in my Team Building and Problem Solving class, I was chosen to be team leader. I’m responsible for setting the agenda and distributing it before meetings and facilitating meetings. I’m pretty excited about our real world problem in which we will try to solve the issue of emergency drill participation.

During spring break, I’ll be meeting up with the Web Developer Club for a trip to a local business for a tour. After the tour, we’re going out to dinner and having an informal meeting.

Even though I won’t be leaving town for spring break, I am looking forward to going to Minnesota in April for the NACA conference. In some way, it feels like it’ll be my spring break. Maybe it’ll feel like spring by then?

A Slow Week

Week in Review: A Reflection of February 11 – 17

I was able to multitask last Thursday. I needed to observe a meeting for my Team Building and Problem Solving class. Luckily, we had a student senate meeting so I was able to fill out a sheet we were given in class to evaluate meetings. These questions included things like: did the meeting start and end on time? Were the ground rules stated and followed? Was the agenda followed? Was the desired outcome of the meeting achieved?

Besides classes, homework, and the meeting, it was a pretty slow week. The weather has canceled a lot of my plans recently. I was suppose to get a free massage at school sponsored by the West Bend Student Senate, but I wasn’t able to go for the day I signed up due to the weather. Luckily, I was able to reschedule for next week.

I’ll be working on my next assignment for Computer Essentials, which is to research an Internet-related topic and write an Internet press release. I haven’t picked a topic yet. There’s a lot to choose from. Last week I found and read an article for class about the history of Web browsers. I learned about the Web browsers that came before Internet Explorer took over in popularity.

What’s your favorite Web browser and why? Do you think Internet Explorer will loose its appeal to the majority of the public as new browsers are created?