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==To Do :==
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==Goals==
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Meeting on 10/29/11
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*To draft a viable Laptop Pre-Build program that prepares people for the
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*Look for documentation on how to find a hard drive.  Big goal is to remove the HD and scrub the data.
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Laptop Build program
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*Locate archetypes of Laptops, and determine kinds of disassembly that each one requires (HD, screen, RAM, keyboard etc.)
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**To establish teaching resources (instructor based as well as
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*HD Complexity (higher=harder).  Need to find a way to bring that across to the builders (have them pre-sort).  Diagrams could also work.
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self-guided resources) for Hardware ID/Recycling
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#Screw covers on bottom
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**To create a program syllabus that demonstrates skills and subjects
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#Side loaded HD's
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covered by the program
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#Under keyboard
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**To have enough time before implementing the program to allow for training
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#Chasis split.
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*To think about creating a standard for builders, something like a "Free
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Geek Laptop Tech" program
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*And eventually, to add continuing education resources to the existing
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Laptop Build program
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*Make resources for ESL folks available
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**Spanish builder glossary
  
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==Solutions :==
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==PROGRAM DRAFT==
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*Take step by step photos of each laptop disassembly and keep them on file.  As a new laptop comes in compare to database of steps, if it's not in there a builder has to make one.  We could sort them by the above archetypes.
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The Laptop Pre-Build Program is divided into four sections, that
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#Need time to get it done.
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correlate roughly to four shifts. Folks can repeat needed sections as
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#Spend time and we all take a different model and disassemble them step by step.  begin with the "easiest" kind.
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needed. The Four Letter Plan:
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#Use egg cartons that hold the screws from step 1, 2, 3 etc to held with re-assembly.
 
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*Generalized ideas of what to look for (i.e. the archetypes above), instead of using specific models.
 
  
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==Training :==
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;A Hardware Intro
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*Prebuilds documentation is very easy to find.
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:Hardware ID
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*Need to find a balance between easily followable documentation, but easily referenced as well (i.e. on the wall in front of them).
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:Disassembly/Assembly strategies
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#Binders are possible, but are bulky due to large number of models.
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:Practice on Recyclers using Recycle procedure
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#Wiki is good, but requires another computer to run on it.
 
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#Use a printout hung under the lights in laptops to make a "wall".
 
  
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==Challenges :==
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;B Hardware Cont'd
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Hardest part for beginners is how to disassemble old laptops with breaking them.
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:Hardware ID review (maybe a test or something)
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:Network Tools intro
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:POST troubleshooting
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:More recycler practice, maybe an AS-IS machine or two
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;C Mechanical Skills
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:Put what you've learned into practice! Spend the shift honing
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mechanical skills and POST troubleshooting. Review any needed
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material
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;D Build Prep
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:OS tour
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:CLI for laptops
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:WLAN troubleshooting
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:Laptop Build Binder Appendix Tour
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:Recycle/As-Is with any additional time
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==BIG PICTURE QUESTIONS==
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*How to make the program inclusive without losing build quality
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*What has been attempted before?
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*How to make each section teachable when builders may be at different stages, how to balance instruction with self-instruction resources
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==TO DO LIST==
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*Hardware ID examples
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**Tear down machines, labeled
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**Image-based glossary in English and Spanish
  
  
 
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Latest revision as of 09:39, 21 March 2013

Goals

  • To draft a viable Laptop Pre-Build program that prepares people for the

Laptop Build program

    • To establish teaching resources (instructor based as well as

self-guided resources) for Hardware ID/Recycling

    • To create a program syllabus that demonstrates skills and subjects

covered by the program

    • To have enough time before implementing the program to allow for training
  • To think about creating a standard for builders, something like a "Free

Geek Laptop Tech" program

  • And eventually, to add continuing education resources to the existing

Laptop Build program

  • Make resources for ESL folks available
    • Spanish builder glossary

PROGRAM DRAFT

The Laptop Pre-Build Program is divided into four sections, that correlate roughly to four shifts. Folks can repeat needed sections as needed. The Four Letter Plan:

A Hardware Intro
Hardware ID
Disassembly/Assembly strategies
Practice on Recyclers using Recycle procedure
B Hardware Cont'd
Hardware ID review (maybe a test or something)
Network Tools intro
POST troubleshooting
More recycler practice, maybe an AS-IS machine or two
C Mechanical Skills
Put what you've learned into practice! Spend the shift honing

mechanical skills and POST troubleshooting. Review any needed material

D Build Prep
OS tour
CLI for laptops
WLAN troubleshooting
Laptop Build Binder Appendix Tour
Recycle/As-Is with any additional time

BIG PICTURE QUESTIONS

  • How to make the program inclusive without losing build quality
  • What has been attempted before?
  • How to make each section teachable when builders may be at different stages, how to balance instruction with self-instruction resources

TO DO LIST

  • Hardware ID examples
    • Tear down machines, labeled
    • Image-based glossary in English and Spanish
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