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| mulbah | !agenda | 11:55 |
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| LittleWebster | This is the agenda for the next meeting: | 11:55 |
| LittleWebster | Update mcsswebsters on SIS plans and their possible role in project (added by jelkner) | 11:55 |
| LittleWebster | Assign all mcsswebsters to access their NOVA Web email (added by jelkner) | 11:55 |
| LittleWebster | Present assignment for the coming week (added by jelkner) | 11:55 |
| mulbah | !agenda | 11:55 |
| LittleWebster | This is the agenda for the next meeting: | 11:55 |
| LittleWebster | Update mcsswebsters on SIS plans and their possible role in project (added by jelkner) | 11:55 |
| LittleWebster | Assign all mcsswebsters to access their NOVA Web email (added by jelkner) | 11:55 |
| LittleWebster | Present assignment for the coming week (added by jelkner) | 11:55 |
| jelkner | Good morning! | 12:01 |
| mulbah | Good morning jeff | 12:01 |
| tboimah | how are you doing jeff | 12:02 |
| jelkner | I just realized that you all may not know the time changed here. | 12:02 |
| jelkner | We had been starting at 8 am my time, but it is 7 am now. | 12:02 |
| jelkner | Would you all like this to be our meeting time? | 12:03 |
| dcammue | wow | 12:03 |
| jallah | good morning Jeff. | 12:03 |
| tboimah | I don | 12:03 |
| svaye | Good morning Jeff | 12:03 |
| tboimah | I don't think that it will fine | 12:04 |
| janet | Good morning jeff | 12:04 |
| mulbah | Than let meet by 8:00AM your time | 12:04 |
| dcammue | good morning Jeff, how are you and the family? | 12:04 |
| jelkner | Which is better for you, mulbah? | 12:04 |
| jelkner | i don't mind meeting at 7 am my time. | 12:04 |
| jelkner | i get up at 5:15 am. | 12:04 |
| jelkner | so i'm ok with this | 12:04 |
| jelkner | what works better for you? | 12:05 |
| dcammue | 8:am your time | 12:05 |
| jelkner | so we know what dcammue thinks, do y'all agree? | 12:05 |
| jallah | what do you mean Jeff? | 12:05 |
| tboimah | +1 | 12:05 |
| jelkner | so you want me to come back in an hour | 12:06 |
| jelkner | i just want make sure we are clear | 12:06 |
| mulbah | +1 | 12:06 |
| jelkner | since we need to all be here at the same time | 12:06 |
| tboimah | +1 | 12:06 |
| svaye | it's perfect | 12:06 |
| janet | +1 | 12:06 |
| jelkner | okie dokie | 12:06 |
| jelkner | see you in about 50 minutes then... | 12:07 |
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| jelkner | Alright, good afternoon, Monrovia! | 12:59 |
| jelkner | Let's get started | 12:59 |
| dcammue | how are ypu | 12:59 |
| dcammue | you | 12:59 |
| mulbah | !agenda | 12:59 |
| LittleWebster | This is the agenda for the next meeting: | 12:59 |
| LittleWebster | Update mcsswebsters on SIS plans and their possible role in project (added by jelkner) | 12:59 |
| LittleWebster | Assign all mcsswebsters to access their NOVA Web email (added by jelkner) | 12:59 |
| LittleWebster | Present assignment for the coming week (added by jelkner) | 12:59 |
| jelkner | Sweet, LittleWebster fired right on time. | 12:59 |
| dcammue | oka | 13:00 |
| jelkner | So, agenda item 1 is to update you on the SIS project and mention how you might play a role in it. | 13:00 |
| jelkner | Do you know what an SIS is, before i talk more about it? | 13:00 |
| tboimah | -1 | 13:01 |
| jallah | -1 | 13:01 |
| dcammue | -1 | 13:01 |
| janet | -1 | 13:01 |
| jelkner | so i better start there ;-) | 13:01 |
| mulbah | Strategic Intermodal System (SIS) | 13:01 |
| jelkner | An SIS in this context is a "Student Information System" | 13:01 |
| jelkner | nope, mulbah | 13:01 |
| jelkner | not in our case | 13:01 |
| jelkner | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Student_information_system | 13:02 |
| jelkner | part of your homework this week will be to read over that. | 13:02 |
| jelkner | anyway, it is an automated computer system for recording and monitoring information about students in a school system | 13:03 |
| jelkner | where i work in arlington virginia, for example, we use a product called synergy, that teachers record daily attendance and enter grades | 13:04 |
| jelkner | report cards are generated by the system | 13:04 |
| jelkner | parents can use a web browser to see how their children are doing each week | 13:04 |
| jelkner | remember, you are part of a project that to be sustainable will need to be able to deliver real value to MCSS and to Liberia, and to find sustainable funding sources | 13:05 |
| jelkner | my big hope is we can receive funding from the United Nations at some point | 13:06 |
| jelkner | since we are contributing towards the UN sustainability goals | 13:06 |
| jelkner | One of my Capstone students, Dafni Hernandez, is working with me on a website what we might turn into a non-profit organization called Social Justice Computing | 13:07 |
| jelkner | http://sjcompute.org/ | 13:07 |
| jelkner | two other interns working with Dafni, Antonio Abela and Luke Risacher are working on the SIS for MCSS | 13:08 |
| jelkner | they are starting with a system that will allow MCSS teachers to report attendance through their phones | 13:08 |
| jelkner | I asked the Supe if this was a good task to start with for the project, and he confirmed that it was | 13:09 |
| jelkner | we will soon need to begin testing it | 13:09 |
| jelkner | and i am hoping i can count on you to help with that | 13:09 |
| mulbah | sure | 13:09 |
| jallah | +1 | 13:09 |
| jelkner | that's all i wanted to say on that topic for now | 13:09 |
| jelkner | i want you to be aware of it so as it develops you'll know what is happening. | 13:10 |
| jelkner | ACTION done | 13:10 |
| mulbah | okay | 13:10 |
| tboimah | okay | 13:10 |
| jallah | okay | 13:10 |
| jelkner | great, next topic | 13:10 |
| jelkner | i got an email from jallah using his novawebdevelopment.org email address | 13:11 |
| jelkner | i believe svaye can use hers | 13:11 |
| dcammue | ok | 13:11 |
| jelkner | who can't use their novaweb email? | 13:12 |
| jelkner | dcammue, can you? | 13:12 |
| dcammue | my nova email is failing to load | 13:12 |
| svaye | yes I sent you a message but I didn't get a reply | 13:12 |
| jelkner | svaye, i got you message, so you're set | 13:13 |
| svaye | +1 | 13:13 |
| jelkner | dcammue, you have an assignment this week - work with scooper to learn to access your email | 13:13 |
| jelkner | he can help you, not me | 13:13 |
| jelkner | since you need to be there in person when he resets your password and shows you how to use it | 13:14 |
| jelkner | mulbah, what about you? | 13:14 |
| jelkner | and tboimah, what about you? | 13:14 |
| jelkner | and janet? | 13:14 |
| dcammue | I can only send you message through my presonal | 13:14 |
| tboimah | i am good | 13:15 |
| jelkner | well, dcammue, you need to fix that | 13:15 |
| dcammue | 13:15 | |
| dcammue | ok | 13:15 |
| janet | keep saying login failed | 13:15 |
| jelkner | i want *everyone* to be able to use their novaweb email by next saturday | 13:15 |
| jelkner | janet, so you need to meet with spencer too | 13:15 |
| jelkner | next thursday i will set up an "alias" that will send emails to all of us | 13:16 |
| jelkner | mcsswebsters@novawebdevelopment.org | 13:16 |
| jelkner | by mailing to that address, each of you will receive the email, and i can add others too, like dafni, antonio, and luke | 13:17 |
| jelkner | that way when we need to communicate about things like the SIS project, we have an easy and effective way to do it. | 13:17 |
| jelkner | where is fkoikoi, by the way? | 13:17 |
| jelkner | is she not here today? | 13:17 |
| jallah | she's trying to reconnect to the internet | 13:18 |
| jelkner | ok, but everyone is there, yes? | 13:19 |
| svaye | +1 | 13:19 |
| jelkner | great | 13:19 |
| jallah | +1 | 13:19 |
| jelkner | so part of your homework this week is to make sure *all* of you can access your email. | 13:19 |
| dcammue | her computer is giving problem to connect to the internet | 13:19 |
| jelkner | well, she can share with someone else for now | 13:20 |
| jelkner | so she can see what we are discussing. | 13:20 |
| jallah | okay | 13:20 |
| jelkner | that's all i have for that topic | 13:20 |
| jelkner | the last topic is your homework for the week | 13:20 |
| jelkner | i have a website that i will use to post weekly assignments | 13:21 |
| dcammue | Jeff, you check on the repo? | 13:21 |
| jelkner | https://ict.mcssliberia.org/ | 13:21 |
| jelkner | look there now | 13:21 |
| jelkner | you will see a link named "Weekly Goals" | 13:22 |
| jelkner | when you click on it, you will see a link "Week 1" | 13:22 |
| jelkner | each week i will post a new assignment above the previous ones | 13:23 |
| jelkner | so next saturday you will see "Week 2" above "Week 1" | 13:23 |
| jelkner | take a look at the assignment for this week and let me know if you have questions for me. | 13:24 |
| jallah | yes jeff, you said that you was going to discuss on the min.html page in detail | 13:25 |
| jelkner | great, jallah, let me do that | 13:26 |
| jelkner | first, i want to make sure you can see the source code to it | 13:26 |
| jelkner | you can do that in one of two ways: | 13:26 |
| jelkner | 1. you can load the page in your browser, right click with the mouse, and select "View Page Source" | 13:27 |
| jelkner | 2. you can visit the git repo where i host the page: https://github.com/jelkner/ict.mcssliberia.org/tree/main/resources | 13:28 |
| jelkner | and view the source there | 13:28 |
| jelkner | so i need to make sure you can all do that | 13:29 |
| jelkner | it doesn't make sense for me to talk about it, if you can't see it, jallah | 13:29 |
| jallah | I'm seeing it Jeff | 13:30 |
| dcammue | me too | 13:30 |
| jelkner | good | 13:30 |
| jelkner | so even though i am calling this min.html (for minimal page) | 13:31 |
| jallah | Freena and I using my computer Jeff | 13:31 |
| jelkner | great, jallah | 13:31 |
| jelkner | it really should be called "starter page", i guess | 13:31 |
| jelkner | you should copy this file every time you want to start a new page. | 13:31 |
| jelkner | it has some JavaScript on it you won't understand for awhile | 13:32 |
| jelkner | i can tell you now why it's there, and talk in detail about how it works later | 13:32 |
| jallah | okay | 13:33 |
| jelkner | The javascript is located in the <script></script> element | 13:33 |
| jelkner | which comes right after the <style></style> element in the <head></head> element of the document | 13:33 |
| jelkner | the style element is for CSS. | 13:34 |
| jelkner | i'll talk more about that next | 13:34 |
| jelkner | but what the JavaScript does is determine where the page is located | 13:34 |
| jelkner | that's what the var loc = window.location.href; statement does | 13:35 |
| jelkner | and then create validation links for HTML and CSS in the footer of the document | 13:35 |
| jelkner | that way, when you click on "HTML Valid!" | 13:35 |
| jelkner | it sends the document to the online validator, which comes back green if the document is valid, or red (with errors) if it is not. | 13:36 |
| jelkner | you can try clicking on that link to see what it does | 13:36 |
| jelkner | The "CSS Valid!" link does the same thing for CSS. | 13:37 |
| jallah | It does | 13:37 |
| jelkner | I want you to make sure you web pages are all valid for both HTML and CSS | 13:37 |
| jelkner | is Spencer there with you? | 13:37 |
| jallah | yes | 13:37 |
| jelkner | i don't see him online | 13:38 |
| jelkner | but i want to talk with him before we leave today | 13:38 |
| Freena | Spencer Computer is giving problem | 13:38 |
| dcammue | he has problem with his computer | 13:38 |
| jelkner | oh, that reminds me. | 13:38 |
| jelkner | he tends to get annoyed with me when i ask him too much, but maybe you all can gently ask the Supe about the 2nd shipment of comuters | 13:39 |
| dcammue | okay | 13:40 |
| Freena | okay | 13:40 |
| jelkner | that 2nd shipment has all the computers you will need to make sure you each have a good working one | 13:40 |
| jelkner | you can't learn this trade without the proper tools | 13:41 |
| Freena | sure | 13:41 |
| jelkner | and for us, the only tools we need are a working laptop and an internet connection | 13:41 |
| dcammue | okay | 13:41 |
| jelkner | so maybe spencer can use one of your computers today | 13:41 |
| jelkner | i want to ask him if he has any questions about the assignment i am giving you | 13:42 |
| jelkner | and if he has any questions about the min.html page | 13:42 |
| jelkner | because he will be helping you during the week | 13:42 |
| jelkner | so i talked about the JavaScript | 13:42 |
| scooper | Hello Jeff, Spencer speaking | 13:42 |
| jelkner | great, my friend. | 13:43 |
| scooper | SOrry for not being active | 13:43 |
| jelkner | do you have any questions about the assignment i want them to do this week? | 13:43 |
| scooper | my computer have a technical problem that why | 13:43 |
| jelkner | yes, you told me | 13:43 |
| jelkner | that's why i asked them to ask the Supe about the 2nd shipment | 13:44 |
| scooper | What the assignment is about JEff | 13:44 |
| jelkner | it has another laptop you cojld use | 13:44 |
| jelkner | scooper, i showed you the spreadsheet while i was there | 13:44 |
| scooper | Yes I can recall | 13:44 |
| jelkner | there are between 20 and 30 other laptops what should be arriving at some point | 13:45 |
| scooper | you show me before your departure Jeff | 13:45 |
| jelkner | yes | 13:45 |
| jelkner | i dropped them off at the Supe's wife's house in May | 13:45 |
| jelkner | before I came to Liberia | 13:45 |
| scooper | Got you | 13:45 |
| jelkner | i know it takes a looooong time for things to get there | 13:45 |
| jelkner | but they should get there at some point | 13:46 |
| scooper | can we talk about the assignment Jeff | 13:46 |
| jelkner | i'm not going to send anything else until that 2nd shipment arrives | 13:46 |
| jelkner | please, scooper, let's talk about the assignment | 13:46 |
| jelkner | what questions do you have? | 13:47 |
| scooper | What the assignment is all about JEff | 13:47 |
| jelkner | did you see it? | 13:47 |
| jelkner | i'll paste the url | 13:47 |
| scooper | LET ME CHECK | 13:47 |
| jelkner | https://ict.mcssliberia.org/goals/week01.html | 13:47 |
| jelkner | i am going to make an assignment page each week | 13:48 |
| jelkner | so we all can look at it whenever we want | 13:48 |
| jelkner | scooper, i also asked each of them to get their novaweb email working | 13:49 |
| jelkner | so they need to talk to you about that too | 13:49 |
| scooper | I SAW THE ASSIGNMENT BUT I LOOK AT IT PROPERLY WHEN I'M A BIT FREE | 13:50 |
| jelkner | +1 | 13:50 |
| scooper | I can recall setting Jallah, Freena and Daniel email | 13:51 |
| jelkner | jallah and svaye have working emails | 13:51 |
| jelkner | thomas too | 13:51 |
| jelkner | jallah, do you have more questions about the min.html page? | 13:52 |
| jelkner | i can talk about the CSS | 13:52 |
| jelkner | or the HTML | 13:52 |
| scooper | I did Jallah, Freena and Mulbah email together that since day Adrian give me authorization | 13:52 |
| jelkner | great, so mulbah is set too | 13:52 |
| jelkner | excellent | 13:52 |
| jallah | No Jeff | 13:53 |
| scooper | Any way we will settle their email problem before leaving the lap today, so that nobody can have an excuse.... | 13:53 |
| jelkner | nice! | 13:53 |
| mulbah | sure | 13:53 |
| jelkner | ok, are there any other questions before you get started? | 13:54 |
| scooper | Catch you later Jeff... anything I will send you an email when it is done today....... | 13:54 |
| jelkner | perfect! | 13:54 |
| jelkner | i want to see validation links on all your homepages | 13:54 |
| jelkner | i'll have more specific instructions about making an aboutme.html page next week | 13:55 |
| jelkner | have fun! | 13:55 |
| jelkner | ok, i'm going to sign off | 13:56 |
| jelkner | see you all next saturday | 13:56 |
| jallah | okay Jeff, have a nice weekend . | 13:56 |
| jelkner | you too! | 13:56 |
| jelkner | ACTION signs off ... | 13:56 |
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