field experience todd weiderman 1/30/12. the job hunt painfully long – 8 months chance occurrence...
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FIELD EXPERIENCETodd Weiderman
1/30/12
The Job Hunt• Painfully long – 8 months• Chance occurrence• Frustrating• No interview at all
Edison Learning• Charter Schools• Located in New York• Partnered with Chicago International Charter Schools
CICS Longwood
Pic courtesy of Google maps
Supervisors• Dave Schumer – CICS Technology Manager
• Terrence Stevenson – UST
Longwood• Location• Atmosphere• Primary – High school• It is a large maze
CICS Loomis
Loomis• Basically attached to Longwood• Elementary School• Roberto Vargas – UST of the building
CICS Larry Hawkins
Larry Hawkins• Location• Atmosphere• High School• Charles Smith – UST• Security team and Chicago Police on site
Lloyd Bond• Located down the street from Larry Hawkins
• Edana Bankhead – UST• Elementary School
My Position• PC repair• Daily reports/backups
Projects• Polyvision board installations
• Like a SMART board
• CPDU – training in some of the educational software
• Wiring for WAPs
Things I Learned• Networking • Making images• Culture Shock• Where I want to work
• An awesome rich company