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Just a quick note to remind me where this article is.  I’ve been looking at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/293152/ which I think will help me mark my tasks complete.

Didn’t get to spend much time on the project, today.  I got appointments to create on my older Gateway tablet, but couldn’t get them to work on my new Lenovo, which is where I have working on this.  The weird part is that I couldn’t Add an Reference to the Microsoft Office PIAs, but when I transferred the program to the other computer using my network, added the code to create a task, and then moved it back, the PIA reference was there. Weirdness.

I’ve decided to add a "reminder time" to the project, and with a little research found I can use the DateTimePicker to get my time. 

And now I’m fighting with the notebook again.  The district installed Groupwise which is getting into the way.  I am deleting the Groupwise account now, but am probably going to have to uninstall Groupwise.

I’ve created a simple Windows — not Windows Mobile yet — application that shows the date of the next infusion change if the user has put in the number of days, or has put in the Total number of units and the average daily total. The application does several things I haven’t done before:

1. Add days to the current date value — super easy — Date.Today.AddDays(intTDDDays) where the arguments is the number of days to add.
2. Set values in the registry — again easy — SaveSetting("InfusionSetHelper", "Settings", "TDD", strTDD)
3. Retrieve values in the registry — again easy — Me.txtTotal.Text = GetSetting("InfusionSetHelper", "Settings", "Total", "")

So the next decision to be made, is do I make this a Windows program that updates outlook, so should I got straight to the Windows Mobile application.  I think having it both places might be useful.

The actual questions are at: http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/compsci_a/samp.html

The Litvin’s have answers at: http://www.skylit.com/beprepared/fr2008.html

I’ve been giving this a lot of thought and at the moment, this is what I think I need:

• It should be a Today PlugIn.
• Store TDD (but make it optional since it is not an issue for everyone)
• Store number of days, with a default of 3 – use a Combo box
• Store information on the open task so it can be marked completed
• When the user clicks on the plug give the option to chose day or use given date, or ignore.
  • When selected the current open task is marked complete (but stays so that it can be tracked or deleted manually — though this could be an option.)
  • A new task is created based on TDD and number of days, which ever results in smallest day.  However, TDD may be ignored.

Here’s the bloody details, so the research end is going well.

How To Access Pocket Outlook Objects from VBCE

How To Access Pocket Outlook Objects from VBCE

This looks like the main part of my program.  It handles all the outlook data.

The Pocket Outlook Object Model (POOM) mirrors the Microsoft Office Outlook Object Model, but its scope of functionality is reduced to accommodate the practical constraints of mobile devices.

Pocket Outlook Object Model (POOM)

I’m researching how to write the Windows Mobile application, and it dawned on me, that the application would be even more useful if it were a Today Screen plugin.  Options can be set and changed from there, and the user could just click on the plug-in to tell the program they had changed sets, so I’ve downloaded a Today Screen plug-in.

One of the repercussions of the STEM award from last year, was being urged by both the Dallas Foundation poeople and by the TI people to influence more students than my own.  Usually to do that, you have to leave the classroom.  In fact, at least two of the STEM award winners have.  Both have gone into administration.

I’m lucky, I don’t have to go into administration to make that influence.  For the past 10 years at least, I’ve helped write our various district finals, and had a major role in writing curriculum.

This year, I’ve done even more.  I’ve been writing detailed curriculum for our Computer Science I (Visual Basic) class.  I’ve been detailed enough so that another teacher can do exactly what I do.  It’s also detailed enough for someone to teach the course online (hopefully me).

I’ll be writing our district final for the same subject, and probably do part of the staff development for my subject in June.

It feels good.  And I’m really glad I don’t have to give up the daily contact of a class.  That’s the most fun part about teaching.  Even better, once in a while the kids realize it.  I had a couple of kids arguing about it a few days ago.  One kid say — yeah, Mrs. Weaver REALLY likes it here or she wouldn’t be here. VERY nice to hear.

 Was reading:

I am looking over my schedule for summer… and guess what … its FULL! I don’t get summer’s off anymore but I want the world to know how busy summer is while the teachers are gone.

Source: Summer Vacation … not for me. at Snapshots of Technology Integration

So my summer:

I believe I am working on the Curriculum Guide for 2nd semester for Computer Science I (Visual Basic).

I know I am working on the district finals (ACP’s).

I am doing 21 hours of staff development with the district and probably teach 7 of them.

I am going to CSTA Annual Conference on June 28 in San Antonio.

I’m going to a Microsoft sponsored workshop on Alice and Computational Media in July. 

Also going to First Bytes, for two days in Austin at University of Texas.

I will take a one week AP Workshop in August.

The first two should be paying gigs, but we got technology for the first one when I did 1st semester, so that might be that way too.

It’s a lot more traveling than I usually do too.  San Antonio and Austin — I’m flying both of those, and I’m driving to Vegas.  My husband wants to do that and is going too.  We may vacation in San Diego after, depends on who I get to dog sit.