This past week we have been working on preparing the final presentations for our ILE projects. We only are allowed 7 minutes to present a semester-long project, but I think that I will be able to fit it in. I am building off the powerpoint I used to present to the teachers when I was asking them if I could place BOINC in their rooms.
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I am almost at my goal of 10 computers (I have 9 ready to go), but I need more ethernet cables to continue. I have all the components to put up more computers, but I don't have the capability to link any more to the internet (which is required for BOINC).
Yesterday after school, I presented my ILE to several departments, asking the teachers if they would be willing to let me put a computer in their room. I was able to present to science, world languages, and art, and today in A period, I explained my project to the math department chair. I received a good reception, and many of the teachers seemed interested in participating. I will start deploying computers to teachers that indicated interest soon.
This isn't a normal ILE report, but I thought it was a noteworthy milestone in my project. The combined computer power of the computers I have up and running has yielded over 100,000 Credits since I started.
When I was waiting to hear about how long it would take for the district to approve more power for the server room (2020 it turns out), somebody asked me where I got all the computers in the first place. This sparked the idea for a solution to my problem. Why don't I just put the computers back in the classrooms where we took them from. By placing one or two computers in each classroom, I could distribute the power load across multiple circuits around the school, and not have to worry about overloading one individual circuit. I got one of the PCs ready today, and will be deploying it as a test next week.
Today I finished a video detailing my ILE as well as the progress I have made. |
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