Conference Week 6

Reflecting on Week 6

This week I almost submitted this post before submitting Week 5. I had to rename the posts so that I can identify what I have already done. I’m not sure when, but I I changed the look of my blog. I like pink and I also learned how to put my picture in the right place. It took some time to get it like I want it. I still need to figure out a few more things.

I spent a lot of time learning about EDI this week. I must have visited over 10 websites trying to answer the question. I did not really take time to understand the content from our text, but eventually, I had to go back and read the entire chapter. I really did not know much about EDI transactions;but, I have heard of B2B. EDI has been around for some time to allow businesses to do electronic transactions with little to no human intervention. I also took some time to refresh what I know about XML. A lot of programs today have XML in the background. This course is opening my eyes to several different aspects of IT. I guess I have to come out of my isolated world.

I also spent some time researching for the group project and the final project. I will be attending some presentations this month on Disability. October is Disability Month.

At work, I am working on an application that would allow our customers to pay for our services using a credit card. I am now reviewing the Business requirements, flow charts, and database schema. I want to make sure that I have not left out any pertinent details about our business process. I am still talking with the examination staff to make sure that I have all the requirements from their perspective. We will be using the services of pay.gov to process these transactions with the bank. We are responsible for designing the pages for our website and the pay.gov site in order to keep the cost down. I also need to refresh my memory for SQL Server 2003 and ASP.net. I have to convert my current online database using that technology.

With all the IT stuff I have to do at work, I find that I still have to learn about many things involving Information Technology.