My name is Phil Woodard.

I am 17 years old.

I am an honor student…

…at Jackson High School.

I go to classes at Jackson High in the mornings.

I think the skeleton is funny!

I eat lunch with 600 people!

In the afternoons, I go to work at Napoleon schools.

I am a computer technician.

I perform daily system backups.

I make and test networking cable.

I work with the system files.

I work with the servers.

I help keep the school computers working.

I like to make robots.

I use a plan…

…to put them together.

Then I hook up the wires.

Then I download a program…

…that tells the motors what to do.

Then, I program those motors together.

I made a parking gate.

And an excavator.

I made a giant spider robot.

I can program a microcontroller.

I built my computer from parts…

…and installed Windows Vista.

I set up and configured our wireless network.

I fix computers when they don’t work.

I like to solder electronics projects.

I made a computer that fits in a mint can!

I made the multimeter that my sister uses in college.

I am making an LED table.

I like to ride my bike.

I like to ride in cool cars.

Sometimes, I like to walk.

I like to read magazines.

And I like to go to concerts, movies and plays.

I like The Weather Channel and You Tube.

I like to play video games.

I like to go to museums.

I go to Robot Team at the career center.

We made a big robot.

It can lift a ball.

Our team is called The Jacktown Vectors.

Each week, I go to MSU after school…

…to work with Mike at the Engineering School.

I made an amplifier…

…from a diagram.

Sometimes I make cable…

I make telephone cable…

…or networking cable…

…or coaxial cable.

Sometimes, Mike helps me solder circuits.

And Mike shows me the big machines!

One day for work, I might fix or program computers.

Or maybe I will make networks.

Or work with robots.

Or work with other electronics.

I can do so many things!