The highlights of my internship was being able to work with computers and do different things with them. Helping senior citizens with their ADL, and meeting executives and directors.
(not finished)
Friday, January 29, 2010
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Internship #15 Jan 28th
Resources
This is a photo of me helping 93 yr old, Blanca Lara out of the car to visit her husband in a Convalescent hospital.
This is one of the two biggest vans that my organization has for transportation. (15-seater with 2 wheel-chair slots.
walking.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
INternship #14 Jan 27th
Name: Willie J. McGee (MAC McGee)
Job Title: Executive Director
Company: All COngregations Together (ACT)
Location: 4970 Market Street
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Internship #13 Jan 26th
1. In this picture I'm actually switching out the old display screens. The newer ones that I'm putting in are a lot bigger, better quality, and widescreens. Well most of them are.
2. This is the conference room, where I was installing new software onto the brand new computers. On the screen, you can see that I was in the process of creating the list of things that the computer should have when you first turn it on.
3. Now this right hear, is the head honcho of the internet. This is basicly where all of the hardwired computer cable cords go to connect to the internet. Also, this is where the router and modem are at.
Monday, January 25, 2010
Internship #11 Jan 22nd
The highlights of my week were going to different meetings, and meeting people who wanted to make a difference in their surrounding community around them. Like when I met Jimmie Slack, who is a councilman. Some of the challenges were understanding what the people in the meeting were talking about at time because I had to be able to be professional, and be a good representative for not only my organization, but my school, too. Also, when Iwas named scriber-- someone who writes the notes/ideas on a white board or big notepad from the meeting-- It was a little bit of a challenge getting the ideas and other important things down, but I caught on after a while, and was complimented on how well they said I did. There were quite a few memorable things. One I think is the most was when Ms. Helen (one of the workers at ACT) said that I made up for all three of the interns that were there before me. And that she never would've thought that the little boy who was always with his mom (she used to work with my mom), would become such a nice young man. (It was something like that, I don't remember directly but it was very close)
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Internship #10 Jan 21st
(These are the new computers than I'm replace the old profiles with).
Where did you grow up?
What made you want to have a career in engineering?
How did you end up here with this organization?
What was the main reason you started this organization?
How long have you had this organization?Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Internship #8 Jan 19th
Choice A
- Having good laughs while in a professional environment is something that I would like to develop more in. Being optimistic, even when you had a bad situation before getting to the workplace. There were lots of good qualities that I saw in people. Like when everyone was in the kitchen they offered me some coffee (wasn't decaf), and so I'm already hyper as it is, but I didn't look sleepy like I did and I greeted everyone because of the way the environment is. I even showed someone and IPhone game app. that they liked. Being surrounded hard working people who know what to do when to do it, it has help me grow to become a better student, I guess.
- Having good laughs while in a professional environment is something that I would like to develop more in. Being optimistic, even when you had a bad situation before getting to the workplace. There were lots of good qualities that I saw in people. Like when everyone was in the kitchen they offered me some coffee (wasn't decaf), and so I'm already hyper as it is, but I didn't look sleepy like I did and I greeted everyone because of the way the environment is. I even showed someone and IPhone game app. that they liked. Being surrounded hard working people who know what to do when to do it, it has help me grow to become a better student, I guess.
Internship #7 Jan 15th
Project Description
Internship site: All Congregations Together (ACT)
Department: Technical Adminictration
Project Title: Computer Automation
General Description: Installing software, mostly, and helping seniors with their ADL
Learning Objectives:
Organization/Company Objectives & Benefits:
Schedule:???
Academic Skills:
Technical Skills: Setting up computers, knowing the hardware you install, configuring a network (wireless too), and finding out the problem and knowing how to fix it.
Collaboration -- Skills and Opportunities: Reaching out to the community, taking polls and trying to make things better for those who cannot do for themselves.
Exhibition Plans:
Schedule & Timelines:
Internship site: All Congregations Together (ACT)
Department: Technical Adminictration
Project Title: Computer Automation
General Description: Installing software, mostly, and helping seniors with their ADL
Learning Objectives:
Organization/Company Objectives & Benefits:
Schedule:???
Academic Skills:
Technical Skills: Setting up computers, knowing the hardware you install, configuring a network (wireless too), and finding out the problem and knowing how to fix it.
Collaboration -- Skills and Opportunities: Reaching out to the community, taking polls and trying to make things better for those who cannot do for themselves.
Exhibition Plans:
Schedule & Timelines:
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Internship #5 Jan 13th
Project title: N/A
Project description: Basicly what my project is going to be is documenting everything that I worked on, recording and taking pictures of me working with the senior's with their ADL, etc.
Project schedule: What do you mean?
Materials & Equipment needed:All materials and equipment are already provided.
Project documentation: Have papers and photos and currently still working on video footage.
Project description: Basicly what my project is going to be is documenting everything that I worked on, recording and taking pictures of me working with the senior's with their ADL, etc.
Project schedule: What do you mean?
Materials & Equipment needed:All materials and equipment are already provided.
Project documentation: Have papers and photos and currently still working on video footage.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Internship #4 JAn 12th
1. What academic skills could you use on the job?
- I could use my computer and public speaking skills, along with being able to helping seniors that aren't capable of doing certain things themselves.
2. What forms of collaboration could you use in a project?
- Not sure what you are asking for this one.
3. What technical skills can you use at your internship?
- my skills with putting computers up, and setting them up, also connecting them to the internet.
4. What new things can you learn while working at your site?
- How the flow of meetings work, and how they setup schedule's for the people they help.
5. How can you exhibit, showcase or otherwise share your work?
- By recording part of it with a camera, taking pictures, and have papers showing the different prcesses I took to complete the task.
6. How can your work or your skills & and abilities help your company or organization?
- My skills can help my organization because of what I bring to the table. Having experience with helping seniors with their ADL, gives me an upperhand advantage and good start with working with this organization.
- I could use my computer and public speaking skills, along with being able to helping seniors that aren't capable of doing certain things themselves.
2. What forms of collaboration could you use in a project?
- Not sure what you are asking for this one.
3. What technical skills can you use at your internship?
- my skills with putting computers up, and setting them up, also connecting them to the internet.
4. What new things can you learn while working at your site?
- How the flow of meetings work, and how they setup schedule's for the people they help.
5. How can you exhibit, showcase or otherwise share your work?
- By recording part of it with a camera, taking pictures, and have papers showing the different prcesses I took to complete the task.
6. How can your work or your skills & and abilities help your company or organization?
- My skills can help my organization because of what I bring to the table. Having experience with helping seniors with their ADL, gives me an upperhand advantage and good start with working with this organization.
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Internship #2 Jan 8th
1. What have you actively done to start off on the right note?
- So far, everytime I enter time I come onto the office for the first time, I greet everyone by saying hello or good morning and a hug, if it's a woman, or a firm handshake, if it's a man.
2. What have you actively done to create interesting opportunities for yourself?
- I've listened carefully to work my mentor was telling me. I've completely understood what had to be done and did it. I also am familiar with the software, and am capable of aiding the seniors in and out of the car, and being of any other assistance.
3. What have you actively done to advance the interest of your mentor and/or site?
- I stay focus on an assignment I was given, even when the rest of the people in the office are taking breaks and they offer me to take one, I politely say that I'm fine and that I want to finish the assignment in front of me first. I have a lot of experience with the elderly, so my mentor is very impressed by how I work and cope with seniors and how I help them in a way to help them not me.
4. What can you do in the immediate future to improve yourself and your experience in the above areas?
- I can continue to have a positive attitude in the work place. Whenever I do walk in there my whole attitude changes no matter what because it shows that I'm there to work and not there to get sympathy for my problems outside of the work place. Continue to be kind and helpful to the elderly, because you never know how helpful you are to them. And just stay on top of things, stay organized with which software is on which computer.
- So far, everytime I enter time I come onto the office for the first time, I greet everyone by saying hello or good morning and a hug, if it's a woman, or a firm handshake, if it's a man.
2. What have you actively done to create interesting opportunities for yourself?
- I've listened carefully to work my mentor was telling me. I've completely understood what had to be done and did it. I also am familiar with the software, and am capable of aiding the seniors in and out of the car, and being of any other assistance.
3. What have you actively done to advance the interest of your mentor and/or site?
- I stay focus on an assignment I was given, even when the rest of the people in the office are taking breaks and they offer me to take one, I politely say that I'm fine and that I want to finish the assignment in front of me first. I have a lot of experience with the elderly, so my mentor is very impressed by how I work and cope with seniors and how I help them in a way to help them not me.
4. What can you do in the immediate future to improve yourself and your experience in the above areas?
- I can continue to have a positive attitude in the work place. Whenever I do walk in there my whole attitude changes no matter what because it shows that I'm there to work and not there to get sympathy for my problems outside of the work place. Continue to be kind and helpful to the elderly, because you never know how helpful you are to them. And just stay on top of things, stay organized with which software is on which computer.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Internship #1 Jan 4th
1. When did you wake up?
- I woke up around 7:25 - 7:45 am in the morning.
2. What did you have for breakfast?
- I didn't really have one, I just ate some french fries with some ranch and some seasoning
3. How did you get to internship? How long did it take? How did it go?
- My aunt Esther drove me their from my mom's job. It took about 10-15 minutes. it went really well. I was introduced to everyone in the office.
4. What did you do when you first arrived at internship? Who did you see? Who did you talk to?
- When I first arrived their, I sat down with my mentor and began to talk about the schedule that we had talked about at the site visit. I saw the rest of the people in the office that I would be working with over the course of this internship: Ms. Teresa, Ms. Helen, and Ms. Rosalie. I talked to pretty much just Ms. Teresa and my mentor because I think I would be communicating with them the most, but I'm not sure of that yet; but I talked to everyone.
5. Where do you work (in the company, in the building, etc.)? What is your area like?
- Well I believe the company is in the building because I work with a non-profit organization. So far right now I'm working in the conference room as of right now because I'm installing and setting up computers for all the stations. My area is a cubicle where, and I'm working right but all of the Internet connections cords and the router and all that stuff.
6. What did you do for lunch?
- I went to lunch with my mentor. To a Chinese restaurant, where he treated me, which I was thankful of, and we ate at the place.
7. What did you do during the afternoon?
- During that time I pretty much continued to work on the computers and connected a couple computers hardwired to the network (in which I assisted my mentor with). Put new hardware on the computers installed a printer, and took some pictures for my blog. My mentor took a unexpected picture of me.
8. What type of work do you see yourself doing in the next few days?
- I see myself finishing up on the computers, and getting out to helping the community part of the internship. Helping seniors with daily errands they can't do by themselves like go to the grocery store, etc. Also, working with their webmaster on getting their website remodeled.
9. What do you feel prepared to do? What do you think you'll do well?
- I think I'm safe to say that I'm prepared with the task that's set in front of me. I'm feelin pretty confident on this real world type thing. Communication is something that I think I will do well because I like to talk so if I can use that ability to a good use, then I think things will go right along smoothly.
10. What are you going to need to learn to succeed at your internship?
- I'm going to need to learn more about how office's contain the flow of things, because i'm not used to the in a building all day type thing. I had my doubts but I think I'm beginning to adapt really well with this new environment.
11. What makes you excited about working there?
- I'm excited about working here because I know that for 1 month, I don't have to worry about school, and the people, also drama that goes on. I myself complain less, and I here less complaining of others! But truly I'm excited to come here because This is one of the few things that I actually take very seriously.
12. What makes you nervous about working there?
- I'm not really a nervous person. I'm not really nervous at all I'm just staying calm, staying my place, and making sure that I'm checking with my mentor on What else eh needs me to do.
13. When did you get home? What was your afternoon/evening commute like?
- I got home around 4:45-5:00. When I got home, I felt like I knew what it was like working a 6 hour day and just wanted to relax; but obviously that wasn't the case. As soon as I walk in the door, all you here is ,"Ok boys get in the kitchen and start cleaning up!" I was like aw man! you can't wait until I take two steps at least in the house before chores are getting shoved down my throat. After that I just relaxed but had to go to bed earlier because I had to go to school.
- I woke up around 7:25 - 7:45 am in the morning.
2. What did you have for breakfast?
- I didn't really have one, I just ate some french fries with some ranch and some seasoning
3. How did you get to internship? How long did it take? How did it go?
- My aunt Esther drove me their from my mom's job. It took about 10-15 minutes. it went really well. I was introduced to everyone in the office.
4. What did you do when you first arrived at internship? Who did you see? Who did you talk to?
- When I first arrived their, I sat down with my mentor and began to talk about the schedule that we had talked about at the site visit. I saw the rest of the people in the office that I would be working with over the course of this internship: Ms. Teresa, Ms. Helen, and Ms. Rosalie. I talked to pretty much just Ms. Teresa and my mentor because I think I would be communicating with them the most, but I'm not sure of that yet; but I talked to everyone.
5. Where do you work (in the company, in the building, etc.)? What is your area like?
- Well I believe the company is in the building because I work with a non-profit organization. So far right now I'm working in the conference room as of right now because I'm installing and setting up computers for all the stations. My area is a cubicle where, and I'm working right but all of the Internet connections cords and the router and all that stuff.
6. What did you do for lunch?
- I went to lunch with my mentor. To a Chinese restaurant, where he treated me, which I was thankful of, and we ate at the place.
7. What did you do during the afternoon?
- During that time I pretty much continued to work on the computers and connected a couple computers hardwired to the network (in which I assisted my mentor with). Put new hardware on the computers installed a printer, and took some pictures for my blog. My mentor took a unexpected picture of me.
8. What type of work do you see yourself doing in the next few days?
- I see myself finishing up on the computers, and getting out to helping the community part of the internship. Helping seniors with daily errands they can't do by themselves like go to the grocery store, etc. Also, working with their webmaster on getting their website remodeled.
9. What do you feel prepared to do? What do you think you'll do well?
- I think I'm safe to say that I'm prepared with the task that's set in front of me. I'm feelin pretty confident on this real world type thing. Communication is something that I think I will do well because I like to talk so if I can use that ability to a good use, then I think things will go right along smoothly.
10. What are you going to need to learn to succeed at your internship?
- I'm going to need to learn more about how office's contain the flow of things, because i'm not used to the in a building all day type thing. I had my doubts but I think I'm beginning to adapt really well with this new environment.
11. What makes you excited about working there?
- I'm excited about working here because I know that for 1 month, I don't have to worry about school, and the people, also drama that goes on. I myself complain less, and I here less complaining of others! But truly I'm excited to come here because This is one of the few things that I actually take very seriously.
12. What makes you nervous about working there?
- I'm not really a nervous person. I'm not really nervous at all I'm just staying calm, staying my place, and making sure that I'm checking with my mentor on What else eh needs me to do.
13. When did you get home? What was your afternoon/evening commute like?
- I got home around 4:45-5:00. When I got home, I felt like I knew what it was like working a 6 hour day and just wanted to relax; but obviously that wasn't the case. As soon as I walk in the door, all you here is ,"Ok boys get in the kitchen and start cleaning up!" I was like aw man! you can't wait until I take two steps at least in the house before chores are getting shoved down my throat. After that I just relaxed but had to go to bed earlier because I had to go to school.
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