INTERNSHIP FAIR KEYNOTE PRESENTATION

Keynote Presentation
Unless you have the same kind of computer that the school has, you will not be able to work on the Keynote at home. That means you need to use every minute of the seven class periods you'll have to work on the keynote and the presentation board. BUT what you can do at home is write the words that are going to be put into those slides on a piece of paper and then when you get to the computers at school, type them into the appropriate slides. Another idea is to type the words into an email and send it to yourself to copy and paste from later. The bottom line is that you need to work efficiently and carefully so that by Wednesday, June 10, all you'll need to do is practice presenting your keynote and presentation board.

Below are the keynote slide requirements. You do not need to create a blog post for this. You will however need to create a presentation board to accompany your slide. Examples are all around the room.

-Cover slide – Title, name, date

Title examples= My Internship, Sean's Internship, An Internship at ...(name of your site), My Internship Experience, Springtime, International Style, Springtime, Internship Style, 12 Weeks in the Life of High School Intern, etc. You have creative freedom here.


-Name of Site; Description of Internship site – refer to your blog post

Description should include what kind of business it is, where it is located

-Pictures of the site -- if you never managed to take pictures, find some on the internet if possible

-Description of duties -- make a bulleted list for this. Word -- description.

-Pictures of you working -- if you never took picture, find some on the internet of people doing the same kind of work you did

-Description of a typical day -- look at your daily post entries and use examples from that to create a generic work day.
Time arrived
What you did that was familiar
What you might have done that was new or different
Something else that may have happened
Time departed for home


-A challenge you faced, and how you over came it

-7 Vocabulary words and meanings related to your site -- make a bulleted list. word -- description

-Description of mentor (Picture would be great!) -- name, title, who they are, where from, what they do, what they are like, etc.

-Excerpts or highlights from your interview -- describe who you interviewed and why and pick two of their answers that were meaningful and include them in the slide

-Important Excerpts from Midpoint and Final reflections -- choose three questions and answers that you feel are significant from these two posts. You can include more questions and answers if you wish.

-Your Resume with new internship experience added and highlighted -- Make sure you know where your resume is (server, thumb drive) If you can not find your resume, start one asap

-Advice for a future intern -- What advice would you give to an intern who had this same internship site next year? Consider challenges you faced or difficulties you had that could have been avoided if someone had given you advice a year ago.

-Conclusion - Overall evaluation of the internship experience. Consider these questions: Did you like it? Why or why not? Did you get anything out of it? Should we have future classes do this? Why or why not?

Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary

Don't forget you are required to post 20 vocabulary words before internship is finished.

Catch up if you are falling behind. A good strategy is to talk with your mentor about the assignment and let him or her know that you are interested in learning more "work lingo".

Final Reflection

These questions are on the Final Site Visit form that the advisers are giving to the mentors as part of the final site visit at your internships. I thought I would give you an advance notice of this. Elements from this will be used in your presentation.

ASSIGNMENT: Post the questions and answers on your blog.

1. Look back to your earliest posts. What were you goals? Did you meet these goals?

2. What are the most important things you’ve learned?

3. In what ways have your grown as a student/young adult?

4. What were the highlights of your internship experience?

5. Describe a memorable moment or experience.

6. What challenges did you overcome?

7. What advice would you give a new intern at this site? Your answer to this question will be used next year with the upcoming juniors.

8. What will you miss about your internship?

WE'RE GETTING CLOSER TO THE END OF THE MARKING PERIOD ...

So you should know: IN ORDER TO EARN A HIGH GRADE IN INTERNSHIP SEMINAR...You need to complete every blog assignment, including your mid point reflection, all four vocabulary assignments, the floor plan, and the interview. If you have not done this work yet, get it done. It will hurt your final semester grade if the work is not completed.

Week 11 - The Floorplan

YOUR NEXT ASSIGNMENT: The Floor Plan

Your next assignment is to draw a floor plan of the physical space of your internship working area. Confused?

Think back to the Floor Plan project you completed in Math class earlier this year. Remember, a floor plan shows the size and location of the walls and doors in a space. Use google images to search for examples. Search keyword: floor plan. Also try office floor plan, house floor plan, hospital floor plan, etc.

In your floor plan assignment, you also need to create a separate "blow up" drawing of your personal space or area. For example, if you work in an office you probably have some chair that you sit in regularly. I want you to zoom in on that spot and see what is in the immediate vicinity of that chair or desk. In other words, what is around you? A desk, lamp, paper pile, phone, waste basket, picture, other chairs, your mentor's desk, books, and so on ....

If I gave this assignment to Mr. Carlos, for example, he would draw a diagram of the entire third floor of Lafayette High School: the rooms, walls, hallways, library, and doors. He would also draw another "zoomed in" picture of his desk and chair, the copier, Ms. Joan's desk, Mr. Lurick's desk, the front desk, etc.

Q: HOW DO I DO THIS IN MY BLOG?

A: I don't recommend it. In fact, you need to draw the total area floor plan on one regular sized sheet of paper. Draw the "blow up" floor plan on another. You will be able to display this for others to see without the aid of a computer. Make sure to use rulers and pencil on your first draft and pens or markers once you've done your first draft.

You need to get started on this ASAP. I think you know how to do it. Don't wait until next week to start. You won't have enough time. Plus, you'll have a final reflection to write on your blog before you get started on the work of your Internship Presentations. Remember, I am here at 8:15 every Friday morning to help you. Your other teachers are also here in the mornings for tutoring as well. Just speak to them beforehand to get a pass.

Good Luck!

Mentor Interview - Week 10

Interview Questions


THE ASSIGNMENT:

Select someone at your internship to interview.
Arrange a time and place that you can conduct the interview.
It is a good idea to give the questions you are asking to the interviewee (the person you are going to interview) in advance.

Please use the list of questions below when interviewing your mentor. Select at least 12 or more of these questions to ask the interviewee. You may use all of them if you wish. Again, it would be good to give the interviewee the questions in advance.

Record the answers during the interview and then type the questions and answers into a post titled Mentor Interview.

Questions

1. What is your full name?

2. Where are you from (city, state, country)?

3. Where did you go to college? For how long? Do you plan to go back to school?

4. (If the interviewee went to college)… What was your major in college and what kind of degree did you earn? Did you attend graduate school for an advanced degree? If yes, what degree and where?

5. Why did you choose your professional field?

6. What got you involved in this field of work? What inspired you to do it?

7. Why did you choose this particular job at this particular company?

8. How long have you worked here?

9. What is your job title?

10. What do your duties include? Or What kinds of work does your job involve?

11. What are some of the challenges you have faced working here?

12. What is the best part of your job?

13. What is something you would like to change about your job?

14. Did you work somewhere else before this job? Where? For how long? How was that similar/different?

15. What do you see as your future with this company?

16. Do you enjoy the kind of work you do? Why or why not?

17. Do you plan to open your own business one day?

18. How has having an intern helped your company or organization advance or progress?

19. What advice would you give to high school-aged interns (such as myself) getting ready for college?

20. What advice would you give to high school-aged interns (such as myself) preparing to find a career in the real world?

*21. Feel free to create additional questions. Just make sure to be appropriate.

Before you conduct your interview, consider these ideas:

-Who do you want to interview?

-What do you already know about that person? (their name, where they are from, how old they are, what their job is...)

-What do you want to know about that person? (how they got their job, where they went to school, how long they were in school...)

Midpoint Reflection - Weeks 8/9- DUE Thursday April 30th

Midpoint Reflection Questions

You are now more than half way through your internship.

Assignment:

Use the following questions to guide you in creating a post reflecting on and analyzing your internship experience up to this point.
Due Date: Thursday April 30th, 11:59 P.M.

Please copy, paste, and respond to the following questions

FOR YOUR BLOG

TITLE: MIDPOINT REFLECTION

How has the internship been the same as and/or different than your expectations?

What is similar and different about the culture of the school environment versus the workplace environment?

What new skills have you learned that apply to the workplace? Which of these are transferable skills?

What kind of relationship do you have with your mentor and co-workers? How have you grown as a result of interacting with professional adults? What kinds of communication (verbal and non-verbal skills) have you gained?

What challenges at the internship have you faced that you have overcome and how did you overcome them?

What challenges have you faced in school as a result of the altered schedule and how are you handling them?

What goals are you working to accomplish during the remaining five weeks of the internship?

What new things have you learned about New York City?


Provide details and examples for all questions. Edit for spelling, punctuation, and grammar.


If you need help, I am available Friday mornings from 8:15 until 9:15.

Week 7 - Second Vocabulary Installment

Reminder!!!!

Every two weeks you are expected to create a five word vocabulary post. You should have posted your first vocabulary post during the fifth week (Feb. 23rd-26th) and your second vocabulary post during the seventh week (April 6th-9th).

Catch up if you are falling behind. A good strategy is to talk with your mentor about the assignment and let him or her know that you are interested in learning more "work lingo".

Week 5 and Beyond - Weekly Vocabulary Assignments

Post Title: Weekly Vocabulary

Your internship sites are rich with new and unfamiliar terms or phrases. One of the goals of the internship is to further develop your English language proficiency. Once every two weeks, you are to publish a post about new vocabulary words or phrases that you have encountered or picked up "on the job." There is a template provided below for you to use each week. Your goal is at least five each post, totaling 20 by the end. Please give the word/phrase, what it means, and the context in which you came across it.

EXAMPLE:
Here is an example:

Word: Jailbroken

Meaning: A computer hardware device that has been hacked into

Context: I saw an article about the iPhone being jailbroken, or hacked so it could be used on other mobile service providers.

TEMPLATE:
1. Word / Phrase:

Meaning:

Context:

2. Word / Phrase:

Meaning:

Context:

3. Word / Phrase:

Meaning:

Context:

4. Word / Phrase:

Meaning:

Context:

5. Word / Phrase:

Meaning:

Context:

Question: What if I didn't hear any new words?

Answer: Challenge yourself. Do the assignment using words or phrases related to SAT preparation, college now, or some other advanced activity that will require expanding your vocabulary and increasing your English language proficiency.

Week Four: You're a third of the way there

Title: The End of the Fourth Week of Internships

For your blog assignment this week, please describe your internship site by answering the following questions...

PART 1
What is it?

What kind of business is it and what kind of work do the professionals do there?

Where is it? What is the neighborhood like compared to where our school is?

Tell a little about your mentor.

What kinds of things have you done so far?

What were some of the highlights of the fourth week? (Memorable moments, cool things, incredibly difficult things...)

PART 2
Please answer some logistical questions...

When do you leave school?

How long does it take you to get to your internship?

When do you arrive at home?

What is your schedule? (What days do you work and for how long each day?)

Who are the two people that can sign your time card? (Your mentor and the additional person)

Part 3
This is a supplemental assignment for your fourth week.

How was the fourth week different than the third week?


What is something that you really like about the internship?


What is something you dislike about the internship?


Who else's blog have your read and commented on?

Week Three - Life as a High School Intern

So many things are happening as the days pass. Two periods a day of classes, then you're off to the cafeteria for a delicious and hearty lunch, a little socializing with your friends, and a few "I'll see you tomorrows". Then you're on your way to the train or bus so that you can do your thing: Intern, assist, help out, learn.

For today's post, your job is to describe as many internship tasks as you can. Since you began three Mondays back, what have you been doing? Paint a picture of a typical day in the life of an intern. What are you doing from the time you start until the time you leave? Are you working alone or with a group of people? Who are you working with? In what kind of space are you working?

Turn your description into a short story, diary, or journal entry that creates a picture of the life of you, a high school intern.

Use your journal entries from each day to make your story more interesting and full of details.

Wednesday Internship Goal Achieved

Congratulations to Gardy today for his fantastic work today at IHS. As an in-house intern, he created three excel spreadsheets that will be used to track your progress in Internship Seminar. For each assigned post you create and each iMentor email that you send, you will receive a stamp (of sorts).

When you come back to class, make sure to view your name and see if you are all caught up on your iMentor emails and Internship posts.

Have a great night, and if you get a chance, watch the news on Channel 13 at 7 p.m. It's a great way to learn about what's going on in the world.

See you tomorrow.

Week 2 - Getting better acquainted with your site

You're off to your second week interning and I suspect you're learning a great deal about the ins and outs of your site. This week's writing task involves how you document the work you'll be doing each day. In other words, "How do you keep good records of the work you do each day?" This is an extremely important part of your internship and you’ll need to use your journals each and every day.

Take a look at this story:

An intern came to me this morning and complained that he wanted a new site. I responded "Why?" He began to tell me how he had asked his mentor if he could use an office computer. She said, "Sure, no problem." So this young man proceeded to do some work on the computer for an hour or so. At the time he was about to leave and get his time card signed, his mentor approached him and said, "What have you done today?" He paused, sort of amazed that she was asking him that question. To make matters worse, his mentor didn't ask thequestion in a kind way, and the intern felt pretty upset. He had been working all day at his internship site, but he wasn't quick to respond with a list of things that he'd done. He left the internship that day feeling really dejected. He wished he hadn’t been there at all. It was a sad day.

So what's the lesson of this story? In your post for today, answer the question. Create a plan that you think will be the best plan to make sure that you are able to explain to your mentor at the end of a day, week, or month, what you’ve been accomplishing. What about being able to record all the things you're learning and doing so that you can write an essay in April about your internship? What can you do?

First Week of Internship

Congratulations for your first two days of interning. You must be learning a great deal but also feeling and thinking a lot about what you don't know. Like you, I'm excited to meet your mentors and coworkers and begin to focus on your goals for the internship.

For your first blog post, I'd like you to take a look at the journal prompts below and choose a few to write about.

□ Describe your mentor and the environment in the office you’re working.

□ Describe your first thoughts when you arrived at your internship.

□ Describe your first day, from the first minute you arrived to the minute you left.

□ What are your goals for internship? What knowledge do you hope to gain? What skills do you hope to gain?

□ Describe the types of work you’ve been doing so far and any challenges you’ve had/

For the second part of your first blog, write a list of questions you are having about your internship so far. Don’t be afraid to ask any question. You can address your questions to me or to your mentor.

My First Post

Yeah.  I'm blogging!!