Internship #4

Project Brainstorming

Randy

1. What academic skills could you use on the job?

Some academic skills that I can use on the job would be to read, write, be creative and know about important historical events. Basically my entire eleventh grade education is my main academic skill I can use on the job.

2. What forms of collaboration could you use in a project?

There are multiple different collaboration forms I could use in the projects I have in mind, but for almost any project I would most definitely collaborate with the students. I would love to be a big part of their education,and by collaborating with them I feel I could accomplish that. Another form of collaboration would be with my mentor, and all the teachers I am helping out. I could create a project or lesson with them, and figure out the best day to do it.

3. What technical skills can you use at your internship?

Some technical skills I can use at my internship would be how to use both adobe photoshop and adobe indesign in creating an advertisement for the school. Other technicals skills I can and have been using are cutting, gluing, organizing, and even making notebooks. I have not been doing much computer work so far at my internship but if needed in the future I could use the skill I have with Microsoft powerpoint, word, excel and almost any basic computer program.

4. What new things can you learn while working at your site?

While working at my site there are an endless amount of new things I can learn because I am viewing a school experience from another point of view, the teacher's. I can learn how to create projects and lessons based on the students education level, while also learning how to present them. I can learn how to be even more creative to keep the attention of small children and to make projects new and interesting. The most important thing I can learn while working at my site is how the real-world life of being a teacher really is.

5. How can you exhibit, showcase or otherwise share your work?

I could exhibit some of my work through the weekly newsletter which is sent out to the parents at home through the Tuesday folder. Every tuesday students are given multiple pieces of paper that show upcoming events, new programs, hot lunch schedules and almost anything a parent needs to be updated on. If I were to make an advertisement for the student store, it could be published in this newsletter and exhibited through the Tuesday folder.

6. How can your work or your skills & abilities help your company or organization?

My work will help Warren-Walker Elementary school because it will hopefully create bigger business with the student store, selling more merchandise. One project I was counting on doing was create an advertisement exhibiting all the merchandise in the student store, and then send it out to the parents in the weekly newsletter. This advertisement will hopefully benefit the school by marketing the Warren-Walker sweatshirts, shirts, and even cardigans.