In this week's WLE blog I want you to analyze how different you felt working
on your final day (5/16) versus how you felt your first day at your WLE. Specifically talk
about how you have grown during your internship. In addition, talk about how
your WLE project has helped that growth.
Monday, May 21, 2007
Thursday, May 10, 2007
Blog #3
Take a moment to think back over your WLE day this week…what was it like? What happened? What did you take away from the experience?
If you get stuck, consider some of the following questions:
· What value or purpose did what I did today serve (for me personally, for school, for my site)?
· What did I learn about others? What did I learn about my self? What did I observe (self, world, others)?
· Is what I am doing valuable? How do I know? Is it meaningful work?
· What questions do I have?
· How has my experience at WLE changed my perception of what is possible out a ‘school’ experience?
If you get stuck, consider some of the following questions:
· What value or purpose did what I did today serve (for me personally, for school, for my site)?
· What did I learn about others? What did I learn about my self? What did I observe (self, world, others)?
· Is what I am doing valuable? How do I know? Is it meaningful work?
· What questions do I have?
· How has my experience at WLE changed my perception of what is possible out a ‘school’ experience?
Blog #7
Write a one-page reflection (double-spaced) on what you did this week (5/9)
at your internship. It needs to be creative and interesting for teachers and
mentors to read. We do not want to know how long it took you to get there or what
you ate for lunch.
at your internship. It needs to be creative and interesting for teachers and
mentors to read. We do not want to know how long it took you to get there or what
you ate for lunch.
Wednesday, May 2, 2007
Blog #6
Write a one-page reflection on what you did this week at your
WLE. It needs to be creative and interesting for teachers and mentors
to read. We do not want to know how long you sat at a desk or what you ate
for lunch.
WLE. It needs to be creative and interesting for teachers and mentors
to read. We do not want to know how long you sat at a desk or what you ate
for lunch.
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Assignment #1
Journal Entry #1
Reflect on your process so far in preparing for the WLE by addressing the following prompts in a 2 page reflection:
What has been difficult? What has surprised you? What have you learned?
What are you exctied for? What are you most uncertain of right now?
What advice would you give to the 11th grade students next year?
What do you still need to do get ready for your shadow day on January 31st?
The most difficult aspect of the WLE so far has been getting hold of my prospected interns. I've only had two that I've really been excited about, and it's been pretty hard to get in contact with them, Night Shade Books especially. Manic D wanted me to send in all my information, and from what it seemed, it would take them a long time to get back to me on it. What's kind of surprised me the most is how professional some of these places expect us to be; granted, it's our first "real" job for the most of us, but I never would have thought that some of these businesses would take high schoolers so seriously. Who knows.
I'm really excited about working for Night Shade, if I can. I'm familiar with a lot of their books and authors, and it would be really cool to be behind the scenes on some of their projects. That would, quite honestly, be a dream-come-true.
Some advice I'd give to 11th grade students next year: jump the gun. Get on it. Seriously. It doesn't happen so quickly, trying to get an intern. You have to really keep up on it, otherwise you'll be on the border of an anxiety attack when it comes to crunch time.
The only thing I really need to do to get ready for my WLE is keep in contact with some of the interns I have in mind. It's been hard to get a hold of them, so I really have to keep trying, otherwise I might end up intern-less.
Reflect on your process so far in preparing for the WLE by addressing the following prompts in a 2 page reflection:
What has been difficult? What has surprised you? What have you learned?
What are you exctied for? What are you most uncertain of right now?
What advice would you give to the 11th grade students next year?
What do you still need to do get ready for your shadow day on January 31st?
The most difficult aspect of the WLE so far has been getting hold of my prospected interns. I've only had two that I've really been excited about, and it's been pretty hard to get in contact with them, Night Shade Books especially. Manic D wanted me to send in all my information, and from what it seemed, it would take them a long time to get back to me on it. What's kind of surprised me the most is how professional some of these places expect us to be; granted, it's our first "real" job for the most of us, but I never would have thought that some of these businesses would take high schoolers so seriously. Who knows.
I'm really excited about working for Night Shade, if I can. I'm familiar with a lot of their books and authors, and it would be really cool to be behind the scenes on some of their projects. That would, quite honestly, be a dream-come-true.
Some advice I'd give to 11th grade students next year: jump the gun. Get on it. Seriously. It doesn't happen so quickly, trying to get an intern. You have to really keep up on it, otherwise you'll be on the border of an anxiety attack when it comes to crunch time.
The only thing I really need to do to get ready for my WLE is keep in contact with some of the interns I have in mind. It's been hard to get a hold of them, so I really have to keep trying, otherwise I might end up intern-less.
Thursday, March 22, 2007
BLOG #5: MENTOR INTERVIEW
In order to gain a better sense your workplace experience, it is important that you have a strong understanding of whom your mentor is, as well as how and why they do what they do. To demonstrate this understanding, you are required to conduct and complete a narrative write-up of an informational interview with your mentor. The objective of the interview is to be able to ‘paint a portrait’ in writing of your mentor (both professionally and personally) and provide "real-life" information about the career field you are exposed to during your WLE.
Reading books and magazine articles and exploring the Internet are only one way of finding out about the world of work. Your interview and narrative ‘portrait’ will help you and your peers better understand the world of work and the myriad ways that people arrive at the work they do. These interviews will be used by other students as a direct way to research, gather information and explore career options.
The success of your interview will depend in part on how well you craft questions to find out as much as possible about:
• who your mentor is and what she is about (what’s her story?)
• what exactly his job is and requires or entails (what exactly does he do?)
• how she got this job or how he got involved in this job (what did she do before, etc…?)
• what training/education she has (related and/or unrelated to the work he does)
• what she likes/dislikes (about life, work and/or the world)
• what he does in his free time, what inspires her, etc…
For this assignment you need to:
1. Brainstorm, and then further refine, a list of effective questions to ask your mentor during an interview so that you can create a comprehensive portrait of them. (Of course, you should be prepared to ask follow-up questions to your mentor’s responses, and allow the interview to take on a life of its own.)
2. Establish a time and date to conduct the interview (this may or may not be during your regular WLE visit)
3. Conduct the interview (prepared with framing questions)
4. Transcribe or write-up your notes from the interview
5. Craft a polished narrative portrait of your mentor using his or her responses to your interview questions.
Requirements of the final narrative:
• Professional in appearance and structure
• Engaging and interesting to read (your audience is other students exploring potential career or life choices)
• Posted on-line (blog) for your mentor and other students to review
• 3-4 typed, double-spaced, pages (pre-blog)
Reading books and magazine articles and exploring the Internet are only one way of finding out about the world of work. Your interview and narrative ‘portrait’ will help you and your peers better understand the world of work and the myriad ways that people arrive at the work they do. These interviews will be used by other students as a direct way to research, gather information and explore career options.
The success of your interview will depend in part on how well you craft questions to find out as much as possible about:
• who your mentor is and what she is about (what’s her story?)
• what exactly his job is and requires or entails (what exactly does he do?)
• how she got this job or how he got involved in this job (what did she do before, etc…?)
• what training/education she has (related and/or unrelated to the work he does)
• what she likes/dislikes (about life, work and/or the world)
• what he does in his free time, what inspires her, etc…
For this assignment you need to:
1. Brainstorm, and then further refine, a list of effective questions to ask your mentor during an interview so that you can create a comprehensive portrait of them. (Of course, you should be prepared to ask follow-up questions to your mentor’s responses, and allow the interview to take on a life of its own.)
2. Establish a time and date to conduct the interview (this may or may not be during your regular WLE visit)
3. Conduct the interview (prepared with framing questions)
4. Transcribe or write-up your notes from the interview
5. Craft a polished narrative portrait of your mentor using his or her responses to your interview questions.
Requirements of the final narrative:
• Professional in appearance and structure
• Engaging and interesting to read (your audience is other students exploring potential career or life choices)
• Posted on-line (blog) for your mentor and other students to review
• 3-4 typed, double-spaced, pages (pre-blog)
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
WLE BLOG #4
You will write a 2-page (double-spaced) journal entry from the perspective
of your mentor. Imagine you are your mentor and you are entering thoughts
into a journal entry about your new intern (this would be you).
Try to imagine what goes through his/her mind through the course of the
entire day observing you work.
-What do you think goes through your mentor's mind as you walked in to work
this past Wednesday?
-What things about you do you think impresses your mentor?
-What things about you do you think you mentor isn't impressed by?
-What things about you do you think your mentor wants to learn from you?
-What stories about you do you think your mentor tells about you to friends,
colleagues and family. Tell those stories.
of your mentor. Imagine you are your mentor and you are entering thoughts
into a journal entry about your new intern (this would be you).
Try to imagine what goes through his/her mind through the course of the
entire day observing you work.
-What do you think goes through your mentor's mind as you walked in to work
this past Wednesday?
-What things about you do you think impresses your mentor?
-What things about you do you think you mentor isn't impressed by?
-What things about you do you think your mentor wants to learn from you?
-What stories about you do you think your mentor tells about you to friends,
colleagues and family. Tell those stories.
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