1. What article(s) would you like to write for the magazine? What photography could you contribute? Art? List three different ideas for your major contribution.
I think I would like to contribute some art to the magazine. Wyatt and I were discussing this a little bit. We were thinking of coming up with a graphic design for the overall theme of the magazine. This would also include coming up with the cover art for the front page of the magazine as well.
2. Suggest at least one (or more) possible title for the magazine. This could be a title with or without a subtitle. For example, I work for UnBoxed: a Journal of Adult Learning in Schools.
Well if the magazine is solely focused on our internships, then I have a few possible Titles:
1. It's what we do! A deeper understanding of internships
2. Preparing us for the real world: How internships mold students into worker
3.Internship Student work: A collection of all work done by students at High Tech High Media Arts
Suggest a topic for an article that you were personally like to read in a magazine inspired by the internship semester.
Well an article I would like to read is one more focused on the atmosphere of internship and not work. I want to know about your relationships with your co-workers, where are the best places to eat, and etc. Basically all of the information that we had to skim out of our transcripts because it wasn't relevant information. That is what I want to know about.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Immersion Relfection
1. What did you learn during immersion? How did you learn it?
I learned quite a few things while on Internship Immersion. Some experiences I learned really helped me view work in the real world.
I learned so much over immersion that really helped me understand my work at internship. I learned how to use a lot of different programs. Some programs I learned how to used are Quick Test Pro, Preforce, and Test Studio. Quick Test Pro is a program that allows a person to record their actions on another program. This makes it a lot easier for the worker because then can run automated test, instead of doing them by hand. Preforce is equivalent to our student shared folder. This is the program where any worker at Qualcomm can input their latest work so their co-workers can review it. Test Studio is the program that allows a worker to load different test modules onto a device and test them.
I also learned one other important thing. I never want to do this type of work ever in my entire life. Even though I learned a lot at my internship, at some points it was extremely bored with my work because it was so repetitive. In the end, I'm glad I got this internship because I now know what I don't want to do with my life.
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Honors Blog
Franklin D Roosevelt (FDR) was our 32nd president of the United States of America. FDR had a plan called the new deal which is equivalent to Obama's stimulus package. The new deal was filled with a lot of plans that would help the economy get out of its state of crisis. The new deal was the turning point for America because it helped stimulate the economy by ways such as creating work programs, and the birth of social security.
Work relief was a main factor that needed to be taken care of during that time. The new deal provied work programs that paid people "to do something socially useful,". A work program that provided a lot of work for people was the Civil Works Administration (CWA) which provided four million new jobs for Americans. The CWA "furnished a new weapon against unemployment and an important precendent for future relief programs". After the sucess of CWA, even more work programs were created. In 1933 the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was established. This program created jobs as well but combined is love for conservation and compassion of the youth. The CCC employed unmarried youth 18-25 and sent them to do Green Work (My way of saying jobs that help out the environment) such as planting tress, building parks, and fighting soil erosion. Another very effective program that is still carried on today is the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), a massive public works project program. Programs werent the only thing created during the New Deal. Another aspect of it was acts, specifically the Social Security Act.
The Social Security Act passed in 1935 "helped those who could not help themselves: the aged poor, the infirm, dependant children." This act "laid the groundwork for the modern welfare state." Social security acted more then just something that helped out the aged poor and etc, furthmore is helped stabalized the economy by "furnishing pensions for retirees and insurance for those suddenly laid off from their jobs." Social security acted as "a new social contract between the government and the people replaced the gospel, of self-help and the older policies of laissez faire." The hope for social security was that is it would " cover Americans "from cradle to grave."".
The New Deal was a very essential action plan important to the development and reconstruction of our economy. Everthing that came out of the New Deal was very effective because a lot of those programs are still implemented into today's society. For example social security. Overall the New deal left a legacy. Under the new deal changed the role of the federal government because the "government assumed a broader role in the economy than progressives had ever undetaken."
Work relief was a main factor that needed to be taken care of during that time. The new deal provied work programs that paid people "to do something socially useful,". A work program that provided a lot of work for people was the Civil Works Administration (CWA) which provided four million new jobs for Americans. The CWA "furnished a new weapon against unemployment and an important precendent for future relief programs". After the sucess of CWA, even more work programs were created. In 1933 the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was established. This program created jobs as well but combined is love for conservation and compassion of the youth. The CCC employed unmarried youth 18-25 and sent them to do Green Work (My way of saying jobs that help out the environment) such as planting tress, building parks, and fighting soil erosion. Another very effective program that is still carried on today is the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), a massive public works project program. Programs werent the only thing created during the New Deal. Another aspect of it was acts, specifically the Social Security Act.
The Social Security Act passed in 1935 "helped those who could not help themselves: the aged poor, the infirm, dependant children." This act "laid the groundwork for the modern welfare state." Social security acted more then just something that helped out the aged poor and etc, furthmore is helped stabalized the economy by "furnishing pensions for retirees and insurance for those suddenly laid off from their jobs." Social security acted as "a new social contract between the government and the people replaced the gospel, of self-help and the older policies of laissez faire." The hope for social security was that is it would " cover Americans "from cradle to grave."".
The New Deal was a very essential action plan important to the development and reconstruction of our economy. Everthing that came out of the New Deal was very effective because a lot of those programs are still implemented into today's society. For example social security. Overall the New deal left a legacy. Under the new deal changed the role of the federal government because the "government assumed a broader role in the economy than progressives had ever undetaken."
Thursday, February 26, 2009
What are you most excited about in regards to your immersion experience? Why do you feel this way?
I am excited about being able to work on something that I know will be useful to the company. Also I think the fact that I get to just help out Qualcomm in general is exciting. I am also excited because this is my chance to show them tha I am also going to be I can produce excellent work. Show them what I can do. Another thing that I am excited about is that I get to be there for the release of a program that Qualcomm is releasing on March 13th. I am not so excited aboutworking for seven hours five days a week for two weeks! That doesn't sound pleasing to me.
2. What are you most concerned about (what causes the most stress) regarding immersion? Why do you feel this way?
I am just concerned about getting to much work and not being able to complete on time and with with high quality. But besides that I'm not really not worried about anything else because my mentor is extremely chill.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Blog#35
How progressive was the progressive era
The progressive era was a very interesting time for America. It was progressive yet not progressive at the same time. There are two standards that I am comparing. In terms of business, the progressive era meet standards because of booming companies that were making millions of dollars. Now in terms of progressiveness in society, the progressive era failed.
The progressive era was probably one of the best booming business era's in history following right after the gilded age.. The progressive era was the birth of companies such as JP Moran, Standard Oil Company, Carnegie Steel factory, and Pullman Inc. These companies are what brought America into the new age.
Workers during the progressive era were treated very unfairly. Conditions in factories were horrid. Lets take for example the Triangle shirtwaist fire. About one hundred workers died because of unsafe work conditions. The doors in the factory were illegally locked and the workers had no way of getting out and had to jump out the window 9 stories above the ground.
The progressive era wasn't all
The progressive era was a very interesting time for America. It was progressive yet not progressive at the same time. There are two standards that I am comparing. In terms of business, the progressive era meet standards because of booming companies that were making millions of dollars. Now in terms of progressiveness in society, the progressive era failed.
The progressive era was probably one of the best booming business era's in history following right after the gilded age.. The progressive era was the birth of companies such as JP Moran, Standard Oil Company, Carnegie Steel factory, and Pullman Inc. These companies are what brought America into the new age.
Workers during the progressive era were treated very unfairly. Conditions in factories were horrid. Lets take for example the Triangle shirtwaist fire. About one hundred workers died because of unsafe work conditions. The doors in the factory were illegally locked and the workers had no way of getting out and had to jump out the window 9 stories above the ground.
The progressive era wasn't all
Things to consider (choose some, not all!):
* Constitutional Amendments?
* Workers & Working Conditions?
* Imperialism?
* Civil Liberties?
* Conservation?
* Democracy?
* Freedom?
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Blog #34
Good Blogs
Economic Advice:
I chose Jacob's blog because he has very good advice that he gives to Barack Obama. He especially made a really good point when he started talking about college and how it should be cheaper. This is what he said exactly:"Lower the price of College and Universities, but make the requirements higher, so to support higher education on a lower budget. This will help the economy because it will make the workforce and the high ups more educated, which leads to better financial choices and hopefully some good innovation, something we lack and the Japanese exceed at (probably because of Saturday school)." That is an extremely good point.
Literary analysis:
I chose Diana's blog because her writing was extremely straight forward, and what she is explaining goes with the evidence she chose. She said: "Or what Nana said to Mariam when she was a child that “Like a compass needle that points north, a man’s accusing finger always finds a woman.” (page 7) That quote can be seen repeated all throughout the novel because of women segregation, and how they could always be found in blame no matter what the situation."
Historical writing:
I choes Aarons blog because of his sentence structure in his blog. He came up with a creative definition for what populism is. He said: "Populism, the response of countless years of farmers being put down whether it be from tariffs, agricultural price drops and loss of land." His creative sentence structure throughout his writing made the essay easy to follow.
Anything else:
I chose Willl's blog because when ever I read his writing, it is as if i am reading a college proffesors writing. His use of vocabulary is crazy, but it work. This is an example of his writing, once you read this you will be convinced that he is one of the best writers in 11th grade. He says: "As you can see above, this famous phrase from FDR's inauguration speech ("the only thing we have to fear...") is a cunning ploy intended to bolster the flagging hope of a nation teetering on the brink of financial collapse. While some may be able to unearth shreds of brilliance or prescience in the speeches of men and women faced with tribulation (like FDR, for instance), under closer inspection these uplifting words are revealed to be meaningless. A speech is nothing but a speech, intended to raise confidence in listeners where otherwise there would be only despair, in order for the speech-giver to garner support (obviously, anyone can give a speech, but I will narrow the field down to presidential speeches). You will be convinced of this by examining the purpose of speeches and their inherent un-trustability in the following paragraphs."
Anything else:
Economic Advice:
I chose Jacob's blog because he has very good advice that he gives to Barack Obama. He especially made a really good point when he started talking about college and how it should be cheaper. This is what he said exactly:"Lower the price of College and Universities, but make the requirements higher, so to support higher education on a lower budget. This will help the economy because it will make the workforce and the high ups more educated, which leads to better financial choices and hopefully some good innovation, something we lack and the Japanese exceed at (probably because of Saturday school)." That is an extremely good point.
Literary analysis:
I chose Diana's blog because her writing was extremely straight forward, and what she is explaining goes with the evidence she chose. She said: "Or what Nana said to Mariam when she was a child that “Like a compass needle that points north, a man’s accusing finger always finds a woman.” (page 7) That quote can be seen repeated all throughout the novel because of women segregation, and how they could always be found in blame no matter what the situation."
Historical writing:
I choes Aarons blog because of his sentence structure in his blog. He came up with a creative definition for what populism is. He said: "Populism, the response of countless years of farmers being put down whether it be from tariffs, agricultural price drops and loss of land." His creative sentence structure throughout his writing made the essay easy to follow.
Anything else:
I chose Willl's blog because when ever I read his writing, it is as if i am reading a college proffesors writing. His use of vocabulary is crazy, but it work. This is an example of his writing, once you read this you will be convinced that he is one of the best writers in 11th grade. He says: "As you can see above, this famous phrase from FDR's inauguration speech ("the only thing we have to fear...") is a cunning ploy intended to bolster the flagging hope of a nation teetering on the brink of financial collapse. While some may be able to unearth shreds of brilliance or prescience in the speeches of men and women faced with tribulation (like FDR, for instance), under closer inspection these uplifting words are revealed to be meaningless. A speech is nothing but a speech, intended to raise confidence in listeners where otherwise there would be only despair, in order for the speech-giver to garner support (obviously, anyone can give a speech, but I will narrow the field down to presidential speeches). You will be convinced of this by examining the purpose of speeches and their inherent un-trustability in the following paragraphs."
Anything else:
Monday, February 16, 2009
Blog# 33
Darwin was a famous scientist.... As humanities students (and humans), what responsibility do we have for the understanding of science?
We have a very big responsibility. If we don't understand science we cannot advance as a race. Science has been the key to a majority of our successes as human beings. With that being said, it is a necessity (of life) to understand science.
What role should scientific inquiry and scientific knowledge play in our own society? How should science influence our decisions, laws, and culture?
It should play a very big role in our society. Like I was discussing earlier, science is our life pretty much. By making new breakthroughs in science we can then establish new laws and decisions. As for culture, take my man George Washington Carver for example. By using science, he created over a hundred uses for a peanut. His concept of using everyday items for the better good is still implemeted in today's scientific studies.
We have a very big responsibility. If we don't understand science we cannot advance as a race. Science has been the key to a majority of our successes as human beings. With that being said, it is a necessity (of life) to understand science.
What role should scientific inquiry and scientific knowledge play in our own society? How should science influence our decisions, laws, and culture?
It should play a very big role in our society. Like I was discussing earlier, science is our life pretty much. By making new breakthroughs in science we can then establish new laws and decisions. As for culture, take my man George Washington Carver for example. By using science, he created over a hundred uses for a peanut. His concept of using everyday items for the better good is still implemeted in today's scientific studies.
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