1. What is your full name?
His name is Alex Rodriguez.
2. Where are you from (city, state, country)?
He was born in Bangladesh.
3. Where did you go to college? For how long? Do you plan to go back to school?
He attended college in New York City Tech, One year for, Technical career institute and Devray College.
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?
He got a degree and computer system, he also got a Technical A+ certification.
5. Why did you choose your professional field?
When he was a kid he used to repair electronics devices.
6. What got you involved in this field of work? What inspired you to do it?
He was a student of B.I.H.S because he always wanted to work in there.
7. Why did you choose this particular job at this particular company?
When he was a kid he wanted to work there.
8. How long have you worked here?
He has worked for 11 years but his profession started 15 years before.
9. What is your job title?
His job title is a Computer Network Administrator.
10. What do your duties include? Or What kinds of work does your job involve?
He supervises computer labs, maintain and servers computer and school technology and manage network communication.
11. What are some of the challenges you have faced working here?
Challenges he has faced is communicating with students who don't speak English. Also to set up and confider computers to keep them up to date.
12. What is the best part of your job?
The best part is working with computers and meeting a lot of people.
13. What is something you would like to change about your job?
The only change he would like to change is people to follow the rules.
14. Did you work somewhere else before this job? Where? For how long? How was that similar/different?
He worked with other companies which weren't related with computers or technology.
15. What do you see as your future with this company?
To be a director technological with all of the B.I.H.S.
16. Do you enjoy the kind of work you do? Why or why not?
Yes he enjoys his work!
17. Do you plan to open your own business one day?
Yes, he wants to open his own business computer service center.
18. How has having an intern helped your company or organization advance or progress?
He gets more work done, the site becomes more manageable and gives the change to work with a team.
19. What advice would you give to high school-aged interns (such as myself) getting ready for college?
He would advice interns to reads a lot of book and practice basic Math skills.
20. What advice would you give to high school-aged interns (such as myself) preparing to find a career in the real world?
Make your self confident about what you know and give training to learn what you need to know.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Midpoint Reflection - Weeks 8/9
How has the internship been the same as and/or different than your expectations?
Its been different because I've learned a lot than from before, because at fist i didn't know nothing.
What is similar and different about the culture of the school environment versus the workplace environment?
The environment is similar because in both places i learn new things, and it's different because in the workplace I only worked with things related to computers!
What new skills have you learned that apply to the workplace? Which of these are transferable skills?
The skills I've learned more about computers, like vocabulary words, more computer tools/parts.
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?
I have a good relationship with my Mentor and co-workers, we get along with each other. We shared our information about his college experiences.
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?
Sometimes i faced challenges is the trains because sometimes they were local and sometimes they arrived a little bit late. And i always arrived home at 6:00 because it was far.
I handled it by trying to get the early trains.
What goals are you working to accomplish during the remaining five weeks of the internship?
Some goals I've accomplished during this five weeks of the Internship is practicing my English skills to make it better, to feel more confident conversating with other people, and learning new vocabulary words that I didn't know before.
What new things have you learned about New York City?
New things that I've laearned about New York City is about the new technology that its increasing. Each day, scientist invent new things for example electronis,etc...
Its been different because I've learned a lot than from before, because at fist i didn't know nothing.
What is similar and different about the culture of the school environment versus the workplace environment?
The environment is similar because in both places i learn new things, and it's different because in the workplace I only worked with things related to computers!
What new skills have you learned that apply to the workplace? Which of these are transferable skills?
The skills I've learned more about computers, like vocabulary words, more computer tools/parts.
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?
I have a good relationship with my Mentor and co-workers, we get along with each other. We shared our information about his college experiences.
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?
Sometimes i faced challenges is the trains because sometimes they were local and sometimes they arrived a little bit late. And i always arrived home at 6:00 because it was far.
I handled it by trying to get the early trains.
What goals are you working to accomplish during the remaining five weeks of the internship?
Some goals I've accomplished during this five weeks of the Internship is practicing my English skills to make it better, to feel more confident conversating with other people, and learning new vocabulary words that I didn't know before.
What new things have you learned about New York City?
New things that I've laearned about New York City is about the new technology that its increasing. Each day, scientist invent new things for example electronis,etc...
Monday, May 4, 2009
Week 7 - Second Vocabulary Installment
1. Word: Network Administrator
Meaning: The network administrator is the person in charge of running the network, maintaining its parts, and making sure that if there's a problem, it gets fixed.
Context: There's a sign in the lab that says in large red letters: "For Network Administrators only"
2. Word: System Board
Meaning: The Main Board in which,all of the parts connected (heart)!
Context: My Mentor was teaching me.
3. Word: Audio Card
Meaning: To hear the sounds (earns)
Context: My mentor was teaching us basic components.
4. Word: RAM
Meaning: Random access memory
Context: We were watching a Memory of a computer
5. Word: HDD
meaning: Hard Disk Drive
Context: My Mentor told me what the initials of HDD meant and he told me that it meant Hard Disk drive.
Meaning: The network administrator is the person in charge of running the network, maintaining its parts, and making sure that if there's a problem, it gets fixed.
Context: There's a sign in the lab that says in large red letters: "For Network Administrators only"
2. Word: System Board
Meaning: The Main Board in which,all of the parts connected (heart)!
Context: My Mentor was teaching me.
3. Word: Audio Card
Meaning: To hear the sounds (earns)
Context: My mentor was teaching us basic components.
4. Word: RAM
Meaning: Random access memory
Context: We were watching a Memory of a computer
5. Word: HDD
meaning: Hard Disk Drive
Context: My Mentor told me what the initials of HDD meant and he told me that it meant Hard Disk drive.
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Week 5 and Beyond - Weekly Vocabulary Assignments
1. Word / Phrase: SoftWare
Meaning: Something inside of the computer that you cannot touch. For example programs of the computer like Microsoft Word.
Context: I havent seen anyone yet whos has touched or removd a SoftWare from a computer.
2. Word / Phrase: HardWare
Meaning: Deeds that you can touch from a computer (tools).
Context: I have touched some hardWare like a Memory Cards of my computer.
3. Word / Phrase: Motherboard
Meaning: Its a circuitry of a computer (Desktop/Laptop)
Context: My Laptop's Motherboard need a little tool.
4. Word / Phrase: USB Cable
Meaning: A cable that it can only be attached to a computer.
Context: I use my USB Cable to charge my iPOD in my computer.
5. Word / Phrase: Recovery D
Meaning: It shows the amount of space available in your computer.
Context: Im my computer, My Recovery D has the amount of space for a year or so.
Meaning: Something inside of the computer that you cannot touch. For example programs of the computer like Microsoft Word.
Context: I havent seen anyone yet whos has touched or removd a SoftWare from a computer.
2. Word / Phrase: HardWare
Meaning: Deeds that you can touch from a computer (tools).
Context: I have touched some hardWare like a Memory Cards of my computer.
3. Word / Phrase: Motherboard
Meaning: Its a circuitry of a computer (Desktop/Laptop)
Context: My Laptop's Motherboard need a little tool.
4. Word / Phrase: USB Cable
Meaning: A cable that it can only be attached to a computer.
Context: I use my USB Cable to charge my iPOD in my computer.
5. Word / Phrase: Recovery D
Meaning: It shows the amount of space available in your computer.
Context: Im my computer, My Recovery D has the amount of space for a year or so.
Week Four: You're a third of the way there
My Intership is a room of computers. In that room we repair different types of computers, and we learn different things about computers. Its in Brooklyn in an area called Brooklyn Intenational High school. The neighborhood is better than where our school is. The area is calm. The neighborhood where I work in is also calm, but where my school is I feel it better because is near my house and im used to calm neighborhoods. My Mentor is a nice nd helpful person that helps me in what I need or in what I dont understand. When there's little work, he's fun to be with. I've been changing and taking programs off and organizing the place so it can be neat. There has been good and hard times. One of the hard time was when we had to take off the cables of the old computers to put them in the new ones. That was hard. But it was a good and fun time when we're fixind/repairing a computer with the help of my Mentor Alex.
Part2
I leave school at 12:00 am from Monday-Thursday. My intership is sort of far, it takes me about 50 minutes to get there, but sometimes when the local trains are functioning it takes me alittle bit more of time. And I arrive at home at 6:00 pm. My schedule is from Monday-Thursday. I start at 1:00 pm and finish at 5:00 pm. Thats my veryday schedule. Only my Mentos and his assistant (Eddy) can sign me a time card.
Part 3
My fourth week was almost the same as my thrid week because it wasnt too hard with what I been doing so far. I really like is when I work with other Interns repairing computers. There's nothing really that I dislike about my work. I really havent't looked at and commented at any other Blog.
Part2
I leave school at 12:00 am from Monday-Thursday. My intership is sort of far, it takes me about 50 minutes to get there, but sometimes when the local trains are functioning it takes me alittle bit more of time. And I arrive at home at 6:00 pm. My schedule is from Monday-Thursday. I start at 1:00 pm and finish at 5:00 pm. Thats my veryday schedule. Only my Mentos and his assistant (Eddy) can sign me a time card.
Part 3
My fourth week was almost the same as my thrid week because it wasnt too hard with what I been doing so far. I really like is when I work with other Interns repairing computers. There's nothing really that I dislike about my work. I really havent't looked at and commented at any other Blog.
Third week...! ^^^
Hi everyOne, In my third week Of my Internship I Only have twO periOds at day Of classes, then I'm get Off frOm the schOol tO gO tO my internship.
I toOk like fifty minutes in the train tO get in my Internship. The internship is gOing goOd sO far, the task that I dO are tO learn hOw tO fix computers, with the help of my mentOr and Other interns, we clean the place and Organize the class, we help teachers and students when they need us.
Week 2 - Getting better acquainted with your site
Based on the story, think twice before you do or say something. If you take notes, of what you've been doing, and if you foucus more in whatever work you're doing and not think in anything else but your work, in that way you'll b able to learn more. Also if your mentor tells you what you've been doing in sort of an unhappy way, with your answer you might even surprise him that the next time he'll ask you in a nice and smiley way. If you have a question based on what your're doing, you should ask and not be afraid of asking, because you might get all of your work wrong for not asking a simple question that you were afraid of asking. With a simple question that you ask, you'll get your work done, so when your Mentor asks you what you've done you wont feel stucked on what you might answer back to your mentor!
Monday, March 23, 2009
First Day Of Internship
I'm wOrking On a computer lab. My mentOr's name is Mr. Alex. He is a very nice and helpful persOn tO me.Everytime that I asked him a questiOn his right there, tO help and explain me in a way that I can understand and learn frOm it. The first time that I arrived there, I was sO nervOus because I didn't knOw what I was gOing tO dO. At the same time I was excited. Mr. Alex shOwed us the cOmputers and explain us the rules that we need tO fOllOw. My gOals fOr my internship are; tO learn hOw tO fix cOmputer prOblems and tO knOw better hOw tO use a cOmputer. And learn as much as I can. The knOwledge that I hOpe tO gain are tO learn abOut sOftware, cOmputer prOgrams, micrOsOft wOrd and Other things abOut cOmputers. The wOrk that I have been dOing is tO Organize the cOmputer lab, and fix sOme cOmputers.
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