Internship Photo Essay

One of the two language acquisition and research center (Larc) labs located at San Diego state university, teachers often have students complete assignments here during class due to there being thirty Mac computers

My mentor Trevor and I discussing what is going to be taught to the students getting ready to use Skype for the first time. Trevor is clarifying how we are going to go over the program showing the basic principles as well as what appeal the program has.

Inside lab 410 during the start of class, students are getting their notes out awaiting for the teachers direction, some notice Skype already open questioning what specifically it is they will be doing.

Spanish teacher Franco, explaining to his students they will be using Skype, a chat program with video. In the background I’m overseeing checking for any problems students might be having as well as controlling what is displayed on the classroom monitor.

After finding someone in need of assistance, I show the individual the correct method necessary when logging into Skype as well as communicating with another student at the other end of the room.

What I'm Bringing to the Magazine

What I could contribute to the magazine in the form of writing would possibly be an article because the photo essay I feel would be as strong as a regular piece of writing. So instead my writing could be about art or I could possibly creat an art piece that would be featured in the magazine maybe a two page spread with the artist statement overlapping on the bottom right of the picture. This is just one idea which is the pain idea I have for the magazine.

Usually when it comes to creativity and thinking of names I have one ready for every occasion but for once I don't have any ideas on what the magazine title would be.

A topic of an article that would most likely catch my attention would have to be something fascinating or for example a creative hook in the title. the topic how ever would have to be the wildest thing that happened at internship, for example while going to lunch you saw Bigfoot run across the street saying "I exist so do aliens don't buy into fake stories or cover ups by the government..." that would be something I definitely read.

Internship Immersion...

answering question 1: What did you learn during immersion? How did you learn it?

what I learned during internship immersion is an average day for a staff member of a lab isn't that much work. I found it to be actually quit relaxing and calm compared to all the work we need to do in class. the deadlines are made by themselves as long as it gets done in a reasonable time. I found this to be a good idea because there isn't any stress put on anyone causing them to become nutcases.

a key experience I will take away is within the internship i was placed in i found that the things I was being taught in class weren't really being applied to the work being done, with the exceptions of a few things, for example learning about the recession and budget cuts the hours they stayed open changed from ten hours to 8 hours every other day.

school made internship a.k.a, job without pay come off as a challenge and high expectations of me as an intern. but that was not the case, instead the staff was flabbergasted that my partner and I knew how to do everything that was thrown at us. giving us basic tasks and saying it was due the next day was pretty simple, but the fact we accomplished things an hour or 2 later just startled our mentor. I personally felt excited I was able to have someone amazed at the work being done so fast and giving me feedback on what to change and tell me good job.