Week 13 – Roth Regatta – (5/2/14)

This week was basically hell for me. I spent almost every day of the week in the library trying to finish group projects. The only thing I looked forward to was Roth Regatta. This year’s theme was Video Games, so we voted on building a Charizard boat, much thanks to Kayla and Kenny for organizing!…Continue Reading Week 13 – Roth Regatta – (5/2/14)

Week 12 – Presentations – (4/25/14)

  We started our final presentations this week for our internship class. Our presentation topic with TLT with Chuck Powell, so my teammate, Victoria, and I were quite nervous. However, our practice presentation with Tara was really helpful. She gave us some helpful advice and we became a little more confident about our presentation. Our…Continue Reading Week 12 – Presentations – (4/25/14)

Week 11 – Sparky (4/18/14)

For our last walking tour, we went to visit Life Science, Humanities, SBS and History SINC Sites. After the tour, we regrouped in the SBS SINC Site and Nam gave us a basic introduction to Sparky as well as a mini lesson on HTML5. He taught the class how to transfer files to Sparky and…Continue Reading Week 11 – Sparky (4/18/14)

Week 10 – Professionalism + Etiquette(4/11/14)

This weeks internship class was quite different than all the previous classes. Diana and Tara both joined us in the Chemistry SINC Site addressed some issues that we needed to be aware about. As our supervisor Diane opened up to us about her shortcomings and let us know of our importance in TLT. It was…Continue Reading Week 10 – Professionalism + Etiquette(4/11/14)

Week 9 – e-Portfolio (4/4/14)

This week for our internship class, a graduate student, Rachel Koeth, came in to speak to us about the basics of ePortfolio. She showed us many professional ePortfolios as a reference and showed us how to use specific features that were available to us. I also found out we can edit and include our own…Continue Reading Week 9 – e-Portfolio (4/4/14)

Week 8 – Behind the Scenes (3/28/14)

As a regular consultant, I don’t normally get to see the other offices in the Main Library, so Nam gave me a tour around the Media Lab, Diana and Chris’s offices, as well as the Faculty Center. It was my first time seeing a poster printer. I also assisted Aram with locating the model number…Continue Reading Week 8 – Behind the Scenes (3/28/14)

Week 7 – The Art of Scheduling (3/14/14)

For this week’s internship class, Celia and Danny came in to talk about scheduling. We’re given a mini exercise where we received shift requests from 8 consultants and we have to assign them hours with specific requirements. such as one opening or closing shift and 8 hours minimum. We experience firsthand . There were far…Continue Reading Week 7 – The Art of Scheduling (3/14/14)

Week 6 – Fine Arts e-Media/Hybrid Lab (3/7/14)

For this week’s internship class, Nam and Ben gave us a  tour around the Fine Arts e-Media and Hybrid Lab SINC Sites. We learned about the uniqueness of these sites, in terms of location, software available, as well as different site procedures. Like the Physics SINC Site, both these labs are Mac only. There were also keyboards, tablets…Continue Reading Week 6 – Fine Arts e-Media/Hybrid Lab (3/7/14)

Week 5 – Customer Service (2/28/14)

The topic of this week’s class was Customer Service. Similar to what we did during boot camp, we were assigned into 3 groups and asked to identify the customer service blunders the manager of the video is guilty of committing. As consultants, we are part of the customer service industry.  As consultants, we stand in…Continue Reading Week 5 – Customer Service (2/28/14)