Weekly Blog Prompts

Week Four Prompts Including iPOL on Friday, June 18th 

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Week Four (FINAL WEEK FOR 2021): Choose two of the following & post a thoughtful response on your blog. You may do them at any point during the week, but make sure both are done by 11:59:59 pm on Sunday.

 

**Also, you are welcome to use any of the following responses for your iPOL.**
 

1. Gratitude.  Now that you are in your last week of internship, what are you most thankful for regarding your internship experience? Please identify the people, experiences, situations, etc. that helped you feel grateful. What new appreciations have you gained through internship and how did you develop these?
 

2. One Word. Focusing on internship, if you had to choose one word to describe the last four weeks for you and your experiences, what is your word? Explain. 

 

3. I Used to Think _______, But Now I Think ______:  As you reflect on your internship, how do you fill in the blanks. Have your experiences changed how you think about something? About yourself? About your future? About who you are? About who you might become?

 

4. Reflections on your internship project. Describe your reflections on your internship project – what went well, what should you have done differently, what stands out to you (address all three of these)?

 

5. Social Media-ish Post...but posted on your blog: Select one of the following:

a.Twitter-ish: Write a Twitter-style post (280 characters or less) about your internship experience. Then, write an explanation of your Tweet.

b. Instagram-ish: Photo with a 2,200 character limit. Use your visuals as the focus of your story telling.

iPOL Prep- Please carefully review the requirements for your iPOL. Brainstorm and post what you are planning for your iPOL presentation on Friday, June 18th by reflecting on the following: What will your presentation cover?  

 

Also, your homework for Monday is to create an Internship Photo Essay.  We will edit these on Monday. You must have a rough draft ready to go!

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iPOL Recommendations and Requirements 2021 (with social distancing)

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• The iPOL should take place on Friday, June 18th.

• You will give your presentation via Zoom during your scheduled advisory time.    

• Please reach out to your advisor to schedule a specific time that works best for you, your advisor, and your advisory. It is not a requirement that your mentor be present, however, your mentor is welcome to join in your iPOL. 

• You should dress professionally on this day to present your project(s) and experience in a formal manner.

 

What should my iPOL include? Be prepared to give a 5 minute presentation. Then, 3 minutes of Q & A.

• An introduction to the organization/site and the general work that takes place there.

• An introduction to the mentor and any additional supporting individuals within the organization/site.

• A formal, final presentation of the work you have been doing at your internship, particularly the project you have been working on. Some questions to consider:

  • What did you do?  

  • What did you learn? 

  • How could you have improved on the project?

  • What new appreciations did you develop while working as an intern? Why? 

  • How did you make a meaningful contribution to your workplace (what did you do overall?  

  • What were your day to day activities/responsibilities)?

• It is recommended that the presentation includes a visual slideshow; however, this may not be appropriate for certain types of internships, but some type of visual aid is required.

• Be prepared to fully participate in a Questions and Answers session with your advisory afterward.

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Week THree Prompts (June 7th-June 11th, 2021)

 

Choose three of the following & post a thoughtful response on your blog. You may do them at any point during the week, but make sure all three are done by 11:59pm on Sunday. Please write at least ~100 words per blog post.

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1. Internship and college. In what ways has your internship inspired you to think about college? Have you discovered any new colleges that you are interested in researching?  Have you learned about new courses to study or any new major to pursue?  If not, explain how college might fit into your plans for the future, and how this internship does or does not relate to those plans.
 

2. Choose ONE of the two options:

a.     What limitations have you recognized in yourself that you want to overcome during internship, or use this internship experience to help you overcome

b.     What lessons or experiences at your internship will you bring back to school to help you further improve in your academics?

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3. Free Choice:  Please take this opportunity to write about something interesting about your internship.  If you have had a lingering question or topic you wanted to include in your blog posts but haven't yet, post it now!  If not, think of something! Though not required, try to make it entertaining for your readers.

 

4. Project update! You are now ¾ of the way done with your internship. How is your internship project going? Describe an update on the project details and share out the process from beginning to where you are now.  What did you learn about yourself through working on the internship project(s)? Discuss challenges, solutions, skills utilized & gained, and overall learning achieved.

 

5. Favorite Photo: Post your favorite photo of the week (or from your internship experience so far). Explain why you selected this photo. What does it mean to you? What does it tell us about your internship? Your growth? Your mentor, business, or organization?  (This will count as one of the three photographs for the Multimedia requirements for the week.)

 

6. Checking In: What are some observations you can offer about how you have changed after a year of a global pandemic? Think specifically about something you are doing or interactions you are having that are illuminating something about you that has changed. This could be something about your habits, your way of seeing the world, or what you notice about your social interactions. Discuss what you notice about yourself.

 

Week Three Multimedia Requirements!  Please take at least THREE photographs to accompany your thoughtful blog posts. 

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Week Two Prompts (May 31-June 4, 2021)

 

Choose three of the following & post a thoughtful response on your blog. You may do them at any point during the week, but make sure all three are done by 11:59:59 pm on Sunday. Please write at least ~100 words per blog post.

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Blog prompt options for Internship week #2 

 

1. Select one of the following: 

a.     How do you see yourself growing or changing over the course of your internship?

b.     How do you see your internship changing the way you consider the paths your future will take?

c.      How do you see your role developing at your internship?

 

2. Describe/Brainstorm your project. You’ve been at internship for over a week now and you should have an idea of what your internship project will be. If not, now is the perfect time to brainstorm!  What will you be doing?  What will the final product look like?  Which skills (academic, creative, technical) will you utilize and/or develop while you work on this project?  How will the project benefit the organization?

 

3. Wondering what your fellow interns are doing? Please read and comment on at least TWO other students’ blogs.  The link to student blogs is here and post your comments on this document.  Aim for writing about 50 words/or two-3 sentences.  

Possible questions to answer: 

• What stands out to you from their experiences?  

• What experiences do you have in common?  

• What contrasts do you see? 

• What questions do you have?

 

4. Challenges so far. What is the biggest challenge YOU face at your internship?  How did you solve this problem?

 

5. Successes so far. What is a success you have had at your internship? What is something that you are proud of having done? 

 

6. Who is your mentor? Describe his or her life, education, career path and more.   What did they do to get this job? Did they envision themselves with this job when they were younger?  

Interview your mentor.  Link to mentor interview assignment

Post the highlights from your mentor interview on your blog. Choose 3-5 specific quotes and explain what makes these quotes meaningful to you.

Please post a picture of your mentor along with this post! If you are on Zoom, please post a screenshot of you with your mentor. If you are in person, please take a socially distanced photo of you and your mentor. 

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FRIENDLY REMINDER: Don’t forget to complete your Mentor Interview! It is due by 10:00pm on Sunday, June 6th, 2021. Please post the highlights from your mentor interview on your blog. Highlight 3-5 interview quotes and explain what makes these quotes meaningful to you

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Week Two Multimedia Requirements!!! For this week, you should have taken at least THREE photographs posted to your Internship Gallery Page via your Internship Portfolio- (see Dane's tutorial) to accompany your thoughtful blog posts. Some posts require a specific photo, others do not.

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Week One Prompts (May 24-May 28, 2021)

 

Welcome to the first week of internship!

 

Choose two of the following & post a thoughtful response on your blog. You may do them at any point during the week, but make sure both are done by 11:59:59 pm on Sunday.

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Prompt Options: 

1. Take a moment to reflect on your life over the past year: What it has been like over the past year, with online learning, quarantine, social distancing, etc? How does it feel to be coming out of that? What are things about which you are hopeful, afraid, unsure about, excited about, etc. What are some things that you learned about yourself since March 2020? What are some things you want to change or keep? Post an image of something that reminds you of this last year (since March of 2020).

 

2. Describe your hopes, goals, and fears for your internship.  Please make sure your blog entry covers all three.  Consider your job placement, what you know of the company, what you’ve talked about with your mentor and how you see this overall experience fitting into your education, your life, and your future. 

 

3. What goods and/or services does your company provide to the community and how do they consider their role in the community, responsibilities to society? What is your company's (or mentor’s) mission statement. If they don’t have one, write it! How do you see it in their work? Post an image that shows something your company contributes or an image that shows the effects of the work your company does.

 

4. Describe and brainstorm the project you'll do at internship, including the skills and technology you need to do it and what you hope your project looks like as a final product. Which skills (academic, creative, technical) will you utilize and/or develop while you work on this project?  How will the project benefit the organization? If you don’t yet have a project, suggest some social media ideas for your internship. 

 

5. Who is your mentor? Describe his or her life, education, career path and more.   What did they do to get this job? Did they envision themselves with this job when they were younger?  Interview your mentor.  Link to mentor interview assignment

Post the highlights from your mentor interview on your blog. Choose 3-5 specific quotes and explain what makes these quotes meaningful to you.

Please post a picture of your mentor along with this post! If you are on Zoom, please post a screenshot of you with your mentor. If you are in person, please take a socially distanced photo of you and your mentor. 

 

6. Reflections on the first week.  What are you most surprised by during your first week of internship and why? Post an image that shows (or symbolizes) what surprises you!

 

Week One Multimedia Requirements!!! For this week, you should have taken at least THREE photographs posted to your Internship Gallery Page via your Internship Portfolio- (see Dane's tutorial) to accompany your thoughtful blog posts. Some posts require a specific photo, others do not.

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FRIENDLY REMINDER: Don’t forget to schedule and conduct your Mentor Interview! It is due by 10:00pm next Sunday, June 6th, 2021. Please post the highlights from your mentor interview on your blog. Highlight 3-5 interview quotes and explain what makes these quotes meaningful to you.

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