Journal Entry #5

In a 2 page (double-spaced) reflection, write your reflection in a Word Document, using the same file you saved last week on the server.

As teachers have gone for visits to the various workplace sites of students, we have seen students doing work that relates to a bigger picture or larger task that will benefit the workplace or the company.

Please describe in detail the work that you have currently been engaged in and how that work relates to the larger whole of the workplace you are currently involved with.

In addition, have you decided on a project for your WLE? If so, please describe what your plan is for your final project. If you have not thought about a project, please explain what possibilities exist and which one(s) interest you the most.

Journal Entry #4 - Interview

Please post your interview narrative here.

Please keep the following in mind:

For this assignment you need to:
1. Brainstorm, and then further refine, a list of effective questions to ask your mentor during an interview so that you can create a comprehensive portrait of them. (Of course, you should be prepared to ask follow-up questions to your mentor’s responses, and allow the interview to take on a life of its own.)
2. Establish a time and date to conduct the interview (this may or may not be during your regular WLE visit)
3. Conduct the interview (prepared with framing questions)
4. Transcribe or write-up your notes from the interview
5. Craft a polished narrative portrait of your mentor using his or her responses to your interview questions.


Requirements of the final narrative:
• Professional in appearance and structure
• Engaging and interesting to read (your audience is other students exploring potential career or life choices)
• Posted on-line (blog) for your mentor and other students to review
• 3-4 typed, double-spaced, pages (pre-blog)

Journal Entry #3

You will write a 2-page (double-spaced) Journal entry from the perspective of your mentor. Imagine you are your mentor and you are entering thoughts into a journal entry about your new intern (this would be you).

Try to imagine what goes through his/her mind through the course of the entire day observing you work.
-What do you think goes through your mentor's mind as you walked in to work this past Wednesday?
-What things about you do you think impresses your mentor?
-What things about you do you think you mentor isn't impressed by?
-What things about you do you think your mentor wants to learn from you?
-What stories about you do you think your mentor tells about you to friends, colleagues and family. Tell those stories.