Category Archives: Thoughts on Internship and World of Learning

May 30 2018

More Bubbling and brewing: Ideas for Internship/World of Learning #2

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Since my last post I have been reading Tricia’s recommended A Guide to Documenting Learning. From this text, I have plotted out reflective prompts for the students, as well as content for my Internship/World of Learning blog.

Reference materials to use:

Blog entries to document the journey for the students:

  1. A mood board or visual representation of their internship/World of Learning experience goals = VISUALIZE and OWN it.
    • I imagine the company I’d work for will look like…
    • I imagine the activities I will engage in will look like…
    • I imagine the learning I will gain along the way will look like…
  2. Collection of Resources – to be updated regulary
    • People I will approach
    • Companies I will reach out to
  3. Writing a letter
    • Using Ms Wiseman’s template
    • Making the letter “my own”
    • Getting peer/parent/teacher feedback
    • Final edit
    • Send and annotate responses
  4. Document experience on-site
    • Evidence of actualisation – what of my mood board has become a reality?
    • Evidence of work experience – how have I contributed to the company or the industry?
  5. Reflection in school
    • How much have I accomplished from visualisation to actualisation?
    • Unintended learning – things I discovered about myself, the company, the industry
    • Learning from mistakes – types of mistakes I made along the way and how this has shaped my learning
    • Connect with other learners, comment and share
  6. Writing your thank you letter to employer
    • How to exit from work gracefully
    • How to keep contacts/networking
    • Crafting a letter of thanks using the portfolio materials

 

Contents of my Internship/World of Learning Blog:

  1. Why Internship/World of Learning is important
    • Immediate real-world application
    • Lifelong process
    • Adds to your resume
  2. Creative job search
  3. How to write an application letter
  4. How to document on-site experience
  5. How to do final reflections
  6. How to say “thanks”

 

Next steps:

  1. Talk to Tricia about creating an Internship/World of Learning Blog
  2. Create content for my blog
  3. Create prompts for student blogs

 

 

 

May 14 2018

Bubbling and brewing: Ideas for Internship/World of Learning #1

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Next August, I will be taking over from Nicola and will be helping FIBs (Grade 10) experience and reflect on their brief work experience. I will also be helping with Grade 11s with internship opportunities.

It takes a village to run these two programs and I am hoping to use the portfolio as a vehicle for reflection and communication.

Here are some things I hope the students will write on their portfolios:

  • Reflection on the whole process
  • Feedback from teachers and employers
  • Application letters – and what they have learned about writing these
  • Photos and videos of their experienc

Meanwhile, I am hoping to create a separate blog post which would include:

  • A helpdesk – everything they need to know about World of Learning/Internship
  • An online job market – where parents, employers, and I can post job opportunities, job descriptions, number of applicants so far, and successful applications
  • Forms/FAQs/Reminders

I think this would be good to start things off. I will be adding to this list, as well as linking some good examples I can use as mock-up before I create the final product.

 

Any thoughts, ideas or comments?