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At Internet Archive with their founder, Brewster Kahle

Summer Tech Internship Week 2

Interns created surveys using Google Forms, organized ideas by location using Google Maps, organized ideas by time using Google Calendar, shared their ideas by microblogging using Twitter,  shared their ideas by blogging using Blogger, and had a field trip orientation using internet search.

On Friday, June 15, we went to Internet Archive.  Brewster Kahle, founder, gave us a tour of their office, server room, scanning room, etc.  Ralf Muehlen, cluster engineer, talked about their community networking project.

For more stories and photos of this field trip, please read the blogs written by our interns at http://summertechintern.blogspot.com.

At the Advertising Department at Academy or Art University

Summer Tech Internship Week 3

Interns shared stories and photos using Blogger, planned and wrote informational blogs using cluster diagram and Blogger, planned and wrote instructional blogs using process diagram and Blogger, had a field trip orientation using internet search, and completed a midterm evaluation.

On Friday, June 22, we went to the Academy of Art University for our field trip.  We visited their Advertising Department, Web Design and New Media Department as well as Graphic Design Department.  After that, we went to the Utrecht Art Supplies and Adolph Gasser Photography.

For more stories and photos of this field trip, please read the blogs written by our interns at http://summertechintern.blogspot.com.

Field trip to Tech Career Center at Moscone Center

Summer Tech Internship Week 4

Interns helped set up the new computer lab. They configured settings, installed programs and tested the internet, sound and video using Google Hangout, and helped secure the computers using cable locks.

Interns learned about the steps to create a story by watching a video and creating a Google Presentation. They wrote their first script, watched a video about storyboarding, recorded and edited dialog using Audacity, and played with 3-D animation using Muvizu.

On Thursday, interns had a field trip orientation by using internet search and creating a Google Presentation.

On Friday, June 29, we went to the Tech Career Expo at Moscone Convention Center.  Interns got to talk face-to-face with representatives Microsoft, AT&T, eBay, Ask.com, ActiVision, Zoosk, StumbleUpon, The Federal Reserve Bank, Visa, Samsung, Safeway, etc.

For more stories and photos of this field trip, please read the blogs written by our interns at http://summertechintern.blogspot.com.