February 12, 2015
To-do List:
- Met with Ruth (my onsite mentor) and be taken on a tour of the space. ✔
- Participate in meeting (with Ruth's generosity bagels were provided! Thanks Ruth!) about where the digital textbook project is going. (Let me be the first to say I am super excited about this and cannot wait to let you guys in on what I am going to be working on!) ✔
- Be introduced to staff and their projects. Did you know there might be a better way to communicate with someone not in the same room as you? And I don't mean video chat. Stay tuned for the solution! ✔
- Head out to lunch with Ruth and Preeya (who is a senior at BASIS Peoria completing her senior research project at CSI (Center for Science and the Imagination) as well. I'm super excited to work with her and see how her project unfolds! ✔
- Fire drill. Let's just say that was unexpected. ✔
- Complete online CITI course on research ethics. Unfortunately, no check mark for this one. Hopefully I will be able to complete this task tomorrow so I can move onto bigger and better tasks!
I'm not going to lie, I was a little bit nervous about starting today, but today could not have gone better! (besides that part where I got lost and and got awkward stares from people who could hear siri directing me where to go.) I met some amazing people I will be working with and learned a lot about the direction this project will be taking! I am so excited to be a part of this!
If you are curious, this is post is a to-do list because that is what I was given today and felt like this accurately depicts my first day as an intern. Feel free to leave a question in the comments! :)
Until next time
Val
Cool! It sounds like you had an awesome first day (especially the bagel part). I can't wait to hear what part of this project you'll be working on. It's a total cliff hanger! I have so many questions to ask but I can't because you'll probably answer my question in the next blog.
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ReplyDeleteGreat post. If the better way to communicate with someone involves personal robot slaves, count me in!
Mr. Bloom
Although that is not what I was specially referring to, have no fear there was some talk about robots!
DeleteSounds like you'll be working with a lot of great people! What is it like to be working with other BASIS seniors?
ReplyDeleteIts such a cool experience! Its weird how different the BASIS schools are! But it is great having another person on my same level and to chat with. :D
DeleteHi Val, I can appreciate your need to get your laptop back and I can certainly agree with the theory that research on the web certainly leads to where a searcher never intended to be. After Lenovo Tech support sent us 3 distributions of the same recovery media I was able to prove to them that they were solving the wrong problem and they realized that the system board is the problem. But now the system board in on backorder and while I have been waiting for it my browsing has led me to buy two motorcycles. I guess I got distracted. Oh well, looks like you should get yourself a motorcycle license!
ReplyDeleteWell I'm really hoping those parts come in soon. But I guess I can distract myself with a motorcycle as well. :D
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