The Boys and Girls Club was first founded in Connecticut in 1860, now with over 4,000 locations nationwide as well as Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands along with domestic and international military bases; over 4.8 million boys and girls have been served. They serve nine different communities in San Francisco. I currently volunteer at the center in the Tenderloin.
The Boys and Girls Club was established to provide a safe sheltered place for children in underprivileged communities. Their mission: "To enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens."
This semester we do more technologically targeted volunteering than typical volunteers. We have set up a little mini tutoring session for the kids about how to use the computers, specifically the dangers and precautions to take on the internet. As B&G recently received new computers, we have installed software to maintain them against spyware; along with parental software to prevent inappropriate websites from appearing while the kids are on the internet. We have future plans of instructing the old kids how to use Microsoft Word and Powerpoint as it will be useful to them in school.
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Writing Assignment
Everyone is at fault.
The Technician was supposed to know how to use the program, testing it and putting in the proper value.
The Programmer was supposed to debug the software adequately.
The Purchaser was supposed to be knowledgable of the software prior to making the purchase, perhaps check reviews of the software's performance. The purchaser could have asked for a trial run of the software, as many companies offer, to test it and make sure it was in working order.
The Software Company was supposed to make sure their products were working properly before putting it on the market for sale. Putting out faulty software could mar their reputation and name.
The Captain needs to have be in constantly updated and completely knowledgable as to the activites on the ship, including software being installed on it. He is supposed to keep in communication with the technician to make sure the software was running properly, tested before and after installation. Also, he is in charge of overseeing that everything on the ship is up to par, fitting the quality and standard required, from having a capable technician to having working software.
Roadblocks ahead
We had some difficulty in the beginning getting started with our service-learning project. The book notes it as "flexibility in the face of rapidly changing conditions", where we had to be flexible, as all our schedules conflicted, to find a time that would fit all our schedules to come in to meet and volunteer.
D-U-E process
Describe the situation
The community partner's schedule did not mesh well with ours.
The event coordinator was incredibly busy and was either unavailable or had to reschedule for many of the weeks we had planned on meeting.
My partner's and my schedule were also very tight, so that we were only available on Fridays.
Friday's is the community partner's slowest days, they do not open until 2pm and children do not start coming in until the hours of 3-4pm. This was later than the time we were hoping to volunteer, between the hours of noon-2pm.
Understand
There were schedule conflicts, which was frustrating when we were trying to meet with the community partner, but it was no one's fault. Everyone has things they need to get done. I understand that, as my schedule personally is pretty hectic and packed, I can identify with those whom have similar schedules.
Encourage Communication
Communication was essential. The volunteer coordinator, my partner and myself had to exchange e-mails for several weeks before we were finally able to meet. My partner and I also had to be flexible with our volunteer times, and agreed to come in between the hours of 3-5pm, later than we had hoped. My partner and I also have to keep up communication with each other, as on certain fridays either one of us may be unavailable due to prior engagements, so we have to notify each other and the community partner.
The Technician was supposed to know how to use the program, testing it and putting in the proper value.
The Programmer was supposed to debug the software adequately.
The Purchaser was supposed to be knowledgable of the software prior to making the purchase, perhaps check reviews of the software's performance. The purchaser could have asked for a trial run of the software, as many companies offer, to test it and make sure it was in working order.
The Software Company was supposed to make sure their products were working properly before putting it on the market for sale. Putting out faulty software could mar their reputation and name.
The Captain needs to have be in constantly updated and completely knowledgable as to the activites on the ship, including software being installed on it. He is supposed to keep in communication with the technician to make sure the software was running properly, tested before and after installation. Also, he is in charge of overseeing that everything on the ship is up to par, fitting the quality and standard required, from having a capable technician to having working software.
Roadblocks ahead
We had some difficulty in the beginning getting started with our service-learning project. The book notes it as "flexibility in the face of rapidly changing conditions", where we had to be flexible, as all our schedules conflicted, to find a time that would fit all our schedules to come in to meet and volunteer.
D-U-E process
Describe the situation
The community partner's schedule did not mesh well with ours.
The event coordinator was incredibly busy and was either unavailable or had to reschedule for many of the weeks we had planned on meeting.
My partner's and my schedule were also very tight, so that we were only available on Fridays.
Friday's is the community partner's slowest days, they do not open until 2pm and children do not start coming in until the hours of 3-4pm. This was later than the time we were hoping to volunteer, between the hours of noon-2pm.
Understand
There were schedule conflicts, which was frustrating when we were trying to meet with the community partner, but it was no one's fault. Everyone has things they need to get done. I understand that, as my schedule personally is pretty hectic and packed, I can identify with those whom have similar schedules.
Encourage Communication
Communication was essential. The volunteer coordinator, my partner and myself had to exchange e-mails for several weeks before we were finally able to meet. My partner and I also had to be flexible with our volunteer times, and agreed to come in between the hours of 3-5pm, later than we had hoped. My partner and I also have to keep up communication with each other, as on certain fridays either one of us may be unavailable due to prior engagements, so we have to notify each other and the community partner.
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Everyone is at fault.
The Technician was supposed to know how to use the program, testing it and putting in the proper value.
The Programmer was supposed to debug the software adequately.
The Purchaser was supposed to be knowledgable of the software prior to making the purchase, perhaps check reviews of the software's performance.
The purchaser could have asked for a trial run of the software, as many companies offer, to test it and make sure it was in working order.
The Software Company was supposed to make sure their products were working properly before putting it on the market for sale. Putting out faulty software could mar their reputation and name.
The Captain needs to have be in constantly updated and completely knowledgable as to the activites on the ship, including software being installed on it. He is supposed to keep in communication with the technician to make sure the software was running properly, tested before and after installation. Also, he is in charge of overseeing that everything on the ship is up to par, fitting the quality and standard required, from having a capable technician to having working software.
Roadblocks ahead
We had some difficulty in the beginning getting started with our service-learning project. The book notes it as "flexibility in the face of rapidly changing conditions", where we had to be flexible, as all our schedules conflicted, to find a time that would fit all our schedules to come in to meet and volunteer.
D-U-E process
Describe the situation
The community partner's schedule did not mesh well with ours.The event coordinator was incredibly busy and was either unavailable or had to reschedule for many of the weeks we had planned on meeting.My partner's and my schedule were also very tight, so that we were only available on Fridays.Friday's is the community partner's slowest days, they do not open until 2pm and children do not start coming in until the hours of 3-4pm. This was later than the time we were hoping to volunteer, between the hours of noon-2pm.
Understand
There were schedule conflicts, which was frustrating when we were trying to meet with the community partner, but it was no one's fault. Everyone has things they need to get done. I understand that, as my schedule personally is pretty hectic and packed, I can identify with those whom have similar schedules.
Encourage Communication
Communication was essential. The volunteer coordinator, my partner and myself had to exchange e-mails for several weeks before we were finally able to meet. My partner and I also had to be flexible with our volunteer times, and agreed to come in between the hours of 3-5pm, later than we had hoped. My partner and I also have to keep up communication with each other, as on certain fridays either one of us may be unavailable due to prior engagements, so we have to notify each other and the community partner.
The Technician was supposed to know how to use the program, testing it and putting in the proper value.
The Programmer was supposed to debug the software adequately.
The Purchaser was supposed to be knowledgable of the software prior to making the purchase, perhaps check reviews of the software's performance.
The purchaser could have asked for a trial run of the software, as many companies offer, to test it and make sure it was in working order.
The Software Company was supposed to make sure their products were working properly before putting it on the market for sale. Putting out faulty software could mar their reputation and name.
The Captain needs to have be in constantly updated and completely knowledgable as to the activites on the ship, including software being installed on it. He is supposed to keep in communication with the technician to make sure the software was running properly, tested before and after installation. Also, he is in charge of overseeing that everything on the ship is up to par, fitting the quality and standard required, from having a capable technician to having working software.
Roadblocks ahead
We had some difficulty in the beginning getting started with our service-learning project. The book notes it as "flexibility in the face of rapidly changing conditions", where we had to be flexible, as all our schedules conflicted, to find a time that would fit all our schedules to come in to meet and volunteer.
D-U-E process
Describe the situation
The community partner's schedule did not mesh well with ours.The event coordinator was incredibly busy and was either unavailable or had to reschedule for many of the weeks we had planned on meeting.My partner's and my schedule were also very tight, so that we were only available on Fridays.Friday's is the community partner's slowest days, they do not open until 2pm and children do not start coming in until the hours of 3-4pm. This was later than the time we were hoping to volunteer, between the hours of noon-2pm.
Understand
There were schedule conflicts, which was frustrating when we were trying to meet with the community partner, but it was no one's fault. Everyone has things they need to get done. I understand that, as my schedule personally is pretty hectic and packed, I can identify with those whom have similar schedules.
Encourage Communication
Communication was essential. The volunteer coordinator, my partner and myself had to exchange e-mails for several weeks before we were finally able to meet. My partner and I also had to be flexible with our volunteer times, and agreed to come in between the hours of 3-5pm, later than we had hoped. My partner and I also have to keep up communication with each other, as on certain fridays either one of us may be unavailable due to prior engagements, so we have to notify each other and the community partner.
Sunday, April 6, 2008
Digital Information
Youtube (http://www.youtube.com/) is a popular website that offers free media, such as music videos, movie and television clips, along with amateur video sharing. Youtube makes their revenue through advertisements that are placed throughout their pages, which is how many other high traffic websites seem to generate revenue such as myspace and facebook so that users may still use the websites free of charge.
The consumer has the freedom to share the video with others whether by posting the clip on other websites or emailing it. Users are also able to comment on the videos, posting their personal input as to what they thought of it and rate it, which sometimes turns out to be more interesting than the actual media itself.
Radio websites such as Yahoo! Music (http://new.music.yahoo.com/), offer free access to individual music videos that they can put together into a personalized playlist or listen to the radio online. They also make profit through advertisement but with additional placement besides just webpage ads, where an advertisement is played before a video, or played in between songs on the radio. In order to avoid the ads, have a larger range of radio stations and be able to skip through an unlimited number of songs while listening to the radio, users may pay a monthly subscription fee.
Consumers are able to pick playlists (songs they are interested in listening to) either by music genre or selecting individual songs. Similar to Youtube, users may embed the video on other websites, email the video and rate it. While listening to the radio, users may skip past 3 songs of their choice, but in order to skip through more, they have to join the monthly subscription.
Certain television websites such as NBC (http://www.nbc.com/) offer full version reruns to consumers via online. They too generate revenue through advertisements, similarly to the radio websites, they have ads plastered on their pages and a 30 second commercial plays while the video loads.
Consumers are able to view the reruns as if it were on dvd, going back or skipping forward certain parts (when skipping forward, a commercial comes on while the video loads). Unfortunately, we cannot skip forward, past the commercials. *joke*
The consumer has the freedom to share the video with others whether by posting the clip on other websites or emailing it. Users are also able to comment on the videos, posting their personal input as to what they thought of it and rate it, which sometimes turns out to be more interesting than the actual media itself.
Radio websites such as Yahoo! Music (http://new.music.yahoo.com/), offer free access to individual music videos that they can put together into a personalized playlist or listen to the radio online. They also make profit through advertisement but with additional placement besides just webpage ads, where an advertisement is played before a video, or played in between songs on the radio. In order to avoid the ads, have a larger range of radio stations and be able to skip through an unlimited number of songs while listening to the radio, users may pay a monthly subscription fee.
Consumers are able to pick playlists (songs they are interested in listening to) either by music genre or selecting individual songs. Similar to Youtube, users may embed the video on other websites, email the video and rate it. While listening to the radio, users may skip past 3 songs of their choice, but in order to skip through more, they have to join the monthly subscription.
Certain television websites such as NBC (http://www.nbc.com/) offer full version reruns to consumers via online. They too generate revenue through advertisements, similarly to the radio websites, they have ads plastered on their pages and a 30 second commercial plays while the video loads.
Consumers are able to view the reruns as if it were on dvd, going back or skipping forward certain parts (when skipping forward, a commercial comes on while the video loads). Unfortunately, we cannot skip forward, past the commercials. *joke*
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