Apprentice mechanic Jimmy Harrington Week 5

Week 5

This is a picture of me dressed up in a mechanic uniform showing what happens when I'm not in school. When I'm at home, I usually help my dad around the yard, but most times I help him fix cars and machines. I'm not an actual mechanic, but I am a apprentice mechanic, my dad teaches me alot of what he knows on the job and techniques that he does while doing the work. My father was a diesel mechanic on the long island railroad, but not anymore. He still has alot of skills in him and he hopes to pass them on to me. Now days, he fixes cars up, on days when they're broken down and not broken day, it's like a inspection. He also fixes tractors and some of our other machines. He's a master mechanic and i hope to be like him one day. This was taken on 2/27/11, and it was taken on my property in westbrookville on my hill. I had my car parked near our garage, and I had put the camera on a tripod and set the timer on the camera to 10 seconds. The lighting came from the sun and it became a little cloudy, but got it to work. The mode on the camera was set to manual with an aperture which was set at f7.1 with a shutter speed of 320. This reflects on how i should look like when I'm on a job fixing cars, machines or anything.

1) What is new media?
It can be somebody’s blackberry, and/or a laptop computer. The internet can be helpful,

2) What is inefficient about the standard paper resume?
The inefficiencies are that it can be hard to deliver your resume to the employer, mailing it, showing your resume and introducing yourself face to face. The employer would need gather the paper resumes by reading it and sorting them out. Many employers do sometimes have high standards on grammar, plus spelling, and you would have to be very careful and precise on what you are writing. Also your paper resume is hard to look at or seem important it can be hard to make a 11 x 8.5 paper seem important.

3) What are the most sought after traits employers are seeking?
Somebody who is digital savvy, a person whose comfortable with using technology, must have good communication skills, and also writing skills. They sometimes seek organization, somebody to be on time, a person who can get along well with others, and a person who can conduct themselves in a proper adult manner.

Activity 1) Interview an employer about the top traits they look for in a new hire.
Tom McCarthy: Looking for somebody that can use computers, work along with office machines, somebody who can communicate, a person who can follow instructions. Anybody who can use time wisely, and work with others

Activity 2) Develop a list of your professional and personal skills.
I’m skilled at fixing photographs, and making any photo creations. I’m also good at taking photographs without being noticed and I can also edit photos. My personal skills include being good with computers, and fast internet searching.

Activity 3) Research web 2.0 presentation tools to be used in the solution.

Penzu-is a simple online tool for creating a personal journal. Entries are automatically dated and students can add titles and text as well as images which appear in the margin of the page. They need to register to save their entries but this is quick and simple and only requires an email address. The journal entries can be shared by email or can be printed up and brought into class.

Voxopop- is a web based audio tool that enables users to record their speaking for others
to listen and respond to. It allows teachers and students to build up threaded audio
discussions online similar to those on a text based bulletin board.


280 Slides-280 Slides is a web based presentation tool similar to PowerPoint. It enables you to create presentations with a series of slides and embed rich web based media into the slides such as video, audio and images. You can then deliver the presentations online, embed them into blogs or websites or download them to a computer hard drive.

Apprentice mechanic Jimmy Harrington

This is a picture of me dressed up in a mechanic uniform showing what happens when I'm not in school. When I'm at home, I usually help my dad around the yard, but most times I help him fix cars and machines. I'm not an actual mechanic, but I am a apprentice mechanic, my dad teaches me alot of what he knows on the job and techniques that he does while doing the work. My father was a diesel mechanic on the long island railroad, but not anymore. He still has alot of skills in him and he hopes to pass them on to me. Now days, he fixes cars up, on days when they're broken down and not broken day, it's like a inspection. He also fixes tractors and some of our other machines. He's a master mechanic and i hope to be like him one day. This was taken on 2/27/11, and it was taken on my property in westbrookville on my hill. I had my car parked near our garage, and I had put the camera on a tripod and set the timer on the camera to 10 seconds. The lighting came from the sun and it became a little cloudy, but got it to work. The mode on the camera was set to manual with an aperture was set at 320 with a shutter speed of f7.1. This reflects on how i should look like when I'm on a job fixing cars, machines or anything.

1) What is new media?
It can be somebody’s blackberry, and/or a laptop computer. The internet can be helpful,

2) What is inefficient about the standard paper resume?
The inefficiencies are that it can be hard to deliver your resume to the employer, mailing it, showing your resume and introducing yourself face to face. The employer would need gather the paper resumes by reading it and sorting them out. Many employers do sometimes have high standards on grammar, plus spelling, and you would have to be very careful and precise on what you are writing. Also your paper resume is hard to look at or seem important it can be hard to make a 11 x 8.5 paper seem important.

3) What are the most sought after traits employers are seeking?
Somebody who is digital savvy, a person whose comfortable with using technology, must have good communication skills, and also writing skills. They sometimes seek organization, somebody to be on time, a person who can get along well with others, and a person who can conduct themselves in a proper adult manner.

Activity 1) Interview an employer about the top traits they look for in a new hire.
Tom McCarthy: Looking for somebody that can use computers, work along with office machines, somebody who can communicate, a person who can follow instructions. Anybody who can use time wisely, and work with others

Activity 2) Develop a list of your professional and personal skills.
I’m skilled at fixing photographs, and making any photo creations. I’m also good at taking photographs without being noticed and I can also edit photos. My personal skills include being good with computers, and fast internet searching.

Activity 3) Research web 2.0 presentation tools to be used in the solution.

Penzu-is a simple online tool for creating a personal journal. Entries are automatically dated and students can add titles and text as well as images which appear in the margin of the page. They need to register to save their entries but this is quick and simple and only requires an email address. The journal entries can be shared by email or can be printed up and brought into class.

Voxopop- is a web based audio tool that enables users to record their speaking for others
to listen and respond to. It allows teachers and students to build up threaded audio
discussions online similar to those on a text based bulletin board.


280 Slides-280 Slides is a web based presentation tool similar to PowerPoint. It enables you to create presentations with a series of slides and embed rich web based media into the slides such as video, audio and images. You can then deliver the presentations online, embed them into blogs or websites or download them to a computer hard drive.

Assistant Scoutmaster James R Harrington week 4

This is a self portrait of me in my boy scout Class B uniform. My troop and myself wear these t-shirts as work clothes for community service and non special stuff, we wear our Class A uniforms for special events. This is what i look like when I'm not in civilian form. This was captured on 2/18/11. I set up the camera on the tripod and set the time on the camera to 10 seconds and it came out well. The camera was set at manuel mode, with an aperture of f3 and shutter speed of 15. For the lighting I used my kitchen lights to give it a little shine. This describes alot about me and my personality, because when I put on this uniform, it tells me that I'm someone special and a helper to the world.

Jimmy Harrington as a silly boy week 3

I had my tripod set up and had my Mother take the picture. Both she and I wanted to take a picture of how I look silly alone with no body around. This was taken on 2/10/11. The camera was set at manual with a aperture of f6.4 and shutter speed of 5. The light came from my kitchen and the flash off my camera reflects off my face. This is what i look like when I'm goofing off, on bad and tired days.

Jimmy with sweater. Week 2

I had my tripod set up and I asked my mother to shot the photographer. It took a little time to get this right. She wanted to get a close up of me so that I can be shown off to everyone. The camera was set to manuel mode with aperture of f6.4 and shutter speed of 5. It was taken on 2/10/11. I believe the reflection of my meaning is the way that I'm trying to be, because deep down I was a little annoyed and I was trying to hide it with my smile. I also wanted to show how I look as a gentleman.

Jimmy Harrington smile Week 1

I had used my tripod and had my mother take this picture. At first we took an couple more of these, until we stopped and got the right picture. The camera was set at the manuel mode with an aperture of f6.4 and a shutter speed of 5. This was taken on 2/10/11. I even like the way the flash reflects off my face, it makes me look more cheery. The light came from my kitchen and some of it came from the flash. I believe of this is the way I look and how my personality feels to me.

Donna Gottlieb Harrington in Shock

This is a portrait of my Mother, Donna Gottlieb Harrington. The way my Mother looks in this picture was that she was surprised to have been photographed unknowingly and she looks like she's in shock. This picture was taken at the train show which took place at the Orange County fair grounds on February 5th, 2011. I captured her by walking behind, and when she turned around I snapped the picture and she didn't know it until after it was taken. The lighting technique that I used was the flash. The lighting in the building wasn't that good to use and everytime I snapped a picture, it turned out dark. So I had to change the Aperture and Shutter Speed until it was right and I had to use the flash to give it more lighting. The Camera technique that was used was taken at a vertical angle. The aperture was set to f6.4 and the aperture was set at 125 on the manuel mode. The meaning of this photograph was that she was more startled to have been photographed and being sneaked up from behind.

Dad working on car

This is a photo of my Father James F Harrington working on my 1995 Jeep Cherokee. This photo was taken on October 3rd, 2010. How I took this photo was that he was working on my car to get it running and trying to take his picture at the same time, so I stood on the left side of my car, while my Dad was working on the other side and I ducked down a little to get his upper body and the tool in his hand, working on the car. I had the camera set at the manual mode. The lighting technique was a little difficult, I had the camera set at a different aperture and shutter speed and it turned out way to bright, but then I had the aperture set to f5 and the shutter speed set to 500. After that everything turned out good. I took the photograph at vertical angle while holding the camera. I believe the real meaning of this photograph was his personality and the way he looked at me while I took his picture.