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.