Blog 12: Mentorship 10 Hours

Carl La Russa

North

1/7/2014

1.) I am completing my mentorship hours at my mentor's house.

2.) Del Shindell, President of Sygmatech Inc.          Cell: (909)-576-1150

3.) I have completed a total of 30 hours with my mentor including Independent Component hours.

4.) During the 10 hours that I completed over the summer, I was introduced to the tracking units themselves and the website used to track vehicles. I was also given an in-depth lecture of how the units communicate with satellites and eventually, how they send their data to the company's computer server in England.

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December Extra Post

During the month of December, my mentor and I worked on several things. First, I got in contact with a woman named Sharon who works at a car dealership and is interested in purchasing GPS tracking units for her dealership's rental car fleet. For several weeks my mentor has been preparing units for the contact I received by testing each and every one and programming them. Secondly, we've been working on trying to implement a text message alert system into our tracking application for iPhone. The alert system would allow users to receive an alert in the form of a text when a particular asset enters a geofence. And finally, I've been talking with a man named Hans Molin who works for a company that manufactures safety systems for commercial trucks. I will be meeting him at his job this Thursday.

Blog 11: Holiday Project Update

1.) During my winter break, I worked with my mentor on several things. First of all, my mentor was having problems with his iPhone and his iPad which he both uses to run his tracking application on. To solve these problems, we decided to take a trip to the Apple Store in Brea Mall and see if they could straighten out all the problems. Secondly, my mentor and I discussed some steps we need to take in order to move my project forward and I talked to him about leaving a message with Mrs. Ortega and verifying the hours I've done with him. Last but not least, I introduced sort of an idea for the company's head programmer which was integrating some sort of text alert system into the Sygmatech app so that users can be notified when a particular asset enters a geofence.

2.) the most important thing I've learned while working over the break with my mento is patience. Whether it's waiting for a response from our head programmer in the UK or waiting for a new unit to secure a satellite connection, everything, takes time, and sometimes it can't all be done right here right now.

3.) If I were going to perform a 10 question interview on someone, I would choose Mr. Hans Molin. Mr. Molin has worked for Volvo Cars and is currently working on safety systems for commercial trucks at Bendix Truck Systems. I contacted him through one of my moms friends and I will be visiting his job later this month. Having this kind of expertise with automobiles and safety systems, Mr. Molin is the perfect guy to talk to regarding my project and current EQ.

November Extra Post

   This month, my mentor and I have been working on getting several new tracking units up and going. Earlier this month, we were having problems with all of the old tracking units and were forced to ship them back to the manufacturer in Florida to have them evaluate the units. My mentor and I have also been planning for my independent component by calling  people for interviews and discussing what needed to be done in order for me to get thirty hours completed.

November Extra Post

   This month, my mentor and I have been working on getting several new tracking units up and going. Earlier this month, we were having problems with all of the old tracking units and were forced to ship them back to the manufacturer in Florida to have them evaluate the units. My mentor and I have also been planning for my independent component by calling  people for interviews and discussing what needed to be done in order for me to get thirty hours completed.

Blog 10: EQ

Carl La Russa

North

11/12/14

Blog 10

1.) "I reviewed the rule of three for writing an EQ."

2.) 

     a.) No, it is too specific and it won't allow the person to find enough research

     b.) Yes, it is general enough so that the person can find a decent amount of research on the the    question.

     c.) Yes, it provides the author enough room to gather a sufficient amount of research.

     d.) No, too specific, not enough breadth and depth.

3.) Who benefits most from vehicle tracking software?

Blog #9 Lesson Reflection

Carl La Russa

11/4/2014

Blog #9 Lesson Reflection

1.) I was proud of all the props and things that I brought in to show everyone during my presentation because I felt like the other presentations that I saw where not engaging with just speech and pictures. I also believe that I presented more about my actual topic and how I work with it during my mentorship.

2.)   a.) P-

       b.) I believe that I had great eye contact with my audience, I never looked down at notes or at my props and I also had good volume, everyone was able to hear what I was saying. The content I presented was also relevant towards my topic and I thought I presented a bit more about my actual topic than others did. 

3.) The props, showing everyone the actual units and the iPhone tracking application really captured everyone's attention during my presentation.

4.) I would've had a much better conclusion, I think just ending my presentation didn't cut it and I believe I was graded down for it.