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WBL Seminar 2

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            2019 Emoticon was quite an experience in itself. Emoticon was held within the New York Public Library and I went with my entire Web Design Class including my CTE teacher as we were all accepted into the expo as we submitted different games we each submitted whether it be in groups or individually. During the first couple hours of the expo a bunch of different projects were displayed by a lot of different groups and it was really cool to see a lot of cool work done by others and we were also given the opportunity to display our own work and present it to the people who went to the expo and show them what we created and the process behind it as well. After the presentation we then participated in activities such a creative thinking activity which involved building bridges with some miscellaneous object like LED lights, tap, etc.. then soon after that we had the opportunity to listen to a few people talking about their own careers and one of the i...
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WBL Seminar 1

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            The NY SCI Fair was Stem Career Expo held within the New York Hall of Science. I came to the event with a small group of my peers as we wanted to see what the fair would have to offer and the fair was a nice experience for all of us. The fair had a lot of colleges and companies waiting to tell everyone about what each of them had to offer and what programs they offer to high school students which was an overall interesting thing to learn as many of the colleges and companies offered very good programs for high school juniors and sophomores. During the middle of the expo there was also a seminar in which they talked about Stem Careers and the different paths the companies and colleges offer for students looking to pursue a career in Stem. Overall, it was a pretty good experience in the end as I got to learn more about the options which are before me.4
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Guest Speaker 2

            Another day during the winter semester we were given the opportunity to listen to other guests who are Alex Eacker and Andrew Otto who took the time to come into our classroom and talk about their journey throughout their individual careers and lives including the struggles and downfalls they experienced as well.  Otto works for Wikipedia and talked with the entire class about the journey he took to get their and he explained how Wikipedia works and even some facts that I didn't even know about such as Wikipedia does not take display any advertisement and only relies on peoples donations to keep the website running and all the people who work to make it what it is which is pretty cool. Alex Eacker also talked about his experience as he participated in the creation of many startups and how and what its like working in a startup company and how truly hard it is and how much time you need to put in order to make sure it turns out positively. ...
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Guest Speaker 1

            During one class day back in winter we were blessed with a visitor from Care Point Health known as Mr. Maseda. Mr. Maseda works told us about the departments in which he works for within Care Point Health which heavily focuses on cyber-security for the organization. I thought this was pretty cool as I want to go into a field of cyber-security in the future and the information Mr. Maseda provided was actually useful in giving me insight within what the cyber-security field would look like. Overall, Mr. Maseda talked about some of the duties his job has such as making sure to do thorough background checks on each employee the organization hires and or has already hired as well as making sure the organizations cyber-security is up to date in order to secure any information they need to keep confidential. The experience offered by Mr. Maseda was incredibly wonderful and very insightful and I'm glad I was given the opportunity to listen about his jo...
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Power Skills: Synopsis

            The Web Design course and the WBL Requirements both are preparing me for the future and what comes with it. They both help me realize the skills necessary not only for interviews but also for the career path I chose on following which is cyber-security with Web Design teaching me the basics needed such as knowledge on HTML. CSS, JavaScript, and even some jQuery I already have an early start on learning this language which allows me to further my knowledge as I move on to college. This undoubtedly helps me greatly in my future employment as people would be able to see all that I have done in high school and the knowledge I carry with me making me a more likely candidate to be hired and plus with the knowledge given to me by WBL workshops will also aid me as I search for the write place to work for as it taught me to be comfortable with whoever I end up working for and to never stay silent when situations arise and how to deal with them according...
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Power Skills: Teamwork

           The most basic skills required to create a cohesive team who work to achieve a common goal is no doubt communication. Communication is one of the other power skills and is the most needed skill when it comes to teamwork because without it their would be no brainstorming of ideas between the group members or any comments to help others improve what they have done. By communicating with the team roles can be given to ensure everyone has the best role suited for themselves and therefore create a more efficient working team who can quickly and reach the goal. Another skill necessary for teamwork is to keep an open mind and this is because although you might think your idea is the best some people also have ideas to offer and with that you can help bounce your ideas off each other and come to an agreement instead of being stuck upon one idea in which only one person in the group agrees on. These are skills I believe to be necessary in order to create...
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Power Skills: Interview Skills

            Choice C displays the type of people who have little to no voice for themselves as they rely on others to be their voice and to make their own decisions especially in the workplaces with problems they deem to difficult arise. This types of people wouldn't be considered to be appropriate for a workplace such as Web Design as Web Designers are tasked with creating creative work which can sometimes be difficult and type C people are those wouldn't be up to the task.             I want to be the type of job applicant who is able to quickly think on their feet when it comes to problems which need creative problem solving and an applicant who is able to get their entire ideas across to whether it be coworkers or superiors. With these skills it would separate me from the competition and place me ahead others when looking for job.
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