ICE Internship Program 2018

The description of the capstone project is here . The brainstorming and planning of this project is really important for you to invest some real time and thought in! Brainstorm some possible projects ideas with the input of your mentor / co-workers. Think outside the box. Dream big. Consider a variety of different types of projects. Think about what you will be highly motivated to work on for the remaining time at your internship. After discussing the possibilities with your mentor / co-workers and narrowing down your options, choose your best idea and answer on your blog: Describe your proposed project. What would you do/create? Which of your interests and skills would the project allow you to make use of? And how would it give you the opportunity to stretch yourself and take them to the next level? How would this project benefit others at your site, or the organization as a whole? What would be the major steps involved in completing this project? Who would you...

In our last seminar and in your latest blog posts, many of you have said that the recent school shooting in Parkland, Florida and the intensifying debate over gun  control and school  safety have been on your minds recently. M any of you said you have been following the campaign led by Stoneman Douglas High School students, along with other young people and other groups, to push for stricter gun control and challenge to the prevalence of guns and violence in American society.  W e will be discussing these issues together when we see each other next on March 23.  To get us started, I'd like you to listen to two different points of view on the issue,  respond to the 7 questions below in a forum post on Jupitergrades , and respond to each other's ideas in the forum.  The first source is  a recent speech by Wayne LaPierre, the longtime Executive Vice President and CEO of the National Rifle Association (NRA) to the Conservative Political Action Conf...

Reflecting on your first month (or so) at your internship: 1) Compare your position / role / responsibilities n ow to when you started at your internship. Please be specific. How have your feelings about your internship experience evolved?  2) What sorts of things have you begun to realize, confirm, and question about yourself, after being out of regular school and at your internship for about a month? 3) What sorts of things are you starting to realize, confirm, and question about the world outside of school after being at your internship for a month or so? 4) Which current events or social issues going on in the world have you been thinking about most? How has being out in the real world affected how you see or experience these issues?  We will come back to discussing the issues you guys are most interested in at seminar in the coming weeks, so I want to get an idea of what kinds of issues are most on your mind.