Archive for 'Community Voices'
Summer Internship at DP&W
I know I missed my due date August 4th, but i’ve been busy with my vacation and lost track of time and what not. Anyway, I’m here now. My name is Danny Parache by the way, and I was given the great opportunity of receiving a summer internship at Davis Polk & Wardell (DPW.com). This […]
Posted: August 7th, 2007 under Odds and Ends, Community Voices, Opportunities, Students.
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Ryan - Summer Intern @ Citi
I’ve really enjoyed my time here at Citigroup so far. Everyone has been very nice to me so far and I am sure that they will continue to do so. For the past few days I’ve been helping reorganize the storage closets in order to see what type of computer equipment we have.
There is talk […]
Posted: August 6th, 2007 under Community Voices, Students.
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U.N. Creates IT Site For Youth
Reprinted from InformationWeek.com
The United Nations Global Alliance for Information and Communications Technologies and Development (GAID) launched a Web site today for youth.
The site will encourage young people to discuss how technology can improve education, entrepreneurship, governance, and health. The launch comes ahead of a forum for youth planned for Sept. 24-26 in Geneva.
GAID expects 600 […]
Posted: July 6th, 2007 under Community Voices, Ed/Tech.
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my first day in Atlanta
As I was walking into the NY airport, i started to anticipate what Atlanta would look like. It was summer and i expected it to be quite warm over there too. I asked my teacher about it and he told me that New Yorkers often chuckle and call it “Hotlanta” for it’s humidity. I boarded […]
Posted: July 4th, 2007 under Community Voices, Events, Ed/Tech.
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MOUSECORPS Presenting at NY Tech Meetup
On Tuesday, May 1st, I along with Edward, JB, and Carole presented the OLPC laptop in the Great Hall at Cooper Union. Before reaching the Hall, we had practiced quite a bit, which was a good thing because I was scared about going up in front of people and presenting anything. But once we got […]
Posted: May 10th, 2007 under Community Voices, Events, Students.
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Mouse Squad Shadowships at UBS - March 19 to March 30
Dear Mouse Squad Students,
One of the best parts of being a Mouse Squad technician is being able to take part in a shadowship at a company. I had the honor of interning at the IT department of UBS. It was located in this grand building in Manhattan on Sixth Avenue. From the moment that I […]
Posted: April 10th, 2007 under Community Voices, Students.
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Speak Out for City-Wide WiFi
On Friday, March 30, Council Member Brewer and Borough President Carrion invite all Bronx residents, nonprofit organizations and businesses to testify about the availability and affordability — or lack of — of broadband (that is, a high-speed connection to the Internet) in their neighborhoods.
Some questions we would like to get answers to include:
1. Why is […]
Posted: March 29th, 2007 under Odds and Ends, Community Voices, Opportunities, Events, Faculty, Students, Ed/Tech.
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MOUSECORPS SHADOWSHIPS AT UBS - FEB. 26th - MAR. 9th
Dear Mouse Squad Students,
I’ve had the chance to work with real tech s at UBS as part of the MOUSECORPS job shadowship program it was really interesting. The work is very similar to what we do at our schools. They have to fill out tickets just like us but they’re a little bit different. Their […]
Posted: March 23rd, 2007 under Community Voices, Opportunities, Students.
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Three MOUSE Squad Schools Win Best Buy Grants!
Congratulations to Brandeis High School, IN-Tech Academy & Irwin Altman MS 172!
Each of these MOUSE Squad schools won a $2500 Best Buy Teach Award, for schools “using interactive technology to make learning fun.”
Tags: best buy teach award, fundraising, grants, schools
Posted: March 1st, 2007 under Odds and Ends, Community Voices, Opportunities, Ed/Tech.
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Channel Thirteen offering Teaching and Learning Conference
Interested in Technology and Science? Register for Channel Thirteen’s Celebration of Teaching and Learning Conference on March 23-24th in New York City.
Channel Thirteen/WNET and WLIW21, the public television stations of the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut tri-state area, have opened registration to the Celebration of Teaching and Learning Conference. Dubbed by many as the […]
Posted: November 30th, 2006 under Community Voices, Opportunities, Events, Faculty, Ed/Tech.
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