Podcast

What has the Bits program helped me with? Well let me tell you the Bits program has showed me that social networking sites have more to offer then just talking to your friends,posting pics and designing a page.Using sites like twitter you can add links of articles and other things that relate to a cause you stand for or the things you do for a group you belong to.The program also introduced me to blogging something I never done before in my life its new and different .I don't know if its something I'll keep doing I'm not much of a writer.I've done PowerPoint presentations before but doing a podcast was a new experience. Going inside a recording studio was pretty cool. I guess I'm still looking forward to hear how I sound. Going to a senior citizens home was an experience for the books I've never been so close to the elderly except with family members, but i have never presented anything to them before.

Portfolio training was pretty useful I learned a lot about what to do and what not to do at a job interview and Tommy was an okay guy, kind of funny also. Hazerena , I don't know if I spelled her name right, and Jamie were good mentors. I guess them not being that much older then us helped. Even though I think they stressed way to much over the presentation and getting to know the other students and making new friends was cool too.

-Zafir Cotton

The BeGinNing of tHe End

When this program first began I didn't think I was gonna learn any thing that would actually help me in life but the truth is none of us did, an we didn't really like each other but, soon enough that all went away as time went by. As we got to know our mentors an they got to know us it got better. I would definitely recommend this program to anybody who wants to work in the business field as a career.

I can say that I learned the most in this program working with Tommy in portfolio training. When he first told us what we would be doing in the training it seemed all to easy, but once again I was wrong. I thought I knew everything there was to know about presenting myself at a interview till he showed us the proper ways of dressing, speaking, acting etc.We also had alot of fun within our group activities. I can honestly say this summer was a success

-cOoP

The B.I.T.S program

Hi my name is Malik and i am with the B.I.T.S program these last couple of weeks has been a new experience for me. Our group is based on emergency events. Its about Senior Citizens and the emergencies they face and also natural disasters. My group and I visited the senior citizens home. Basicly we told them how to evacuate in case of an emergency. Also this program has made me more confident. My group is the best I think we all get along, well some of us :) . We been doing some interesting stuff lately. We presented a powerpoint and we created a lot of blog entries.

My Last Blog!

Throughout the entire program, we have been discussing and learning every detail of each slide in the presentation. By doing so I've learned numerous things on being prepared and being an aide to a elderly person who is unable to evacuate indepentenly. Our trip to the nursing home was a great experience and gave me a sence of accomplishment. While doing so, I informed a handfull of senior citizens on the aspects of emergency preparedness and several steps of a evacuation process. There has been some great times during the program,and we have come a long way from where we started,belive me. We've become more conversational and shared lots of laughter but we all know all good things have to come to an end ... byee :)

-Ayinda

The Times We Shared

The past six week in the B.I.T.S program have been a blast! It was learning experience for me because it was the first job i've ever had and it really taught me how to work with people from different backgrounds and beliefs than mine and it's taught me to be more open. My job here at B.I.T.S was to work with senior citizens and people with disabilities ,even though we only went to one senior home that was the highlight of this whole program for me because i love working with seniors. I am fortunate enough to still have my great grandmother as well as my grandmother living and i make sure i do everything i can to make them happy and comfortable so i am very compassionate towards seniors. There couldn't have been a better group for me than the emergency prepardness group because being able to help someone is my passion that's why my dream is to teach and i think my group members and I did a wonderful job presenting to the seniors the safest and most effective ways to evacuate a building during a disaster and informing them about the items that would be necessary for them to take with them in case they have to go to a shelter. If i had to re-do these six weeks over again i would not change a thing i enjoyed myself and my mentors were great they taught us that work doesn't have to be a boring and you don't have to follow the same routine, because everyday we were engaging in something new and exciting like making podcasts and blogging those all were new to me so the B.I.T.S program introduced alot of new technology to me and things i had know idea exsisted this was a the most exciting first job ever.

-Jessica