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Many thanks to Mike Hillman who has instructed me on webpage building, and also to Audrey Hillman who has cooked me dinner and welcomed me into their home for the hours spent during this internship.

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 Michele L. Clerici
 

Weekly Activity Log

*Due to the nature of my internship, I have organized my record into weeks.  The schedule is very laid back and I work out of my supervisor’s home rather than an office, so my hours are scattered.  I found it more efficient to explain my progress in terms of weeks rather than days.

Week 1 (1/19/04):  Orientation – My supervisor introduced me to the website, showed me the specific pages I would be working with, issued my responsibilities, and talked about the theory of website knowledge-sharing.

Week 2 (1/26/04):  Training – I learned how to use the text recognition software in order to scan and edit documents, especially Chambers’ Book of Days (month of May), which I will primarily be working on for the first half of the semester

Week 3 (2/2/04):  Scanning and Editing – Scanned in pages of Book of Days and did rigorous editing to ensure the efficiency of the pages.

Week 4 (2/4/04):  Scanning and Editing

Week 5 (2/16/04): More scanning and Editing; Introduction to Web Marketing and Content Organization – My supervisor spent a few hours with me explaining the philosophy behind web marketing (how to attract users, networking, content, etc.).  I have also begun working on my own articles to post to the site. 

Week 6 (2/23/04):  Attended a meeting for the Olympic Weightlifting Championship held at the Mount this July (website created by my supervisor); Scanning and Editing; Article Submission – wrote and submitted an article titled “Breaking Body Image Barriers” about teen dieting habits.  It was posted to site with link to bio and reusme.

Week 7 (3/1/04):  Scanning and Editing; Article Writing; Midterm Reflection

Week 8 (3/8/04): Marketing the Effort Over the Internet - Learned how to submit website content to major national search engines using marketing-savvy keywords; Article Writing

Week 9 (3/15/04): Search Engine Submission & Marketing; Article Writing

Week 10 (3/22/04): Search Engine Submission & Marketing; Article Writing

Week 11 (3/29/04): Search Engine Submission & Marketing; Article Submission - Completed "To Draft Or Not to Draft: Resolving U.S. Military Issues" about the controversy concerning re-institution of the Draft (posted to site with links to bio and resume)

Week 12 (4/5/04): Scanning & Editing; Article Writing

Week 13 (4/12/04): Website Maintenance - Learned website maintenance as far as organization of content between multiple websites (updating content automatically with coded HTML language, creating page tables, etc.)

Week 14 (4/19/04): Website Creation - learned how to create my own website using Microsoft FrontPage, including links to other pages and websites; Scanning & Editing; Article Writing

Week 15 (4/26/04): Scanning & Editing; Article Submission - Completed "Life Lessons From a College Student" which is a humorous and light article reflecting on the college experience (posted to site with links to bio and resume)