Mission Techies refurbishing computers for Bryant Elementary School - April 2015

Today was a good day!

Today was a good day by having the Mission Techies visit Jones IT which provides tech support services to the bay area.

Shion-Elijah 4-20-15

Today we went to Jones IT and were introduced to the staff. And were given a tour of the building. when we came back we had to work on five PC's that for the most part are done. over all had a good day with the Mission Techies 

Best free online IT and Prgramming training

Many of these Free online Computer science training have been suggested by CIO Magazine.

http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/

https://www.edx.org/courses

http://alison.com/subjects/1/Digital-Literacy-IT-Skills



The Nanodegree program with Udacity are a good option to look for funding.
Almost free and very respected.  Most Udacity course have been created by specific companies - e.g. Google, Facebook etc.

https://www.udacity.com/nanodegree

https://www.udacity.com/courses/all


Goggle Analytic classes are good for anyone that either wants to work for Google, wants to work in  Marketing or wants to do web site development.

https://analyticsacademy.withgoogle.com/explorer



Most respected free courses are from MIT and Stanford:

http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm

http://online.stanford.edu/courses


Here is also a list of best online IT certifcation programs

http://www.tomsitpro.com/articles/best-it-certifications,1-1352.html

SWIFT apple ios programming tutuorials

Here are a few online free tutorials for learning SWIFT.  You will need to know this language in order to submit your application for the Apple conference.

http://blog.teamtreehouse.com/an-absolute-beginners-guide-to-swift

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNh8C75j8VxZdSBzSKwAClGulfUwmajzH&feature=c4-feed-u

https://www.bloc.io/swiftris-build-your-first-ios-game-with-swift

http://www.raywenderlich.com/74438/swift-tutorial-a-quick-start

Here are some more options to review:

http://www.quora.com/Apple-Swift-programming-language/How-do-I-learn-Swift

Summer Job + Resource Fail

LAN-BORGHINI-MERCY

A high level of productivity is essential for the tech industry. This week we've learned how important it is to stay focused, on task, and to continue to be productive at one's work in the technology sector. Being able to manage yourself, schedule, and workload will make you an asset to whatever company you attain a job with. Having the determination to get a job done in a timely and efficiently manner will bring unsurmounting value to one's self. It is great to learn these lessons about the industry.

BiosHazard

Today's topic was about productivity. This week was short for me since I  missed a day, We finished the laptops for mission girls and returned them back. We learn something new on Java with Decision structures such as the if statement. Today we worked on some Mac computers they are giving us a lot of trouble since they don't boot up. we tried many troubleshooting solutions but nothing worked, so now we are going to open the computer to see if we need to replace anything.

RAM Mastah E 4/9

Today's topic was about productivity. Everyone had a different project or computer to work on. I worked on a Macbook Pro today and it was really interesting and fun to work on. I was pretty productive in the fact that I was able to complete my diagnostics of the laptop, I contacted the Client and He was able to come in and go over some of the issues. We ultimately decided on swapping out the Macbook with another Macbook that was donated to MEDA. I'm really excited to continue this project and I hope to learn a lot more!

2Bits on last weeks

       There were a lot of things going on that week. First we got to work on the Mission Girls laptop to get them up and running. We got to do some coding with Mark. I could not show up completely for the thursday session. I fell ill, but I heard from my colleagues that it was going pretty well. I am glad that they all enjoy the  work that we put in as a group and hope to improve in their careers.

Android

Last week we went to the job fair. we learn about the ideas what they did at Walgreen , Starbucks, and Man Power . we take some experience about the companies and why are they interested . so next week we will exercise practice for the Job fair on Saturday. It was very important, for our future job.
We updated eight laptops . Its was challenging .
Thanks for reading!!!!

by: Android

RAM Mastah E last week

Last week was really great. We received our first laptops to work on from Mission Girls. There were 8 laptops in all. We ran diagnostics on them trying to figure out anything wrong. We also updated Java and removed Skype from the start up menu. On Thursday we had a guest speaker, Mary Vaskas, an AVP from Wells Fargo. She talked to us about what a project manager is and what it is they exactly do. I really enjoyed her presentation. It was really animated and it made me more interested in probably pursuing a career as a project manager. On Friday, we visited Galvanize IT. It was a really cool experience. I look forward to the next visit on Thursday 4/9.

LAN-BORGHINI-MERCY

Mission Techies has been amazing thus far! The skills I have learned in the elapsed time have helped me to grow my knowledge in the technology field enormously. I am more aware of my position within the technology sector and I can see a career path for myself in the near future. I am excited to finish the Mission Techies Academy strong!

last week we finished the mission girls laptops it was nice we got to do different things and learn new things while working on the laptops at some point it was a little frustrating because some computer were really slow but it was cool