BCS Internship Proposals

Tairawhiti Bachelor of Computing Systems has three students in their final semester. Internship/project proposals scheduled for presentation on Thursday.  Tom Hartley, the (co-ordinator) for the paper joined me (internship supervisor) in attendance.

Student A
An internship with MindLab: involves teaching school groups, creating computer based learning resources. Mini-project involves creating a Feedback Booth that will assist MindLab and Funders gauge student (includes children, parents) progress.  Attention was made to check over ethical issues associated with capturing childrens photos and data. The student has since reported that "an information consent is required from the parents regarding data recovered while using the feedback booth" (Poninghouse, 2017).

Student B
A project for Gisborne District Council (GDC): involved app development for reporting environmental impacts of forestry and pastoral farming causing land and waterway damage.  A web app for reporting such events, so personnel can rapidly respond and assess what needs to be done.
It became evident throughout the presentation that student B was aware of the enormity in the scope of this project.  It was advised that the scope be reduced to an analysis pre-implementation style of report.

Student C
A project for CK & CO hair and beauty services: involves analysis and development of a push notification subsystem that will connect with an upgraded appointment cancellation system operating currently at a manual capacity. 
Unfortunately, a short way into this presentation the co-ordinator made a hasty recommendation as an alternative internship, which did not accommodate any part of students desired project or presentation.  The recommendations were later discussed by Tairawhiti staff who would be impacted at short notice. 
As the internship supervisor here in Gisborne, it was necessary that I meet with the student to clarify her feelings about the project.  We revisited the original proposal concept, developed a clear understanding of the project and refined its technical depth and scope to align with academic requirements.