Student Internship Programme (SIP) - Microsoft

Hi, my name is Shi Chang (Alex), currently in my third year. I was being attached to Microsoft for my Student Internship Programme (SIP) and the experience earned was priceless.My role in Microsoft is a Programmer and the project I am working is known as Classroom Of The Future, where this project simulate how classroom might become in the next 10 to 20 years, using the touch screen deceives such as Microsoft Surface, Slate and other equipment.

Some of the experiences that I gained were:

• Getting to expend your social network (know people who are in different industry) and know what are their needs in technologies as you will have the chance to meet up with the clients of the company to know they needs and requirement.
• Get to have hands-on on the some of the latest technologies that are impressive (touch screen devices) which unlikely will be learning in classes.

Challenges faces will be on the technically challenges and the human challenges. Technically challenges are easy to solve by searching for free online tutorial online or ask teammate, to learn and understand the skills that are require to do your programming. The human challenges will require more skills to tackle, as at time the agreed timing for equipment to arrive it will be delay and thus delaying the work plan hence at time we will be working on other area while waiting for the equipment to arrive.

Through this student internship program, it allows me to learn some hard and soft skill that are not to taught in classroom. I believe without SIP polytechnic education will not be complete. As it give you a taste of how work life will be when you step into the working environment.

Scholarship Briefing

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JAE 2012 @ TP

Hi, all GCE O level graduate student. The O level results are out and wanna think which polytechnic to choose from? Do you enjoy solving problems? Are you passionate about creating solutions and making them work for people? Information Technology is all about creating innovative software solutions for people and businesses through the use of technologies. Join us and be part of this dynamic and exciting industry.

The school will be having the JAE intake for all O level students from 9 January -13 January 2012.We also had set a booth that is indicated T30 on the signboard at the auditorium. So just come and take a look or if u has any issue about the courses just approach any of the staff there as they were explain to u more about it.

The Date, Venue and Time is as follow:

Date: 9 Jan- 13 Jan 2012

Venue: Temasek Polytechnic Auditorium 1&2

Time: 9am to 5pm

More info about the Diploma in information Technology Course at Temasek Polytechnic

This course equips you with in-depth software implementation skills to effectively lead,define, design and implement business solutions in various key sectors such as government, education, banking, finance, sales and marketing.

In your first year of study, u will learn and study the core modules like Object oriented programme(java),Computer Architecture(networking),Web design and etc……..

You have three options of study in this course in your second year to choose from:

• Business Analytics Option: focuses on analysing and interpreting data and converting them into useful insights for developing strategies for the organisation;

• Project Management Option: focuses on teaching you the knowledge and skills needed to manage IT projects;

• Enterprise Systems Option: focuses on customising and integrating established busines software solutions with other new or legacy systems.

In your final year, you will integrate the knowledge that you have acquired to complete a major project. You will also be attached to either a local or overseas company as an intern.

This course has an established track record of producing highly successful students who have won top positions in national and international IT software applications and development competitions. Many of our graduates have also gone on to pursue both undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in local and overseas universities, with a significant number receiving attractive scholarships to further their studies.

So hurry and come down to take a look or sign up for it if u are interested.

Come to our Joint Admissions Exercise (JAE) Course Preview Talks and be informed. We will also be having a Joint Admissions Exercise (JAE) Course Preview Talk as follow:

Session 1

Date: 10 Jan 2012

Time: 7pm

Session 2

Date: 11 Jan 2012

Time: 12pm

Session 3

Date: 12 Jan 2012

Time: 6pm

Why Choose This Course?

The Diploma in Information Technology provides you with a wide range of career and further study options through this broad-based curriculum, focusing on the application of IT to the business domain.

We will prepare you to effectively lead, define, design and implement business improvement projects in banking, finance, trade and logistics, sales and marketing, as well as technopreneurship sectors.

The Diploma offers 2 specialisations (options) of study. The first option, (Enterprise IT, focuses primarily on the analysis and development of systems using enterprise technologies (e.g. Microsoft .Net Framework) to enhance business competitiveness. The second option, Enterprise Business Informatics, focuses on customising enterprise software solutions (e.g. SAP/Oracle) to support business operations such as Finance and Logistics.

Opportunities to enhance your understanding of specific business domains are also made available through elective subjects e.g. Introduction to IT Systems in Banking. These business-oriented subjects address the banking and financial services, trade and logistics, sales and marketing, technopreneurship and many other business-related areas.

We have well-established laboratories set up in collaboration with companies such as Hewlett Packard to provide students with exposure to the latest technologies.

Why choose TP?

We're leader of the pack with 53 full-time courses in Applied Science, Business, Design, Engineering, Humanities & Social Sciences and Informatics & IT. There's definitely a course that's just right for you.

And if you’ve done very well for your O level exams, we're giving out a wide range of scholarships worth more than $2 million in total. If you've got the passion and aptitude, let us know!

It's three years of your life – make sure you choose a place where you know you'll be happy and satisfied, where you can graduate knowing those were the best three years of your life. For two years in a row (2010 and 2011), TP has been rocking off-the-chart scores in the Customer Satisfaction Index of Singapore, and coming out tops among all the polytechnics!

TP is alive with student activities from dawn till dusk! From leadership training, to sports, music and cultural activities, our CCAs will add colour to your TP experience.

We study hard and we play hard. And we never fail to rawk your socks off! It's what everyone's talking about!

Open House @ TP 2012

Here is a summary of the exciting projects being demonstrated by Dip IT for the Open House 2012 from 5th to 7th Jan.

(1) Therapy and Rehabilitation Assistant (TARA)
TARA is an application design to aid in the patient’s rehabilitation and recovery process. It makes use of Microsoft Kinect to measure the patient’s range of motion where the data can be used by the doctor to assess the patient’s conditions. TARA also provides interesting games to engage and assist the patient in the form of rehabilitation exercise.

Key Technologies Used:
Microsoft Kinect
Microsoft Windows Phone 7
Microsoft Azure (SQL and AppFabric)
Microsoft ASP.NET 4.0


(2) Ez-Travel
EZ-Travel is an interactive journey planner for tourists. It allows user to track their current location and plan their journey route based on different public transportation modes. It has features that allow user to be notified of the alighting point when taking public buses. ; and direct user to the proper exit in non-GPS environment.

Key Technologies used:
Global Positioning System (GPS)
Augmented Reality
Bing map
Routing service
Geocoding


(3) Recyclocator
Recyclocator helps make recycling more convenient on the go. It works by locating the nearest recycling facilities/bins for the users. Recyclocator makes it fun as users can compete for titles, earn points and even badges when they recycle. The points earned can be used to exchange for vouchers or merchandise.

Key Technology Used:
Microsoft Windows Phone 7
Microsoft .NET 4.0
Microsoft Azure
XCode 4

Student Internship Programme (SIP) - Accenture

Hi, I'm Lee Qin, currently in my third year. During my Student Internship Programme (SIP), I was attached to Accenture. :)

Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. In short, they work together with their clients to help them become high-performance businesses and government. By their industry knowledge, service-offering expertise and technology capabilities, the consultants help to identify new business and technology trends for their clients, helping them to develop solutions.

The purpose of my training is to see how a project in Accenture works and to help out some of the documentations. The company expectations for me are to understand the working world, how projects are handled and accomplish the documentations that are given.

With the task that I’ve been assigned to, I have seen how a project works and how the consultants handle them. Therefore, I’ve learnt that I have to plan and manage well the project and workload in order to produce a positive result.

The few tasks that are given to me during my internship are generating reports using Oracle Application, compilation of documents, constructing business process using Microsoft Visio, attending meetings to help take down remarks, comparison of processes between information, keeping file server updated, formatting of documents and preparing presentations.

With the experiences in the internship, I’ve came to try using applications like Oracle Application and it gives me an idea how business communicates with different each other and how reports are generated, all these are great experiences that I would never gain if I did not work in the industries. My company’s purpose to hiring me is to let me understand how a project works and within these five months, I’ve learned about almost everything in a project, from preparation to presentation of results. Therefore the expectations from both the company and me are met.

Student Internship Programme(SIP) - IBM

Hi, I'm Jasmin Zhan, currently in third year. During my SIP, I was being attached to IBM and the experience I had was invaluable.

IBM is one of the well-known technology company. It is a privilege to be able to be attached here for my Student Internship Programme (SIP) to gain new experiences. One thing about working here is, I have to find my own workspace everyday as it is run as a mobile based job. This means that not everyone work in the office all the time, so the space provided in the office are mostly first come first serve basis for the mobile side.

Through the opportunities given here of making calls to high ranking personnel from different companies, I have had different exposure on how to deal with various cases of responses from people that I came across contact. I had the chance to attend a couple of meetings and one of it was actually meeting the external company. To be present in the meeting itself is a great experience to see how different company come together and connect to bring about one common purpose in mind to accomplished.

One of the project or rather assignment given was to drive the awareness on the essential of Smartcloud Enterprise (SCE) through creating a community etc to the targeted group of people in tertiary and IT Professionals.

Some of the challenges that I faced were:

• Adapting to the working world. I guess after a period of time, it will just come naturally if one were to possess a positive attitude and also a decision for being exposed to the new environment



• Cloud computing is something alien to me, thus to overcome this was to read up materials that was given and also by experiencing it real life through the different events that I attended and hearing from the other colleagues who are more experienced.



• There were times whereby I meet customer who are tough to handle on the phone and would have to be able to direct them back on the spot without any help around. Also managing my emotions of not being affected by the bad experience that may happen, since I am here to learn. As some customer may tend to be quite nasty at times.
  

However, this internship experience have thought me skills which may come in useful in the long run. It certainly does give me a taste of how the working world is like and prepared me for the future that is to come.

Overseas Student Internship Programme (OSIP)

Hi, my name is Pei Shi, currently in third year. I must thank Temasek Polytechnic for giving me a chance to do my internship in China, Beijing. It is a rare opportunity to go Beijing to experience the working lifestyle and culture of China. It was a new experience for me as I work overseas and lived independently.

A good point about OSIP which I think is useful for everyone, is that being independent plays a very big role during the period of stay in Beijing.

Peishi and her group of friends who went for OSIP in China, Beijing

Living in a brand new environment which I am unfamiliar with the food, place and culture, it makes me learn to be independent to take care of myself. Not familiarized with the surroundings, it makes me learn everything from scratch, like how to travel from one place to another or traveling from home to work place. Besides that, whenever I'm sick, I have to rely and take care of myself, for the fact that I'm alone in Beijing. Unlike Singapore, I have to settle my own meal either by cooking at home or eat outside.

During the weekends, I have to explore Beijing either on my own, or organize a meetup with colleagues. Of course, with colleagues' help, exploring of Beijing will be much easier as they brought me to popular places where visitors will visit most whenever they arrive in Beijing. If I were to explore on my own, I have to search online for places of attractions or shopping malls. It was challenging and interesting to travel around in Beijing as I had to change several lines of subway (MRT) before arriving at the destination. I could also explore the different places at the same time.

In conclusion, I think that it was a good experience for me to travel overseas to be exposed to their culture and learn to be independent. Independence teaches me not to give up easily when I meet difficulties but instead to persevere till the end. When there's a will, there's a way!