Objective
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By the end of this lesson, students
will have analyzed the effect of their personal interest and apptitudes
upon educational and career planning. They will aslo have researched and
published on the Internet their findings of a career choice they are considering
for their future with the intent to create a Career resource site for others.
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Computer
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Function
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Utilize interest evaluation tools on
the Internet to identify skills and carreer interest.
Wordprocessing will be used to record
findings about their interest.
Search engines will be used to access
databases inorder to gather information about a specific carreer.
Wordprocessing will be used to input
information into either PowerPoint or a wysiwyg editor that will be saved
in html format.
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Problem
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Interest and skills are closely related
-- what you are skilled at you are more likely to be interested in. What
you are interested in, you are more likely to become skilled at. "What
do you want to be when you grow up?"
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Data
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Manipulation
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Students will use Wordprocessing to
write a 2-3 page paper detailing what they found out about themselves from
the interest evaluation tools.
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Research one career, gathering information
from 4-5 sources off the Internet.
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Publish information about one career
to the Internet
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Results
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Presentations
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The final product will be a webpage
created from Powerpoint or another wysiwyg program detailing information
about a specific career.
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Activities
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At
Computer
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Based on their findings they will use
Wordprocessing to write a 2-3 page paper detailing what they found out
about themselves. They will compare how their findings were or were not
characteristic of them.
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Use the Search Engines or the following
links to research different careers that match your interest.
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Narrow the Search to one career.
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Gather required information about the
career.
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Enter information into PowerPoint or
WSYIWYG editor
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Enter appropriate graphics
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Enter appropriate links
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Include a hyperlinked Bibliography
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Save work as an html document
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Publish the webpage to the Internet
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Activities
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Prior
Computer
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Students will form discussion groups
to talk about different types of careers that they are already familar
with.
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Discuss how to use the Career Interest
Evaluation Tools
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Review items to research once the career
choice is narrowed down.
Name of career |
Where work is done: inside, outside, both |
Occupational cluster |
Benefits of the job |
Basic education requirements |
Related occupations |
Education needed for promotion after being on
the job (future education needed) |
Job outlook for the future |
Salary range |
Reason for selecting this career |
What tasks (skills) are performed on the job:
(what do you do on the job) |
Explain why you think you will be good at this
job? |
Relocate simplicity |
Extra information you feel is important |
Type of work situation: alone, group, team |
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Sign up for a Geocities Account
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Practice using the File Manager and
previewing a webpage
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If applicable practice using the built-in
templates to create a webpage.
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Activities
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After
Computer
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Present Webpage to the class/audience
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Discuss similarities/differences between
jobs vs. careers
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Students meet in small groups to discuss
Think Sheet questions.
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Assessment
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Rubric -http://www.geocities.com/lemsmhankins/rubric.htm
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Supporting
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Activities
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Use the "Ask an Expert Sites"
to locate an expert in a career field. Contact them via email and request
more information about their career.
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Create a Resume - wordprocessing
http://www.myfuture.com/career/objective.html
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Hold mock interviews and use a wordprocessor
to type up interview questions.
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Use a spreadsheet to create a graph
of the salaries of their careers choices.
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Sample
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Student
Work
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