Career Safari

Welcome to a safari of career exploration.  This unit was designed to promote awareness in high school freshman students regarding career choices and how those choices will affect them the rest of their life.

State and ISTE Standards Met Through this Project:

State Standards: (The only ones I found relevant to my topic were in English)

Grades 9-12 Reading Standards:

1. Use various pre-reading strategies to increase comprehension what is read. (example: skimming, scanning, word-webbing, scaffolding, questioning)
2. Confirm, reject, or revise predictions made about text.
3. Connect and synthesize main ides and concepts to determine relationships with other sources or topics.
4. Extend comprehension by combining new information with prior knowledge.
5. Evaluate new information in relationship to past experience/knowledge.
6. Analyze the effect personal knowledge has on the interpretation of text.

28. Use the reading process to understand directions and procedures. (Example: directions for using software, maps, etc.)

29. Read and follow instructions to use computer software, assemble or construct models or equipment, or complete a project.

32. Locate, synthesize and use information from multiple sources to solve problems and make decision. (Example: newspapers, magazines, electronic media, and public documents)

34. Use media center for study and research (example: computerized data, cataloging systems, Readers Guide, reference books)

Grades 9-12 Writing Standards:

1. Distinguish between clearly written sentences and sentences that contain errors in expression or construction. (example: fragments)
2. Use correct spelling, language, punctuation, and capitalization in final copy.
3. Use available technology for editing and revising.
4. Employ precise language and technical vocabulary to communicate ideas clearly and concisely.

1. Revise for ideas, paragraph structure, sentence structure, and word choice.
2. Use correct form when citing secondary sources. (example: MLA, APA)

15. Organize information to support the purpose of the writing.

26. Use available tools/resources to revise and edit personal work. (Example: sentence diagramming, grammar checker, spell checker, thesaurus)

27. Use technology to share written work with other writers and review feedback.

29. Maintain a personal writing journal/portfolio for reflection.

30. Use a variety to techniques to brainstorm, draft, revise, edit, and publish writing.

 

Grades 9-12 Speaking Standards:

29. Use visual aids and/or technology to support presentations. (Example: props, charts, and multimedia)

30. Deliver multimedia presentations that combine text, images and sound (example: video, CD-ROM, Internet, and computer generated images)

 

ISTE Standards for Students:

1. Basic operations and concepts:

1. students demonstrate a sound understanding of the nature and operation of technology systems.
2. Students are proficient in the use of technology.

1. Social, ethical and human issues:

1. students understand the ethical, cultural and societal issues related to technology.
2. students practice responsible use of technology systems, information, and software.
3. Students develop positive attitudes toward technology uses that support lifelong learning, collaboration, personal pursuits and productivity.

1. Technology productivity tools:

1. students use technology tools to enhance learning, increase productivity and promote creativity.

1. Technology communications tools

1. students use telecommunications (email) to collaborate, publish, and interact with peers, experts and other audiences.

1. Technology research tools:

1. students use technology to locate, evaluate, and collect information from a variety of sources.
2. Students use technology tools to process data and report results.