ETEC562TechnologyIntegrationProject

JessicaCox
August7,2015

LESSON:RESEARCHVARIOUSCAREERS,COMPARESALARIESANDQUALIFICATIONS

Subject:
AVID
IntendedAudience:
7thgrade
TimeFrame:
9days(65minclasses)
LessonActivities:
DifferenceBetweenaJobandaCareer
CareerInterestSurvey
ResearchingCareers
Interviews
CareerPresentations
EPortfolios
LEARNINGTHEORIES

Thislessonrelatestotheconstructivismandsocialconstructivismtheories.Constructivism
statesthatlearningisactiveandaprocesswhereknowledgeisbuilt,notacquire.Italsostatesthat
knowledgeisbuiltbasedonpersonalexperiences.InthislessonwewilluseInterestsurveysand
Eportfolios.Thesebothfitintothistheorybecausestudentsarefullyparticipatingandtheyare
reflectingonthingsthattheyhavelearnedandconnectingeverythingthattheyarelearning
together.Socialconstructivismemphasisesthatcollaboratingisimportantinlearningandall
cognitivefunctionscomefromsocialinteractionandweconstructourknowledgethrough
interactionswithotherpeople.Wewillusegroupworkwherestudentshavetoworktogetherto
makeandpresentapresentation.Thislessonisastudentcenteredactivitybecausethisisall
aboutthestudentandwhatthestudentisinterestedinanditputstheteacherintomoreofa
facilitatorrole.
Eportfoliosalsoworkwiththemultipleintelligencetheory.Multipleintelligencestatesthatall
individualshaveeightintelligencesandtheteachersshouldallowstudentstoexplainthematerial
thattheyhavelearnedintheirownwaysusingthedifferentintelligence.Eportfolioswouldbea
greatwaytohavestudentshowtheircollectionofworkandreflectionsoverwhattheyhavelearned
whichgivesamoreindepthwaytoseewhatthestudentknows.
Thislessonalsosupportsprojectbasedlearningbecausestudentwillexplorerealcareers
andlearnaboutreallifeexperiencesthroughguestspeakersandresearchingjobs.

LEARNINGOBJECTIVES
Selfidentifytopinterestcategories/areas
Acquireanawarenessofhowpersonalitypreferencesmayimpactcareerchoice
Acquireknowledgeofstrategiesforfindingpeopletohaveaninformationalinterviewand
learnwhatquestionstoask
Differentiatebetweenajobandacareer.
Researchcareers
Learnaboutdifferenttypesofcareers
Learnhowtoconductaninterview
Learnhowtousetechnologytopresentinformation
LearnhowtouploadthepresentationstoanePortfolio

TECHNOLOGYINCORPORATED

SkypeStudentswillbeallowedtointerviewprofessionalsabouttheircareers
Prezipresentationtool
Jingpresentationtool
GoogleSlidespresentationtool
Ipads/IphonesTotakepicturesofanythingthattheyneedtouploadtothecomputer
CamScannerTouploadpicturestoEportfolio
WeeblyFortheireportfolio
Powerpointpresentationtool

WEBSITES
http://www.pacareerzone.org/clusters
(research)
http://www.careerexplorer.net
(research)
http://kids.gov
(research)
http://www.careerinfonet.org/oview1.asp?Level=Overall&id=1&nodeid=3
(fastestgrowing
jobsinAmerica)
http://www.bls.gov/oco/home.htm
(research)
http://www.bls.gov/k12/index.htm
(research)

http://www.virtualcareerday.com
http://www.riosalado.edu/web/oer/WRKDEV10020010_OERP_0000_v1/interactive/wrkdev100_2010
0_flashcard_activity_L5/index.html
(cardstostudythedifferencebetweenajobandacareer)
http://www.thesimpledollar.com/thedifferencebetweenajobandacareer/
(article)

LESSONPLANS

DAY

ACTIVITIES

Explainthedifferencebetweenajobandacareer
Havethestudentsreadthearticle
Thesimpledollara
ndtakenoteson
thedifference
Whenstudentsfinishtheycanworkontheflashcardactivityonline.

AllowthestudentstocompletetheCareerInterestSurveybyeither
passingoutcopies.Thisisawayforstudentstobeginidentifyingsome
oftheirareasofstrengthandinterest,astheybegintofocusonwhat
careertheywouldliketoexplore.
Groupstudentswithotherstudentswhohadthesamecareerinterest
fromthecareerclustersurvey
Givethestudentstimetodiscusswhattheylearnedaboutthemselves
fromthesurvey
Passoutthehandoutofquestionsthatstudentsareaskedtoanswer
duringtheirresearch.

Eachcareergroupwillfindthenamesoftwopeoplethatworkinthe
specificcareerfieldthattheyareresearchingandtheywillgathertheir
contactinformationforapossibleinterview.
Presentthecareerpresentationrubrictoshowstudentswhattheywill
responsibleforduringtheirpresentation

Havestudentswatchvideosonroadtripnation.Thevideosdiscuss
howpeoplegottowheretheyareintheircareer
MinilessonphoneinterviewDiscussphoneetiquetteandhave
studentsconductamockinterview
MinilessonemailinterviewReviewthedifference
Minilessonskypeinterview

Studentsconducttwotypesofinterviews
Groupbeginplanningtheirpresentation

Studentsworkontheirpresentation

Studentsworkontheirpresentation

Studentspresenttheircareerresearchtotheclass

Studentsaddtheirpresentationaswellasthenotesandthenotesfrom
theinterviewontotheirEPortfolioinasectioncalledcareers

METHODOFASSESSMENT
Presentationofresearch