Exploring Computing Careers

aSSIGNMENT DESCRIPTION

This project is designed to give you an opportunity to take a closer look at yourself and at careers that interest you. You will assess your personality type, explore job families, find out how much money you need to earn to support your lifestyle and produce your results in a PowerPoint presentation.

LEARNING GOAL:

Demonstrate the ability to research careers suitable for your personality

today's agenda - complete the following to earn full credit:

QuickWrite: ICT Movie - summarize
Software Assignment - complete
Learning Log - complete
Digital Tools Exercise - complete
Quizlet - take
BiteSize - complete
QuizGame - play
Collate your work in your OneNote binder
Fill in today's Grading Slip when you want me to grade your work.

1) complete these 2 exercises

QuickWrite: ICT Movie
Watch this movie and summarize it in Word. When you finish, paste your text into the QuickWrite page of this assignment section in OneNote. Watch this how-to movie

Software Movie:
Watch this movie to supplement what you will be learning today.

2) complete the assignment

Part One - Notes on Computing Careers
Complete the following activities and answer the questions asked in a Word document:

Complete the CyberCareers interest quiz. Copy the characteristics and best fits applicable to you. Look up two of the career suggestions on the Bureau of Labor Statistics website and answer the following questions about them:
- What do people in this job do? (2-3 sentences)
- What kind of training do they have?
- How much money do they make?
- What are the job prospects like (will it be easy to get a job in the field in the next 5-10 years)?
- Does this job type appeal to you? Why or why not? (5-8 sentences)
Take the multiple intelligence test. Which of the nine intelligences are you strongest in? Copy the IT and IT-enabled jobs most relevant to that strength. (There’s a spelling mistake in the test. See if you can find it.)
Visit the Microsoft employee profile website. Find two employees you find interesting and answer these questions:
- What are two interesting things about this person?
- Can you imagine yourself in this person’s shoes? Why or why not?

Part 2: Your Career and Computing

Some of you may be interested in pursuing a career in a computing field such as web development, software engineering or electrical engineering. If so, great! I’m guessing a number of you probably aren’t expecting to do that, though. For this part of the assignment, I want you to look up how computing affects a field you think you might be interested in studying. For example, if you are interested in pursuing nursing, it would be very useful for you to know that Nursing Information Specialists are in high demand. If you’re interested in being a journalist, you might investigate the role of social networking in providing news. If you’re interested in becoming an FBI agent, read about how agency records are now linked by an expensive computer system. If you want to be an auto mechanic, you might be interested in reading one mechanic saying that “computers have become as much a part of the tool box as wrenches.” You have a lot of freedom in the direction you take this, so make sure you use the time to discover information useful to you as you make choices about your future.

If you are interested in a computing career, dig deeper into the specifics of what you might be interested in. Robotics? Network administration? What do those mean?
Your will produce a PowerPoint presentation with at least the following features:

Introduction slide describing the career or field you are interested in
1 slide with a summary of the ways computing has impacted that career or field
2 slides giving specific examples of how computing has impacted it
Citations slide showing the webpages you have used

You will be graded on the depth of your research as well as the appeal of your presentation. You should use pictures as well as text to illustrate your points. For example, here is a great picture of a nurse entering in data using a hand-held device:

Instructional Movie
Watch this to learn how to complete the assignment. Watch me do something, stop the movie, and then you go and do the same thing.

Demo.
Look at an example of a completed assignment.. The thumbnails is below; click the icon on the left to open a full size version.

Text Instructions
You can read how to complete the assignment here. Click the icon on the left to download a copy.

Learning Log
Download this template, save it in your Digital Tools folder and fill it in. Watch this how-to movie

Rubric
Check your work against this. Make sure you meet all the requirements.

Student Resources
This is the section where you can access any assets that you need for this assignment. Save to your folder.

3) additional requirements

Digital Tools Exercise:
Sign onto the site before you start so that your work is saved in your Learning History. Watch this how-to movie

Quizlet
Sign up/log in HERE
Read the flashcards, take the test - as often as you like.Watch this how-to movie

Bitesize
Read through Revise, complete the Activity, take the Test - as often as you like. Watch this how-to movie TBA

4) how to hand in your work for grading

The movie on the right tells you how to collate all of the work that you've completed for this assignment and save it in your OneNote binder for grading. Remember, for full credit, you need to complete the software assignment, the Learning Log, the Digital Tools exercise, the Quizlet, the BiteSize exercises and the Quiz-Game. There are also points for laying out your OneNone section correctly. TBA