Careers+Planning

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__Key Players__

 * B. Kostial: Eighth grade language arts teacher
 * B. Shenefiel: Librarian

Additional possible key players:
 * N. Rodgers: Guidance Counselor
 * M. DeBrucky: Learning Support
 * S. Todd: Technology Coordinator
 * L. McCormack: Computer teacher
 * J. Mihok: Curriculum Director
 * J. Beisenkamp: Tech Ed. Teacher

__Brainstorming__

 * have the students research to see what kinds of careers are out there.
 * check with Rodgers about doing career/personality testing
 * have to choose a career to research more in depth
 * interview someone in the field
 * work in groups to create resource wikis for the different job sectors (This wiki should include a podcast either about a certain career or containing the interview.)
 * write an informational essay about their chosen career. (Graded according to the state rubric.)
 * create brochures/powerpoint presentations about their career (either in groups or individually.)
 * have a career day (or career fair, or something like that) where the students present their powerpoints and brochures share what they've learned.
 * follow up with some type of activity where the students can share what they learned about the other careers presented at the career day (not their own.)
 * check with DeBrucky, and McCormack to see to what extent they want to be involved

Information Literacy
The student will:
 * 1) recognize the need for information
 * 2) recognize that accurate and comprehensive information is the basis for intellegent decision making
 * 3) formulate questions based on information needs
 * 4) identify a variety of potential sources of information
 * 5) develop and use successful strategies for locating information
 * 6) determine accuracy, relevance, and comprehensiveness of information
 * 7) distinguish among fact, point of view, and opinion
 * 8) identify inaccurate or misleading information
 * 9) select information appropriate to the problem or question at hand
 * 10) organize information for practical application
 * 11) integrate new infromation into one's own knowledge
 * 12) apply information in critical thinking and problem solving
 * 13) produce and communicate information and ideas in appropriate formats
 * 14) seek information related to various dimensions of personal well being, specifically career intrests
 * 15) design, develop and evaluate infromation products and solutions relate dto personal issues
 * 16) assess the quality of the process and products of personal information seeking
 * 17) devise strategies for revising, improving, and updating self-generated knolwedge
 * 18) seek infromation from diverse sources, context, disciplines and cultures
 * 19) respect the principles of intellectual freedom
 * 20) respect individual property rights
 * 21) use information technology responsibly
 * 22) share knolwedge and information with others
 * 23) respect others' ideas and backgrounds and acknowledge their contributions
 * 24) collaborate with other both in personand through technologies to identify problems and seek their solutions
 * 25) collaborate with others both in person and through technologies to design, develop, aand evaluate information products and solutions

__Timeline/Sequence__

 * 1) Brainstorm jobs/careers
 * 2) Take career interest surveys (Rodgers)
 * 3) Based on surveys, have the students decide upon logical groupings for wiki collaboration

__Activities__
We will be using the [|Big6] method of problem solving to conduct research on specific careers. The students will research a chosen career and then work with those who have similar disciplines to create a career pathfinder wiki. As

__Resources__

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