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Career ExplorationOnline Experience B
What do you want to be when you grown up???
Choose Wisely
•If you work: ▫ 8-hour day ▫age of 22 to the age of 62 ▫never work overtime▫400,000 hours at your job
That’s a long time to be miserable, so it’s really important to choose a career that you will enjoy.
Career Clusters•16 different clusters
•Help you connect:▫What you learn in school▫What you already know▫Knowledge and skills you need to succeed on the job
•Let’s Look at the Clusters!
Which one is your best match?•Career Cluster Surveyhttp://intranet.matcmadison.edu/career-assess/
Open your student-teacher drive for the link!
Digital Portfolio Project
•Using Weebly page•Different components to make up your
portfolio
Technology and Careers
•How many jobs use technology today?
•68% of working Americans use a computer at work
•84% say it’s essential for their job•34% have access to Internet at work•63% say it’s essential for their job
Examples
•Advertising Managers▫Print Shop, Sound Engineering, CorelDraw,
Photoshop, Digital Photography and Graphic Design, Video Editing, , Animation, Photo Editing, and Web Page Design
•Architects▫CADD (Computer-Aided Design and
Drafting)
•Carpenters▫2-D (blueprint) and 3-D layout of a house.
•Cartoonists and Animators▫Paint and Animation, Digital Photography
and Graphic Design, Web Page Design, and Video Editing
•Engineers (General)▫produce and analyze designs; to simulate
and test how a machine, structure, or system operates; to generate specifications for parts; and to monitor product quality and control process efficiency
•Musicians (singers and band members)▫edit their recordings using computer
software or use technology in place of an instrument, creating a "synthesized" instrument
•Photographers▫raw image has been transferred to a
computer, photographers can use processing software to crop or modify the image and enhance it through color correction and other specialized effects
What technology is required for your career??• Computers
▫What types of programs (word processing, spreadsheets, database, CAD, etc.)
▫ Internet (research, online apps, etc.)
• Machines▫Digital▫Computer-aided
•What do you think would be helpful to your career?