Career Digital Publication Assignment
Congratulations, you did it!
I knew you would graduate High School, you worked so hard to earn this achievement!
(Here is your diploma to prove it!)
Now what? You are a skilled young adult ready to take on the world, where to begin?
INTRO
Well you need $MONEY$ to pay for a place to live so how about you find a CAREER?But what will your career be? Take this interest survey to discover what career fields interest you and explore what different careers are like.
Open this survey, print it, and fill it out! HOLD ON to your filled out career interest survey, you will TURN IT IN with your final product.
Now that you have established a few career clusters that are interesting to you I want you to choose one. Choose a career that you want to find out more about.
BODY/PROCESS
Your assignment - THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART!What? - Create a digital publication to present facts about a career
Why? - We are satisfying GLE 1.1.1 "Generate and create original works for personal and group expression using a variety of digital tools"(OSPI, 2008).
How? - "Combine technologies to create and share products form different content areas. Create digital products for culminating projects or inclusion in portfolios"(OSPI, 2008)
By When? - Finished products are due in digital format to Ms Thomson by 3:00 p.m. on Friday, May 23rd 2014
Use the links below to investigate this career. Your assignment is to create a digital publication to tell others about your chosen career.
Options for your final product include:
- Poster/Flyer
- PowerPoint
- Brochure
- Have a different idea? Come talk to me, I love new ideas!
What needs to be on your final product? You can be creative but your publication MUST contain at least the following:
- Career name
- Education needed
- Wage
- Outlook
- Explanation of what a day in this career is like
- 3 pictures
- APA citation for sources used (use only sources listed below under "resources")
- Anything else you think is fascinating!
RESOURCES
You may use these AND ONLY THESE resources to investigate your career
OSPI's Career Cluster InformationBureau or Labor Statistics
Purdue OWL APA citation help
EVALUATION
You are probably ready to begin, but how will this be assessed? Here is your rubric:
YOU MUST TURN IN THIS RUBRIC WITH YOUR ASSIGNMENT BY THE DUE DATE TO RECEIVE CREDIT! Attach your career interest survey to this rubric!
CONCLUSION
This assignment is going to take longer than you expect, so I suggest you get started NOW! Please let me know if you have any questions or if there is anything I can help with!
References
OSPI. (2008, January 1). Educational Technology. Educational Technology. Retrieved May 7, 2014, from http://www.k12.wa.us/EdTech/Standards/default.aspx