LT 2A: Career Exploration
(Tech Ed)
The Learner will develop a basic understanding of what a career is, learn about careers they may be interested in, and identify what way they learn best to help with their preparation for the career path of choice.
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Learning Style: iCan describe the three main learning styles that most learners have and which one(s) apply(ies) to me.
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Activity 1 - Create Career Cruising Account: Follow the step by step instructions below CAREFULLY to create your Career Cruising Account. Be sure to follow the instructions exactly as they appear. If you prefer a visual tutorial, click the link below for the Create Career Cruising Account video tutorial.
1. Open your web browser and go to www.careercruising.com
1. Open your web browser and go to www.careercruising.com
3. Once you are logged in, you need to go to the "Log In to My EDP" tab in the top left corner of the page. The dropdown menu that will show up will tell you that you are logged into a "Generic" account. To create your own specific account, you will need to enter in your specific information to identify you. For your user name you will need to use kh-{Student#} and your password is your school password. Enter these into those fields.
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Activity 2 - Career Cruising Learning Styles Inventory & Results: Follow the steps below to complete the Learning Styles Inventory in Career Cruising. If
- Log into your Career Cruising Account. Remember, your user name is kh-{Student#} and your password is your school password.
- Find to the Assessments tab at the top of the page and click on it.
- The next page will feature the 2 different
- When you are done with your Learning Styles Inventory, take a look at your results and learn more about how you learn! Record your results and in the info about your preferred Learning Style(s) on your Learning Styles iCan slide in LT 2A. Do this by taking screenshots of your results and adding it to your slide.
5. Add the image below to your Learning Styles lingo slide.
Intro to Careers: iCan describe what a career means, what it means to be career/college ready, and what careers I may be interested in at this early stage of my life.
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Activity 1 - Career Matchmaker: Follow the step by step instructions below CAREFULLY to create your Career Cruising Account. Be sure to follow the instructions exactly as they appear. If you prefer a visual tutorial, click the link below for the Create Career Cruising Account video tutorial.
- When you are done with your Career Matchmaker Survey, take a look at your results and learn more about some careers you might be interested in! Record a section of your Career Interest Rank like on your Intro to Careers iCan slide in LT 2A. Do this by taking a screenshot of a section of your list and adding it to your slide. Additionally, highlight at least 2 careers in that section that really interest you. You can highlight with shapes or other strategies you can think of. See the example below.
Resource 1: Attached below are two resources to think about when considering earnings in evaluating a career. The first is a chart that describes the salary below which US citizens are considered in poverty. The second resource describes some important info about earnings information compared to education level. Remember, all this is data averages that are compiled by the United States Government.
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