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?