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IT'S YOUR LIFE ... A CAREER WEBQUEST
http://career.charlenekovacs.com/CareerIndex.html
IT'S YOUR LIFE ... A CAREER WEBQUEST
Introduction
Scenio:
YOU MADE IT! You will be graduating from high school and look forward to working and living on your own.
In order to be prepared for a career, you will research an occupation of your choice and through outlined steps, find a job, place to live, create a budget and forecast your Net Worth in five (5) years based on your salary, investments and expenses.
Objective
The objective of this webquest is for you to research career options and set a budget that would allow you to live the type of life you would like. This will including finding a career, a place to live (a house, apartment, or condominium), and develop a budget. Although the focus of the webquest is career exploration and real life budgeting, the webquest does require you to perform various calculations.
Purpose
1) Allow you the opportunity to explore careers, develop a budget and calculate your net worth based on career choice, budget and investments
2) Allow students that have not yet considered career options the forum to research possible careers.
3) Allow students that know their career path the ability to see how their future will unfold based on the selection that they have chosen. Therefore, please take this task seriously. The more you put into it, the more prepared and certain you will be about your future.
The Task
This webquest will require you to assemble a career portfolio. As you complete the process steps of this webquest, you will be creating various pieces for your career portofio. At a minimum your portofolio must include the following:
Your completed learning styles inventory.
Your completed career and personality assessments.
All career worksheets specified in the process steps. Including the results of all career surveys.
An individualized world of work map indicating career clusters based on your interests and abilities. This can be done on the computer by creating a pie chart or by hand. This can be done on regular paper or on a poster board. Be sure to include a legend with your world of work map. This requirement will be more fully explained below.
A written and visual demonstration of your career choice which includes a description of how mathematics is used in your chosen occupation including a written paper, a collage or poster, and a powerpoint presentation. Be creative.
The educational requirements of your career including all training and college costs which includes setting a budget, establishing a savings plan, locating loan information and repayment amounts.
The outlook on your career including the entry-level salary.
Finding a home including a description or picture and an estimate of monthly costs and budgets. Be creative this can be done either in writing or visually.
Finding a car including a description or picture and an estimate of the monthly costs and budgets. Again, please be as creative as possible this can be done either in writing or visually. You can draw a picture, cut a picture from a magazine, or print a picture from the internet.
Your calculated budget based on your salary. This will be more fully described below.
A written statement regarding how realistic is your budget based on calculations and actual/real world costs based on the home, car and other expenses you will actually incur. Will you be able to follow your budget? Will you be able to save money.
A class presentation on your career choice including:
A Visual Display of Your Career.
The educational requirements of your career.
The outlook of your career including entry level pay and job availability/growth.
An individualized world of work map
Your home budget.
Your car choice and budget.
Your calculated budget.
A discussion on how realistic is your budget.
Process
1.Learning Styles Inventory
If you have not already done so, complete the following:
Learning Styles Inventory
This must be included in your career portfolio. The teacher will give you a print-out of your answers, once you have completed the survey.
2. Completed Career and personality assessments
Extraversion Test - email to yourself or use my email - charlene.m.kovacs@cmsdnet.net
Emotional Stability - email to yourself or use my email - charlene.m.kovacs@cmsdnet.net
Left Brain/Right Brain - email to yourself or use my email - charlene.m.kovacs@cmsdnet.net
Job Diagnosis - use my email if you do not have one charlene.m.kovacs@cmsdnet.net
Career Explorer - use only if you have your own email
3. Career Worksheets
4. Individualized World-of-Work Map
The World-Of-Work Map visually displays job families, or groups of similar jobs into 12 regions. When viewed in it's entirity, the World-Of-Work Map covers nearly all jobs in the United States. A career's location is determined by its primary work tasks, including working with:
Date: Facts, numbers, files, business procedures
Ideas: Knowledge, insights, theories, new ways of saying or doing something
People: Care, services, leadership, sales
Things: Machines, tools, living things, and materials such as food, wood, or metal
Arrows indicate that a job family relies heavily on two areas such ideas and peopler or people and things.
Based on your career worksheets, personality assessments, career quizzes decide what area on the world of work map best fits your personolity, interests and abilities. Create your own world of work map indicating your selected area using the template below.
World of Work Map Template
5. Use your completed career worksheets, quizzes and world of work mapto help you decide on a career.
Based on the career assessments you have just completed and the worksheets above, decide on two careers/occupations that appeal to you.
Write a diagram of the basic pros and cons of each occupation. Be specific and indicate your personal preferences in the pro and con diagram - i.e., what you would really like about the job would be a pro and what you would really dislike about the job would be a con.
Create your own pro and con scale:
Pro & Con Scale
Using your Pro & Con Scale choose between the two careers and decide on one career that you feel will be best for you.
Create a visual display of your pro and con diagram
Once you have made a decision, create a written, visual demonstration and a powerpoint of your career choice. However, you decide to present your choice is fine, however, it MUST include a description of how mathematics is used in your chosen occupation. This must include a written paper, a collage or poster, a powerpoint presentation, etc. Be creative.
6. Educational Requirements & Financing
Research the educational requirements or training required for your selected occupations.
Some helpful websites include:
The Job Hunters Bible - by the author of What Color is Your Parachute
Vocation Information Center - Career & Occupational Description Site
Next research colleges and universities:
Search over 5000 institutions of higher education with Internet College Exchange.
Visit the college or university of your choice with The Princeton Review.
Link to Web pages of most colleges and universities with American Universities.
Additional planning information can be found at Sallie Mae's Planning for College website.
Once you have located a college/training program, consider the financing. Here are some options to consider:
First estimate/find your current college costs:
College Cost Finder - find the current annual costs of any four-year college or university in the United States
Second, estimate the future cost of college using CNNMoney College Planner
How much will it cost for a public college in three years?
Hint - use the CNNMoney College Planner
Select Public College and set the years until the student enters college to 3 years
Select Next
Do not Adjust Savings Section and click next <>What are your results?
Third, assuming your parents do not have a college savings plan for you, using the FinAid Calculator, figure out your monthly payments.
Additional Financing Options to Consider
Current student loans available:
Sallie Mae's Student Loan Information Page
Scholarships & Financial Aid Online Websites:
FAFSA - Free Application for Federal Student Aid
FinAid
FastWeb
Financial Aid Resource Center
7. Job Outlook & Entry Level Salary
After, completing college, you will begin your job search:
First research the entry-level pay of your selected occupation. Suggested websites include the following:
Job Hunters Bible - Researching Salaries & Finances
JobStar Salary Information
United States Department of Labor - Bureau of Labor Statistics
America's Career Infonet
The Riley Guide - Salary & Compensation Information
Salary.com Salary Wizard
College Grad.com Salary Information
Labor Market Info Classic - Ohio Labor Market Information
Write a short paragraph summary on the outlook for your job including the entry-level pay of your selected occupation and the resources you consulted on Budget Worksheet #1.
Be sure to include the information on the outlook of your job from Occupational Outlook Handbook,
Link to the Occupational Outlook Handbook
In the Search OOH box type your career choice
Select job outlook from the links at the top of the page.
This will contain important information regarding job growth and estimated future job availability in your chosen career. Be sure to indicate whether or not your career is experiencing job growth, what companies typical employee candidates in your chosen occupation and the best job prospects for entry level candidates.
8. Finding a Home
After finding a job, your next step will be to find a new home.
Began by visiting Realestateabc.com. This site is a Mega-Search engine for Real Estate.
First, go to Mortgage Calculator Page
Next determine the home price range you can afford by going to the Affordability/Qualifier Calculator
Assume the following:
You have $10,000 saved for a down payment
The interest rate is 5.75%
The length of the loan is 30 years
Monthly debts = $250, other monthly expenses = $200
Mortgage to income ratio = 28
Total debt to income = 36
Enter you entry-level salary - this will then determine what price home you can afford.
Depending on your entry-level salary, it may be better for you to rent, rather than own. To help you determine, this, you can also use the Rent vs. Own Calculator.
Next, go to the buying section of RealEstateABC to view all major realtor sites.
Find two homes/apartments in your price range.
Next enter the information in the Super Calculator to determine your monthly payment
Be sure to complete the applicable sections on Budget Worksheet #1
9. Finding a Car
Most people have ideas on what type of car they would like to own.
Using the links below find your dream car:
Autoweb.com
Mircrosoft Carpoint
AutoTrader.com
AutoMart.com
ABS Auto Cars For Sale
Record the year, make (Ford, Honda, Porshe, etc.), model (Escort, Accord, 240SL, etc), number of miles (50K = 50,000 miles)and price. Be sure to also list any extras
Calculate your loan payment using
The AutoMart.com Car Payment Calculator
10. Monthly Budget
Calculate your monthly budget
Some budget experts recommend to budget for expenses using flat percentages.
Examples
No more than 28% of income should go to housing
No more than 12% of income should go to car payments
Complete Budget Worksheet #2 to calculate your monthly budget based on flat percentages. Determine whether or not you can live on your budget based on your salary. If not what adjustments can you make to your budget.
11. Budget Statement
Construct a written statement regarding how realistic is your budget based on calculations and actual/real world costs based on the home, car and other expenses you will actually incur. Will you be able to follow your budget? Will you be able to save money.
12. Class Presentation
Develop a class presentation on your career choice including:
A Visual Display of Your Career.
The educational requirements of your career.
The outlook of your career including entry level pay and job availability/growth.
An individualized world of work map
Your home budget.
Your car choice and budget.
Your calculated budget.
A discussion on how realistic is your budget.
Conclusion
You have just completed the first step in career exploration by beginning to think about what career choices would fit your strengths, personlity and lifestyle. Continue to think about these as you continue through high school.
IT'S YOUR LIFE ... A CAREER WEBQUEST
Introduction
Scenio:
YOU MADE IT! You will be graduating from high school and look forward to working and living on your own.
In order to be prepared for a career, you will research an occupation of your choice and through outlined steps, find a job, place to live, create a budget and forecast your Net Worth in five (5) years based on your salary, investments and expenses.
Objective
The objective of this webquest is for you to research career options and set a budget that would allow you to live the type of life you would like. This will including finding a career, a place to live (a house, apartment, or condominium), and develop a budget. Although the focus of the webquest is career exploration and real life budgeting, the webquest does require you to perform various calculations.
Purpose
1) Allow you the opportunity to explore careers, develop a budget and calculate your net worth based on career choice, budget and investments
2) Allow students that have not yet considered career options the forum to research possible careers.
3) Allow students that know their career path the ability to see how their future will unfold based on the selection that they have chosen. Therefore, please take this task seriously. The more you put into it, the more prepared and certain you will be about your future.
The Task
This webquest will require you to assemble a career portfolio. As you complete the process steps of this webquest, you will be creating various pieces for your career portofio. At a minimum your portofolio must include the following:
Your completed learning styles inventory.
Your completed career and personality assessments.
All career worksheets specified in the process steps. Including the results of all career surveys.
An individualized world of work map indicating career clusters based on your interests and abilities. This can be done on the computer by creating a pie chart or by hand. This can be done on regular paper or on a poster board. Be sure to include a legend with your world of work map. This requirement will be more fully explained below.
A written and visual demonstration of your career choice which includes a description of how mathematics is used in your chosen occupation including a written paper, a collage or poster, and a powerpoint presentation. Be creative.
The educational requirements of your career including all training and college costs which includes setting a budget, establishing a savings plan, locating loan information and repayment amounts.
The outlook on your career including the entry-level salary.
Finding a home including a description or picture and an estimate of monthly costs and budgets. Be creative this can be done either in writing or visually.
Finding a car including a description or picture and an estimate of the monthly costs and budgets. Again, please be as creative as possible this can be done either in writing or visually. You can draw a picture, cut a picture from a magazine, or print a picture from the internet.
Your calculated budget based on your salary. This will be more fully described below.
A written statement regarding how realistic is your budget based on calculations and actual/real world costs based on the home, car and other expenses you will actually incur. Will you be able to follow your budget? Will you be able to save money.
A class presentation on your career choice including:
A Visual Display of Your Career.
The educational requirements of your career.
The outlook of your career including entry level pay and job availability/growth.
An individualized world of work map
Your home budget.
Your car choice and budget.
Your calculated budget.
A discussion on how realistic is your budget.
Process
1.Learning Styles Inventory
If you have not already done so, complete the following:
Learning Styles Inventory
This must be included in your career portfolio. The teacher will give you a print-out of your answers, once you have completed the survey.
2. Completed Career and personality assessments
Extraversion Test - email to yourself or use my email - charlene.m.kovacs@cmsdnet.net
Emotional Stability - email to yourself or use my email - charlene.m.kovacs@cmsdnet.net
Left Brain/Right Brain - email to yourself or use my email - charlene.m.kovacs@cmsdnet.net
Job Diagnosis - use my email if you do not have one charlene.m.kovacs@cmsdnet.net
Career Explorer - use only if you have your own email
3. Career Worksheets
4. Individualized World-of-Work Map
The World-Of-Work Map visually displays job families, or groups of similar jobs into 12 regions. When viewed in it's entirity, the World-Of-Work Map covers nearly all jobs in the United States. A career's location is determined by its primary work tasks, including working with:
Date: Facts, numbers, files, business procedures
Ideas: Knowledge, insights, theories, new ways of saying or doing something
People: Care, services, leadership, sales
Things: Machines, tools, living things, and materials such as food, wood, or metal
Arrows indicate that a job family relies heavily on two areas such ideas and peopler or people and things.
Based on your career worksheets, personality assessments, career quizzes decide what area on the world of work map best fits your personolity, interests and abilities. Create your own world of work map indicating your selected area using the template below.
World of Work Map Template
5. Use your completed career worksheets, quizzes and world of work mapto help you decide on a career.
Based on the career assessments you have just completed and the worksheets above, decide on two careers/occupations that appeal to you.
Write a diagram of the basic pros and cons of each occupation. Be specific and indicate your personal preferences in the pro and con diagram - i.e., what you would really like about the job would be a pro and what you would really dislike about the job would be a con.
Create your own pro and con scale:
Pro & Con Scale
Using your Pro & Con Scale choose between the two careers and decide on one career that you feel will be best for you.
Create a visual display of your pro and con diagram
Once you have made a decision, create a written, visual demonstration and a powerpoint of your career choice. However, you decide to present your choice is fine, however, it MUST include a description of how mathematics is used in your chosen occupation. This must include a written paper, a collage or poster, a powerpoint presentation, etc. Be creative.
6. Educational Requirements & Financing
Research the educational requirements or training required for your selected occupations.
Some helpful websites include:
The Job Hunters Bible - by the author of What Color is Your Parachute
Vocation Information Center - Career & Occupational Description Site
Next research colleges and universities:
Search over 5000 institutions of higher education with Internet College Exchange.
Visit the college or university of your choice with The Princeton Review.
Link to Web pages of most colleges and universities with American Universities.
Additional planning information can be found at Sallie Mae's Planning for College website.
Once you have located a college/training program, consider the financing. Here are some options to consider:
First estimate/find your current college costs:
College Cost Finder - find the current annual costs of any four-year college or university in the United States
Second, estimate the future cost of college using CNNMoney College Planner
How much will it cost for a public college in three years?
Hint - use the CNNMoney College Planner
Select Public College and set the years until the student enters college to 3 years
Select Next
Do not Adjust Savings Section and click next <>What are your results?
Third, assuming your parents do not have a college savings plan for you, using the FinAid Calculator, figure out your monthly payments.
Additional Financing Options to Consider
Current student loans available:
Sallie Mae's Student Loan Information Page
Scholarships & Financial Aid Online Websites:
FAFSA - Free Application for Federal Student Aid
FinAid
FastWeb
Financial Aid Resource Center
7. Job Outlook & Entry Level Salary
After, completing college, you will begin your job search:
First research the entry-level pay of your selected occupation. Suggested websites include the following:
Job Hunters Bible - Researching Salaries & Finances
JobStar Salary Information
United States Department of Labor - Bureau of Labor Statistics
America's Career Infonet
The Riley Guide - Salary & Compensation Information
Salary.com Salary Wizard
College Grad.com Salary Information
Labor Market Info Classic - Ohio Labor Market Information
Write a short paragraph summary on the outlook for your job including the entry-level pay of your selected occupation and the resources you consulted on Budget Worksheet #1.
Be sure to include the information on the outlook of your job from Occupational Outlook Handbook,
Link to the Occupational Outlook Handbook
In the Search OOH box type your career choice
Select job outlook from the links at the top of the page.
This will contain important information regarding job growth and estimated future job availability in your chosen career. Be sure to indicate whether or not your career is experiencing job growth, what companies typical employee candidates in your chosen occupation and the best job prospects for entry level candidates.
8. Finding a Home
After finding a job, your next step will be to find a new home.
Began by visiting Realestateabc.com. This site is a Mega-Search engine for Real Estate.
First, go to Mortgage Calculator Page
Next determine the home price range you can afford by going to the Affordability/Qualifier Calculator
Assume the following:
You have $10,000 saved for a down payment
The interest rate is 5.75%
The length of the loan is 30 years
Monthly debts = $250, other monthly expenses = $200
Mortgage to income ratio = 28
Total debt to income = 36
Enter you entry-level salary - this will then determine what price home you can afford.
Depending on your entry-level salary, it may be better for you to rent, rather than own. To help you determine, this, you can also use the Rent vs. Own Calculator.
Next, go to the buying section of RealEstateABC to view all major realtor sites.
Find two homes/apartments in your price range.
Next enter the information in the Super Calculator to determine your monthly payment
Be sure to complete the applicable sections on Budget Worksheet #1
9. Finding a Car
Most people have ideas on what type of car they would like to own.
Using the links below find your dream car:
Autoweb.com
Mircrosoft Carpoint
AutoTrader.com
AutoMart.com
ABS Auto Cars For Sale
Record the year, make (Ford, Honda, Porshe, etc.), model (Escort, Accord, 240SL, etc), number of miles (50K = 50,000 miles)and price. Be sure to also list any extras
Calculate your loan payment using
The AutoMart.com Car Payment Calculator
10. Monthly Budget
Calculate your monthly budget
Some budget experts recommend to budget for expenses using flat percentages.
Examples
No more than 28% of income should go to housing
No more than 12% of income should go to car payments
Complete Budget Worksheet #2 to calculate your monthly budget based on flat percentages. Determine whether or not you can live on your budget based on your salary. If not what adjustments can you make to your budget.
11. Budget Statement
Construct a written statement regarding how realistic is your budget based on calculations and actual/real world costs based on the home, car and other expenses you will actually incur. Will you be able to follow your budget? Will you be able to save money.
12. Class Presentation
Develop a class presentation on your career choice including:
A Visual Display of Your Career.
The educational requirements of your career.
The outlook of your career including entry level pay and job availability/growth.
An individualized world of work map
Your home budget.
Your car choice and budget.
Your calculated budget.
A discussion on how realistic is your budget.
Conclusion
You have just completed the first step in career exploration by beginning to think about what career choices would fit your strengths, personlity and lifestyle. Continue to think about these as you continue through high school.
Thursday, November 18, 2010
ACT PREP WORD LISTS
We will continue to use http://www.wordlywise3000.com/.
Go to STUDENTS.
Go to Book 12 . We are one Lesson 2.
Please remember the re-submit for Lesson 1 was due today.
Go to STUDENTS.
Go to Book 12 . We are one Lesson 2.
Please remember the re-submit for Lesson 1 was due today.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Monday, October 11, 2010
LIST 3 Deploy-Impair
Every Monday-Wednesday Vocabulary- You will be given 10 new terms.
List 3
1. deploy
2. cavalier
3. egg (not the dairy product)
4. mete
5. nullify
6. embroil
7. waffle
8. ascribe
9. enhance
10. impair
It is your job to
Define the terms (http://www.visualthesaurus.com/)
Learn how to pronounce them.
Create a link word. The link word is a simple word (or words) which rhymes or sounds like the main word.
Identify five synonyms for the term.
Discover a caption that connects the main term and the linking word in a mnemonic rhyme.
Discover or create a cartoon. The cartoon caption will underscore the bizarre and or humorous cartoon which incorporates the main term and the linking word into a visual mnemonic.
Sample from http://www.vocabularycartoons.com/home/pages/Cartoon-Samples.html
All work should be housed in a folder that will be stored in the classroom.
Thursday--Assessment of terms
Friday--CAMBRIDGE ACT practice test
List 3
1. deploy
2. cavalier
3. egg (not the dairy product)
4. mete
5. nullify
6. embroil
7. waffle
8. ascribe
9. enhance
10. impair
It is your job to
Define the terms (http://www.visualthesaurus.com/)
Learn how to pronounce them.
Create a link word. The link word is a simple word (or words) which rhymes or sounds like the main word.
Identify five synonyms for the term.
Discover a caption that connects the main term and the linking word in a mnemonic rhyme.
Discover or create a cartoon. The cartoon caption will underscore the bizarre and or humorous cartoon which incorporates the main term and the linking word into a visual mnemonic.
Sample from http://www.vocabularycartoons.com/home/pages/Cartoon-Samples.html
All work should be housed in a folder that will be stored in the classroom.
Thursday--Assessment of terms
Friday--CAMBRIDGE ACT practice test
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
ADVANCED PLACEMENT INTERNET TOOLS
This will be our lab instead of lit lab and the rest are resources.
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/meyerlit/default.asp
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/virtualit/
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/rewritinglit/#533111__577643__
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/rewritingplus/aspx/Home_Page.aspx
http://ebooks.bfwpub.com/bedsearch3e.php
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/resdoc5e/
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/litgloss/
-- DO NOT GET OVERWHELMED. WE WILL GO THROUGH THIS TOGETHER. BUT IT WOULD HELP IF YOU TOOK SOME STEPS ON YOUR OWN.
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/meyerlit/default.asp
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/virtualit/
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/rewritinglit/#533111__577643__
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/rewritingplus/aspx/Home_Page.aspx
http://ebooks.bfwpub.com/bedsearch3e.php
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/resdoc5e/
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/litgloss/
-- DO NOT GET OVERWHELMED. WE WILL GO THROUGH THIS TOGETHER. BUT IT WOULD HELP IF YOU TOOK SOME STEPS ON YOUR OWN.
AP LITERATURE STUDENTS --New Lab site
This will be our lab instead of lit lab and the rest are resources.
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/virtualit/
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/rewritinglit/#533111__577643__
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/rewritingplus/aspx/Home_Page.aspx
http://ebooks.bfwpub.com/bedsearch3e.php
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/resdoc5e/
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/litgloss/
-- DO NOT GET OVERWHELMED. WE WILL GO THROUGH THIS TOGETHER. BUT IT WOULD HELP IF YOU TOOK SOME STEPS ON YOUR OWN.
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/virtualit/
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/rewritinglit/#533111__577643__
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/rewritingplus/aspx/Home_Page.aspx
http://ebooks.bfwpub.com/bedsearch3e.php
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/resdoc5e/
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/litgloss/
-- DO NOT GET OVERWHELMED. WE WILL GO THROUGH THIS TOGETHER. BUT IT WOULD HELP IF YOU TOOK SOME STEPS ON YOUR OWN.
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