1.)Students will be introduced to career information by the teacher. The teacher will give out copies of the Occupational Outlook Handbook for students to complete a research page on a career that interests them. This will take 45 minutes.
2.)Students will use the online version of the Occupational Outlook Handbook to continue to research their chosen career. This will take about 45 minutes. ( Occupational Outlook Handbook) This site has up to date information on careers from the Department of Labor. It is organized in an easy to follow format for students.
3.)Students will use other sites to research their chosen career. Allow students about 30 minutes to explore other Internet sites about their career. ( Career Technical Internet Sites) This site from The Electronic E.L.F. has links to many career technical fields taught in the State of Alabama.
4.)Students will look for images of chosen career. Limit students to 1 hour for finding images. ( Google Images) This site allows users to search active and archived web pages for graphics and pictures.
5.)After students have completed the online research and gathered pictures, they will complete a PowerPoint planning storyboard. This should take about 20-30 minutes.
6.)Students will open a blank PowerPoint presentation and enter the information about their career. The amount of time this process takes may vary from 30 minutes to 1 hour depending on the skill level of the students with the PowerPoint program. ( PowerPoint in the Classroom) This site has student friendly directions for creating PowerPoint presentations. The directions are easy to follow.
7.)Students will create a PowerPoint presentation that includes 7 slides. Students should add graphics and pictures that relate to their career to at least 3 slides in the presentation.The content of each slide is on the attached assignment sheet. Adding graphics should take about 30 minutes.
8.)Students will create a Works Cited slide for their presentation on which they give credit for the pictures, multimedia, and information used in their presentation. Students may use the Citation Machine web site to create correctly organized MLA style citations. This may take from 30 minutes to an hour. ( Citation Machine) This site allows users to enter information into an automated form that builds the correct APA or MLA citation. Students can then cut, copy, and paste the correct citations into their presentations.
9.)Students will add background color and/or apply a design template to the presentation. This will take about 15-20 minutes.
10.)Students will add slide animation on at least 4 slides in the presentation. This will take from 30 to 45 minutes.
11.)Students will use slide transition to set the automatic timer so it will look like a commercial. This will take about 10 minutes to apply the automatic timer and test it to make sure it works the way the student wants.
12.)Students will present their commercials to the class. This may take one to two class periods depending on the number of students in the class. A data projection system or a television with a scan converter is necessary for the presentations. A SMART board is desirable but not essential.
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