Use careers as a focus while developing your class' PowerPoint skills. Class members research careers using the webpages linked in the lesson as well as independent searching. They plan out their presentations using the storyboard handout and spend at least one class period practicing and perfecting their PowerPoint skills.

Concepts

careers, Research

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Additional Tags

create a powerpoint, research presentation, career research, college and career readiness

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Instructional Ideas

• Use this as an end-of-year project; kids can reflect on what they've learned and how their new skills, both hard and soft, might help them in a future career

Pros

• A list of information to gather is included as are handouts and a detailed rubric
• Graphic organizer will help develop PowerPoint skills for visual learners

Cons

• The introduction to PowerPoint document linked in the document does not work and the student sample referred to in the document is missing