Friday Nov 29

You need to do this for the CA:

It's a List of Works Cited

Link on the right-hand side of the blog.

We did some work on "Writing a Professional email" as well as "Rough notes for the Task 4 for the All About Me" Unit.

Thursday Nov 27

Today was a "Let's work together to make sure we are moving together" day.

I had students working on their "About" piece of writing and their CA in the same room.

We also had students working on things they owed from other units and making sure their assignments were in for this unit too.

I posted the due dates for the AAM unit on the right-hand side of this blog, too.

Wednesday Nov 27

Today we did a fair number of things in class.

First, we took up the homework from yesterday that I got a few copies completed on paper, even though the instructions said by email.

So I asked people to email their responses to me by the end of the day.

At that point, we discussed what was needed to be done for Task 3 and Task 4 for the All About Me Unit. I allowed students at this point in time to use class time to work on things they needed to get done.

I also conducted a few Culminating Activity conferences that were not done last week. Only one interviewee confirmed with me that they did not have a conference with me and had to get one done today. We need to work on that as a group.

In those discussions, I mentioned the above video as an example that they could use to get a level one on the Presentation part of their CA Presentation.

Tuesday Nov 26

Thanks Stephanie!

Here is the link

Here are the questions

Paying for Post-Secondary

11. This is quite a lengthy Power Point on how to pay for school after secondary school. One of the points of the Careers course you took in Grade Ten was to have a five year plan. How would you describe what you are doing (or what you think you may be doing) in 2024 in fifty words or les  
2    2 . That’s great … having a plan is awesome. How might you be paying for this?

3.     3 Do you know your way around a College or University Calendar? Why might that be a skill that you should pick up?

4.     4. How might you also work to help out the other parts of a “Wellness Triangle” – a combination of your physical, mental/emotional and social wellbeing?

Monday Nov 25

We are moving forward with the All About Me Unit today.

We are reading an article "Three tips to ensure your online presence is helping your job search"

Here are the questions

1.     “Personal Brand”? What’s a definition of that?

2.     Is that important in 2019? Seriously? Can’t I just get hired by my network of people?

3.     How complete is your Final Product for this Unit, anyway?

4.     How well might your other social media support your job finding attempts?

5.     If a person looking to hire you actually googled you, what would they find?

I'm also working on the About write up for students too.

Wednesday and Thursday Nov 21

Both days we were in the library ... and both days we were doing the first set of conferences specifically for the culminating activity for the couse.

Yes, there were two big events going on at the school - Dodgeball and the football game in Hamilton respectively.

However, not everyone bought out and or signed out for the period. Disappointing.

We will have to work together to keep moving forward towards the finishing line in this course.

ok, see you Monday!

Tuesday Nov 19

We focussed on getting the About section of the Online Portfolio Task done today.

Focus.

I also conferenced with students about Task 1 - Articles ... we now have had four articles assigned.

Monday Nov 18

So ... today we are working on a few things:

First, we need to either share witht he teacher or show the teacher notes on the "About" section for your online portfolio.

Secondly, read this article and submit your answers to the questions tomorrow

Reasons to have LinkedIn

1.     Before reading the article, did you know what LinkedIn was?

2.     What are some reasons that you think you should have LinkedIn?

3.     In a paragraph length piece of writing, answer the question “Are you ready to network like this, do you think?”

4.     What exactly does “Networking” mean to you?

5.     Why might the school system want you to volunteer, do you think?

Thirdly, get ready for the Culminating Activity interview we are having on Wednesday or Thursday in this class.