GUESS & SEE WHAT I WANT TO BE!

This project is designed to enhance career awareness while increasing presentation and videoconferencing skills in a fun, interactive, guessing-game format. 2nd graders select a job they want when they grow up, meet another classroom via video conference, give clues, see if connecting class can "Guess and see, what do I want to BE?" and show "answers" by sharing self-portraits of themselves on-the-job!

Project Time Frame:

Ongoing/Would like to establish one connection in April 2007

Participants:

2nd grade classrooms for one-to-one connections

Contact:

Please contact lhenckel@remc11.k12.mi.us for scheduling and details

Connection available:

IP

Learner Outcomes:

• Students will explore the wide variety of occupations available
• Students will practice and present their career choice and illustration
• Students will learn about videoconferencing
• Students will learn and practice appropriate videoconferencing behavior
• Students will learn about, meet, and interact with peers outside their community
• Students will use active listening and practice asking effective questions

Pre/Post Activities:

Pre Conference:

Students will explore, select and illustrate a job they might want in the future. They will write three clues about their chosen occupation and practice presenting their information via videoconference. Teachers will provide varied career exploration opportunities, help students write accurate clues, present appropriate videoconferencing behaviors and establish email communication with connecting teacher.

Post conference:

Students will reflect on their videoconferencing experience through classroom discussion and journal writing. Students will self-evaluate their career project and their own personal videoconferencing performance. Teachers will facilitate reflection, self-evaluation, and share written feedback by email with connecting teacher and classroom.

Videoconference Details:

Time: approximately 50 minutes

Responsibilities:

Students will:

• present three clues about their chosen occupation
• respond appropriately when connecting classroom guesses
• present their career drawing
• participate in guessing careers of connecting class

Teachers will:

• establish a test connection
• monitor time and questioning during videoconference
• model appropriate videoconferencing behaviors

Agenda:

1. Dial Out: Host School
2. Welcome and Introductions: Host School/Guest School
3. What's My Job? Individual Career Presentations:
1. Host student #1 will present clues
2. Guest teacher will call on own students to guess job, up to three guesses
3. Host student #1 presents actual job name and illustration
4. Alternate schools until end of game
4. Compliments and Closing: Guest School/Host School

Possible Career Exploration Sites:

Bureau of Labor Statistics Career Information listed by categories http://www.bls.gov/k12/html/edu_over.htm

Just Curious: Careers http://www.suffolk.lib.ny.us/youth/jcsscareers.html

This project was written in the class Planning Interactive Curriculum Connections.