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Career Gaming
Estimated Time: Eight 45-minute class sessions
Project Summary: Students design games that will assist others with identifying a variety of careers, possible emerging careers, the education required for career options, and the types of salaries that can be expected in each career. This activity can be used as either an introduction or summative assessment regarding the standards related to identifying, defining, and discussing career opportunities in all Pathways.
Driving Question (Teacher Guided, Student Constructed): How can we design games that will assist others with identifying a variety of careers, possible emerging careers, the education required for career options, and the types of salaries that can be expected in each career?
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This was a really fun project for the students. I had the students take a career cluster inventory survey first and put the students in groups based on the results/interests. It took us an extra day to design the games and another day to evaluate (play) the games.
The link for the clusters and careers doesnt work.
The Association for Career and Technical Education has developed a list of 16 Career Clusters and 79 Career Pathways.
I linked to this instead https://www.schools.utah.gov/file/85c3adf5-d27e-4cf0-867e-1bb9bdad93e5
And to careeronestop and educationquest at https://www.educationquest.org/myeducationquest/reality-check/
The lesson plan refers to a daily game log several times. It would be helpful to provide link or source to this daily game log. Thanks!
Thank you for the message! The link to the ACTE Career Clusters and Pathways page has been updated and the Utah Career Cluster link for 2020-2021 has been added. The suggestion to use other careers sites has also been noted. As links change, just this reminder should help teachers consider other websites for information. The “game log” is journal Students should journal or log their progress. This clarification has been added to the PBL plan. Thank you for your comments! These changes will help all educators!